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I (Information)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2005-2006 SESSION

Wednesday 22 June 2005

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MINUTES

(2006/C 133 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 15.10.

2.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Corrections to votes from previous sittings

Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

Sitting of 08.06.2005

Report: Reimer Böge — A6-0153/2005

Report: Dariusz Rosati — A6-0138/2005

Area of freedom, security and justice (B6-0327/2005)

Sitting of 09.06.2005

Report: Ona Juknevičienė — A6-0109/2005

4.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:

5.   Decisions concerning certain documents

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 45)

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 112)

6.   Membership of Parliament

The French authorities had given notice of the appointment of Jean-Pierre Audy to replace Brice Hortefeux as Member of Parliament with effect from 11 June 2005.

The President reminded the House of the provisions of Rule 3(5).

7.   Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of Sharon Margaret Bowles, Syed Salah Kamall and Vincenzo Lavarra.

8.   Membership of committees and delegations

At the request of the PPE-DE, PSE and Verts/ALE Groups, and of the Non-attached Members, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee:

9.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

10.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered the European Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 17/2005 (C6-0136/2005 — SEC(2005)0591 final).

After noting the Council's opinion, the committee authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

11.   Statement by the President

The President made a statement on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the beginning of the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states.

12.   Agenda

The order of business had been established (Minutes of 06.06.2005, Item 10) and a corrigendum to the agenda had been distributed (PE 357.269/OJ/COR).

Referring to Rule 132(2), Hans-Peter Martin requested that the Gargani report (A6-0189/2005 — Item 89 on the corrigendum to the agenda) be withdrawn from the agenda (the President deemed that there was no reason to uphold the request).

The order of business was thus established.

13.   European Council meeting (Brussels, 16-17 June 2005) — Work of the Luxembourg presidency (debate)

European Council report and Commission statement: European Council meeting (Brussels, 16-17 June 2005)

Council statement: Work of the Luxembourg presidency

Jean-Claude Juncker (President-in-Office of the Council) introduced the report on the European Council and made the Council statement.

José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the Commission statement.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Guntars Krasts, on behalf of the UEN Group, Koenraad Dillen, Non-attached Member, Jean Spautz, Robert Goebbels, Lapo Pistelli, Claude Turmes, Erik Meijer, Mario Borghezio, Wojciech Roszkowski, Irena Belohorská, Alain Lamassoure, Magda Kósáné Kovács, Cecilia Malmström, Johannes Voggenhuber, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Bastiaan Belder, Alessandro Battilocchio, Gerardo Galeote Quecedo, Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, Kyösti Tapio Virrankoski, Bernat Joan i Marí, Miguel Portas, Nils Lundgren, Andreas Mölzer, Struan Stevenson, Jo Leinen and Paolo Costa.

IN THE CHAIR: Pierre MOSCOVICI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Graham Booth, James Hugh Allister, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Catherine Guy-Quint, Alfonso Andria, Marianne Thyssen, Edite Estrela, Othmar Karas, Pervenche Berès, Hartmut Nassauer, Inger Segelström, Camiel Eurlings, Borut Pahor, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Carlos Carnero González, Jacques Toubon, Panagiotis Beglitis, Timothy Kirkhope, Proinsias De Rossa, Rihards Pīks, Lasse Lehtinen, Josef Zieleniec and Libor Rouček.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Alexander Stubb, Neena Gill, Georgios Papastamkos, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Etelka Barsi-Pataky, Jacek Protasiewicz, Ioannis Kasoulides, James Elles, Maria da Assunção Esteves, Malcolm Harbour, Nicolas Schmit (President-in-Office of the Council) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission).

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

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.06.2005, Item 12.13.

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

14.   Members' Statute (debate)

Report on the amendment of the Decision of 4 June 2003 on the adoption of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament [2005/2124(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Giuseppe Gargani (A6-0189/2005)

Giuseppe Gargani introduced the report.

The following spoke: Nicolas Schmit (President-in-Office of the Council) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Maria Berger, on behalf of the PSE Group, Diana Wallis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Hélène Goudin, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Umberto Pirilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Luigi Cocilovo, Nicolas Schmit and Giuseppe Gargani.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.06.2005, Item 7.1.

(The sitting was suspended at 20.25 and resumed at 21.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS

Vice-President

15.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Bogusław Sonik, Jörg Leichtfried, Bairbre de Brún (the speaker began in Irish. The President pointed out to her that there was no interpretation from that language), Urszula Krupa, Zita Pleštinská and Kartika Tamara Liotard.

16.   Community Border Code ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders [COM(2004)0391 — C6-0080/2004 — 2004/0127(COD)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A6-0188/2005)

The following spoke: Nicolas Schmit (President-in-Office of the Council) and Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission).

Michael Cashman introduced the report.

The following spoke: Alessandro Battilocchio (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Manuel Medina Ortega (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Stefano Zappalà, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Inger Segelström, on behalf of the PSE Group, Gérard Deprez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Claude Moraes.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.06.2005, Item 12.2.

17.   Security research (debate)

Report on Security Research: the Next Steps [2004/2171(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Rapporteur: Bogdan Klich (A6-0103/2005)

Bogdan Klich introduced the report.

Viviane Reding (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (draftsman of the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Romana Jordan Cizelj, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Panagiotis Beglitis, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Georgios Karatzaferis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.06.2005, Item 12.15.

18.   The information society (debate)

Report on the information society [2004/2204(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Catherine Trautmann (A6-0172/2005)

Catherine Trautmann introduced the report.

Viviane Reding (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: María Badía i Cutchet (draftsman of the opinion of the CULT Committee), Lambert van Nistelrooij, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, David Hammerstein Mintz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Umberto Guidoni, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Reino Paasilinna, on behalf of the PSE Group, Paul Rübig, Francisca Pleguezuelos Aguilar, András Gyürk, Ljudmila Novak, Bogusław Sonik and Malcolm Harbour.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.06.2005, Item 12.16.

19.   Lloyd's Affair (debate)

Oral question by Marcin Libicki, on behalf of the PETI Committee, to the Commission: Lloyd's Names Petitioners: Implementation of the First Non-Life Insurance Directive (B6-0245/2005)

Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou (deputising for the author) moved the oral question.

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

The following spoke: Robert Atkins, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Manuel Medina Ortega, on behalf of the PSE Group, Diana Wallis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Paul van Buitenen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Luca Romagnoli, Non-attached Member, Proinsias De Rossa and Charlie McCreevy.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 108(5):

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.06.2005, Item 12.14.

20.   Surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies **II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position of the Council with a view to the adoption of a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies [9817/2005 — C6-0192/2005 — 2005/0064(SYN)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Othmar Karas (A6-0204/2005).

Othmar Karas introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Alexander Radwan, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ieke van den Burg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sergej Kozlík, Non-attached Member, Cristobal Montoro Romero, Manuel António dos Santos and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.06.2005, Item 12.9.

21.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 357.269/JE).

22.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.40.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Josep Borrell Fontelles

President

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

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Thursday 23 June 2005

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MINUTES

(2006/C 133 E/02)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 09.05.

2.   Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea — led by Lee Sang-deuk — who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

3.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

4.   Programme of the British Presidency (debate)

Council statement: Programme of the British Presidency

Tony Blair (United Kingdom Prime Minister and incoming President-in-Office of the Council) introduced the programme of the British presidency.

José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Roger Helmer, Non-attached Member, Timothy Kirkhope, Gary Titley and Karin Riis-Jørgensen.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Caroline Lucas, Roberto Musacchio, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Mogens N.J. Camre, Ashley Mote, Françoise Grossetête, Hannes Swoboda, Chris Davies, Jillian Evans, Eoin Ryan, James Hugh Allister and József Szájer.

5.   Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Parliament of Kuwait — led by Dr Nasser Jasem al-Sane — who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

6.   Programme of the British Presidency (continuation of debate)

The following spoke: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Lena Ek, Ian Hudghton, Ryszard Czarnecki, Elmar Brok, Pasqualina Napoletano, Jean-Louis Bourlanges, Jana Bobošíková, Jaime Mayor Oreja and Bernard Poignant.

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

The following spoke: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, Enrique Barón Crespo, Andrew Duff, Antonio Tajani, Martine Roure, Sajjad Karim, Gunnar Hökmark, Jan Andersson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Ursula Stenzel, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Bill Newton Dunn, Avril Doyle, Charles Tannock, Karl von Wogau, Nikolaos Vakalis, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Margie Sudre, Tony Blair and José Manuel Barroso.

The debate closed.

7.   Voting time

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

7.1.   Members' Statute (vote)

Report on the amendment of the Decision of 4 June 2003 on the adoption of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament [2005/2124(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs

Rapporteur: Giuseppe Gargani (A6-0189/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 1)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (including the decision adopting the Statute for Members)

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0245)

The following spoke:

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA

Vice-President

8.   Membership of Parliament

Antonio De Poli had given notice of his election as a member of the Veneto Regional Council.

Since, pursuant to Rule 4(4) of its Rules of Procedure and Article 7(3) of the Act concerning the election of representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, this office was incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Parliament established that the vacancy would take effect from 16.05.2005 and informed the Member State concerned thereof.

9.   Communication of Council common positions

Pursuant to Rule 57(1), the President announced that the Council had sent the following common position, along with the reasons for its adoption and the Commission's position on:

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 24.06.2005.

10.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

11.   Corrections to votes from previous sittings

Bernadette Bourzai had made the following corrections to votes:

Sitting of 08.06.2005

Report: Reimer Böge — A6-0153/2005

12.   Voting time (continuation)

12.1.   Marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (c/m/r) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, for the twenty-ninth time, Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (substances classified as carcinogen, mutagen or toxic to reproduction — c/m/r) [COM(2004)0638 — C6-0136/2004 — 2004/0225(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Karl-Heinz Florenz (A6-0163/2005).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 2)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0246)

12.2.   Community Border Code ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders [COM(2004)0391 — C6-0080/2004 — 2004/0127(COD)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A6-0188/2005).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 3)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0247)

12.3.   Execution of the budget * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 382/2001 as regards its expiry date and certain provisions related to the execution of the Budget [COM(2004)0840 — C6-0044/2005 — 2004/0288(CNS)] — Committee on International Trade

Rapporteur: David Martin (A6-0154/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 4)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0248)

12.4.   Quality of statistical data concerning excessive deficits * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 3605/93 as regards the quality of statistical data in the context of the excessive deficit procedure [COM(2005)0071 — C6-0108/2005 — 2005/0013(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Jean-Paul Gauzès (A6-0181/2005).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 5)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0249)

12.5.   Specific restrictive measures against certain persons (Sudan) * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons impeding the peace process and breaking international law in the conflict in the Darfur region in Sudan [COM(2005)0180 — C6-0138/2005 — 2005/0068(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Rapporteur: Jean-Marie Cavada (A6-0186/2005).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 6)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0250)

12.6.   Specific restrictive measures against certain persons (Congo) * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo [COM(2005)0227 — C6-0185/2005 — 2005/0101(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Rapporteur: Jean-Marie Cavada (A6-0194/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 7)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0251)

12.7.   Amendments to Draft amending budget 2/2005 (vote)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 8)

AMENDMENTS

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0252)

12.8.   Draft amending budget 2/2005 (vote)

Report on Draft amending budget No 2/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 — Salary adjustment:

Section I — European Parliament; Section II — Council; Section III — Commission; 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 [09491/2005 — C6-0172/2005 — 2005/2045(BUD)], Committee on Budgets

Co-rapporteurs: Salvador Garriga Polledo and Anne E. Jensen (A6-0190/2005).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0253)

12.9.   Surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies **II (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position of the Council with a view to the adoption of a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies [9817/2005 — C6-0192/2005 — 2005/0064(SYN)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Rapporteur: Othmar Karas (A6-0204/2005).

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 10)

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL

Declared approved (P6_TA(2005)0254)

12.10.   Protection of the financial intersts of the Community ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on mutual administrative assistance for the protection of the financial interests of the Community against fraud and any other illegal activities [COM(2004)0509 — C6-0125/2004 — 2004/0172(COD)] — Committee on Budgetary Control

Rapporteur: Petr Duchoň (A6-0156/2005).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 11)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0255)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0255)

12.11.   Access to Community external assistance ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the access to Community External Assistance [COM(2004)0313 — C6-0032/2004 — 2004/0099(COD)] — Committee on Development

Rapporteur: Michael Gahler (A6-0182/2005).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 12)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0256)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0256)

12.12.   Greenland halibut * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a rebuilding plan for Greenland halibut in the framework of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation [COM(2004)0640 — C6-0197/2004 — 2004/0229(CNS)] — Committee on Fisheries

Rapporteur: Henrik Dam Kristensen (A6-0116/2005).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 13)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0257)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0257)

12.13.   European Council meeting (Brussels, 16-17 June 2005) (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0386/2005, B6-0387/2005, B6-0388/2005, B6-0389/2005, B6-0390/2005 and B6-0391/2005

(Simple majority)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0386/2005

(replacing B6-0386/2005, B6-0388/2005, B6-0389/2005 and B6-0391/2005):

tabled by the following Members:

Parliament approved the request.

12.14.   Lloyd's affair (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0385/2005

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 14)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0258)

12.15.   Security research (vote)

Report on Security Research: the Next Steps [2004/2171(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs

Rapporteur: Bogdan Klich (A6-0103/2005).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 15)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0259)

The following spoke on the vote:

The President accepted the request.

12.16.   The information society (vote)

Report on the information society [2004/2204(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Rapporteur: Catherine Trautmann (A6-0172/2005).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 16)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0260)

13.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the verbatim report of proceedings for the sitting.

Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Giuseppe Gargani — A6-0189/2005

14.   Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

Report: Giuseppe Gargani — A6-0189/2005

Report: Henrik Dam Kristensen — A6-0116/2005

Report: Bogdan Klich — A6-0103/2005

Reinhard Rack had been present but had not voted.

Karl-Heinz Florenz had been present but had not taken part in all the votes.

15.   Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

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

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

16.   Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held from 04.07.2005 to 07.07.2005.

17.   Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 13.10.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Josep Borrell Fontelles

President

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Albertini, Allister, Alvaro, Andersson, Andria, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Aylward, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Birutis, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Bonino, Bono, Bonsignore, Booth, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busquin, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carollo, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Cesa, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Cirino Pomicino, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia, Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Cramer, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Daul, Davies, de Brún, Degutis, Dehaene, De Keyser, Demetriou, De Michelis, Deprez, De Rossa, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dobolyi, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duin, Duka-Zólyomi, Duquesne, Ebner, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jillian Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fjellner, Flasarová, Flautre, Florenz, Fontaine, Ford, Fotyga, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni, Freitas, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gomolka, Goudin, Genowefa Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grech, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein Mintz, Handzlik, Hannan, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ibrisagic, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jensen, Joan i Marí, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Kamiński, Karas, Karatzaferis, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Klinz, Knapman, Koch, Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krarup, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Krupa, Kuc, Kudrycka, Kuhne, Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Lamassoure, Lambert, Landsbergis, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, La Russa, Laschet, Lauk, Lax, Lechner, Le Foll, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Fernand Le Rachinel, Letta, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liotard, Lipietz, Locatelli, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Louis, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lundgren, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McDonald, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Malmström, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Mantovani, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastenbroek, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morillon, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Mussolini, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Newton Dunn, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niebler, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Borut Pahor, Paleckis, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Patrie, Pavilionis, Peillon, Pęk, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pinheiro, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Poignant, Pomés Ruiz, Portas, Posselt, Prets, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Ribeiro e Castro, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rizzo, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García, Salvini, Samaras, Samuelsen, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Schmidt, Ingo Schmitt, Pál Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Silva Peneda, Sinnott, Siwiec, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stenzel, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Strejček, Strož, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Thyssen, Titford, Titley, Toia, Tomczak, Toubon, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vakalis, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Ventre, Verges, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Westlund, Whitehead, Whittaker, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijkman, Wise, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Wurtz, Wynn, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zani, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Zieleniec, Zimmer, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

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ANNEX I

RESULTS OF VOTES

Abbreviations and symbols

1.   Amendment of the decision of 4 June 2003 on the adoption of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament

Report: GARGANI (A6-0189/2005)

Requests for separate votes

PSE: recital 12

ALDE: recital 12

Verts/ALE: recital 12

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: amendments 1 and 2

PPE-DE: final vote

IND/DEM: article 12 § 1, article 14 § 1, article 20 § 3, article 27 §§ 1 and 2 and final vote

Requests for split votes

PSE:

article 23 § 2

1st part:‘The payments due ... monthly in euro’

2nd part: remainder

Miscellaneous

The PPE-DE Group had withdrawn amendment 12.

2.   Marketing of certain dangerous substances ***I

Report: FLORENZ (A6-0163/2005)

3.   Movement of persons across borders ***I

Report: CASHMAN (A6-0188/2005)

4.   Implementation of the budget *

Report: DAVID MARTIN (A6-0154/2005)

5.   Excessive deficit statistics *

Report: GAUZÈS (A6-0181/2005)

6.   Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons impeding the peace process and breaking international law in the conflict in the Darfur region in Sudan *

Report: CAVADA (A6-0186/2005)

7.   Violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo *

Report: CAVADA (A6-0194/2005)

8.   Amendments to draft amending budget No 2/2005 — BUDG

BUDGET (Amendments)

9.   Draft amending budget No 2/2005 — BUDG

Report: GARRIGA POLLEDO/JENSEN (A6-0190/2005)

10.   Strengthening of surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies **II

Report: KARAS (A6-0204/2005)

11.   Protecting the Community's financial interests ***I

Report: DUCHOŇ (A6-0156/2005)

Requests for separate votes

PPE-DE: amendments 6 and 9

12.   Access to Community external assistance ***I

Report: GAHLER (A6-0182/2005)

13.   Greenland Halibut *

Report: KRISTENSEN (A6-0116/2005)

Request for roll-call vote

PPE-DE: final vote

14.   Lloyd's affair

Motion for a resolution: B6-0385/2005

15.   Security research

Report: KLICH (A6-0103/2005)

Requests for roll-call votes

GUE/NGL: final vote

Miscellaneous

A block vote was held on amendments 1 to 21.

16.   Information society

Report: TRAUTMANN (A6-0172/2005)

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ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1.   Gargani report A6-0189/2005

For: 490

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lax, Letta, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Markov, Maštálka, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Rizzo, Seppänen, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland

NI: Battilocchio, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Helmer, Masiel, Mussolini, Rivera, Romagnoli, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Demetriou, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, La Russa, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Tatarella

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

Against: 55

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Liotard, Meijer, Strož, Svensson

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

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mote, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Deß, Friedrich, Gomolka, Gräßle, Lechner, Liese, Mayer, Posselt, Sommer, Wieland

PSE: Cottigny, Kuc

UEN: Szymański

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

Abstention: 42

ALDE: Cavada, Harkin, Morillon, Nicholson of Winterbourne

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Flasarová, Kohlíček, McDonald, Pafilis, Portas, Remek, Toussas

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Ebner, Guellec, Hoppenstedt, Konrad, Landsbergis, Laschet, Pieper, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Schmitt Ingo, Stevenson, von Wogau, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Ferreira Anne, Le Foll, Lienemann, Pahor, Roth-Behrendt, Trautmann, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud

UEN: Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Roszkowski

Verts/ALE: Breyer

2.   Gargani report A6-0189/2005

For: 499

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lax, Letta, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Kaufmann, Pflüger, Rizzo, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Salvini, Speroni, Tomczak

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Helmer, Masiel, Mussolini, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Demetriou, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Lehtinen, Leinen, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, La Russa, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Tatarella

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

Against: 33

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, de Brún, Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Seppänen, Strož, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Lundgren

NI: Bobošíková, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote

PPE-DE: Friedrich, Schnellhardt

PSE: Cottigny

UEN: Szymański

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

Abstention: 65

ALDE: Cavada, Morillon, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Resetarits

GUE/NGL: Flasarová, Kohlíček, Pafilis, Remek, Toussas

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

NI: Baco, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Kozlík, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ebner, Hoppenstedt, Jałowiecki, Konrad, Landsbergis, Laschet, Pieper, Ribeiro e Castro, Schmitt Ingo, Sonik, Stevenson, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Ferreira Anne, Fruteau, Grech, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Lienemann, Pahor, Roth-Behrendt, Trautmann, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud

UEN: Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Roszkowski

Verts/ALE: Breyer, Lichtenberger, Turmes

3.   Gargani report A6-0189/2005

For: 99

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, de Brún, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Seppänen, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Salvini, Speroni

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Mussolini, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Brepoels, Doyle, Liese

PSE: van den Berg, Berman, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Corbey, Désir, Gill, McAvan, Mann Erika, Mastenbroek, Mikko, Napoletano, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rasmussen, Siwiec

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Ó Neachtain, Roszkowski, Ryan

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

Against: 440

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lax, Letta, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček, Strož, Svensson

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Lundgren, Nattrass, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Demetriou, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Doorn, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Klich, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, Berger, Berlinguer, Bösch, Bourzai, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Myller, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Pittella, Prets, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Berlato, Camre, La Russa, Muscardini, Musumeci, Szymański, Tatarella

Abstention: 57

ALDE: Cavada, Davies, Morillon, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Resetarits

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Pafilis, Remek, Rizzo, Toussas

IND/DEM: Bonde, Coûteaux, Louis, Rogalski

NI: Baco, Bobošíková, Helmer, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote, Rivera

PPE-DE: Callanan, Ebner, Gawronski, Grosch, Heaton-Harris, Konrad, Landsbergis, Laschet, Pieper, Ribeiro e Castro, Schmitt Ingo, Sommer, Sonik, Stevenson, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: De Vits, El Khadraoui, Ferreira Anne, Grech, Le Foll, Lienemann, Muscat, Pahor, Reynaud, Roure, Tarabella, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Wiersma

4.   Gargani report A6-0189/2005

For: 516

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lax, Letta, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, de Brún, Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Kaufmann, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Rizzo, Seppänen, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Pęk, Salvini, Speroni

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, De Michelis, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mussolini, Rivera, Romagnoli, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Demetriou, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Ingo, Schmitt Pál, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Lehtinen, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, La Russa, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Ždanoka

Against: 33

GUE/NGL: Flasarová, Kohlíček, Strož

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Krupa, Lundgren, Nattrass, Piotrowski, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mote, Rutowicz, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Pleštinská

PSE: Cottigny, Leichtfried

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

Abstention: 44

ALDE: Cavada, Morillon, Nicholson of Winterbourne

GUE/NGL: Liotard, Meijer, Remek, Svensson

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Louis, Rogalski

NI: Baco, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Ebner, Hoppenstedt, Konrad, Landsbergis, Laschet, Pieper, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Sonik, Stevenson, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Ferreira Anne, Fruteau, Hazan, Le Foll, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Myller, Pahor, Roure, Schapira, Trautmann, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud

UEN: Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Roszkowski

Verts/ALE: de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Lichtenberger, Voggenhuber

5.   Gargani report A6-0189/2005

For: 502

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Degutis, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lax, Letta, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Guidoni, Maštálka, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Rizzo, Seppänen, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Knapman, Louis, Salvini, Speroni, Titford, Tomczak

NI: Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mussolini, Rivera, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Demetriou, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Lehtinen, Leinen, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vincenzi, Weber Henri, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, La Russa, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Tatarella

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 22

ALDE: Resetarits

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček, Strož

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Lundgren

NI: Bobošíková, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote

PPE-DE: Beazley, Bushill-Matthews, Deva, Elles, Harbour, Hoppenstedt, Langen

PSE: Cottigny, Van Lancker

Verts/ALE: Breyer, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Smith

Abstention: 71

ALDE: Cavada, Davies, Morillon, Nicholson of Winterbourne

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Kaufmann, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Meijer, Pafilis, Remek, Svensson, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Claeys, De Michelis, Dillen, Kozlík, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ebner, Guellec, Konrad, Landsbergis, Laschet, Pieper, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Ribeiro e Castro, Schmitt Ingo, Schnellhardt, Sonik, Stevenson, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Ferreira Anne, Fruteau, Grech, Jöns, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Lienemann, Pahor, Trautmann, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud

UEN: Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Szymański

Verts/ALE: Flautre, Jonckheer

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For: 100

ALDE: Davies

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, de Brún, Kaufmann, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Seppänen, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

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

NI: Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Dillen, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mussolini, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Brepoels, De Veyrac, Liese, Schmitt Ingo

PSE: van den Berg, Berman, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Corbey, Gill, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, Martin David, Mastenbroek, Mikko, Santoro, Stihler, Van Lancker

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

Against: 434

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Degutis, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lax, Letta, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček, Strož

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Speroni, Tomczak

NI: Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Romagnoli, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Demetriou, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berlinguer, Bourzai, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leinen, Liberadzki, Locatelli, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Myller, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rasmussen, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Szejna, Tabajdi, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vincenzi, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, La Russa, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Tatarella

Abstention: 62

ALDE: Cavada, Morillon, Nicholson of Winterbourne

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Pafilis, Remek, Rizzo, Svensson, Toussas

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Helmer, Kozlík, Mote, Rivera, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Callanan, Ebner, Gawronski, Heaton-Harris, Konrad, Landsbergis, Laschet, Pieper, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Ribeiro e Castro, Sonik, Stevenson, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Berger, Bösch, Ettl, Ferreira Anne, Grech, Kreissl-Dörfler, Leichtfried, Lienemann, Muscat, Napoletano, Pahor, Reynaud, Swoboda, Tarabella, Trautmann, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Wiersma

UEN: Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Szymański

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For: 465

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lax, Letta, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, de Brún, Guidoni, Kohlíček, Liotard, McDonald, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Rizzo, Seppänen, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Salvini, Speroni

NI: Allister, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Rivera, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cesa, Chichester, Coelho, Daul, Demetriou, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Doorn, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Ingo, Schmitt Pál, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berger, Berlinguer, Bösch, Bourzai, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Correia, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Leinen, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, La Russa, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Tatarella

Verts/ALE: Cramer, Flautre, Horáček, Lipietz, Turmes

Against: 74

ALDE: Resetarits, Samuelsen, Szent-Iványi

GUE/NGL: Strož

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

NI: Bobošíková, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Doyle, Hökmark, Silva Peneda

PSE: van den Berg, Berman, Bozkurt, Corbey, Cottigny, Gill, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Lehtinen, Mastenbroek, Rasmussen

UEN: Muscardini

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

Abstention: 58

ALDE: Cavada, Morillon, Nicholson of Winterbourne

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Markov, Pafilis, Remek, Toussas

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Claeys, De Michelis, Dillen, Kozlík, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Brepoels, Caspary, Ebner, Hoppenstedt, Konrad, Landsbergis, Laschet, Pieper, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Ribeiro e Castro, Sonik, Stevenson, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: van den Burg, Ferreira Anne, Fruteau, Grech, Hazan, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Pahor, Roure, Schulz, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Wiersma

UEN: Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Szymański

8.   Gargani report A6-0189/2005

For: 403

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Bowles, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Lax, Letta, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, de Brún, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Rizzo, Seppänen, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, De Michelis, Helmer, Mussolini, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Demetriou, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fjellner, Fontaine, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Graça Moura, Grossetête, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jackson, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Klich, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Martens, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mikolášik, Mitchell, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pinheiro, Poettering, Queiró, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schöpflin, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, De Keyser, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Grech, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Prets, Rasmussen, Riera Madurell, Rothe, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vincenzi, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Camre, Crowley, La Russa, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Tatarella

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lambert, Lucas, Onesta, Rühle, Schroedter, Smith, Staes

Against: 89

GUE/NGL: Flasarová, Guerreiro, Kohlíček, Maštálka, Pafilis, Ransdorf, Strož, Toussas

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

NI: Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mote, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Böge, Caspary, Chichester, Deß, Ebner, Ehler, Florenz, Gomolka, Gräßle, Hoppenstedt, Klamt, Konrad, Kuźmiuk, Langen, Mann Thomas, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Pieper, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Reul, Schmitt Ingo, Schwab, Sommer, Sturdy, Ulmer, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wuermeling

PSE: Bullmann, Cottigny

UEN: Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Muscardini, Roszkowski, Szymański

Verts/ALE: Breyer, Schlyter

Abstention: 92

ALDE: Budreikaitė, Cavada, Geremek, Kułakowski, Morillon, Nicholson of Winterbourne

GUE/NGL: Portas, Remek, Svensson, Triantaphyllides

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Speroni

NI: Baco, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Ayuso González, del Castillo Vera, Deva, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Fernández Martín, Fraga Estévez, Galeote Quecedo, Garriga Polledo, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Herranz García, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Kaczmarek, Landsbergis, López-Istúriz White, Marques, Mato Adrover, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Pomés Ruiz, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sonik, Stevenson, Tannock, Wojciechowski, Zappalà, Zieleniec

PSE: Berès, Bourzai, Carlotti, Désir, Douay, Fruteau, Gröner, Hazan, Jöns, Kindermann, Le Foll, Lienemann, Reynaud, Rosati, Roure, Schapira, Trautmann, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Weber Henri

UEN: Didžiokas, Pirilli

Verts/ALE: Beer, Bennahmias, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Harms, Isler Béguin, Kallenbach, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Romeva i Rueda, Schmidt, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

9.   Kristensen report A6-0116/2005

For: 540

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Hall, Harkin, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lax, Letta, Lynne, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, McDonald, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Goudin, Grabowski, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Speroni, Tomczak

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mussolini, Rivera, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Demetriou, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Ingo, Schmitt Pál, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sonik, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Schapira, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, La Russa, Muscardini, Pirilli, Tatarella

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

Against: 12

ALDE: Maaten, Malmström, Samuelsen

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Titford, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Wijkman

UEN: Ryan

Abstention: 12

IND/DEM: Bonde, Coûteaux, Louis

NI: Kozlík

PPE-DE: Koch, Konrad

UEN: Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Musumeci, Roszkowski, Szymański

10.   Klich report A6-0103/2005

For: 393

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Costa, Degutis, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Hall, Harkin, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Lax, Letta, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Virrankoski, Wallis

NI: Battilocchio, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Masiel, Mussolini, Rivera, Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Antoniozzi, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Bonsignore, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Carollo, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cesa, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Demetriou, Deß, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Klich, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pieper, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Ingo, Schmitt Pál, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sonik, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Grabowska, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Piecyk, Pittella, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Schapira, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Berlato, Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, La Russa, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella

Against: 97

ALDE: Nicholson of Winterbourne

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, de Brún, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Kohlíček, Liotard, McDonald, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Clark, Coûteaux, Giertych, Goudin, Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Speroni, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Harbour, Méndez de Vigo

PSE: Berman

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Didžiokas, Musumeci, Pirilli, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Ždanoka

Abstention: 29

ALDE: Takkula, Väyrynen

GUE/NGL: Guidoni

IND/DEM: Bonde, Booth

NI: Czarnecki Ryszard, Kozlík, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Bowis, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Kamall, Konrad, Parish, Purvis, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Zvěřina

PSE: Berlinguer, Grech, Muscat

UEN: Camre, Muscardini

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P6_TA(2005)0245

Members' Statute

European Parliament resolution on the amendment of the decision of 4 June 2003 on the adoption of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (2005/2124(INI))

The European Parliament,

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(1)OJ C 68, 18.3.2004, p. 210.

(2)OJ C 91 E, 15.4.2004, p. 230.

ANNEX

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTING THE STATUTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

The European Parliament

having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 190(5) thereof,

having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 108(4) thereof,

having regard to the opinion of the Commission,

with the approval of the Council,

whereas:

DECIDES:

TITLE I

REGULATIONS AND GENERAL CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Article 1

This Statute lays down the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the duties of Members of the European Parliament.

Article 2

(1)   Members shall be free and independent.

(2)   Agreements concerning the resignation from office of a Member before or at the end of a parliamentary term shall be null and void.

Article 3

(1)   Members shall vote on an individual and personal basis. They shall not be bound by any instructions and shall not receive a binding mandate.

(2)   Agreements concerning the way in which the mandate is to be exercised shall be null and void.

Article 4

Documents and electronic records which a Member has received, drafted or sent shall not be treated as Parliament documents unless they have been tabled in accordance with the Rules of Procedure.

Article 5

(1)   Each Member shall be entitled to table proposals for Community acts in the context of Parliament's right of initiative.

(2)   Parliament shall lay down in its Rules of Procedure the conditions for the exercise of this right.

Article 6

(1)   Members shall be entitled to inspect any files held by Parliament.

(2)   Paragraph 1 shall not apply to personal files and accounts.

(3)   Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to acts of the European Union and agreements by the Institutions concerning access to documents.

(4)   Parliament shall lay down the conditions for the exercise of this right.

Article 7

(1)   Parliament's documents shall be translated into all the official languages.

(2)   Speeches shall be interpreted simultaneously into all the other official languages.

(3)   Parliament shall lay down the conditions for the implementation of this Article.

Article 8

(1)   Members may form themselves into political groups.

(2)   Parliament shall lay down in its Rules of Procedure the conditions for the exercise of this right.

Article 9

(1)   Members shall be entitled to an appropriate salary to safeguard their independence.

(2)   At the end of their term of office, they shall be entitled to a transitional allowance and a pension.

(3)   Agreements on the use of the salary, the transitional end-of-service allowance and the pension for other than private purposes shall be null and void.

(4)   The surviving dependants of Members or former Members shall be entitled to a survivor's pension.

Article 10

The amount of the salary shall be 38,5 % of the basic salary of a judge at the Court of Justice of the European Communities.

Article 11

The salary received by a Member for the exercise of a mandate in another parliament shall be offset against the salary.

Article 12

(1)   The salary provided for in Article 9 shall be subject to tax for the benefit of the Communities on the same terms and conditions as those laid down, on the basis of Article 13 of the Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the Communities, for the officials and other servants of the European Communities.

(2)   The abatements for occupational and personal expenses and those of a family and social nature, provided for in Article 3(2) to (4) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council of 29 February 1968 laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities (2), shall not be applicable.

(3)   Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the Member States' power to make the salary subject to national tax law provisions, provided that any double taxation is avoided.

(4)   Member States shall have the right to take the salary into account when setting the rate of taxation applicable to other revenue.

(5)   This Article shall also apply to the transitional allowance as well as to the old-age, invalidity and survivor's pensions, which are paid pursuant to Articles 13, 14, 15 and 17.

(6)   Benefits under Articles 18, 19 and 20 and contributions to the Pension Fund under Article 27 shall not be subject to tax.

Article 13

(1)   At the end of their term of office Members shall be entitled to a transitional allowance equivalent to the salary pursuant to Article 10.

(2)   This entitlement shall continue for one month per year in which their mandate has been exercised, but not for less than six months or more than 24 months.

(3)   In the event of a Member's assuming a mandate in another parliament or taking public office, the transitional allowance shall be paid until the mandate starts or the public office is taken up.

(4)   In the event of death, the transitional allowance shall be paid for the last time in the month in which the former Member died.

Article 14

(1)   Former Members shall be entitled to an old-age pension from the age of 63.

(2)   This pension shall be, for each full year's exercise of a mandate, 3,5% of the salary pursuant to Article 10 and one-twelfth thereof for each further full month, but not more than 70 % in total.

(3)   Entitlement to the old-age pension shall exist irrespective of any other pension.

(4)   Article 11 shall apply ‘mutatis mutandis’.

Article 15

(1)   Members who become incapacitated during their term of office shall be entitled to a pension.

(2)   Article 14(2) shall apply ‘mutatis mutandis’. However, the amount of the pension shall be at least 35 % of the salary pursuant to Article 10.

(3)   The entitlement shall take effect when the Member concerned stands down.

(4)   Parliament shall lay down the conditions for the exercise of this right.

(5)   Article 11 shall apply ‘mutatis mutandis’.

Article 16

Should a former Member be entitled simultaneously to the payment of the transitional allowance pursuant to Article 13 and the pension pursuant to Article 14 or Article 15, he or she shall decide which arrangement shall be applied.

Article 17

(1)   In the event of the death of a Member or of a former Member who at the time of his/her death was or would have been entitled in future to a pension pursuant to Article 14 or Article 15, the spouse and dependent children shall be entitled to a survivor's pension.

(2)   The total amount of the pension shall not exceed the pension to which the Member would have been entitled at the end of the parliamentary term or to which the former Member was or would have been entitled.

(3)   The surviving spouse shall receive 60 % of the amount referred to in paragraph 2, but in any case at least 30 % of the salary pursuant to Article 10. Such entitlement shall not be affected if the surviving spouse remarries. Such entitlement shall be forfeited if the specific circumstances of an individual case leave no reasonable doubt that the marriage was concluded solely for the purpose of securing a pension.

(4)   A dependent child shall receive 20 % of the amount referred to in paragraph 2.

(5)   Should it be necessary, the maximum amount of the pension to be paid shall be divided between the spouse and the children in the ratio of the percentages laid down in paragraphs 3 and 4.

(6)   The pension shall be paid from the first day of the month following the date of death.

(7)   Should the spouse die, the entitlement shall expire at the end of the month during which the death occurred.

(8)   A child's entitlement shall expire at the end of the month in which he/she reaches the age of 21. However, it shall continue for the duration of education or vocational training, but shall expire at the latest at the end of the month during which he/she reaches the age of 25. The entitlement shall continue if the child is unable to support himself/herself on account of sickness or infirmity.

(9)   Partners from relationships recognised in the Member States shall be treated as equivalent to spouses.

(10)   Parliament shall lay down the conditions for the exercise of this right.

Article 18

(1)   Members and former Members drawing a pension, and persons entitled to the survivor's pension, shall be entitled to reimbursement of two-thirds of the costs that they incur as a result of sickness, pregnancy or the birth of a child.

(2)   Parliament shall lay down the conditions for the exercise of this right.

Article 19

(1)   Members shall be entitled to insurance cover for the risks connected with the exercise of their mandate.

(2)   Parliament shall lay down the conditions for the exercise of this right. Members shall pay one-third of the resulting insurance premiums.

Article 20

(1)   Members shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred in the exercise of their mandate.

(2)   Parliament shall reimburse the actual expenses incurred by Members in travelling to and from the places of work and in connection with other duty travel.

(3)   Others expenses incurred by Members in the exercise of their mandate may be reimbursed by means of a flat-rate sum.

(4)   Parliament shall lay down the conditions for the exercise of this right.

(5)   Article 9(3) shall apply ‘mutatis mutandis’.

Article 21

(1)   Members shall be entitled to assistance from personal staff whom they may freely choose.

(2)   Parliament shall meet the expenses actually incurred by Members in employing such personal staff.

(3)   Parliament shall lay down the conditions for the exercise of this right.

Article 22

(1)   Members shall be entitled to use Parliament's office facilities, telecommunications equipment and official vehicles.

(2)   Parliament shall lay down the conditions for the exercise of this right.

Article 23

(1)   All payments shall be made from the budget of the European Union.

(2)   The payments due pursuant to Articles 10, 13, 14, 15 and 17 shall be made monthly in euro or — at the option of the Member — in the currency of the Member State where he/she is domiciled. Parliament shall lay down the conditions under which the payments are to be made.

Article 24

Decisions concerning the implementation of this Statute shall come into force once they have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

TITLE II

Transitional provisions

Article 25

(1)   Members who belonged to Parliament prior to the entry into force of this Statute and were re-elected may opt for the national system applicable hitherto in respect of the salary, transitional allowance and pensions for the entire duration of their membership of the European Parliament.

(2)   These payments shall be made from the budget of the Member State in question.

Article 26

(1)   Members who wish to continue with the national system applicable hitherto pursuant to Article 25(1) shall notify the President of Parliament of this decision in writing within 30 days of the entry into force of this Statute.

(2)   The decision shall be final and irrevocable.

(3)   Should such notification not be made within the time-limit, the provisions of this Statute shall apply.

Article 27

(1)   The voluntary pension fund set up by Parliament shall be maintained after the entry into force of this Statute for Members or former Members who have already acquired rights or future entitlements in that fund.

(2)   Acquired rights and future entitlements shall be maintained in full. Parliament may lay down criteria and conditions governing the acquisition of new rights or entitlements.

(3)   Members who receive the salary pursuant to Article 10 may not acquire any new rights or future entitlements in the voluntary pension fund.

(4)   The fund shall not be open to Members who are first elected to Parliament after this Statute becomes applicable.

(5)   Articles 9(3) and 14(3) shall apply ‘mutatis mutandis’.

Article 28

(1)   Any pension entitlement that a Member has acquired in accordance with national arrangements at the time when this Statute is applied shall be retained in full.

(2)   If the length of the term of office served in the European Parliament or in a national parliament is not sufficient under national arrangements to give rise to any pension entitlement, the period concerned shall be taken into account in calculating the pension based on this Statute. Parliament may conclude agreements with the competent authorities of the Member States on the transfer of acquired entitlements.

Article 29

(1)   Each Member State may adopt, for the Members elected in it, rules different from the provisions of this Statute as regards the salary, transitional allowance and pensions for a transitional period which may not exceed the length of two European Parliament parliamentary terms.

(2)   Those rules shall place the Members on at least an equal footing with the members of their respective national parliament.

(3)   All payments shall be made from the budget of the Member State in question.

(4)   The entitlements of Members pursuant to Articles 18 to 22 shall not be affected by such rules.

TITLE III

FINAL PROVISION

Article 30

This Statute shall enter into force on the first day of the European Parliament parliamentary term beginning in 2009.

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(1)  Judgment of 15 September 1981, Case 208/80 Rt. Hon. Lord Bruce of Donington v Eric Gordon Aspden [1981] ECR 2205.

(2)OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 (OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1).

P6_TA(2005)0246

Marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (c/m/r) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, for the twenty-ninth time, Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (substances classified as carcinogen, mutagen or toxic to reproduction — c/m/r) (COM(2004)0638 — C6-0136/2004 — 2004/0225(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

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P6_TA(2005)0247

Community Border Code ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (COM(2004)0391 — C6-0080/2004 — 2004/0127(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1_COD(2004)0127

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 June 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 62(1) and (2)(a) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),

Whereas:

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Subject-matter and principles

This Regulation provides for the absence of border control of persons crossing the internal borders between the Member States of the European Union.

It establishes rules governing border control of persons crossing the external borders of the Member States of the European Union.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

Article 3

Scope

This Regulation shall apply to any person crossing the internal or external borders of Member States, without prejudice to:

TITLE II

EXTERNAL BORDERS

Chapter I

Crossing of external borders and conditions for entry

Article 4

Crossing of external borders

1.   External borders may be crossed only at border crossing points and during the fixed opening hours. The opening hours shall be clearly indicated at border crossing points which are not open 24 hours a day.

Member States shall notify the list of their border crossing points to the Commission in accordance with Article 34.

2.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, exceptions to the obligation to cross external borders only at border crossing points and during the fixed opening hours may be allowed:

3.   Without prejudice to the exceptions provided for in paragraph 2 or to their international protection obligations, Member States shall introduce penalties, in accordance with their national law, for the unauthorised crossing of external borders at places other than border crossing points or at times other than the fixed opening hours. These penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

Article 5

Entry conditions for third-country nationals

1.   For stays not exceeding three months per six-month period, the entry conditions for third-country nationals shall be the following:

2.   A non-exhaustive list of supporting documents which the border guard may request from the third-country national in order to verify the fulfilment of the conditions set out in paragraph 1, point c, is included in Annex I.

3.   Means of subsistence shall be assessed in accordance with the duration and the purpose of the stay and by reference to average prices in the Member State(s) concerned for board and lodging in budget accommodation, multiplied by the number of days stayed.

Reference amounts set by the Member States shall be notified to the Commission in accordance with Article 34.

The assessment of sufficient means of subsistence may be based on the cash, travellers' cheques and credit cards in the third-country national's possession. Declarations of sponsorship, where such declarations are provided for by national law and letters of guarantee from hosts, as defined by national law, where the third-country national is staying with a host, may also constitute evidence of sufficient means of subsistence.

4.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1:

Chapter II

Control of external borders and refusal of entry

Article 6

Conduct of border checks

1.   Border guards shall, in the performance of their duties, fully respect human dignity.

Any measures taken in the performance of their duties shall be proportionate to the objectives pursued by such measures.

2.   While carrying out border checks, border guards shall not discriminate against persons on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Article 7

Border checks on persons

1.   Cross-border movement at external borders shall be subject to checks by border guards. Checks shall be carried out in accordance with this chapter.

The checks may also cover the means of transport and objects in the possession of the persons crossing the border. The law of the Member State concerned shall apply to any searches which are carried out.

2.   All persons shall undergo a minimum check in order to establish their identities on the basis of the production or presentation of their travel documents. Such a minimum check shall consist of a rapid and straightforward verification, where appropriate by using technical devices and by consulting, in the relevant databases, information exclusively on stolen, misappropriated, lost and invalidated documents, of the validity of the document authorising the legitimate holder to cross the border and of the presence of signs of falsification or counterfeiting.

The minimum check referred to in the first subparagraph shall be the rule for persons enjoying the Community right of free movement.

However, on a non-systematic basis, when carrying out minimum checks on persons enjoying the Community right of free movement, border guards may consult national and European databases in order to ensure that such persons do not represent a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat to the internal security, public policy, international relations of the Member States or a threat to the public health.

The consequences of such consultations shall not jeopardise the right of entry of persons enjoying the Community right of free movement into the territory of the Member State concerned as laid down in Directive 2004/38/EC.

3.   On entry and exit, third-country nationals shall be subject to thorough checks.

4.   Where facilities exist and if requested by the third-country national, such thorough checks shall be carried out in a private area.

5.   Third-country nationals subject to a thorough second line check shall be given information on the purpose of, and procedure for, such a check.

This information shall be available in all the official languages of the Union and in the language(s) of the country or countries bordering the Member State concerned and shall indicate that the third-country national may request the name or service identification number of the border guards carrying out the thorough second line check, the name of the border crossing point and the date on which the border was crossed.

6.   Checks on a person enjoying the Community right on free movement shall be carried out in accordance with Directive 2004/38/EC.

7.   Detailed rules governing the information to be registered are laid down in Annex II.

Article 8

Relaxation of border checks

1.   Border checks at external borders may be relaxed as a result of exceptional and unforeseen circumstances. Such exceptional and unforeseen circumstances shall be deemed to be those where unforeseeable events lead to traffic of such intensity that the waiting time at the border crossing point becomes excessive, and all resources have been exhausted as regards staff, facilities and organisation.

2.   Where border checks are relaxed in accordance with paragraph 1, border checks on entry movements shall in principle take priority over border checks on exit movements.

The decision to relax checks shall be taken by the border guard in command at the border crossing point.

Such relaxation of checks shall be temporary, adapted to the circumstances justifying it and introduced gradually.

3.   Even in the event that checks are relaxed, the border guard shall stamp the travel documents of third-country nationals both on entry and exit, in accordance with Article 10.

4.   Each Member State shall transmit once a year a report on the application of this Article to the European Parliament and the Commission.

Article 9

Separate lanes and information on signs

1.   Member States shall provide separate lanes, in particular at air border crossing points in order to carry out checks on persons, in accordance with Article 7. Such lanes shall be differentiated by means of the signs bearing the indications set out in the Annex III.

Member States may provide separate lanes at their sea and land border crossing points and at borders between Member States not applying Article 20 at their common borders. The signs bearing the indications set out in the Annex III shall be used if Member States provide separate lanes at those borders.

Member States shall ensure that such lanes are clearly signposted, including where the rules relating to the use of the different lanes are waived as provided for in paragraph 4, in order to ensure optimal flow levels of persons crossing the border.

3.   At sea and land border crossing points, Member States may separate vehicle traffic into different lanes for light and heavy vehicles and buses by using signs as shown in Part C of Annex III.

Member States may vary the indications on those signs where appropriate in the light of local circumstances.

4.   In the event of a temporary imbalance in traffic flows at a particular border crossing point, the rules relating to the use of the different lanes may be waived by the competent authorities for the time necessary to eliminate such imbalance.

5.   The adaptation of existing signs to the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be completed by 31 May 2009. Where Member States replace existing signs or put up new ones before that date, they shall comply with the indications provided for in those paragraphs.

Article 10

Stamping of the travel documents of third-country nationals

1.   The travel documents of third-country nationals shall be systematically stamped on entry and exit. In particular an entry or exit stamp shall be affixed to:

2.   The travel documents of nationals of third countries who are members of the family of a Union citizen to whom Directive 2004/38/EC applies, but who do not present the residence card provided for in Article 10 of that Directive, shall be stamped on entry or exit.

The travel documents of nationals of third countries who are members of the family of nationals of third countries enjoying the Community right of free movement, but who do not present the residence card provided for in Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC, shall be stamped on entry or exit.

3.   No entry or exit stamp shall be affixed:

Exceptionally, at the request of a third-country national, insertion of an entry or exit stamp may be dispensed with if insertion might cause serious difficulties for that person. In that case, entry or exit shall be recorded on a separate sheet indicating the name and passport number. That sheet shall be given to the third-country national.

4.   The practical arrangements for stamping are set out in Annex IV.

5.   Whenever possible, third-country nationals shall be informed of the border guard's obligation to stamp their travel document on entry and exit, even where checks are relaxed in accordance with Article 8.

6.   The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council by the end of 2008 on the operation of the provisions on stamping travel documents.

Article 11

Presumption as regards fulfilment of conditions of duration of stay

1.   If the travel document of a third-country national does not bear an entry stamp, the competent national authorities may presume that the holder does not fulfil, or no longer fulfils, the conditions of duration of stay applicable within the Member State concerned.

2.   The presumption referred to in paragraph 1 may be rebutted where the third-country national provides, by any means, credible evidence, such as transport tickets or proof of his or her presence outside the territory of the Member States, that he or she has respected the conditions relating to the duration of a short stay.

In such a case:

In addition to the indications referred to in points (a) and (b), a form as shown in Annex VIII may be given to the third-country national.

Member States shall inform each other and the Commission and the Council General Secretariat of their national practices with regard to the indications referred to in this Article.

3.   Should the presumption referred to in paragraph 1 not be rebutted, the third-country national may be expelled by the competent authorities from the territory of the Member States concerned.

Article 12

Border surveillance

1.   The main purpose of border surveillance shall be to prevent unauthorised border crossings, to counter cross-border criminality and to take measures against persons who have crossed the border illegally.

2.   The border guards shall use stationary or mobile units to carry out border surveillance.

That surveillance shall be carried out in such a way as to prevent and discourage persons from circumventing the checks at border crossing points.

3.   Surveillance between border crossing points shall be carried out by border guards whose numbers and methods shall be adapted to existing or foreseen risks and threats. It shall involve frequent and sudden changes to surveillance periods, so that unauthorised border crossings are always at risk of being detected.

4.   Surveillance shall be carried out by stationary or mobile units which perform their duties by patrolling or stationing themselves at places known or perceived to be sensitive, the aim of such surveillance being to apprehend individuals crossing the border illegally. Surveillance may also be carried out by technical means, including electronic means.

5.   Additional rules governing surveillance may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2).

Article 13

Refusal of entry

1.   A third-country national who does not fulfil all the entry conditions laid down in Article 5(1) and does not belong to the categories of persons referred to in Article 5(4) shall be refused entry to the territories of the Member States. This shall be without prejudice to the application of special provisions concerning the right of asylum and to international protection or the issue of long-stay visas.

2.   Entry may only be refused by a substantiated decision stating the precise reasons for the refusal. The decision shall be taken by an authority empowered by national law. It shall take effect immediately.

The substantiated decision stating the precise reasons for the refusal shall be given by means of a standard form, as set out in Annex V, Part B, filled in by the authority empowered by national law to refuse entry. The completed standard form shall be handed to the third-country national concerned, who shall acknowledge receipt of the decision to refuse entry by means of that form.

3.   Persons refused entry shall have the right to appeal. Appeals shall be conducted in accordance with national law. A written indication of contact points able to provide information on representatives competent to act on behalf of the third-country national in accordance with national law shall also be given to the third-country national.

Lodging such an appeal shall not have suspensive effect on a decision to refuse entry.

Without prejudice to any compensation granted in accordance with national law, the third-country national concerned shall, where the appeal concludes that the decision to refuse entry was ill-founded, be entitled to correction of the cancelled entry stamp, and any other cancellations or additions which have been made, by the Member State which refused entry.

4.   The border guards shall ensure that a third-country national refused entry does not enter the territory of the Member State concerned.

5.   Member States shall collect statistics on the number of persons refused entry, the grounds for refusal, the nationality of the persons refused and the type of border (land, air or sea) at which they were refused entry. Member States shall transmit those statistics once a year to the Commission. The Commission shall publish every two years a compilation of the statistics provided by the Member States.

6.   Detailed rules governing refusal of entry are given in Part A of Annex V.

Chapter III

Staff and resources for border control and cooperation between Member States

Article 14

Staff and resources for border control

Member States shall deploy appropriate staff and resources in sufficient numbers to carry out border control at the external borders, in accordance with Articles 6 to 13, in such a way as to ensure an efficient, high and uniform level of control at their external borders.

Article 15

Implementation of controls

1.   The border control provided for by Articles 6 to 13 shall be carried out by border guards in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and with national law.

When carrying out that border control, the powers to instigate criminal proceedings conferred on border guards by national law and falling outside the scope of this Regulation shall remain unaffected.

Member States shall ensure that the border guards are specialised and properly trained professionals. Member States shall encourage border guards to learn languages, in particular those necessary for the carrying-out of their tasks.

2.   Member States shall notify to the Commission the list of national services responsible for border control under their national law in accordance with Article 34.

3.   To control borders effectively, each Member State shall ensure close and constant cooperation between its national services responsible for border control.

Article 16

Cooperation between Member States

1.   The Member States shall assist each other and shall maintain close and constant cooperation with a view to the effective implementation of border control, in accordance with Articles 6 to 15. They shall exchange all relevant information.

2.   Operational cooperation between Member States in the field of management of external borders shall be coordinated by the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agency’) established by Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004.

3.   Without prejudice to the competences of the Agency, Member States may continue operational cooperation with other Member States and/or third countries at external borders, including the exchange of liaison officers, where such cooperation complements the action of the Agency.

Member States shall refrain from any activity which could jeopardise the functioning of the Agency or the attainment of its objectives.

Member States shall report to the Agency on the operational cooperation referred to in the first subparagraph.

4.   Member States shall provide for training on the rules for border control and on fundamental rights. In that regard, account shall be taken of the common training standards as established and further developed by the Agency.

Article 17

Joint control

1.   Member States which do not apply Article 20 to their common land borders may, up to the date of application of that Article, jointly control those common borders, in which case a person may be stopped only once for the purpose of carrying out entry and exit checks, without prejudice to the individual responsibility of Member States arising from Articles 6 to 13.

To that end, Member States may conclude bilateral arrangements between themselves.

2.   Member States shall inform the Commission of any arrangements concluded in accordance with paragraph 1.

Chapter IV

Specific rules for border checks

Article 18

Specific rules for the various types of border and the various means of transport used for crossing the external borders

The specific rules set out in Annex VI shall apply to the checks carried out at the various types of border and on the various means of transport used for crossing border crossing points.

Those specific rules may contain derogations from Articles 5 and 7 to 13.

Article 19

Specific rules for checks on certain categories of persons

1.   The specific rules set out in Annex VII shall apply to checks on the following categories of persons:

Those specific rules may contain derogations from Articles 5 and 7 to 13.

2.   Member States shall notify to the Commission the model cards issued by their Ministries of Foreign Affairs to accredited members of diplomatic missions and consular representations and members of their families in accordance with Article 34.

TITLE III

INTERNAL BORDERS

Chapter I

Abolition of border control at internal borders

Article 20

Crossing internal borders

Internal borders may be crossed at any point without a border check on persons, irrespective of their nationality, being carried out.

Article 21

Checks within the territory

The abolition of border control at internal borders shall not affect:

Article 22

Removal of obstacles to traffic at road crossing-points at internal borders

Member States shall remove all obstacles to fluid traffic flow at road crossing-points at internal borders, in particular any speed limits not exclusively based on road-safety considerations.

At the same time, Member States shall be prepared to provide for facilities for checks in the event that internal border controls are reintroduced.

Chapter II

Temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders

Article 23

Temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders

1.   Where there is a serious threat to public policy or internal security, a Member State may exceptionally reintroduce border control at its internal borders for a limited period of no more than 30 days or for the foreseeable duration of the serious threat if its duration exceeds the period of 30 days, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24 or, in urgent cases, with that laid down in Article 25. The scope and duration of the temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders shall not exceed what is strictly necessary to respond to the serious threat.

2.   If the serious threat to public policy or internal security persists beyond the period provided for in paragraph 1, the Member State may prolong border control on the same grounds as those referred to in paragraph 1 and, taking into account any new elements, for renewable periods of up to 30 days, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26.

Article 24

Procedure for foreseeable events

1.   Where a Member State is planning to reintroduce border control at internal borders under Article 23(1), it shall as soon as possible notify the other Member States and the Commission accordingly, and shall supply the following information as soon as available:

2.   Following the notification from the Member State concerned, and with a view to the consultation provided for in paragraph 3, the Commission may issue an opinion without prejudice to Article 64(1) of the Treaty.

3.   The information referred to in paragraph 1, as well as the opinion that the Commission may provide in accordance with paragraph 2, shall be the subject of consultations between the Member State planning to reintroduce border control, the other Member States and the Commission, with a view to organising, where appropriate, mutual cooperation between the Member States and to examining the proportionality of the measures to the events giving rise to the reintroduction of border control and the threats to public policy or internal security.

4.   The consultation referred to in paragraph 3 shall take place at least fifteen days before the date planned for the reintroduction of border control.

Article 25

Procedure for cases requiring urgent action

1.   Where considerations of public policy or internal security in a Member State demand urgent action to be taken, the Member State concerned may exceptionally and immediately reintroduce border control at internal borders.

2.   The Member State reintroducing border control at internal borders shall notify the other Member States and the Commission accordingly, without delay, and shall supply the information referred to in Article 24(1) and the reasons that justify the use of this procedure.

Article 26

Procedure for prolonging border control at internal borders

1.   Member States may only prolong border control at internal borders under the provisions of Article 23 (2) after having notified the other Member States and the Commission.

2.   The Member State planning to prolong border control shall supply the other Member States and the Commission with all relevant information on the reasons for prolonging the border control at internal borders. The provisions of Article 24(2) shall apply.

Article 27

Informing the European Parliament

The Member State concerned or, where appropriate, the Council shall inform the European Parliament as soon as possible of the measures taken under Articles 24, 25 and 26. As of the third consecutive prolongation pursuant to Article 26, the Member State concerned shall, if requested, report to the European Parliament on the need for border control at internal borders.

Article 28

Provisions to be applied where border control is reintroduced at internal borders

Where border control at internal borders is reintroduced, the relevant provisions of Title II shall apply ‘mutatis mutandis’.

Article 29

Report on the reintroduction of border control at internal borders

The Member State which has reintroduced border control at internal borders under Article 23 shall confirm the date on which that control is lifted and, at the same time or soon afterwards, present a report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the reintroduction of border control at internal borders, outlining, in particular, the operation of the checks and the effectiveness of the reintroduction of border control.

Article 30

Informing the public

The decision to reintroduce border control at internal borders shall be taken in a transparent manner and the public informed in full thereof, unless there are overriding security reasons for not doing so.

Article 31

Confidentiality

At the request of the Member State concerned, the other Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission shall respect the confidentiality of information supplied in connection with the reintroduction and prolongation of border control and the report drawn up under Article 29.

TITLE IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 32

Amendments to the Annexes

Annexes III, IV and VIII shall be amended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2).

Article 33

Committee

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by a committee, hereinafter ‘the 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 and provided that the implementing measures adopted in accordance with this procedure do not modify the essential provisions of this Regulation.

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.

4.   Without prejudice to the implementing measures already adopted, the application of the provisions of this Regulation concerning the adoption of technical rules and decisions in accordance with the procedure referred in paragraph 2 shall be suspended four years after the entry into force of this Regulation. On a proposal from the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council may renew the provisions concerned in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty and, to that end, shall review them prior to the expiry of the four-year period.

Article 34

Notifications

1.   Member States shall notify the Commission of;

2.   The Commission shall make the information notified in conformity with paragraph 1 available to the Member States and the public through publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, C Series, and by any other appropriate means.

Article 35

Local border traffic

This Regulation shall be without prejudice to Community rules on local border traffic and to existing bilateral agreements on local border traffic.

Article 36

Ceuta and Melilla

The provisions of this Regulation shall not affect the special rules applying to the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, as defined in the Declaration by the Kingdom of Spain on the cities of Ceuta and Melilla in the Final Act to the Agreement on the Accession of the Kingdom of Spain to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 (20).

Article 37

Notification of information by the Member States

By ... (21), the Member States shall notify the Commission of national provisions relating to Article 21(c) and (d), the penalties as referred to in Article 4(3) and the bilateral arrangements concluded in accordance with Article 17(1). Subsequent changes to those provisions shall be notified within five working days.

The information notified by the Member States shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, C Series.

Article 38

Report on the application of Title III

The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council by ... (22) a report on the application of Title III.

The Commission shall pay particular attention to any difficulties arising from the reintroduction of border control at internal borders. Where appropriate, it shall present proposals aimed at resolving such difficulties.

Article 39

Repeals

1.   Articles 2 to 8 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 shall be repealed with effect from ... (23).

2.   The following shall be repealed with effect from the date referred to in paragraph 1:

3.   References to the Articles deleted and instruments repealed shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

Article 40

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on ... (28). However, Article 34 shall enter into force on the day after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)Position of the European Parliament of 23 June 2005.

(2)OJ L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 19. Convention as last amended by Regulation (EC) 1160/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 191, 22.7.2005, p. 18).

(3)OJ C 313, 16.12.2002, p. 97. Common Manual as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2133/2004 (OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 5).

(4)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26 October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (OJ L 349, 25.11.2004, p. 1).

(5)OJ L 374, 31.12.1991, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(6)OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

(7)OJ L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 69.

(8)OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 36.

(9)OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31.

(10)OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 53.

(11)  Council Decision 2004/849/EC of 25 October 2004 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen ‘acquis’ (OJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 26).

(12)  Council Decision 2004/860/EC of 25 October 2004 on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation, concerning the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen ‘acquis’ (OJ L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 78).

(13)OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43.

(14)OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20.

(15)OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77.

(16)OJ L 157, 15.6.2002, p. 1.

(17)OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 (OJ L 141, 4.6.2005, p. 3).

(18)OJ L 64, 7.3.2003, p. 1.

(19)OJ L 53, 23.2.2002, p. 4.

(20)OJ L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 73.

(21)  Ten working days from the entry into force of this Regulation.

(22)  Three years from the entry into force of this Regulation.

(23)  Date of entry into force of this Regulation.

(24)OJ L 116, 26.4.2001, p. 5. Regulation amended by Decision 2004/927/EC (OJ L 396, 31.12.2004, p. 45).

(25)OJ L 261, 6.8.2004, p. 119.

(26)OJ L 261, 6.8.2004, p. 36.

(27)OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 5.

(28)  Six months after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

ANNEX I

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO VERIFY THE FULFILMENT OF ENTRY CONDITIONS

The documentary evidence referred to in Article 5(2) may include the following:

ANNEX II

REGISTRATION OF INFORMATION

At all border crossing points, all service information and any other particularly important information shall be registered manually or electronically. The information to be registered shall include in particular:

ANNEX III

MODEL SIGNS INDICATING LANES AT BORDER CROSSING POINTS

Part A

 (1)

Part B

Part C

 (2)

 (2)

 (2)

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(1)  No logo is required for Norway and Iceland.

(2)  No logo is required for Norway and Iceland.

ANNEX IV

AFFIXING STAMPS

1.   The travel documents of third-country nationals shall be systematically stamped on entry and exit, in accordance with Article 10. The specifications of those stamps are laid down in the Schengen Executive Committee Decision SCH/Com-ex (94) 16 rev. and SCH/Gem-Handb (93) 15 (CONFIDENTIAL).

2.   The security codes on the stamps shall be changed at regular intervals not exceeding one month.

3.   On the entry and exit of third-country nationals subject to the visa obligation, the stamp will, if possible, be affixed so that it covers the edge of the visa without affecting the legibility of the indications on the visa or the security features of the visa sticker. If several stamps must be affixed (for example in the case of a multiple-entry visa, this shall be done on the page facing the one on which the visa is affixed.

If that page cannot be used, the stamp shall be entered on the following page. The machine readable zone shall not be stamped.

4.   Member States shall designate national contact points responsible for exchanging information on the security codes of the entry and exit stamps used at border crossing points and shall inform the other Member States, the General Secretariat of the Council and the Commission thereof. Those contact points shall have access without delay to information regarding common entry and exit stamps used at the external border of the Member State concerned, and in particular to information on the following:

Any inquiries regarding common entry and exit stamps shall be made through the abovementioned national contact points.

The national contact points shall also forward immediately to the other contact points, the General Secretariat of the Council and the Commission information regarding a change in the contact points as well as lost and stolen stamps.

ANNEX V

Part A

Procedures for refusing entry at the border

1.   When refusing entry, the competent border guard shall:

2.   The visa shall be cancelled in the following cases:

However, the failure of the third-country national to produce, at the border, one or more of the supporting documents referred to in Article 5(2), shall not automatically lead to a decision to cancel the visa.

3.   If a third-country national who has been refused entry is brought to the border by a carrier, the authority responsible locally shall:

4.   If there are grounds both for refusing entry to a third-country national and arresting him or her, the border guard shall contact the authorities responsible to decide on the action to be taken in accordance with national law.

Part B

Standard form for refusal of entry at the border

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(1)OJ L 187, 10.7.2001, p. 45.

ANNEX VI

SPECIFIC RULES FOR THE VARIOUS TYPES OF BORDER AND THE VARIOUS MEANS OF TRANSPORT USED FOR CROSSING THE MEMBER STATES' EXTERNAL BORDERS

1.   Land borders

1.1.   Checks on road traffic

1.1.1.   To ensure effective checks on persons, while ensuring the safety and smooth flow of road traffic, movements at border crossing points shall be regulated in an appropriate manner. Where necessary, Member States may conclude bilateral agreements to channel and block traffic. They shall inform the Commission thereof pursuant to Article 37.

1.1.2.   At land borders, Member States may, where they deem appropriate and if circumstances allow, install or operate separate lanes at certain border crossing points, in accordance with Article 9.

Separate lanes may be dispensed with at any time by the Member States' competent authorities, in exceptional circumstances and where traffic and infrastructure conditions so require.

Member States may cooperate with neighbouring countries with a view to the installation of separate lanes at external border crossing points.

1.1.3.   As a general rule, persons travelling in vehicles may remain inside them during checks. However, if circumstances so require, persons may be requested to alight from their vehicles. Thorough checks will be carried out, if local circumstances allow, in areas designated for that purpose. In the interests of staff safety, checks will be carried out, where possible, by two border guards.

1.2.   Checks on rail traffic

1.2.1.   Checks shall be carried out both on train passengers and on railway staff on trains crossing external borders, including those on goods trains or empty trains. Those checks shall be carried out in either one of the following two ways:

Member States may conclude bilateral agreements on how to conduct those checks. They shall inform the Commission thereof pursuant to Article 37.

1.2.2.   By way of derogation from point 1.2.1 and in order to facilitate rail traffic flows of high-speed passenger trains, the Member States on the itinerary of these trains from third countries may also decide, by common agreement with third countries concerned, to carry out entry checks on persons in trains from third countries in either one of the following ways:

1.2.3.   With respect to high-speed trains from third countries making several stops in the territory of the Member States, if the rail transport carrier is in a position to board passengers exclusively for the remaining part of the journey within the territory of the Member States, such passengers shall be subject to entry checks either on the train or at the station of destination except where checks have been carried out pursuant to points 1.2.1 or 1.2.2 first indent.

Persons who wish to take the train exclusively for the remaining part of the journey within the territory of the Member States shall receive clear notification prior to the train's departure that they will be subject to entry checks during the journey or at the station of destination.

1.2.4.   When travelling in the opposite direction, the persons on board the train shall be subject to exit checks under similar arrangements.

1.2.5.   The border guard may order the cavities of carriages to be inspected if necessary with the assistance of the train inspector, to ensure that persons or objects subject to border checks are not concealed in them.

1.2.6.   Where there are reasons to believe that persons who have been reported or are suspected of having committed an offence, or third-country nationals intending to enter illegally, are hiding on a train, the border guard, if he or she cannot act in accordance with his national provisions, shall notify the Member States towards or within whose territory the train is moving.

2.   Air borders

2.1.   Procedures for checks at international airports

2.1.1.   The competent authorities of the Member States shall ensure that the airport operator takes the requisite measures to physically separate the flows of passengers on internal flights from the flows of passengers on other flights. Appropriate infrastructures shall be set in place at all international airports to that end.

2.1.2.   The place where border checks are carried out shall be determined in accordance with the following procedure:

Checks on passengers who, during those stop-overs, are already on board the aircraft and have not boarded in the territory of the Member States shall be carried out in accordance with point (b)(ii). The reverse procedure shall apply to that category of flights where the country of destination is a third country.

2.1.3.   Border checks will normally not be carried out on the aircraft or at the gate, unless it is justified on the basis of an assessment of the risks related to internal security and illegal immigration. In order to ensure that, at the airports designated as border crossing points, persons are checked in accordance with the rules set out in Articles 6 to 13, Member States shall ensure that the airport authorities take the requisite measures to channel passenger traffic to facilities reserved for checks.

Member States shall ensure that the airport operator takes the necessary measures to prevent unauthorised persons entering and leaving the reserved areas, for example the transit area. Checks will normally not be carried out in the transit area, unless it is justified on the basis of an assessment of the risks related to internal security and illegal immigration; in particular checks in this area may be carried out on persons subject to an airport transit visa in order to check that they are in possession of such a visa.

2.1.4.   Where, in cases of force majeure or imminent danger or on the instructions of the authorities, an aircraft on a flight from a third country has to land on a landing ground which is not a border crossing point, that aircraft may continue its flight only after authorisation from the border guards and from customs. The same shall apply where an aircraft on a flight from a third country lands without permission. In any event, Articles 6 to 13 shall apply to checks on persons on those aircraft.

2.2.   Procedures for checks in aerodromes

2.2.1.   It shall be ensured that persons are also checked, in accordance with Articles 6 to 13, in airports which do not hold the status of international airport under the relevant national law (‘aerodromes’) but through which the routing of flights from or to third countries is authorised.

2.2.2.   By way of derogation from point 2.1.1 it shall not be necessary to make appropriate arrangements in aerodromes to ensure that inflows of passengers from internal and other flights are physically separated, without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security (1). In addition, when the volume of traffic is low, the border guards need not be present at all times, provided that there is a guarantee that the necessary personnel can be deployed in good time.

2.2.3.   When the presence of the border guards is not assured at all times in the aerodrome, the manager of the aerodrome shall give adequate notice to the border guards about the arrival and the departure of aircrafts on flights from or to third countries.

2.3.   Checks on persons on private flights

2.3.1.   In the case of private flights from or to third countries the captain shall transmit to the border guards of the Member State of destination and, where appropriate, of the Member State of first entry, prior to take-off, a general declaration comprising inter alia a flight plan in accordance with Annex 2 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation and information concerning the passengers' identity.

2.3.2.   Where private flights coming from a third country and bound for a Member State make stop-overs in the territory of other Member States, the competent authorities of the Member State of entry shall carry out border checks and affix an entry stamp to the general declaration referred to in point 2.3.1.

2.3.3.   Where uncertainty exists whether a flight is exclusively coming from, or solely bound for, the territories of the Member States without stop-over on the territory of a third country, the competent authorities shall carry out checks on persons in airports and aerodromes in accordance with points 2.1 to 2.2.

2.3.4.   The arrangements for the entry and exit of gliders, micro-light aircraft, helicopters, small-scale aircraft capable of flying short distances only and airships shall be laid down by national law and, where applicable, by bilateral agreements.

3.   Sea borders

3.1.   General checking procedures on maritime traffic

3.1.1.   Checks on ships shall be carried out at the port of arrival or departure, on board ship or in an area set aside for the purpose, located in the immediate vicinity of the vessel. However, in accordance with the agreements reached on the matter, checks may also be carried out during crossings or, upon the ship's arrival or departure, in the territory of a third country.

The purpose of checks is to ensure that both crew and passengers fulfil the conditions laid down in Article 5, without prejudice to Article 19(1)(c).

3.1.2.   The ship's captain or, failing that, the individual or corporation who represents the shipowner in all matters relating to the shipowner's duties in fitting out the vessel (‘shipowner's agent’), shall draw up a list, in duplicate, of the crew and of any passengers. At the latest upon arriving in the port he or she shall give the list(s) to the border guards. If, for reasons of force majeure, the list or lists cannot be sent to the border guards, a copy will be sent to the appropriate border post or shipping authority, which shall forward it without delay to the border guards.

3.1.3.   One copy of the two lists duly signed by the border guard shall be returned to the ship's captain, who shall produce it on request when in port.

3.1.4.   The ship's captain, or failing that, the shipowner's agent shall report to the competent authority promptly any changes to the composition of the crew or the number of passengers.

In addition, the captain shall notify the competent authorities promptly, and if possible even before the ship enters port, of the presence on board of stowaways. Stowaways will, however, remain under the responsibility of the ship's captain.

3.1.5.   The ship's captain shall notify the border guards of the ship's departure in due time and in accordance with the rules in force in the port concerned; if he or she is unable to notify them, he or she shall advise the appropriate shipping authority. The second copy of the previously completed and signed list(s) shall be returned to border guards or shipping authorities.

3.2.   Specific check procedures for certain types of shipping

Cruise ships

3.2.1.   The cruise ship's captain or, failing that, the shipowner's agent shall transmit to the respective border guards the itinerary and the programme of the cruise, at least 24 hours before leaving the port of departure and before the arrival at each port in the territory of the Member States.

3.2.2.   If the itinerary of a cruise ship comprises exclusively ports situated in the territory of the Member States, by way of derogation from Articles 4 and 7, no border checks shall be carried out and the cruise ship may dock at ports which are not border crossing points.

Nevertheless, on the basis of an assessment of the risks related to internal security and illegal immigration, checks may be carried out on the crew and passengers of those ships.

3.2.3.   If the itinerary of a cruise ship comprises both ports situated in the territory of the Member States and ports situated in third countries, by way of derogation from Article 7, border checks shall be carried out as follows:

3.2.4.   The nominal lists of crew and passengers shall include:

The cruise ship's captain or, failing that, the shipowner's agent shall transmit to the respective border guards the nominal lists at least 24 hours before the arrival at each port in the territory of the Member States or, where the journey to this port lasts less than 24 hours, immediately after the boarding is completed in the previous port.

The nominal list shall be stamped at the first port of entry into the territory of the Member States and in all cases thereafter if the list is modified. The nominal list shall be taken into account in the assessment of the risks as referred to in point 3.2.3.

Pleasure boating

3.2.5.   By way of derogation from Articles 4 and 7, persons on board a pleasure boat coming from or departing to a port situated in a Member State shall not be subject to border checks and may enter a port which is not a border crossing point.

However, according to the assessment of the risks of illegal immigration, and in particular where the coastline of a third country is located in the immediate vicinity of the territory of the Member State concerned, checks on those persons and/or a physical search of the pleasure boat shall be carried out.

3.2.6.   By way of derogation from Article 4, a pleasure boat coming from a third country may, exceptionally, enter a port which is not a border crossing point. In that case, the persons on board shall notify the port authorities in order to be authorised to enter that port. The port authorities shall contact the authorities in the nearest port designated as a border crossing point in order to report the vessel's arrival. The declaration regarding passengers shall be made by lodging the list of persons on board with the port authorities. That list shall be made available to the border guards, at the latest upon arrival.

Likewise, if for reasons of force majeure the pleasure boat coming from a third country has to dock in a port other than a border crossing point, the port authorities shall contact the authorities in the nearest port designated as a border crossing point in order to report the vessel's presence.

3.2.7.   During those checks, a document containing all the technical characteristics of the vessel and the names of the persons on board shall be handed in. A copy of that document shall be given to the authorities in the ports of entry and departure. As long as the vessel remains in the territorial waters of one of the Member States, a copy of that document shall be included amongst the ship's papers.

Coastal fishing

3.2.8.   By way of derogation from Articles 4 and 7, the crews of coastal fisheries vessels which return every day or within 36 hours to the port of registration or to any other port situated in the territory of the Member States without docking in a port situated in the territory of a third country shall not be systematically checked. Nevertheless, the assessment of the risks of illegal immigration, in particular where the coastline of a third country is located in the immediate vicinity of the territory of the Member State concerned, shall be taken into account in order to determine the frequency of the checks to be carried out. According to those risks, checks on persons and/or a physical search of the vessel shall be carried out.

3.2.9.   The crews of coastal fisheries vessels not registered in a port situated in the territory of a Member State shall be checked in accordance with the provisions relating to seamen.

The ship's captain shall notify the competent authorities of any alteration to the crew list and of the presence of any passengers.

Ferry connections

3.2.10.   Checks shall be carried out on persons on board ferry connections with ports situated in third countries. The following rules shall apply:

4.   Inland waterways shipping

4.1.   ‘Inland waterways shipping involving the crossing of an external border’ covers the use, for business or pleasure purposes, of all types of boat and floating vessels on rivers, canals and lakes.

4.2.   As regards boats used for business purposes, the captain and the persons employed on board who appear on the crew list and members of the families of those persons who live on board shall be regarded as crew members or equivalent.

4.3.   The relevant provisions of points 3.1 to 3.2 shall apply ‘mutatis mutandis’ to checks on inland waterways shipping.

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(1)OJ L 355, 30.12.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 849/2004 (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

ANNEX VII

SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PERSONS

1.   Heads of State

By way of derogation from Article 5 and Articles 7 to 13, Heads of State and the members of their delegation, whose arrival and departure have been officially announced through diplomatic channels to the border guards, may not be subject to border checks.

2.   Pilots of aircraft and other crew members

2.1.   By way of derogation from Article 5 the holders of a pilot's licence or a crew member certificate as provided for in Annex 9 to the Civil Aviation Convention of 7 December 1944 may, in the course of their duties and on the basis of those documents:

In all other cases, the requirements provided for by Article 5(1) shall be fulfilled.

2.2.   Articles 6 to 13 shall apply to checks on aircraft crew members. Wherever possible, priority will be given to checks on aircraft crews. Specifically, they will be checked either before passengers or at special locations set aside for the purpose. By way of derogation from Article 7, crews known to staff responsible for border controls in the performance of their duties may be subject to random checks only.

3.   Seamen

3.1.   By way of derogation from Articles 4 and 7, Member States may authorise seamen holding a seafarer's identity document issued in accordance with the Geneva Convention of 19 June 2003 (No 185), the London Convention of 9 April 1965 and the relevant national law, to enter into the territory of the Member States by going ashore to stay in the area of the port where their ships call or in the adjacent municipalities without presenting themselves at a border crossing point, on condition that they appear on the crew list, which has previously been submitted for checking by the competent authorities, of the ship to which they belong.

However, according to the assessment of the risks of internal security and illegal immigration, seamen shall be subject to a check in accordance with Article 7 by the border guards before they go ashore.

If a seaman constitutes a threat to public policy, internal security or public health, he may be refused permission to go ashore.

3.2.   Seamen who intend to stay outside the municipalities situated in the vicinity of ports shall comply with the conditions for entry to the territory of the Member States, as laid down in Article 5(1).

4.   Holders of diplomatic, official or service passports and members of international organisations

4.1.   In view of the special privileges or immunities they enjoy, the holders of diplomatic, official or service passports issued by third countries or their Governments recognised by the Member States, as well as the holders of documents issued by the international organisations listed in point 4.4 who are travelling in the course of their duties, may be given priority over other travellers at border crossing points even though they remain, where applicable, subject to the requirement for a visa.

By way of derogation from Article 5(1)(c), persons holding those documents shall not be required to prove that they have sufficient means of subsistence.

4.2.   If a person presenting himself or herself at the external border invokes privileges, immunities and exemptions, the border guard may require him or her to provide evidence of his or her status by producing the appropriate documents, in particular certificates issued by the accrediting State or a diplomatic passport or other means. If he or she has doubts, the border guard may, in case of urgent need, apply direct to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

4.3.   Accredited members of diplomatic missions and of consular representations and their families may enter the territory of the Member States on presentation of the card referred to in Article 19(2) and of the document authorising them to cross the border. Moreover, by way of derogation from Article 13 border guards may not refuse the holders of diplomatic, official or service passports entry to the territory of the Member States without first consulting the appropriate national authorities. This shall also apply where an alert has been entered in the SIS for such persons.

4.4.   The documents issued by the international organisations for the purposes specified in point 4.1 are in particular the following:

5.   Cross-border workers

5.1.   The procedures for checking cross-border workers are governed by the general rules on border control, in particular Articles 7 and 13.

5.2.   By way of derogation from Article 7, cross-border workers who are well known to the border guards owing to their frequent crossing of the border at the same border crossing point and who have not been revealed by an initial check to be the subject of an alert in the SIS or in a national data file shall be subject only to random checks to ensure that they hold a valid document authorising them to cross the border and fulfil the necessary entry conditions. Thorough checks shall be carried out on those persons from time to time, without warning and at irregular intervals.

5.3.   The provisions of point 5.2 may be extended to other categories of regular cross-border commuters.

6.   Minors

6.1.   Border guards shall pay particular attention to minors, whether travelling accompanied or unaccompanied. Minors crossing an external border shall be subject to the same checks on entry and exit as adults, as provided for in this Regulation.

6.2.   In the case of accompanied minors, the border guard shall check that the persons accompanying minors have parental care over them, especially where minors are accompanied by only one adult and there are serious grounds for suspecting that they may have been unlawfully removed from the custody of the person(s) legally exercising parental care over them. In the latter case, the border guard shall carry out a further investigation in order to detect any inconsistencies or contradictions in the information given.

6.3.   In the case of minors travelling unaccompanied, border guards shall ensure, by means of thorough checks on travel documents and supporting documents, that the minors do not leave the territory against the wishes of the person(s) having parental care over them.

ANNEX VIII

P6_TA(2005)0248

Execution of the budget *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 382/2001 as regards its expiry date and certain provisions related to the execution of the Budget (COM(2004)0840 — C6-0044/2005 — 2004/0288(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2005)0249

Quality of statistical data concerning excessive deficits *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 3605/93 as regards the quality of statistical data in the context of the excessive deficit procedure (COM(2005)0071 — C6-0108/2005 — 2005/0013(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2005)0250

Specific restrictive measures against certain persons (Sudan) *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons impeding the peace process and breaking international law in the conflict in the Darfur region in Sudan (COM(2005)0180 — C6-0138/2005 — 2005/0068(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)OJ L 139, 2.6.2005, p. 25.

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

P6_TA(2005)0251

Specific restrictive measures against certain persons (Congo) *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (COM(2005)0227 — C6-0185/2005 — 2005/0101(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)OJ L 152, 15.6.2005, p. 22.

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

P6_TA(2005)0252

Draft amending budget 2/2005 (Amendments)

Amendments to Draft amending budget No 2/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 — Salary adjustment (9491/2005 — C6-0172/2005 — 2005/2045(BUD))

Amendment 1

SECTION III: Commission

JUSTIFICATION

Restore the figures from the Commission's Preliminary draft amending budget.

Amendment 2

ANNEX COM-A-II — ANNEX II — Publications Office — REVENUE

JUSTIFICATION

Restore the figures from the Commission's Preliminary draft amending budget.

Amendment 3

SECTION VI: Economic and Social Committee — REVENUE

JUSTIFICATION

Restore the figures from the Commission's Preliminary draft amending budget.

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(1)  An appropriation of EUR 2 600 000 is entered in Article 31 01 40.

P6_TA(2005)0253

Draft amending budget 2/2005

European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 2/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 — Salary adjustment (9491/2005 — C6-0172/2005 — 2005/2045(BUD))

The European Parliament,

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

(2)OJ L 60, 8.3.2005, p. 1.

(3)OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement amended by Decision 2003/429/EC (OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 25).

(4)  Texts Adopted of 16.12.2004, P6_TA(2004)0103.

P6_TA(2005)0254

Surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies **II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adoption of a Council regulation on amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies (9817/2005 — C6-0192/2005 — 2005/0064(SYN))

(Cooperation procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  P6_TA(2005)0231.

(2)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2005)0255

Protection of the financial interests of the Community ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on mutual administrative assistance for the protection of the financial interests of the Community against fraud and any other illegal activities (COM(2004)0509 — C6-0125/2004 — 2004/0172(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0172

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 June 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on mutual administrative assistance for the protection of the financial interests of the Community against fraud and any other illegal activities

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 280(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor (1),

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

Whereas:

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation establishes the legal framework for mutual administrative cooperation and exchange of information between the competent authorities of the Member States and between those authorities and the Commission, in order to ensure equivalent and effective protection of the financial interests of the Community against fraud and any other illegal activities.

Article 2

Scope

1.   This Regulation shall apply in cases of fraud and any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Community which are of particular relevance at Community level.

This shall also include cases in which the illegal activities take place, in their entirety or in part, in states outside the Community.

The competent authorities of the Member States may also exchange information and provide assistance pursuant to this Regulation in other situations where they consider such exchange of information and assistance at Community level to be necessary in countering fraud and any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Community.

2.   The provisions of this Regulation shall not apply to the extent that Community legislation provides for more specific cooperation between the Member States and between the latter and the Commission, or provides for broader access to information by the Commission.

In particular, this Regulation shall not affect the application of Regulation (EC) No 515/97 and cooperation between Member States under Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003.

3.   This Regulation shall not affect the application of Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999.

4.   This Regulation shall not affect the application of national criminal law or of rules on mutual assistance in criminal matters or the national administration of justice.

5.   The obligation to give assistance provided for in this Regulation shall not cover the provision of information or documents obtained by the competent administrative authorities acting with the authorisation or at the request of the judicial authority.

However, in the event of requests for assistance, such information or documents shall be provided if the judicial authority which is to be consulted on the matter gives its consent.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

The thresholds set out in point (2)(b) may be increased in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 25(2).

Article 4

Competent authorities

1.   Cooperation under this Regulation shall include the following competent authorities, acting within the scope of their respective powers:

2.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the exchange of information between their competent authorities, regardless of their competencies and internal status, and between the latter and the Commission.

3.The Commission shall keep a list of all the authorities taking part in cooperation under this Regulation. The list shall be constantly updated and made accessible on the internet.

TITLE II

COOPERATION DUTIES

Chapter 1

Mutual administrative assistance and exchange of information

Section 1

Assistance on request

Article 5

Assistance on request

1.   The competent authorities shall assist each other on request to prevent and detect irregularities. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall, as far as is required to satisfy the purposes of the request and in accordance with the objectives of this Regulation, transmit to the applicant authority all information of relevance for the prevention and detection of irregularities. The information to be transmitted shall include information on the operations constituting the irregularity as well as financial information, both on the underlying operations and on the natural or legal persons involved.

2.   In order to obtain the information sought, the requested authority or the administrative authority to which it has recourse shall proceed as though acting on its own account or at the request of another authority in its own Member State.

3.   The requested authority shall make available any information in its possession or obtained by it concerning operations or transactions, detected or planned, which constitute or which appear to the applicant authority to constitute irregularities or, where applicable, concerning findings of a special watch carried out pursuant to Article 6.

It shall supply the applicant authority with any attestation, document or certified true copy of a document in its possession or obtained by it. However, original documents and items shall be provided only where this is not contrary to the legislation in force in the Member State in which the requested authority is based.

4.   Requests for assistance and information exchange shall be accompanied by a brief statement of the facts known by the applicant authority.

5.   If the applicant authority addresses its request to an authority which is not competent for the assistance requested that authority shall forward the request immediately to the competent authority.

Article 6

Special watch

At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall as far as possible keep a special watch or arrange for a special watch to be kept within its operational area:

Article 7

Administrative enquiries on request

1.   At the request of the applicant authority the requested authority shall carry out administrative enquiries concerning operations which constitute or which appear to the applicant authority to constitute an irregularity, or shall arrange to have such enquiries carried out.

The requested authority or the administrative authority to which it has recourse shall conduct these administrative enquiries as though acting on its own account or at the request of another authority in its own Member State. It shall communicate the results of the enquiry to the applicant authority.

2.   By agreement between the applicant authority and the requested authority, officials appointed by the applicant authority may be present at the administrative enquiries referred to in paragraph 1. The enquiries shall at all times be carried out by officials of the requested authority.

Officials of the applicant authority may not, on their own initiative, assume powers of inspection conferred on officials of the requested authority; however, they shall have access to the same premises and the same documents as the latter, through officials of the requested Member State as intermediaries and for the sole purpose of the administrative enquiries being carried out.

3.   In so far as national provisions on criminal proceedings reserve certain acts for officials specifically designated by national law, the officials of the applicant authority shall not take part in such acts. In no circumstances shall they participate in searches of premises or the formal questioning of persons under criminal law.

Article 8

Activity of officials in another Member State or on mission in a Member State

By agreement between the applicant authority and the requested authority and in accordance with the arrangements laid down by the latter, officials duly authorised by the applicant authority may be permitted to obtain information on irregularities from the offices where the administrative authorities of the Member State in which the requested authority is based exercise their functions.

The information concerned must be needed by the applicant authority and be derived from documentation to which the officials of those offices have access.

The officials of the applicant authority shall be authorised to take copies of that documentation.

Article 9

Written authority of officials

Officials of the applicant authority who are present in another Member State or on mission in a Member State in accordance with the Articles 7 and 8 must at all times be able to produce written authority stating their identity and their official functions.

Article 10

Time-limit for providing assistance and information

1.   The requested authority shall provide the assistance and information referred to in Articles 5 and 7 as quickly as possible and not later than six weeks following receipt of the request. However, where the requested authority is already in possession of that information the time-limit shall be four weeks.

2.   In particular cases, time-limits different from the ones provided for in paragraph 1 may be agreed between the requested and the applicant authorities.

3.   Where the requested authority is unable to respond to a request by the deadline, it shall inform the applicant authority forthwith of the reasons for its failure to do so and shall state when it will be able to respond.

Article 11

Data concerning value added tax

1.   For the purpose of providing operational and technical assistance and where necessary to help competent authorities of the Member States to detect and investigate irregularities within the meaning of point (1)(b) of the first paragraph of Article 3 of this Regulation, Member States shall without delay communicate to the Commission the following information from their records stored in national databases as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003:

The detailed rules concerning this access, including rules on confidentiality and data protection as well as on the use of information obtained from the Member States' records, shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 25(2).

2.   In so far as it may afford evidence of irregularities within the meaning of point (1)(b) of the first paragraph of Article 3, Member States' authorities shall communicate to the Commission information gathered on the basis of Directive 92/12/EEC.

Section 2

Spontaneous assistance

Article 12

Provision of information concerning operations or transactions

1.   The competent authorities of the Member States shall provide the Commission, without prior request, with any relevant information in respect of operations or transactions which constitute or which appear to constitute irregularities.

2.   Acting with the help of appropriate technological support, the Commission shall analyse the information provided and shall provide the Member States with the corresponding analytical results, with a view to technical and operational assistance in the detection and investigation of irregularities. Where the Commission considers that irregularities have taken place in one or more Member States, it shall inform the Member States concerned thereof.

3.   The obligation to exchange financial information spontaneously between the Member States and the Commission shall apply regardless of whether the transaction is carried out in a single operation or in several operations which seem to be linked.

4.   Rules on confidentiality and data protection shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 25(2).

Article 13

Special watch without request

Where they consider it useful for the protection of the financial interests of the Community against irregularities, competent authorities of the Member States shall:

Article 14

Communication of general information

1.   The competent authorities of the Member States shall communicate general information to the Commission on new ways, means, methods and practices of committing irregularities as well as on the detection and prevention of irregularities, which might contribute to the fraud-proofing of relevant legislation, as soon as such information is available to them.

2.   The Commission shall communicate to the competent authorities in each Member State, as soon as it becomes available, any information that would enable them to prevent irregularities and to enforce relevant legislation.

Chapter 2

Use of information

Article 15

Use as evidence

Findings, certificates, information, documents, certified true copies and any intelligence communicated to a competent authority in the course of assistance provided for in Articles 5, 6, 7 and 12 shall constitute admissible evidence in administrative or judicial proceedings in any Member State, in the same way as if they had been obtained in the Member State where the proceedings take place.

Article 16

Exchange of information

Information obtained under this Regulation as well as under other Community provisions may be exchanged by the Commission with other competent authorities in accordance with and for the purpose of this Regulation, to the extent to which such exchange is compatible with the Community provisions under which the information has been obtained.

Article 17

Follow-up

The competent authorities of the Member States shall inform the Commission of any relevant update of the information communicated and the administrative enquiries conducted under this Regulation, and especially of the administrative or judicial proceedings instituted, in so far as this is compatible with national criminal law.

Article 18

Confidentiality rules and data protection

1.   Information communicated or acquired in any form under this Regulation shall be covered by professional secrecy and protected in the same way as similar information is protected by the national legislation of the Member State that received it and by the corresponding provisions applicable to the Community institutions and bodies.

Such information may not be communicated to persons or authorities other than those within the Community institutions and bodies or in the Member States whose functions require them to know it nor may it be used for purposes other than to ensure effective protection of the financial interests of the Community.

2.   The Commission and the Member States shall ensure, when processing personal data pursuant to this Regulation, that the Community and national provisions on the protection of data, in particular those laid down by Directive 95/46/EC and, where applicable, by Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, are complied with.

The European Data Protection Supervisor shall be consulted before adoption of the implementing rules provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 11(1), Article 12(4) and Article 24.

Article 19

Relations with third countries

1.   Information obtained by a Member State or the Commission from a third country and falling within the scope of this Regulation shall be communicated to the competent authorities of a Member State or to the Commission if it might enable them to prevent or counter irregularities.

2.   Provided that the third country concerned has given a legal undertaking to provide the assistance required to gather proof of the irregular nature of operations which appear to constitute an irregularity, information obtained under this Regulation may be communicated to that third country as part of a concerted action, subject to the agreement of the competent authorities supplying the information, in accordance with their national provisions on the protection of personal data, with Articles 25 and 26 of Directive 95/46/EC, and where applicable with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.

3.In this context, OLAF shall have a coordinating role.

Article 20

Risk analysis by the Commission

The Commission may use any information of a general or operational nature communicated by Member States under this Regulation to perform both strategic and tactical risk assessments, with the use of appropriate information technology support, leading to the production of intelligence-based reports and alerts in order to raise the awareness of identified threats and thus enhance the effectiveness of appropriate operational responses by the competent national authorities and the Commission, subject to the limits of the latter's competence.

Article 21

Amendment of existing legal provisions

The Commission shall submit the proposals required to amend Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003 and Decision 2000/642/JHA.

TITLE III

RECOVERY

Article 22

Strengthening the possibility of recovering unlawfully obtained gains and obligation to provide information

1.For the purpose of facilitating the recovery of gains resulting from irregularities, as defined in point 1 of the first paragraph of Article 3, institutions and persons, as referred to in Article 2a of Directive 91/308/EEC, shall provide the competent authorities of the Member States, upon request and in accordance with paragraph 2, with all relevant financial information enabling those authorities to apply the measures provided for in Article 23.

2.Requests as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be accompanied by a statement outlining relevant facts known to the authority making the request or to the Commission, and the grounds for serious suspicion. The credit institutions and/or financial institutions concerned shall ensure that this information remains confidential.

Article 23

Means of recovery

1.In order to ensure effective recovery, Member States shall seize and freeze, where necessary after obtaining authorisation from a judicial authority, the proceeds of unlawfully obtained advantages affecting the Community's financial interests. This provision shall apply to the proceeds of any irregularity involving sums of more than EUR 50 000 or property, as referred to in Article 1, point (D), of Directive 91/308/EEC, the value of which corresponds to such proceeds.

2.The measures referred to in paragraph 1 may be imposed on a natural or legal person who has committed or is suspected of having committed the irregularity, or who has contributed to or is suspected of having contributed to the commission of the irregularity. These measures may also be applied to a natural or legal person who benefits from the proceeds of the irregularity.

TITLE IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 24

Implementing rules

Detailed implementing rules concerning the mutual assistance and exchange of information provided for in Chapter 1 of Title II shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 25(2).

In addition to the matters referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) and in Article 12(4) those rules may cover, in particular:

Article 25

Committee

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee set up under Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 515/97.

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 referred to in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be three months.

Article 26

Evaluation report

Every three years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament, the Court of Auditors and the Council on the application of this Regulation.

Article 27

Entry into force

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)OJ C 301, 7.12.2004, p. 4.

(2)Position of the European Parliament of 23 June 2005.

(3)OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 1.

(4)OJ L 82, 22.3.1997, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

(5)OJ L 264, 15.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 885/2004 (OJ L 168, 1.5.2004, p. 1).

(6)OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

(7)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).

(8)OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

(9)Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (OJ L 145, 13.6.1977, p. 1). Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/66/EC (OJ L 168, 1.5.2004, p. 35).

(10)Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 of 29 May 1989 on the definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax (OJ L 155, 7.6.1989, p. 9). Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

(11)Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering (OJ L 166, 28.6.1991, p. 77). Directive as amended by Directive 2001/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 76).

(12)Council Directive 92/12/EEC of 25 February 1992 on the general arrangements for products subject to excise duty and on the holding, movement and monitoring of such products (OJ L 76, 23.3.1992, p. 1). Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/106/EC (OJ L 359, 4.12.2004, p. 30).

(13)Council Decision 2000/642/JHA of 17 October 2000 concerning arrangements for cooperation between financial intelligence units of the Member States in respect of exchanging information (OJ L 271, 24.10.2000, p. 4).

P6_TA(2005)0256

Access to Community external assistance ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the access to Community External Assistance (COM(2004)0313 — C6-0032/2004 — 2004/0099(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0099

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 June 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on access to Community external assistance

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 179 and 181a thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Having consulted the Committee of the Regions,

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

Whereas:

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Scope

This Regulation lays down the rules for access by interested parties to Community external assistance instruments financed by the general budget of the European Union, as listed in Annex I.

Article 2

Definition

For the interpretation of the terms used in this Regulation, reference is made to the Financial Regulation and to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 (6)laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation.

Article 3

Rules of eligibility

1.   Participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts financed under a Community instrument shall be open to all legal persons who are established in a Member State of the European Community, in an official candidate country as recognised by the European Community or in a Member State of the European Economic Area.

2.   Participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts financed under a Community instrument with thematic scope, as defined in Annex I, Part A, shall be open to all legal persons who are established in a developing country, as specified in the OECD/DAC list contained in Annex II, in addition to those legal persons already eligible by virtue of the instrument concerned.

3.   Participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts financed under a Community instrument with geographical scope, as defined in Annex I, Part B, shall be open to all legal persons who are established in a developing country as specified in the OECD/DAC list contained in AnnexII and who are expressly mentioned as eligible, and to those already stated to be eligible by the instrument concerned.

4.   Participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts financed under a Community instrument shall be open to all legal persons who are established in any country other than those referred in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, where reciprocal access to their external assistance has been established pursuant to Article 6.

5.Participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts financed under a Community instrument shall be open to international organisations.

6.   The above is without prejudice to the categories of organisations eligible for the award of any contract, or to the derogation contained in Article 114(1) of the Financial Regulation.

Article 4

Experts

All experts engaged by tenderers as defined in Articles 3 and 8 may be of any nationality. This Article is without prejudice to the qualitative and financial requirements set out in the Community's procurement rules.

Article 5

Rules of origin

All supplies and materials purchased under a contract financed under a Community instrument must originate from the Community or from an eligible country as defined in Articles 3 and 7 herein. The term ‘origin’ for the purpose of this Regulation is defined in the relevant Community legislation on rules of origin for customs purposes.

Article 6

Reciprocity with third countries

1.   Reciprocal access to the Community's external assistance shall be granted for a country falling within the scope of Article 3(4), whenever such country grants eligibility on equal terms to the Member States and to the recipient country concerned.

2.   The granting of reciprocal access to the Community's external assistance shall be based on a comparison between the EU and other donors and shall proceed at sectoral level, as defined by the OECD/DAC categories, or at country level, whether the country concerned is a donor or a recipient country. The decision to grant such reciprocity to a donor country shall be based on the transparency, consistency and proportionality of the aid provided by that donor, including its qualitative and quantitative nature.

3.   Reciprocal access to the Community's external assistance shall be established by means of a specific decision concerning a given country or a given regional group of countries. Such a decision shall 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) under the procedures and relevant committee associated with the act concerned. The right of the European Parliament to be regularly informed pursuant to Article 7(3) of that Decision shall be fully respected. Such a decision shall run for a minimum period of one year.

4.   Reciprocal access to the Community's external assistance in the Least Developed Countries as listed in Annex II shall be automatically granted to the third countries listed in Annex III.

5.   The recipient countries shall be consulted in the procedure described in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.

Article 7

Derogations from the rules of eligibility and origin

1.   In duly substantiated exceptional cases, the Commission may extend eligibility to legal persons from a country not eligible under Article 3.

2.   In duly substantiated exceptional cases, the Commission may allow the purchase of supplies and materials originating from a country not eligible under Article 3.

3.   Derogations as provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 may be justified on the basis of the unavailability of products and services in the markets of the countries concerned, for reasons of extreme urgency, or if the eligibility rules would make the realisation of a project, a programme or an action impossible or exceedingly difficult.

Article 8

Operations involving international institutions or co-financing

1.   Whenever Community funding covers an operation implemented through an international organisation, participation in the appropriate contractual procedures shall be open to all legal persons who are eligible pursuant to Article 3 as well as to all legal persons who are eligible pursuant to the rules of that organisation, care being taken to ensure that equal treatment is afforded to all donors. The same rules shall apply in respect of supplies, materials and experts.

2.   Whenever Community funding covers an operation co-financed with a third country, subject to reciprocity as defined in Article 6, or with a regional organisation, or a Member State, participation in the appropriate contractual procedures shall be open to all legal persons who are eligible pursuant to Article 3 as well as to all legal persons who are eligible under the rules of such a third country, regional organisation or Member State. The same rules shall apply in respect of supplies, materials and experts.

3.As far as food aid operations are concerned, the application of this Article shall be limited to emergency operations.

Article 9

Humanitarian aid and NGOs

1.   For the purposes of humanitarian aid, within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid (8)and for the purposes of aid channelled directly through NGOs, within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 1658/98 of 17 July 1998 on co-financing operations with European non-governmental development organisations (NGOs) in fields of interest to the developing countries (9), the provisions of Article 3 shall not apply to the eligibility criteria established for the selection of grant beneficiaries.

2.   Beneficiaries of these grants shall abide by the rules established in this Regulation where the implementation of the assisted humanitarian action and aid channelled directly through NGOs within the meaning of Regulation (EC) no 1658/98 requires the award of procurement contracts.

Article 10

Respect for core principles and strengthening local markets

1.In order to accelerate the eradication of poverty through the promotion of local capacities, markets and purchases, special consideration shall be given to local and regional procurement in partner countries.

2.Tenderers who have been awarded contracts shall respect internationally agreed core labour standards, e.g. the ILO core labour standards, conventions on freedom of association and collective bargaining, elimination of forced and compulsory labour, elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation, and the abolition of child labour.

3.Access by developing countries to Community external assistance shall be rendered possible by all such technical assistance as is deemed appropriate.

Article 11

Implementation of the Regulation

This Regulation amends and regulates the relevant parts of all existing Community instruments listed in Annex I. The Commission shall amend Annexes II to IV to this Regulation from time to time to take account of any amendments to OECD texts.

Article 12

Entry into force

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)OJ C 157, 28.6.2005, p. 99.

(2)Position of the European Parliament of 23 June 2005.

(3)  OECD/DAC 2001 Report, 2002, Volume 3, No 1, p. 46.

(4)OJ C 76 E, 25.3.2004, p. 474.

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

(6)OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1.

(7)OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

(8)OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(9)OJ L 213, 30.7.1998, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

ANNEX I

The following amendments are made to the Community instruments listed hereafter.

PART A. Community instruments with a thematic scope

PART B. Community instruments with a geographical scope

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(1)OJ L 224, 6.9.2003, p. 7.

(2)OJ L 224, 6.9.2003, p. 1.

(3)OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 1.

(4)OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 6.

(5)OJ L 288, 15.11.2000, p. 1.

(6)OJ L 288, 15.11.2000, p. 6.

(7)OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2240/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 390, 31.12.2004, p. 3).

(8)OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2242/2004 (OJ L 390, 31.12.2004, p. 21).

(9)OJ L 354, 30.12.1998, p. 5. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

(10)OJ L 213, 30.7.1998, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

(11)OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 23.

(12)OJ L 287, 21.10.1997, p. 1.

(13)OJ L 306, 28.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

(14)OJ L 166, 5.7.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

(15)OJ L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 850/2005 (OJ L 141, 4.6.2005, p. 1).

(16)OJ L 39, 9.2.2001, p. 1.

(17)OJ L 287, 31.10.2001, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 107/2005 (OJ L 23, 26.1.2005, p. 1).

(18)OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2257/2004 (OJ L 389, 30.12.2004, p. 1).

(19)OJ L 198, 4.8.2000, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1934/2004 (OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p. 1).

(20)OJ L 12, 18.1.2000, p. 1.

(21)OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 73. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2257/2004.

(22)OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 87. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2257/2004.

(23)OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 1.

(24)OJ L 182, 16.7.1994, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 669/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 105, 14.4.2004, p. 1).

(25)OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 1.

(26)OJ L 52, 27.2.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

ANNEX II

DAC LIST OF AID RECIPIENTS — AS AT 1 JANUARY 2003

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(1)  Central and East European countries and New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (CEECs/NIS).

(2)  Territory.

ANNEX III

LIST OF OECD/DAC MEMBERS

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.

ANNEX IV

EXTRACTS FROM THE RECOMMENDATION ON UNTYING OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BY THE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE OF THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD/DAC), MARCH 2001

II.   Implementation

(a)   Coverage

P6_TA(2005)0257

Greenland halibut *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a rebuilding plan for Greenland halibut in the framework of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (COM(2004)0640 — C6-0197/2004 — 2004/0229(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2005)0258

Lloyd's Affair

European Parliament resolution on the Lloyd's Names petitions

The European Parliament,

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(1)OJ C 77 E, 26.3.2004, p. 411.

(2)  First Council Directive 73/239/EEC of 24 July 1973 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking-up and pursuit of the business of direct insurance other than life insurance (OJ L 228, 16.8.1973, p. 3). Directive last amended by Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (OJ L 35, 11.2.2003, p. 1).

(3)OJ C 102 E, 28.4.2004, p. 142.

P6_TA(2005)0259

Security Research

European Parliament resolution on Security Research — The Next Steps (2004/2171(INI))

The European Parliament,

The European Security Research Programme and its financing

Consultation and cooperation with stakeholders

Institutional setting

Management of the European Security Research Programme

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(1)OJ C 167, 2.6.1997, p. 137.

(2)OJ C 128, 7.5.1999, p. 86.

(3)OJ C 127 E, 29.5.2003, p. 582.

(4)OJ C 228, 13.8.2001, p. 173.

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

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

P6_TA(2005)0260

The information society

European Parliament resolution on the information society (2004/2204(INI))

The European Parliament,

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