# Official Journal C 285E/22 N

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 4922 November 2006 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 285E

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 4922 November 2006

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT |
| | 2005-2006 SESSION |
| | Wednesday 30 November 2005 |
| 2006/C 285E/1 | MINUTES | 1 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Resumption of session


  Approval of Minutes of previous sitting


  Statements by the President


  Membership of committees and delegations


  Decisions concerning certain documents


  Transfers of appropriations


  Documents received


  Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions


  Agenda


  Preparation for the WTO conference (debate)


  Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (debate)


  Olympic truce — Development and sport (debate)


  One-minute speeches on matters of political importance


  Bird flu * — Veterinary expenditure * (debate)


  Bird flu * — Veterinary expenditure * (continuation of debate)


  Compulsory licencing for pharmaceutical patents ***I (debate)


  Approval of the Commission (debate)


  Imposition of criminal penalties in the event of an infringement of Community law (debate)


  Applying competition rules to maritime transport (debate)


  Electronic communications (debate)


  Agenda for next sitting


  Closure of sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 12 |
| | Thursday 1 December 2005 |
| 2006/C 285E/2 | MINUTES | 14 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of sitting


  Documents received


  Common system of VAT * — VAT refunds * — VAT applied to highly labour-intensive services (debate)


  Developments in Slovakia regarding police forces (debate)


  Approval of Minutes of previous sitting


  Voting time


  Financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  EC-South Africa Agreement *** (Rule 131) (vote)


  Euroregions (Rule 131) (vote)


  Immunity of Andrzej Pęczak (Rule 131) (vote)


  Immunity of Giovanni Claudio Fava (Rule 131) (vote)


  Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (Rule 131) (vote)


  Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (Rule 131) (vote)


  Budgetary discipline (Rule 131) (vote)


  Compulsory licencing for pharmaceutical patents ***I (vote)


  Bird flu * (vote)


  Veterinary expenditure * (vote)


  Widening the Eurozone * (vote)


  Common system of VAT * (vote)


  VAT refunds * (vote)


  European regulatory agencies (vote)


  Preparation for the WTO conference (vote)


  Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (vote)


  Olympic truce (vote)


  Development and sport (vote)


  Approval of the Commission (vote)


  Applying competition rules to maritime transport


  Electronic communications (vote)


  VAT applied to highly labour-intensive services (vote)


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes


  Membership of committees


  Verification of credentials


  Membership of Parliament


  Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting


  Dates for next sittings


  Adjournment of session |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 25 |
| ANNEX I | 27 |
| ANNEX II | 37 |
| TEXTS ADOPTED | 71 |
| P6_TA(2005)0447EC-South Africa Agreement ***European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concluding the additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (COM(2005)0372 — C6-0350/2005 — 2005/0152(AVC)) | 71 |
| P6_TA(2005)0448EuroregionsEuropean Parliament resolution on the role of Euroregions in the development of regional policy (2004/2257(INI)) | 71 |
| P6_TA(2005)0449Immunity of Andrzej PęczakEuropean Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Andrzej Pęczak, former Member of the European Parliament (2005/2128(IMM)) | 74 |
| P6_TA(2005)0450Immunity of Giovanni Claudio FavaEuropean Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Giovanni Claudio Fava (2005/2174(IMM)) | 75 |
| P6_TA(2005)0451Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (amendment)Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD)) | 75 |
| P6_TA(2005)0452Draft amending budget No 6/2005European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD)) | 76 |
| P6_TA(2005)0453Budgetary disciplineEuropean Parliament resolution on the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (2005/2237(INI)) | 77 |
| P6_TA(2005)0454Compulsory licensing for pharmaceutical patents ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems (COM(2004)0737 — C6-0168/2004 — 2004/0258(COD)) | 79 |
| P6_TC1-COD(2004)0258Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 1 December 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems | 79 |
| P6_TA(2005)0455Bird flu *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on Community measures for the control of Avian Influenza (COM(2005)0171 — C6-0195/2005 — 2005/0062(CNS)) | 89 |
| P6_TA(2005)0456Veterinary expenditure *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0171 — C6-0196/2005 — 2005/0063(CNS)) | 115 |
| P6_TA(2005)0457Widening the Eurozone *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 on the introduction of the euro (COM(2005)0357 — C6-0374/2005 — 2005/0145(CNS)) | 118 |
| P6_TA(2005)0458Common system of VAT *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC on the common system of value added tax, with regard to the length of time during which the minimum standard rate is to be applied (COM(2005)0136 — C6-0113/2005 — 2005/0051 (CNS)) | 121 |
| P6_TA(2005)0459VAT refunds *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directive 77/388/EEC, to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country but established in another Member State (COM(2004)0728 — C6-0251/2005 — 2005/0807(CNS)) | 122 |
| P6_TA(2005)0460European regulatory agenciesEuropean Parliament resolution on the draft interinstitutional agreement presented by the Commission on the operating framework for the European regulatory agencies | 123 |
| P6_TA(2005)0461Preparation for the WTO conferenceEuropean Parliament resolution on preparations for the sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong | 126 |
| P6_TA(2005)0462Human rightsEuropean Parliament resolution on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam | 129 |
| P6_TA(2005)0463Olympic truceEuropean Parliament resolution on The Olympic Truce — Turin Winter Olympics 2006 | 133 |
| P6_TA(2005)0464Development and sportEuropean Parliament resolution on development and sport | 135 |
| P6_TA(2005)0465Approval of the CommissionEuropean Parliament resolution on guidelines for the approval of the Commission (2005/2024(INI)) | 137 |
| P6_TA(2005)0466Applying competition rules to maritime transportEuropean Parliament resolution on the application of EC competition rules to maritime transport (2005/2033(INI)) | 139 |
| P6_TA(2005)0467Electronic communicationsEuropean Parliament resolution on European electronic communications regulation and markets 2004 (2005/2052(INI)) | 143 |
| P6_TA(2005)0468VAT applied to highly labour-intensive servicesEuropean Parliament resolution on the expiry of Directive 1999/85/EC concerning reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services | 149 |

Notice No

Contents

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I   (Information)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2005-2006 SESSION

Wednesday 30 November 2005

2006/C 285E/1

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Statements by the President

Membership of committees and delegations

Decisions concerning certain documents

Transfers of appropriations

Documents received

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Agenda

Preparation for the WTO conference (debate)

Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (debate)

Olympic truce — Development and sport (debate)

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Bird flu * — Veterinary expenditure * (debate)

Bird flu * — Veterinary expenditure * (continuation of debate)

Compulsory licencing for pharmaceutical patents ***I (debate)

Approval of the Commission (debate)

Imposition of criminal penalties in the event of an infringement of Community law (debate)

Applying competition rules to maritime transport (debate)

Electronic communications (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

12

Thursday 1 December 2005

2006/C 285E/2

MINUTES

14

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Common system of VAT * — VAT refunds * — VAT applied to highly labour-intensive services (debate)

Developments in Slovakia regarding police forces (debate)

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Voting time

Financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-South Africa Agreement *** (Rule 131) (vote)

Euroregions (Rule 131) (vote)

Immunity of Andrzej Pęczak (Rule 131) (vote)

Immunity of Giovanni Claudio Fava (Rule 131) (vote)

Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (Rule 131) (vote)

Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (Rule 131) (vote)

Budgetary discipline (Rule 131) (vote)

Compulsory licencing for pharmaceutical patents ***I (vote)

Bird flu * (vote)

Veterinary expenditure * (vote)

Widening the Eurozone * (vote)

Common system of VAT * (vote)

VAT refunds * (vote)

European regulatory agencies (vote)

Preparation for the WTO conference (vote)

Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (vote)

Olympic truce (vote)

Development and sport (vote)

Approval of the Commission (vote)

Applying competition rules to maritime transport

Electronic communications (vote)

VAT applied to highly labour-intensive services (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Membership of committees

Verification of credentials

Membership of Parliament

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

25

ANNEX I

27

ANNEX II

37

TEXTS ADOPTED

71

P6_TA(2005)0447EC-South Africa Agreement ***European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concluding the additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (COM(2005)0372 — C6-0350/2005 — 2005/0152(AVC))

71

P6_TA(2005)0448EuroregionsEuropean Parliament resolution on the role of Euroregions in the development of regional policy (2004/2257(INI))

71

P6_TA(2005)0449Immunity of Andrzej PęczakEuropean Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Andrzej Pęczak, former Member of the European Parliament (2005/2128(IMM))

74

P6_TA(2005)0450Immunity of Giovanni Claudio FavaEuropean Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Giovanni Claudio Fava (2005/2174(IMM))

75

P6_TA(2005)0451Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (amendment)Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD))

75

P6_TA(2005)0452Draft amending budget No 6/2005European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD))

76

P6_TA(2005)0453Budgetary disciplineEuropean Parliament resolution on the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (2005/2237(INI))

77

P6_TA(2005)0454Compulsory licensing for pharmaceutical patents ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems (COM(2004)0737 — C6-0168/2004 — 2004/0258(COD))

79

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0258Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 1 December 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems

79

P6_TA(2005)0455Bird flu *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on Community measures for the control of Avian Influenza (COM(2005)0171 — C6-0195/2005 — 2005/0062(CNS))

89

P6_TA(2005)0456Veterinary expenditure *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0171 — C6-0196/2005 — 2005/0063(CNS))

115

P6_TA(2005)0457Widening the Eurozone *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 on the introduction of the euro (COM(2005)0357 — C6-0374/2005 — 2005/0145(CNS))

118

P6_TA(2005)0458Common system of VAT *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC on the common system of value added tax, with regard to the length of time during which the minimum standard rate is to be applied (COM(2005)0136 — C6-0113/2005 — 2005/0051 (CNS))

121

P6_TA(2005)0459VAT refunds *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directive 77/388/EEC, to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country but established in another Member State (COM(2004)0728 — C6-0251/2005 — 2005/0807(CNS))

122

P6_TA(2005)0460European regulatory agenciesEuropean Parliament resolution on the draft interinstitutional agreement presented by the Commission on the operating framework for the European regulatory agencies

123

P6_TA(2005)0461Preparation for the WTO conferenceEuropean Parliament resolution on preparations for the sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong

126

P6_TA(2005)0462Human rightsEuropean Parliament resolution on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

129

P6_TA(2005)0463Olympic truceEuropean Parliament resolution on The Olympic Truce — Turin Winter Olympics 2006

133

P6_TA(2005)0464Development and sportEuropean Parliament resolution on development and sport

135

P6_TA(2005)0465Approval of the CommissionEuropean Parliament resolution on guidelines for the approval of the Commission (2005/2024(INI))

137

P6_TA(2005)0466Applying competition rules to maritime transportEuropean Parliament resolution on the application of EC competition rules to maritime transport (2005/2033(INI))

139

P6_TA(2005)0467Electronic communicationsEuropean Parliament resolution on European electronic communications regulation and markets 2004 (2005/2052(INI))

143

P6_TA(2005)0468VAT applied to highly labour-intensive servicesEuropean Parliament resolution on the expiry of Directive 1999/85/EC concerning reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services

149

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MINUTES

(2006/C 285 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 15.05.

2.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Umberto Pirilli had informed the Chair that he had been present at the sitting of 17.11.2005, but that his name was not on the attendance register.

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Corrections of vote made after the deadline (i.e. more than two weeks after the vote) and which, as a result, cannot be included in the final version of the Minutes:

Date of sitting: 26.10.2005

Motion for a resolution RC-B6-0551/2005: Biotechnology

| — | recital M

  against: Nathalie Griesbeck |
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recital M

against: Nathalie Griesbeck

Date of sitting: 27.10.2005

2006 Draft general budget

| — | amendment 460, 2nd part

  for: Lars Wohlin |
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amendment 460, 2nd part

for: Lars Wohlin

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The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Statements by the President

The President made a statement on hostage-taking in Iraq, including the recent kidnappings of two EU citizens. He expressed his opinion that Parliament should play an active role in campaigning for their release.

He then made a statement on World Aids Day, which was to be marked the following day. He stressed the need for Parliament to take action, and in particular to raise awareness among the European public that the pandemic was still spreading.

4.   Membership of committees and delegations

At the request of the PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:

| — | Delegation for relations with Canada: Iles Braghetto |
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Delegation for relations with Canada: Iles Braghetto

5.   Decisions concerning certain documents

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

BUDG Committee:

| — | On the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (2005/2237(INI))
  (opinion: AFCO) |
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On the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (2005/2237(INI))

(opinion: AFCO)

6.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 34/2005 from the Commission (C6-0308/2005 — SEC(2005)1188 final).

It had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC38/2005 from the Commission (C6-0325/2005 — SEC(2005)1274 final).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 39/2005 from the Commission (C6-0325/2005 — SEC(2005)1274 final).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 45/2005 from the Commission (C6-0370/2005 — SEC(2005)1360 final).

It had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(2) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002, under the condition that the legal basis be adopted.

7.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

| 1) | from the Council and Commission:







  — | Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 the specific programme ‘Fight against violence (Daphne)’ as part of the General programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’ (COM(2005)0122 [05] — C6-0388/2005 — 2005/0037A(COD))






  referred to | responsible: FEMM |
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| | opinion: BUDG, LIBE |

1)

from the Council and Commission:

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Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 the specific programme ‘Fight against violence (Daphne)’ as part of the General programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’ (COM(2005)0122 [05] — C6-0388/2005 — 2005/0037A(COD))

referred to

responsible: FEMM

opinion: BUDG, LIBE

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 61/2005 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2005) 1411 — C6-0400/2005 — 2005/2235(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
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Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 61/2005 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2005) 1411 — C6-0400/2005 — 2005/2235(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 (COM(2005)0567 — C6-0401/2005 — 2005/0227(COD))






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

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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 (COM(2005)0567 — C6-0401/2005 — 2005/0227(COD))

referred to

responsible: ENVI

opinion: ITRE, IMCO

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 62/2005 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2005) 1485 — C6-0402/2005 — 2005/2236(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- |

—

Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 62/2005 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2005) 1485 — C6-0402/2005 — 2005/2236(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

| — | Draft amending budget No 6 for the financial year 2005 — General statement of revenue and expenditure — Section IV — Court of justice (N6-0028/2005 — C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159 (BUD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion: JURI |

—

Draft amending budget No 6 for the financial year 2005 — General statement of revenue and expenditure — Section IV — Court of justice (N6-0028/2005 — C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159 (BUD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

opinion: JURI

| — | Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 533/2004 (COM(2005)0563 — C6-0406/2005 — 2005/0226(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: AFET |
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Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 533/2004 (COM(2005)0563 — C6-0406/2005 — 2005/0226(CNS))

referred to

responsible: AFET

| 2) | from committees:







  2.1) | reports:







  — | * Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC on the common system of value added tax, with regard to the length of time during which the minimum standard rate is to be applied (COM(2005)0136 — C6-0113/2005 — 2005/0051(CNS)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
  Rapporteur: Becsey Zsolt László (A6-0323/2005) |
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2)

from committees:

2.1)

reports:

—

- Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC on the common system of value added tax, with regard to the length of time during which the minimum standard rate is to be applied (COM(2005)0136 — C6-0113/2005 — 2005/0051(CNS)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Rapporteur: Becsey Zsolt László (A6-0323/2005)

| — | * Report on the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directive 77/388/EEC, to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country but established in another Member State (COM(2004)0728 [03] — C6-0251/2005 — 2005/0807(CNS)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
  Rapporteur: Becsey Zsolt László (A6-0324/2005) |
| --- | --- |

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- Report on the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directive 77/388/EEC, to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country but established in another Member State (COM(2004)0728 [03] — C6-0251/2005 — 2005/0807(CNS)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Rapporteur: Becsey Zsolt László (A6-0324/2005)

| — | * Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0171 [02] — C6-0196/2005 — 2005/0063 (CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
  Rapporteur: Figueiredo Ilda (A6-0326/2005) |
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- Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0171 [02] — C6-0196/2005 — 2005/0063 (CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Rapporteur: Figueiredo Ilda (A6-0326/2005)

| — | * Report on the proposal for a Council directive on Community measures for the control of Avian Influenza (COM(2005)0171 [01] — C6-0195/2005 — 2005/0062(CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
  Rapporteur: Parish Neil (A6-0327/2005) |
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- Report on the proposal for a Council directive on Community measures for the control of Avian Influenza (COM(2005)0171 [01] — C6-0195/2005 — 2005/0062(CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Rapporteur: Parish Neil (A6-0327/2005)

| — | *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision concluding the additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (12075/2005 — C6-0350/2005 — 2005/0152(AVC)) — Committee on Development
  Rapporteur: Martínez Martínez Miguel Angel (A6-0328/2005) |
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*** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision concluding the additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (12075/2005 — C6-0350/2005 — 2005/0152(AVC)) — Committee on Development

Rapporteur: Martínez Martínez Miguel Angel (A6-0328/2005)

| — | * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 on the introduction of the euro (COM(2005)0357 — C6-0374/2005 — 2005/0145(CNS)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
  Rapporteur: Rosati Dariusz (A6-0329/2005) |
| --- | --- |

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- Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 on the introduction of the euro (COM(2005)0357 — C6-0374/2005 — 2005/0145(CNS)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Rapporteur: Rosati Dariusz (A6-0329/2005)

| — | Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Andrzej Pęczak, former Member of the European Parliament (2005/2128(IMM)) — Committee on Legal Affairs
  Rapporteur: Berger Maria (A6-0330/2005) |
| --- | --- |

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Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Andrzej Pęczak, former Member of the European Parliament (2005/2128(IMM)) — Committee on Legal Affairs

Rapporteur: Berger Maria (A6-0330/2005)

| — | Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Giovanni Claudio Fava (2005/2174(IMM)) — Committee on Legal Affairs
  Rapporteur: Lehne Klaus-Heiner (A6-0331/2005) |
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Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Giovanni Claudio Fava (2005/2174(IMM)) — Committee on Legal Affairs

Rapporteur: Lehne Klaus-Heiner (A6-0331/2005)

| — | Report on Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 — Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (N6-0028/2005 — C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD)) (A6-0336/2005) |
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Report on Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 — Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (N6-0028/2005 — C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD)) (A6-0336/2005)

| — | Report on the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (B6-0615/2005 — 2005/2237(INI)) — Committee on Budgets
  Rapporteur: Böge Reimer (A6-0356/2005) |
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Report on the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (B6-0615/2005 — 2005/2237(INI)) — Committee on Budgets

Rapporteur: Böge Reimer (A6-0356/2005)

| 2.2) | recommendations for second reading:







  — | ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the International Safety Management Code within the Community and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3051/95 (06919/1/2005 — C6-0269/2005 — 2003/0291(COD)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism
  Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0325/2005) |
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2.2)

recommendations for second reading:

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***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the International Safety Management Code within the Community and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3051/95 (06919/1/2005 — C6-0269/2005 — 2003/0291(COD)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism

Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0325/2005)

| 3) | from Members:







  3.1) | oral questions (Rule 108):







  — | (O-0106/2005), Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: The expiry of Directive 1999/85/EC concerning reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services (B6-0342/2005) |
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3)

from Members:

3.1)

oral questions (Rule 108):

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(O-0106/2005), Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: The expiry of Directive 1999/85/EC concerning reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services (B6-0342/2005)

| 3.2) | motions for resolutions (Rule 113):







  — | Garriga Polledo Salvador — Motion for a resolution on flexibility in setting the retirement age (B6-0614/2005)






  referred to | responsible: EMPL |
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3.2)

motions for resolutions (Rule 113):

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Garriga Polledo Salvador — Motion for a resolution on flexibility in setting the retirement age (B6-0614/2005)

referred to

responsible: EMPL

| — | Cirino Pomicino Paolo, Lombardo Raffaele — Motion for a resolution on a new start for the European constitutional process (B6-0617/2005)






  referred to | responsible: AFCO |
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Cirino Pomicino Paolo, Lombardo Raffaele — Motion for a resolution on a new start for the European constitutional process (B6-0617/2005)

referred to

responsible: AFCO

| 3.3) | proposals for recommendations (Rule 114):







  — | Kudrycka Barbara, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group — Proposal for a recommendation to the Council on fighting trafficking in human beings — as integrated approach and proposal for an action plan (B6-0613/2005)






  referred to | responsible: LIBE |
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| | opinion: FEMM |

3.3)

proposals for recommendations (Rule 114):

—

Kudrycka Barbara, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group — Proposal for a recommendation to the Council on fighting trafficking in human beings — as integrated approach and proposal for an action plan (B6-0613/2005)

referred to

responsible: LIBE

opinion: FEMM

| 3.4) | proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (Rule 202):







  — | Corbett Richard — Proposal for amendment to change Rule 158 of the Rules of Procedure (B6-0616/2005)






  referred to | responsible: AFCO |
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3.4)

proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (Rule 202):

—

Corbett Richard — Proposal for amendment to change Rule 158 of the Rules of Procedure (B6-0616/2005)

referred to

responsible: AFCO

| 3.5) | written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116):







  — | Bruno Gollnisch, Andreas Mölzer and Luca Romagnoli, on lack of democracy and equal treatment of political parties in Bulgaria (67/2005); |
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3.5)

written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116):

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Bruno Gollnisch, Andreas Mölzer and Luca Romagnoli, on lack of democracy and equal treatment of political parties in Bulgaria (67/2005);

| — | Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, José Ribeiro e Castro, Kathy Sinnott, Nathalie Griesbeck and Konrad Szymański, on new information technologies and their impact on children (68/2005); |
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Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, José Ribeiro e Castro, Kathy Sinnott, Nathalie Griesbeck and Konrad Szymański, on new information technologies and their impact on children (68/2005);

| — | Emine Bozkurt, Claude Moraes, Christopher Heaton-Harris, Cem Özdemir and Alexander Nuno Alvaro, on tackling racism in football (69/2005); |
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Emine Bozkurt, Claude Moraes, Christopher Heaton-Harris, Cem Özdemir and Alexander Nuno Alvaro, on tackling racism in football (69/2005);

| — | Roberta Angelilli, Cristiana Muscardini, Romano Maria La Russa, Alessandro Foglietta and Sergio Berlato, on the need for social and environmental clauses to be introduced in the context of the WTO negotiations in Hong Kong (70/2005). |
| --- | --- |

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Roberta Angelilli, Cristiana Muscardini, Romano Maria La Russa, Alessandro Foglietta and Sergio Berlato, on the need for social and environmental clauses to be introduced in the context of the WTO negotiations in Hong Kong (70/2005).

8.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament at the September I and II part-sessions (2005) had been distributed.

9.   Agenda

The order of business had been established (Minutes of 17.11.2005, Item 16) and a corrigendum to the agenda had been distributed (PE 364.133/OJ/COR), to which a number of changes had been proposed:

Thursday

| — | Request from 37 Members for the Mitchell report (A6-0060/2005 — Financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation) (Item 68 on the agenda) to be referred back to committee under Rule 168. The request would be put to the vote during the vote on the report itself. |
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Request from 37 Members for the Mitchell report (A6-0060/2005 — Financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation) (Item 68 on the agenda) to be referred back to committee under Rule 168. The request would be put to the vote during the vote on the report itself.

Parliament agreed to that arrangement.

| — | Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, requested that the agenda should include a Commission statement on the decision by the Slovak Government to make the police once again subject to marshal law in certain areas. |
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Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, requested that the agenda should include a Commission statement on the decision by the Slovak Government to make the police once again subject to marshal law in certain areas.

The following spoke on the request: Peter Mandelson (Member of the Commission), who informed the House that Vice-President Frattini, the Commissioner responsible, would not be able to attend to make a statement the following day, but, if Parliament so wished, he would be able to do so during a subsequent part-session, Monika Beňová, Peter Šťastný and Hannes Swoboda, on Peter Mandelson's remarks.

Parliament approved the request by electronic vote (181 for, 130 against, 5 abstentions).

The item was added to Thursday's agenda.

The following spoke: Jean-Marie Cavada, who requested that the debate on oral question (O-0085/rev.2 — Imposition of criminal penalties in the event of an infringement of Community law (B6-0336/2005)) (Item 5 on the agenda) be wound up with a motion for resolution and that the vote be taken during the January part-session (the President noted his request and pointed out that he would refer it to the chairmen of the political groups).

The agenda was thus established.

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The President announced that the one-minute speeches on matters of political importance would be taken after the joint debate on sport (Items 52 and 82 on the agenda).

10.   Preparation for the WTO conference (debate)

Council and Commission statements: sixth Ministerial Conference of the WTO (Hong Kong, from 13 to 18 December 2005)

Ian Pearson (President-in-Office of the Council) and Peter Mandelson (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

Georgios Papastamkos spoke on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Harlem Désir, on behalf of the PSE Group, Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Caroline Lucas, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Seán Ó Neachtain, on behalf of the UEN Group, James Hugh Allister, Non-attached Member, Zbigniew Zaleski, Erika Mann, Sajjad Karim, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Helmuth Markov, Nigel Farage, Roberta Angelilli, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna and Glenys Kinnock.

IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Danutė Budreikaitė, Margrete Auken, Jonas Sjöstedt, Bastiaan Belder, Peter Baco, Christofer Fjellner, Stéphane Le Foll, Carl Schlyter, Giuseppe Castiglione, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Béla Glattfelder, Paul Rübig, Albert Jan Maat, Ian Pearson and Peter Mandelson.

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

| — | Harlem Désir and Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Preparations for the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Hong Kong (B6-0619/2005); |
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Harlem Désir and Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Preparations for the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Hong Kong (B6-0619/2005);

| — | Robert Sturdy, Georgios Papastamkos, Joseph Daul, Maria Martens and Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the preparation of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Hong Kong (B6-0620/2005); |
| --- | --- |

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Robert Sturdy, Georgios Papastamkos, Joseph Daul, Maria Martens and Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the preparation of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Hong Kong (B6-0620/2005);

| — | Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the preparation of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Hong Kong (B6-0621/2005); |
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Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the preparation of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Hong Kong (B6-0621/2005);

| — | Caroline Lucas, Marie-Hélène Aubert, Pierre Jonckheer, Alain Lipietz, Frithjof Schmidt and Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on preparations for the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Hong Kong (B6-0623/2005); |
| --- | --- |

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Caroline Lucas, Marie-Hélène Aubert, Pierre Jonckheer, Alain Lipietz, Frithjof Schmidt and Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on preparations for the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Hong Kong (B6-0623/2005);

| — | Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Preparations for the WTO Conference (B6-0624/2005); |
| --- | --- |

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Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Preparations for the WTO Conference (B6-0624/2005);

| — | Helmuth Markov, Vittorio Agnoletto, Jacky Henin and Jonas Sjöstedt, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on preparations for the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong (B6-0628/2005). |
| --- | --- |

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Helmuth Markov, Vittorio Agnoletto, Jacky Henin and Jonas Sjöstedt, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on preparations for the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong (B6-0628/2005).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.16.

11.   Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Ian Pearson (President-in-Office of the Council) and Ján Figeľ (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, María Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jules Maaten, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, and Simon Coveney.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Vice-President

The following spoke: Glyn Ford, James Hugh Allister, Antonio Tajani, Eluned Morgan, Ursula Stenzel, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Patrick Gaubert, Ian Pearson and Ján Figeľ.

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

| — | Inese Vaidere and Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, on human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (B6-0622/2005); |
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Inese Vaidere and Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, on human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (B6-0622/2005);

| — | Graham Watson and István Szent-Iványi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (B6-0625/2005); |
| --- | --- |

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Graham Watson and István Szent-Iványi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (B6-0625/2005);

| — | Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, on human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (B6-0626/2005); |
| --- | --- |

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Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, on human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (B6-0626/2005);

| — | Vittorio Agnoletto and Jonas Sjöstedt, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (B6-0627/2005); |
| --- | --- |

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Vittorio Agnoletto and Jonas Sjöstedt, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (B6-0627/2005);

| — | Charles Tannock, Jas Gawronski, Mario Mauro, Antonio Tajani and Marcello Vernola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the ‘Communist revolutions’ of 1975 (B6-0629/2005); |
| --- | --- |

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Charles Tannock, Jas Gawronski, Mario Mauro, Antonio Tajani and Marcello Vernola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the ‘Communist revolutions’ of 1975 (B6-0629/2005);

| — | Hélène Flautre, Monica Frassoni, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (B6-0631/2005). |
| --- | --- |

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Hélène Flautre, Monica Frassoni, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (B6-0631/2005).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.17.

12.   Olympic truce — Development and sport (debate)

Oral question (O-0084/2005) by Nikolaos Sifunakis, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Council: Olympic truce (B6-0335/2005)

Oral question (O-0078/2005) by Maria Martens, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Council: Development and sport (B6-0340/2005)

Oral question (O-0079/2005) by Maria Martens, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: Development and sport (B6-0341/2005)

Nikolaos Sifunakis and Maria Martens moved the oral questions.

Ian Pearson (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the questions.

Christopher Beazley put a supplementary question to the Council.

Ján Figeľ (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.

The following spoke: Manolis Mavrommatis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Margrietus van den Berg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Hannu Takkula, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Georgios Karatzaferis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Pál Schmitt, Glyn Ford, Jas Gawronski, Maria Badia I Cutchet and Ivo Belet.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Pier Antonio Panzeri, Vito Bonsignore, Gyula Hegyi, Stavros Lambrinidis, Ján Figeľ and Ian Pearson.

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

| — | Nikolaos Sifunakis, on behalf of the CULT Committee, on The Olympic Truce — Turin Winter Olympics 2006 (B6-0618/2005) |
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Nikolaos Sifunakis, on behalf of the CULT Committee, on The Olympic Truce — Turin Winter Olympics 2006 (B6-0618/2005)

| — | Maria Martens, Manolis Mavrommatis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, on behalf of the PSE Group, Fiona Hall, Thierry Cornillet, Danutė Budreikaitė, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Rolandas Pavilionis, on behalf of the UEN Group, Luisa Morgantini, Feleknas Uca and Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on development and sport (B6-0633/2005) |
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Maria Martens, Manolis Mavrommatis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, on behalf of the PSE Group, Fiona Hall, Thierry Cornillet, Danutė Budreikaitė, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Rolandas Pavilionis, on behalf of the UEN Group, Luisa Morgantini, Feleknas Uca and Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on development and sport (B6-0633/2005)

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.18 and Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.19.

13.   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:

Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Hannes Swoboda, Marian Harkin, David Hammerstein Mintz, Roberto Musacchio, Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski, James Hugh Allister, Tunne Kelam, David Martin, Derek Roland Clark, Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Gyula Hegyi, Sylwester Chruszcz, Eluned Morgan, Marios Matsakis, Bogusław Sonik, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Proinsias De Rossa, Gerard Batten, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Milan Gaľa, Georgios Karatzaferis and Ryszard Czarnecki.

14.   Bird flu * — Veterinary expenditure * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on Community measures for the control of Avian Influenza [COM(2005)0171 — C6-0195/2005 — 2005/0062(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Neil Parish (A6-0327/2005)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field [COM(2005)0171 — C6-0196/2005 — 2005/0063(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Ilda Figueiredo (A6-0326/2005)

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Neil Parish introduced the report (A6-0327/2005).

Ilda Figueiredo introduced the report (A6-0326/2005).

The following spoke: Jan Mulder (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee) and Robert Sturdy (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee).

The debate was suspended at that point.

It would resume at 21.00.

(The sitting was suspended at 20.15 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

15.   Bird flu * — Veterinary expenditure * (continuation of debate)

The following spoke: Albert Jan Maat, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Bogdan Golik, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Diamanto Manolakou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Péter Olajos, Phillip Whitehead, Michl Ebner, Thijs Berman, Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt and Markos Kyprianou.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.10 and Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.11.

16.   Compulsory licencing for pharmaceutical patents ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems [COM(2004)0737 — C6-0168/2004 — 2004/0258(COD)] — Committee on International Trade.

Rapporteur: Johan Van Hecke (A6-0242/2005)

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Johan Van Hecke introduced the report.

The following spoke: Kader Arif, on behalf of the PSE Group, Thomas Ulmer (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Maria Martens, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Hans-Peter Mayer and Giuseppe Gargani (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.9.

17.   Approval of the Commission (debate)

Report on guidelines for the approval of the European Commission [2005/2024(INI)] — Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

Rapporteur: Andrew Duff (A6-0179/2005)

Andrew Duff introduced the report.

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Maria da Assunção Esteves, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Richard Corbett, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.20.

18.   Imposition of criminal penalties in the event of an infringement of Community law (debate)

Oral question (O-0085/2005/rev.2) by Martine Roure, Maria Berger, on behalf of the PSE Group, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Diana Wallis and Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Imposition of criminal penalties in the event of an infringement of Community law (B6-0336/2005)

Martine Roure and Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg moved the oral question.

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Maria Berger, on behalf of the PSE Group, Patrick Louis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Giuseppe Gargani, Gerard Batten, Timothy Kirkhope and Franco Frattini.

The debate closed.

19.   Applying competition rules to maritime transport (debate)

Report on the application of EC competition rules to maritime transport [2005/2033(INI)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (A6-0314/2005)

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou introduced the report.

The following spoke: Georg Jarzembowski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Robert Navarro, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Georgios Toussas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Sylwester Chruszcz, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Marta Vincenzi and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.21.

20.   Electronic communications (debate)

Report on European electronic communications regulation and markets 2004 [2005/2052(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Patrizia Toia (A6-0305/2005)

Patrizia Toia introduced the report.

Viviane Reding (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Piia-Noora Kauppi (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Lorenzo Cesa, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Catherine Trautmann, on behalf of the PSE Group, András Gyürk, Reino Paasilinna and Viviane Reding.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.22.

21.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 364.133/OJJE).

22.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 00.05.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Pierre Moscovici

Vice-President

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The following signed:

Adamou, Allister, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Berman, Bertinotti, Bielan, Blokland, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Bonino, Bono, Bonsignore, Booth, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busquin, Busuttil, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carlshamre, Carnero González, Carollo, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, Castiglione, Catania, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Cesa, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Coveney, Cramer, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, Degutis, De Keyser, Demetriou, De Michelis, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Di Pietro, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Jillian Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fava, Ferber, Fernandes, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Florenz, Foglietta, Fontaine, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hammerstein Mintz, Hamon, Handzlik, Hannan, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jensen, Joan i Marí, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Karas, Karatzaferis, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Kilroy-Silk, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Klinz, Knapman, Koch, Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kudrycka, Kuhne, Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lang, Langen, Laperrouze, La Russa, Lavarra, Lechner, Le Foll, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Letta, Lévai, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liese, Liotard, Locatelli, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Louis, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McDonald, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morgantini, Morillon, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscat, Musotto, Mussolini, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Navarro, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Patrie, Pavilionis, Peillon, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Poignant, Polfer, Poli Bortone, Pomés Ruiz, Portas, Posdorf, Prets, Procacci, Prodi, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Ribeiro e Castro, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rizzo, Rocard, 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, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Saryusz-Wolski, Savary, Savi, Sbarbati, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schuth, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Sinnott, Siwiec, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stenzel, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Strejček, Strož, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Thomsen, Titley, Toia, Tomczak, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vakalis, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wallis, Walter, Henri Weber, Westlund, Whittaker, Wiersma, Wijkman, Wise, Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wuermeling, Wurtz, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Železný, Zieleniec, Zīle, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

Observers:

Ali Nedzhmi, Arabadjiev Alexander, Athanasiu Alexandru, Bărbuleţiu Tiberiu, Bliznashki Georgi, Buruiană Aprodu Daniela, Christova Christina Velcheva, Corlăţean Titus, Coşea Dumitru Gheorghe Mircea, Creţu Gabriela, Dîncu Vasile, Duca Viorel Senior, Hogea Vlad Gabriel, Husmenova Filiz, Ivanova Iglika, Kazak Tchetin, Kirilov Evgeni, Morţun Alexandru Ioan, Nicolae Şerban, Paparizov Atanas Atanassov, Parvanova Antonyia, Paşcu Ioan Mircea, Podgorean Radu, Popa Nicolae Vlad, Popeangă Petre, Sârbu Daciana Octavia, Severin Adrian, Silaghi Ovidiu Ioan, Sofianski Stefan, Stoyanov Dimitar, Szabó Károly Ferenc, Tîrle Radu, Zgonea Valeriu Ştefan

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Thursday 1 December 2005

| 22.11.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 285/14 |
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22.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 285/14

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MINUTES

(2006/C 285 E/02)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH

Vice-President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 09.05.

2.   Documents received

The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission:

| — | Draft Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (SEC(2005)1240 — C6-0355/2005 — 2005/0904(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: CONT |
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Draft Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (SEC(2005)1240 — C6-0355/2005 — 2005/0904(CNS))

referred to

responsible: CONT

opinion: BUDG

| — | Proposal for a Council decision providing macro-financial assistance to Georgia (COM(2005)0571 — C6-0407/2005 — 2005/0224(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: INTA |
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| | opinion: AFET, BUDG |

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Proposal for a Council decision providing macro-financial assistance to Georgia (COM(2005)0571 — C6-0407/2005 — 2005/0224(CNS))

referred to

responsible: INTA

opinion: AFET, BUDG

3.   Common system of VAT * — VAT refunds * — VAT applied to highly labourintensive services (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC on the common system of value added tax, with regard to the length of time during which the minimum standard rate is to be applied [COM(2005)0136 — C6-0113/2005 — 2005/0051(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Zsolt László Becsey (A6-0323/2005)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directive 77/388/EEC, to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country but established in another Member State [COM(2004)0728 — C6-0251/2005 — 2005/0807(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Zsolt László Becsey (A6-0324/2005)

Oral question (O-0106/2005) byPervenche Berès, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: The expiry of Directive 1999/85/EC concerning reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services (B6-0342/2005)

Zsolt László Becsey introduced his reports.

Pervenche Berès moved the oral question.

László Kovács (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Marianne Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ieke van den Burg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Margarita Starkevičiūtė, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ian Hudghton, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Diamanto Manolakou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, John Whittaker, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Othmar Karas, Dariusz Rosati, Wolf Klinz, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Patrick Louis and José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil.

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Joseph Muscat, Paolo Costa, Astrid Lulling, Richard Howitt, Avril Doyle and László Kovács.

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

| — | Alexander Radwan, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ieke van den Burg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Wolf Klinz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ian Hudghton, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sahra Wagenknecht, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Eoin Ryan and Guntars Krasts, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the expiry of Directive 1999/85/EC concerning reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services (B6-0630/2005). |
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Alexander Radwan, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ieke van den Burg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Wolf Klinz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ian Hudghton, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sahra Wagenknecht, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Eoin Ryan and Guntars Krasts, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the expiry of Directive 1999/85/EC concerning reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services (B6-0630/2005).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.13, Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.14 and Minutes of 01.12.2005, Item 6.23.

4.   Developments in Slovakia regarding police forces (debate)

Commission statement: Developments in Slovakia regarding police forces

László Kovács (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Ján Hudacký, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Monika Beňová, on behalf of the PSE Group, Angelika Beer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Sergej Kozlík, Non-attached Member, Anna Záborská, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, László Kovács and Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, who referred to his previous remarks.

The debate closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 10.40 pending voting time and resumed at 11.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Pierre MOSCOVICI

Vice-President

5.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

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

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

6.   Voting time

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

6.1.   Financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation [COM(2004)0629 — C6-0128/2004 — 2004/0220(COD)] — Committee on Development.

Rapporteur: Gay Mitchell (A6-0060/2005)

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

The following spoke: Gay Mitchell (rapporteur), first to make a statement under Rule 131(4), and then to move that the report be referred back to committee under Rule 168, and Hannes Swoboda, in support of the request.

Parliament approved the request.

The matter was thereby referred back to the committee responsible.

6.2.   EC-South Africa Agreement *** (Rule 131) (vote)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision concluding the additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union [COM(2005)0372 — C6-0350/2005 — 2005/0152(AVC)] — Committee on Development.

Rapporteur: Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez (A6-0328/2005)

(Simple majority)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0447)

Parliament thereby gave its assent.

6.3.   Euroregions (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the role of ‘Euroregions’ in the development of regional policy [2004/2257(INI)] — Committee on Regional Development.

Rapporteur: Kyriacos Triantaphyllides (A6-0311/2005)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0448)

6.4.   Immunity of Andrzej Pêczak (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Mr Andrzej Pêczak, former Member of the European Parliament [2005/2128(IMM)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Maria Berger (A6-0330/2005)

(Simple majority)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0449)

6.5.   Immunity of Giovanni Claudio Fava (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Giovanni Claudio Fava [2005/2174 (IMM)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0331/2005)

(Simple majority)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0450)

6.6.   Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (Rule 131) (vote)

Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 — Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD))

(Qualified majority)

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

AMENDMENT 1

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0451)

6.7.   Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council [13784/2005 — C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets.

Rapporteur: Anne E. Jensen (A6-0336/2005)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0452)

6.8.   Budgetary discipline (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure [2005/2237(INI)] — Committee on Budgets.

Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A6-0356/2005)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0453)

6.9.   Compulsory licencing for pharmaceutical patents ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems [COM(2004)0737 — C6-0168/2004 — 2004/0258(COD)] — Committee on International Trade.

Rapporteur: Johan Van Hecke (A6-0242/2005)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0454)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0454)

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Johan Van Hecke (rapporteur) on the amendments. |
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Johan Van Hecke (rapporteur) on the amendments.

6.10.   Bird flu * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on Community measures for the control of Avian Influenza [COM(2005)0171 — C6-0195/2005 — 2005/0062(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Neil Parish (A6-0327/2005)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0455)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0455)

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Neil Parish (rapporteur), who moved an oral amendment to add a new recital 11b, which was incorporated. |
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Neil Parish (rapporteur), who moved an oral amendment to add a new recital 11b, which was incorporated.

6.11.   Veterinary expenditure * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field [COM(2005)0171 — C6-0196/2005 — 2005/0063(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Ilda Figueiredo (A6-0326/2005)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0456)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0456)

6.12.   Widening the Eurozone * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 on the introduction of the euro [COM(2005)0357 — C6-0374/2005 — 2005/0145(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Dariusz Rosati (A6-0329/2005)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0457)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0457)

6.13.   Common system of VAT * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC on the common system of value added tax, with regard to the length of time during which the minimum standard rate is to be applied [COM(2005)0136 — C6-0113/2005 — 2005/0051(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Zsolt László Becsey (A6-0323/2005)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0458)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0458)

6.14.   VAT refunds * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directive 77/388/EEC, to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country but established in another Member State [COM(2004)0728 — C6-0251/2005 — 2005/0807(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Zsolt László Becsey (A6-0324/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 14)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0459)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0459)

6.15.   European regulatory agencies (vote)

The debate had been held on 15.11.2005(Minutes of 15.11.2005, Item 15).

Motion for a resolution B6-0634/2005

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 15)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0460)

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Jo Leinen, Chairman of the AFCO Committee, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 4(f), which was incorporated. |
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Jo Leinen, Chairman of the AFCO Committee, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 4(f), which was incorporated.

6.16.   Preparation for the WTO conference (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0619/2005, B6-0620/2005, B6-0621/2005, B6-0623/2005, B6-0624/2005 and B6-0628/2005

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 16)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0619/2005

(replacing B6-0619/2005, B6-0620/2005, B6-0621/2005 and B6-0624/2005):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Robert Sturdy and Georgios Papastamkos, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
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Robert Sturdy and Georgios Papastamkos, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

| — | Harlem Désir and Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
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Harlem Désir and Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Johan Van Hecke and Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, |
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Johan Van Hecke and Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

| — | Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group |
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Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0461)

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Harlem Désir, who pointed out an error in the French version of paragraph 13. The English version was authentic; |
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Harlem Désir, who pointed out an error in the French version of paragraph 13. The English version was authentic;

| — | Robert Sturdy, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 19, |
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Robert Sturdy, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 19,

| — | Harlem Désir, on that oral amendment. |
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Harlem Désir, on that oral amendment.

As more than 37 Members objected to the oral amendment, it was not incorporated.

(Motions for resolutions B6-0623/2005 and B6-0628/2005 fell.)

6.17.   Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0622/2005, B6-0625/2005, B6-0626/2005, B6-0627/2005, B6-0629/2005 and B6-0631/2005

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 17)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0622/2005

(replacing B6-0622/2005, B6-0625/2005, B6-0626/2005, B6-0627/2005, B6-0629/2005 and B6-0631/2005):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Charles Tannock, Antonio Tajani, Mario Mauro and Jas Gawronski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Charles Tannock, Antonio Tajani, Mario Mauro and Jas Gawronski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

| — | Pasqualina Napoletano, Bernard Poignant and María Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Pasqualina Napoletano, Bernard Poignant and María Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Graham Watson, István Szent-Iványi, Marco Pannella and Jules Maaten, on behalf of the ALDE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Graham Watson, István Szent-Iványi, Marco Pannella and Jules Maaten, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

| — | Hélène Flautre, Monica Frassoni, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Hélène Flautre, Monica Frassoni, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

| — | Vittorio Agnoletto and Jonas Sjöstedt, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Vittorio Agnoletto and Jonas Sjöstedt, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

| — | Konrad Szymański and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group |
| --- | --- |

—

Konrad Szymański and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0462)

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Charles Tannock, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 5, second indent, which was incorporated. |
| --- | --- |

—

Charles Tannock, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 5, second indent, which was incorporated.

6.18.   Olympic truce (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0618/2005

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 18)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0463)

6.19.   Development and sport (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0633/2005

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ’Results of votes’, Item 19)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0464)

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Jana Hybášková, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 10, which was incorporated. |
| --- | --- |

—

Jana Hybášková, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 10, which was incorporated.

6.20.   Approval of the Commission (vote)

Report on guidelines for the approval of the European Commission [2005/2024(INI)] — Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

Rapporteur: Andrew Duff (A6-0179/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 20)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0465)

6.21.   Applying competition rules to maritime transport

Report on the application of EC competition rules to maritime transport [2005/2033(INI)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (A6-0314/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 21)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0466)

6.22.   Electronic communications (vote)

Report on European electronic communications regulation and markets 2004 [2005/2052(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Patrizia Toia (A6-0305/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 22)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0467)

6.23.   VAT applied to highly labour-intensive services (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0630/2005

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 23)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0468)

7.   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: Kyriacos Triantaphyllides — A6-0311/2005

| — | Zita Pleštinská |
| --- | --- |

—

Zita Pleštinská

Preparation for the WTO conference — RC-B6-0619/2005

| — | Mairead McGuinness |
| --- | --- |

—

Mairead McGuinness

Olympic truce — B6-0618/2005

| — | Mario Borghezio |
| --- | --- |

—

Mario Borghezio

Report: Andrew Duff — A6-0179/2005

| — | Frank Vanhecke, Philip Claeys |
| --- | --- |

—

Frank Vanhecke, Philip Claeys

8.   Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes appear on the ‘Séance en direct’ website under ‘Votes’/‘Results of votes’/‘Roll-call votes’. They are published in hard copy in Annex 2 to the Minutes, ‘Result of roll-call votes’.

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

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

Members present but not voting:

| — | Karl-Heinz Florenz was present but had not taken part in all of the votes. |
| --- | --- |

—

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

9.   Membership of committees

At the request of the PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:

| — | CONT Committee: Béla Glattfelder to replace István Pálfi |
| --- | --- |

—

CONT Committee: Béla Glattfelder to replace István Pálfi

At the request of the UEN Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:

| — | AFET Committee: Michał Tomasz Kamiński to replace Anna Elzbieta Fotyga |
| --- | --- |

—

AFET Committee: Michał Tomasz Kamiński to replace Anna Elzbieta Fotyga

10.   Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of Matthias Groote, Horst Posdorf, Giovanni Procacci and Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski.

11.   Membership of Parliament

The Polish authorities had given notice of Anna Elzbieta Fotyga's appointment as Secretary of State in the Polish Government with effect from 23/11/2005.

Since, pursuant to Article 7(1) 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 under Rule 4(4) of its Rules of Procedure that the vacancy would take effect from 23.11.2005 and informed the Member State concerned thereof.

12.   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.

13.   Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held from 12 to 15.12.2005.

14.   Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 11.50.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Josep Borrell Fontelles

President

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

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Observers:

Ali Nedzhmi, Arabadjiev Alexander, Athanasiu Alexandru, Becşenescu Dumitru, Bliznashki Georgi, Buruiană Aprodu Daniela, Christova Christina Velcheva, Cioroianu Adrian Mihai, Corlăţean Titus, Coşea Dumitru Gheorghe Mircea, Creþu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, Dîncu Vasile, Hogea Vlad Gabriel, Husmenova Filiz, Ivanova Iglika, Kazak Tchetin, Kirilov Evgeni, Morţun Alexandru Ioan, Nicolae Şerban, Paparizov Atanas Atanassov, Parvanova Antonyia, Paşcu Ioan Mircea, Podgorean Radu, Popa Nicolae Vlad, Popeangă Petre, Severin Adrian, Silaghi Ovidiu Ioan, Sofianski Stefan, Szabó Károly Ferenc, Tîrle Radu, Zgonea Valeriu Ştefan

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ANNEX I

RESULTS OF VOTES

Abbreviations and symbols

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

+

adopted

-

rejected

↓

lapsed

W

withdrawn

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

roll-call vote (for, against, abstentions)

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

electronic vote (for, against, abstentions)

split

split vote

sep

separate vote

am

amendment

CA

compromise amendment

CP

corresponding part

D

deleting amendment

=

identical amendments

§

paragraph

art

article

rec

recital

MOT

motion for a resolution

JT MOT

joint motion for a resolution

SEC

secret ballot

1.   Financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation ***I

Report: Gay MITCHELL (A6-0060/2005)

Referred back to committee (Rule 168).

2.   EC-South Africa Agreement ***

Recommendation: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (A6-0328/2005)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

3.   Euroregions

Report: Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES (A6-0311/2005)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

4.   Immunity of Andrzej Pêczak

Report: Maria BERGER (A6-0330/2005)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

5.   Immunity of Giovanni Claudio Fava

Report: Klaus-Heiner LEHNE (A6-0331/2005)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

6.   Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union (as modified by the Council)

(C6-0404/2005)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| text as a whole | 1 | committee | | + | qualified majority |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

text as a whole

1

committee

+

qualified majority

7.   Draft amending budget No 6/2005

Report: Anne E. JENSEN (A6-0336/2005)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

8.   Budgetary discipline

Report: Reimer BÖGE (A6-0356/2005)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

9.   Compulsory licensing for pharmaceutical patents ***I

Report: Johan VAN HECKE (A6-0242/2005)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Block No 1 — compromise | 62-136 | ALDE, PPE-DE, PSE, Verts/ALE | | + | |
| Block No 2 — amendments by the committee responsible | 1-52 | committee | | ↓ | |
| art 4 | 54 | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| 58 | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| art 8, § 2 | 59 | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| art 8, § 7 | 55 | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| art 12, § 5 | 56 | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| art 14, § 1 | 57 | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| art 17 | 60 | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| after art 17 | 61 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| after rec 10 | 53 | PPE-DE | | W | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | RCV | + | 543, 21, 35 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Block No 1 — compromise

62-136

ALDE, PPE-DE, PSE, Verts/ALE

+

Block No 2 — amendments by the committee responsible

1-52

committee

↓

art 4

54

PPE-DE

↓

58

GUE/NGL

↓

art 8, § 2

59

GUE/NGL

↓

art 8, § 7

55

PPE-DE

↓

art 12, § 5

56

PPE-DE

↓

art 14, § 1

57

PPE-DE

↓

art 17

60

GUE/NGL

↓

after art 17

61

GUE/NGL

-

after rec 10

53

PPE-DE

W

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

RCV

+

543, 21, 35

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

10.   Bird flu *

Report: Neil PARISH (A6-0327/2005)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by the committee responsible — block vote | 1-45
  48-49
  51-55
  58-105
  107-108
  110-118 | committee | | + | |
| amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote | 46 | committee | sep | + | |
| 47 | committee | sep | + | |
| 50 | committee | sep | + | |
| 56 | committee | sep | + | |
| 57 | committee | sep | + | |
| 106 | committee | sep | + | |
| 109 | committee | sep | + | |
| art 3, after point 35 | 125 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| art 39 | 119 | PPE-DE | RCV | + | 297, 296, 14 |
| 120 | PPE-DE | RCV | + | 299, 264, 11 |
| 121 | PPE-DE | RCV | - | 293, 305, 9 |
| 122 | PPE-DE | RCV | + | 302, 298, 7 |
| 123 | PPE-DE | RCV | - | 288, 310, 9 |
| 124 | PPE-DE | RCV | + | 303, 302, 7 |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by the committee responsible — block vote

1-45

48-49

51-55

58-105

107-108

110-118

committee

+

amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote

46

committee

sep

+

47

committee

sep

+

50

committee

sep

+

56

committee

sep

+

57

committee

sep

+

106

committee

sep

+

109

committee

sep

+

art 3, after point 35

125

PPE-DE

+

art 39

119

PPE-DE

RCV

+

297, 296, 14

120

PPE-DE

RCV

+

299, 264, 11

121

PPE-DE

RCV

-

293, 305, 9

122

PPE-DE

RCV

+

302, 298, 7

123

PPE-DE

RCV

-

288, 310, 9

124

PPE-DE

RCV

+

303, 302, 7

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: ams 119 -124

PPE-DE: ams 120 and 121

Requests for separate votes

ALDE: ams 46, 50, 56, 57 and 106

PPE-DE: ams 119, 122, 123 and 124

Verts/ALE: ams 47 and 109

Miscellaneous

Neil Parish (rapporteur) moved an oral amendment to insert the following new recital 11b:

11b. Hunters in Europe should be encouraged to assist in the monitoring of avian influenza outbreaks in wild birds by informing the competent authorities when they suspect that birds may be infected,

11.   Veterinary expenditure *

Report: Ilda FIGUEIREDO (A6-0326/2005)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by the committee responsible — block vote | 1-8
  10-11 | committee | | + | |
| art 3a, §3, indent 1 | 12 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| 9 | committee | | + | |
| art 3a, §3, after indent 2 | 13/rev | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by the committee responsible — block vote

1-8

10-11

committee

+

art 3a, §3, indent 1

12

GUE/NGL

-

9

committee

+

art 3a, §3, after indent 2

13/rev

GUE/NGL

-

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

12.   Widening the eurozone *

Report: Dariusz ROSATI (A6-0329/2005)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by the committee responsible — block vote | 1-6 | committee | | + | |
| art 15, § 3, subpara 1 | 7 | committee | | + | |
| 8 | UEN | | - | |
| art 15, § 3, subpara 2 | 9 | UEN | | - | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by the committee responsible — block vote

1-6

committee

+

art 15, § 3, subpara 1

7

committee

+

8

UEN

-

art 15, § 3, subpara 2

9

UEN

-

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

13.   Common system of VAT *

Report: Zsolt László BECSEY (A6-0323/2005)

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

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by the committee responsible

1

committee

sep

+

2

committee

+

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Requests for separate votes

PSE: am 1

14.   VAT refunds *

Report: Zsolt László BECSEY (A6-0324/2005)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by the committee responsible — block vote | 1-4 | committee | | + | |
| vote: amended proposal | RCV | + | 512, 81, 10 |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by the committee responsible — block vote

1-4

committee

+

vote: amended proposal

RCV

+

512, 81, 10

vote: legislative resolution

+

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: amended proposal

15.   European regulatory agencies

Motion for a resolution: B6-0634/2005

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| motion for resolution B6-0634/2005




  (AFCO and BUDG Committees) |
| § 4, point (f) | § | original text | | + | oral amendment |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

motion for resolution B6-0634/2005

(AFCO and BUDG Committees)

§ 4, point (f)

§

original text

+

oral amendment

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Miscellaneous

Jo Leinen, Chairman of the AFCO Committee, moved an oral amendment for paragraph 4, point (f) to read as follows:

| (f) | the Council should nominate to the supervisory body, the board of directors, representatives with acknowledged expertise, whom the Parliament may invite to a hearing prior to their appointment, if it deems it appropriate; the number of such representatives should be in reasonable proportion to the tasks and importance of the agency, with the aim in the longer term of reducing the size of the board of directors for reasons of efficiency; as long as the number of representatives on the board of directors corresponds to the number of Member States, Parliament, for its part, should designate two members to the board of directors; |
| --- | --- |

(f)

the Council should nominate to the supervisory body, the board of directors, representatives with acknowledged expertise, whom the Parliament may invite to a hearing prior to their appointment, if it deems it appropriate; the number of such representatives should be in reasonable proportion to the tasks and importance of the agency, with the aim in the longer term of reducing the size of the board of directors for reasons of efficiency; as long as the number of representatives on the board of directors corresponds to the number of Member States, Parliament, for its part, should designate two members to the board of directors;

16.   Preparation for the WTO conference

Motions for resolutions: B6-0619/2005, 0620/2005, 0621/2205, 0623/2005, 0624/2005 and 0628/2005

Motions for resolutions: B6-0619/2005, 0620/2005, 0621/2205, 0623/2005, 0624/2005 and 0628/2005

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0619/2005




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE and UEN) |
| § 5 | 1 | PSE | RCV | - | 267, 334, 11 |
| § 6 | 2 | PSE | RCV | - | 230, 372, 13 |
| §13 | 3 | PSE | RCV | - | 275, 301, 31 |
| § 14 | 4 | PSE | RCV | - | 253, 338, 32 |
| § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 16 | 5 | PSE | RCV | - | 270, 313, 26 |
| § 19 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | + | 346, 243, 14 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 475, 106, 14 |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B6-0619/2005 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0620/2005 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0621/2005 | | UEN | | ↓ | |
| B6-0623/2005 | | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0624/2005 | | ALDE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0628/2005 | | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0619/2005

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0619/2005

(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE and UEN)

(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE and UEN)

§ 5

1

PSE

RCV

-

267, 334, 11

§ 6

2

PSE

RCV

-

230, 372, 13

§13

3

PSE

RCV

-

275, 301, 31

§ 14

4

PSE

RCV

-

253, 338, 32

§

original text

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 16

5

PSE

RCV

-

270, 313, 26

§ 19

§

original text

original text

split

1

+

2/EV

+

346, 243, 14

vote: resolution (as a whole)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

475, 106, 14

motions for resolutions by political groups

motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0619/2005

PSE

↓

B6-0620/2005

PPE-DE

↓

B6-0621/2005

UEN

↓

B6-0623/2005

Verts/ALE

↓

B6-0624/2005

ALDE

↓

B6-0628/2005

GUE/NGL

↓

Roberta Angelilli had also signed the joint motion for a resolution on behalf of the UEN Group.

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis had also signed the joint motion for a resolution on behalf of the ALDE Group.

Erika Mann had also signed the five amendments on behalf of the PSE Group.

Requests for split votes

Requests for split votes

PSE

§ 14

§ 14

1st part: text as a whole without the words ‘entailing further market opening’

1st part:

2nd part: those words

2nd part:

§ 19

§ 19

1st part: text as a whole without the words ‘and TRIMs (Trade-Related Investment Measures)’

1st part:

2nd part: those words

2nd part:

Requests for roll-call votes

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: ams 1-5 and final vote

17.   Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Motions for resolutions: B6-0622/2005, 0625/2005, 0626/2005, 0627/2005, 0629/2005 and 0631/2005

Motions for resolutions: B6-0622/2005, 0625/2005, 0626/2005, 0627/2005, 0629/2005 and 0631/2005

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0622/2005




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL and UEN) |
| § 5, indent 2 | § | original text | | + | oral amendment |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B6-0622/2005 | | UEN | | ↓ | |
| B6-0625/2005 | | ALDE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0626/2005 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0627/2005 | | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| B6-0629/2005 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0631/2005 | | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0622/2005

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0622/2005

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

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

§ 5, indent 2

§

original text

original text

+

oral amendment

oral amendment

vote: resolution (as a whole)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

motions for resolutions by political groups

motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0622/2005

UEN

↓

B6-0625/2005

ALDE

↓

B6-0626/2005

PSE

↓

B6-0627/2005

GUE/NGL

↓

B6-0629/2005

PPE-DE

↓

B6-0631/2005

Verts/ALE

↓

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Charles Tannock moved an oral amendment to replace paragraph 5, second indent with the following:

| — | to draw up and implement as soon as possible all the necessary reforms required to democratize the country, guarantee the peaceful expression of political opposition and ensure a speedy holding of multiparty elections under international monitoring with a view to national reconciliation; |
| --- | --- |

—

to draw up and implement as soon as possible all the necessary reforms required to democratize the country, guarantee the peaceful expression of political opposition and ensure a speedy holding of multiparty elections under international monitoring with a view to national reconciliation;

18.   Olympic truce

Motion for a resolution: B6-0618/2005

Motion for a resolution: B6-0618/2005

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| motion for a resolution B6-0618/2005 (CULT Committee) |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

motion for a resolution B6-0618/2005 (CULT Committee)

motion for a resolution B6-0618/2005 (CULT Committee)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

19.   Development and sport

Motion for a resolution: B6-0633/2005

Motion for a resolution: B6-0633/2005

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0633/2005




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN) |
| § 10 | § | original text | | + | oral amendment |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0633/2005

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0633/2005

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

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

§ 10

§

original text

original text

+

oral amendment

oral amendment

vote: resolution (as a whole)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Jana Hybášková moved an oral amendment for paragraph 10 to read as follows:

10. Recognises the full right of women to participate freely in sports, encourages a greater participation of women in sport and development, defines gender equality as an objective in sport for development initiatives and stresses that the World Conferences on Women and Sport led to major progress in the field of women's sports around the world;

20.   Approval of the Commission

Report: Andrew DUFF (A6-0179/2005)

Report: Andrew DUFF (A6-0179/2005)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| text as a whole | 1-7 | ALDE | | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

text as a whole

1-7

ALDE

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

21.   Applying competition rules to maritime transport

Report: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU (A6-0314/2005)

Report: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU (A6-0314/2005)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 1 | 6 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 171, 430, 3 |
| § 3 | 7 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | | - | |
| 17 | PPE-DE, PSE | RCV | + | 428, 148, 26 |
| § 5 | 8 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 8 | 9 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 9 | 10 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 176, 405, 17 |
| § 10 | 11S | ALDE, Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 11 | 19 | PSE, PPE-DE | RCV | + | 443, 153, 16 |
| 12 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 169, 428, 16 |
| § 12 | 13 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | | - | |
| 20 | PSE, PPE-DE | RCV | + | 455, 131, 31 |
| after § 12 | 21 | PSE, PPE-DE | | + | |
| § 17 | 14 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | | - | |
| after citation 11 | 18 | PPE-DE, PSE | | + | |
| rec D | 1 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | | - | |
| rec F | 2 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | | - | |
| after rec F | 3 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | | - | |
| rec H | 4=
  15= | ALDE, Verts/ALE, PPE-DE | | + | |
| rec I | 5 | ALDE, Verts/ALE | | - | |
| rec J | 16 | PPE-DE, PSE | | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 408, 139, 62 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 1

6

ALDE, Verts/ALE

RCV

-

171, 430, 3

§ 3

7

ALDE, Verts/ALE

-

17

PPE-DE, PSE

RCV

+

428, 148, 26

§ 5

8

ALDE, Verts/ALE

-

§ 8

9

ALDE, Verts/ALE

-

§ 9

10

ALDE, Verts/ALE

RCV

-

176, 405, 17

§ 10

11S

ALDE, Verts/ALE

-

§ 11

19

PSE, PPE-DE

RCV

+

443, 153, 16

12

ALDE, Verts/ALE

RCV

-

169, 428, 16

§ 12

13

ALDE, Verts/ALE

-

20

PSE, PPE-DE

RCV

+

455, 131, 31

after § 12

21

PSE, PPE-DE

+

§ 17

14

ALDE, Verts/ALE

-

after citation 11

18

PPE-DE, PSE

+

rec D

1

ALDE, Verts/ALE

-

rec F

2

ALDE, Verts/ALE

-

after rec F

3

ALDE, Verts/ALE

-

rec H

4=

15=

ALDE, Verts/ALE, PPE-DE

+

rec I

5

ALDE, Verts/ALE

-

rec J

16

PPE-DE, PSE

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

408, 139, 62

Requests for roll-call votes

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: ams 6, 10, 17, 19, 20 and final vote

UEN: ams 6, 12, 17, 19 and 20

22.   Electronic communications

Report: Patrizia TOIA (A6-0305/2005)

Report: Patrizia TOIA (A6-0305/2005)

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

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

vote: resolution (as a whole)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

23.   VAT applied to highly labour-intensive services

Motion for a resolution: B6-0630/2005

Motion for a resolution: B6-0630/2005

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0630/2005




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN) |
| § 2 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0630/2005

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0630/2005

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

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

§ 2

§

original text

original text

sep

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Requests for separate votes

Requests for separate votes

ALDE: § 2

---

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1.   Van Hecke report A6-0242/2005

For: 543

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Procacci, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Seppänen

IND/DEM: Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mölzer, Mussolini, Rivera, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klaß, Klich, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Papastamkos, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, 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, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, 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, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

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

Against: 21

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Catania, Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Manolakou, Morgantini, Musacchio, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Wise

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Mote

PPE-DE: Konrad

Abstention: 35

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Brie, Flasarová, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Strož, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Helmer, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Caspary, Deß, Gomolka, Gräßle, Jarzembowski, Koch, Mayer, Niebler, Reul

PSE: Masip Hidalgo

UEN: Camre

Corrections to votes

For:
  Alyn Smith

Against:
  Paul Rübig

2.   Parish report A6-0327/2005

For: 297

ALDE: Gentvilas, Lynne, Szent-Iványi

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Rivera, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Lauk, Lechner, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Ouzký, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Wijkman, von Wogau, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, van den Berg, Busquin, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Ilves, Segelström, Szejna, Westlund, Whitehead

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, La Russa, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Ryan, Tatarella, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Cohn-Bendit

Against: 296

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Procacci, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise

NI: Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Antoniozzi, Belet, Braghetto, Castiglione, Cesa, Dionisi, Doorn, Doyle, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Gargani, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Lehne, Maat, Mantovani, Mauro, Musotto, van Nistelrooij, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Podestà, Rack, Schierhuber, Tajani, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Zappalà

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, 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, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

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

Abstention: 14

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Karas, Rübig, Seeber, Stenzel, Ventre

UEN: Bielan, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Roszkowski, Szymański

Corrections to votes

Against:
  Hélène Flautre, Maria Martens, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit

3.   Parish report A6-0327/2005

For: 299

ALDE: Di Pietro, Gentvilas, Lynne

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Lehne, Lewandowski, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Ouzký, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Wijkman, von Wogau, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Berès, van den Berg, Castex, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Masip Hidalgo, Paasilinna, Segelström, Westlund, Whitehead

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf

Against: 264

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Procacci, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

NI: Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Belet, Braghetto, Castiglione, Cesa, Dionisi, Doorn, Doyle, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Gargani, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Maat, Mantovani, Mauro, Musotto, van Nistelrooij, Oomen-Ruijten, Podestà, Rack, Schierhuber, Tajani, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zappalà

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Pahor, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Weber Henri, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

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

Abstention: 11

IND/DEM: Borghezio

NI: Baco, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Mote, Rivera

PPE-DE: Karas, Rübig, Seeber, Stenzel

UEN: Camre

Corrections to votes

For:
  Pedro Guerreiro

Against:
  Hélène Flautre, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Maria Martens, Pervenche Berès

4.   Parish report A6-0327/2005

For: 293

ALDE: Gentvilas, Lynne

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Blokland, Bonde, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Šťastný, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, van den Berg, Ferreira Elisa, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Masip Hidalgo, Segelström, Westlund

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

Against: 305

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Procacci, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise

NI: Battilocchio, De Michelis, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Bonsignore, Braghetto, Castiglione, Cesa, Dionisi, Doorn, Doyle, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Gargani, Gawronski, Maat, Mantovani, Mauro, Musotto, van Nistelrooij, Oomen-Ruijten, Podestà, Rack, Schierhuber, Tajani, Ventre, Vernola, Wortmann-Kool, Zappalà

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berès, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, 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, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

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

Abstention: 9

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Sinnott

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Rivera

PPE-DE: Ebner, Karas, Rübig, Seeber, Stenzel

Corrections to votes

For:
  Pedro Guerreiro

Against:
  Hélène Flautre, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Maria Martens

5.   Parish report A6-0327/2005

For: 302

ALDE: Lynne

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Rivera, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Wijkman, von Wogau, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Ilves, Paasilinna, Segelström, Westlund, Whitehead

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

Against: 298

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Davies, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, in 't Veld, Jensen, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Procacci, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

NI: Battilocchio, De Michelis, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Belet, Bonsignore, Braghetto, Castiglione, Cesa, Dionisi, Doorn, Doyle, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Gargani, Gawronski, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Maat, Mantovani, Mauro, Musotto, van Nistelrooij, Oomen-Ruijten, Podestà, Rack, Schierhuber, Tajani, Ventre, Vernola, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Zappalà

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berès, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, 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, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

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

Abstention: 7

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Mote

PPE-DE: Karas, Rübig, Seeber, Stenzel

Corrections to votes

For:
  Pedro Guerreiro

Against:
  Hélène Flautre, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Maria Martens

6.   Parish report A6-0327/2005

For: 288

ALDE: Lynne

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Ferber, Fjellner, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Wijkman, von Wogau, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, van den Berg, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Ilves, Segelström, Westlund

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Zīle

Against: 310

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Procacci, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass

NI: Battilocchio, De Michelis, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Belet, Bonsignore, Braghetto, Castiglione, Cesa, Dionisi, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Gargani, Gawronski, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Maat, Mantovani, Mauro, Musotto, van Nistelrooij, Oomen-Ruijten, Podestà, Rack, Schierhuber, Tajani, Ventre, Vernola, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Zappalà

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berès, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, 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, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

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

Abstention: 9

IND/DEM: Sinnott

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Mote, Rivera

PPE-DE: Karas, McGuinness, Rübig, Seeber, Stenzel

Corrections to votes

Against:
  Hélène Flautre, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Maria Martens, Thomas Wise

7.   Parish report A6-0327/2005

For: 303

ALDE: Lynne

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Bonde, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fjellner, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nicholson, Niebler, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, van den Berg, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Ilves, Segelström, Westlund

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

Against: 302

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Procacci, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Bloom

NI: Battilocchio, De Michelis, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Belet, Bonsignore, Braghetto, Castiglione, Cesa, Dionisi, Doorn, Doyle, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Gargani, Gawronski, Maat, Mantovani, Mauro, Musotto, van Nistelrooij, Oomen-Ruijten, Podestà, Rack, Schierhuber, Tajani, Vernola, Wortmann-Kool, Zappalà

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berès, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, 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, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre, Foglietta

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

Abstention: 7

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Sinnott

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Rivera

PPE-DE: Karas, Rübig, Stenzel

Corrections to votes

Against:
  Hélène Flautre, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Maria Martens

8.   Becsey report A6-0324/2005

For: 512

ALDE: Davies, Polfer, Samuelsen, Watson

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Blokland, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Rivera, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, 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, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

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

Against: 81

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Costa, Deprez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise, Železný

NI: Kilroy-Silk

PPE-DE: Busuttil, Casa, Doyle, Strejček, Vlasák

PSE: Carnero González

Verts/ALE: Lucas, Schlyter

Abstention: 10

GUE/NGL: Catania

IND/DEM: Borghezio

NI: Allister, Baco, Helmer, Kozlík, Mote

PPE-DE: Gewalt, Pleštinská, Sonik

Corrections to votes

Against:
  Graham Watson, Chris Davies

9.   RC B6-0619/2005 — WTO Conference

For: 267

ALDE: Bourlanges, Chiesa, Ek, Guardans Cambó, Resetarits

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, De Michelis, Kozlík, Rivera

PPE-DE: Brok, Brunetta, Cederschiöld, Fjellner, Galeote Quecedo, Grosch, Hökmark, Hybášková, Mayor Oreja, Oomen-Ruijten, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Schmitt, Seeberg, Surján, Ventre, Vernola, Wijkman, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, 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, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Ryan

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 334

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Toussas

IND/DEM: Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Sinnott, Wojciechowski Bernard, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Sumberg, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, von Wogau, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Arnaoutakis, Lambrinidis, Matsouka, Tzampazi

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

Abstention: 11

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Podestà

Corrections to votes

For:
  Anna Ibrisagic

Against:
  Bruno Gollnisch, Ignasi Guardans Cambó

10.   RC B6-0619/2005 — WTO Conference

For: 230

ALDE: Chiesa, Resetarits, Samuelsen

IND/DEM: Bonde, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, De Michelis, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Fjellner, Hökmark, Seeberg, Ventre, Wijkman

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

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

Against: 372

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Sinnott, Wojciechowski Bernard, Železný

NI: Allister, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

Abstention: 13

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise

NI: Baco, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Rivera

PSE: Castex

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For: 275

ALDE: Attwooll, Bowles, Busk, Chiesa, Davies, Drčar Murko, Duff, Hall, Kułakowski, Lynne, Resetarits, Toia

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Claeys, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mölzer, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Bachelot-Narquin, Belet, Dehaene, Gawronski, Grosch, Korhola, Pomés Ruiz, Seeberg, Vernola

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Bielan

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

Against: 301

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Costa, Deprez, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Maaten, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Mote, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Langen, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

Abstention: 31

ALDE: Harkin, Manders

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Nattrass, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard, Železný

NI: Baco, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Mussolini, Rivera, Schenardi

PPE-DE: De Veyrac, Landsbergis, Langendries, Ventre, Wijkman

Corrections to votes

For:
  Carl Lang, Fernand Le Rachinel, Jean-Marie Le Pen

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For: 253

ALDE: Chiesa, Karim, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Resetarits, Toia

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Pęk, Sinnott

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

PPE-DE: Papastamkos, Wijkman

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, 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, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

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

Against: 338

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Toussas

IND/DEM: Blokland, Chruszcz, Giertych, Wojciechowski Bernard

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Masiel, Mote, Mussolini, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

Abstention: 32

ALDE: Samuelsen, Van Hecke

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Grabowski, Krupa, Nattrass, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Baco, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Rivera, Schenardi, Vanhecke

13.   RC B6-0619/2005 — WTO Conference

For: 270

ALDE: Attwooll, Bourlanges, Bowles, Chiesa, Davies, Duff, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Karim, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Toia, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Blokland, Bonde, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, De Michelis

PPE-DE: Belet, Berend, Florenz, Seeberg, Wijkman

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bono, 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, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 313

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Costa, Deprez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Laperrouze, Maaten, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Sinnott

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Masiel, Mote, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

Abstention: 26

ALDE: Cavada, Manders

GUE/NGL: Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Nattrass, Wise, Železný

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Mussolini, Rivera, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ventre

Corrections to votes

For:
  Hans-Peter Martin

Against:
  Ignasi Guardans Cambó

14.   RC B6-0619/2005 — WTO Conference

For: 475

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Costa, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Kozlík, Masiel, Rivera, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bono, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Correia, Cottigny, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leinen, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Mann Erika, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Piecyk, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Stihler, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Zīle

Against: 106

ALDE: Griesbeck

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Železný

NI: Allister, Claeys, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Deß, Gál, Glattfelder, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Járóka, Olajos, Őry, Surján, Szájer

PSE: Bösch, Ettl, Leichtfried, Peillon, Pinior, Scheele, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Szejna, Tarabella, Vincenzi, Westlund

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

Abstention: 14

ALDE: Resetarits

IND/DEM: Batten, Bonde, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise

PPE-DE: Lauk

PSE: Castex, Lienemann, Muscat, Patrie

Verts/ALE: Auken

Corrections to votes

For:
  David Martin, Pierre Schapira, Åsa Westlund

Against:
  Pedro Guerreiro

15.   Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou report A6-0314/2005

For: 171

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Chiesa, Costa, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Grabowski, Krupa, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Belohorská, Bobošíková, De Michelis, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Fatuzzo, Fjellner, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hökmark, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Kamall, Kirkhope, Langen, Lechner, Liese, McMillan-Scott, Mauro, Nicholson, Pleštinská, Podkański, Purvis, Roithová, Seeberg, Škottová, Sumberg, Tannock, Van Orden, Vatanen, Vlasák, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: Berger, Busquin, Casaca, Christensen, Ford, Jørgensen, Kristensen, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Thomsen

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Kristovskis, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis

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

Against: 430

ALDE: Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Gibault, Laperrouze, Polfer, Ries

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Knapman, Nattrass, Whittaker, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Busuttil, Cabrnoch, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Lewandowski, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Mann Erika, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Bielan, Foglietta, Janowski, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella

Abstention: 3

ALDE: Chatzimarkakis

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Rivera

Corrections to votes

For:
  Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

Abstention:
  Hélène Flautre, Jean-Luc Bennahmias

16.   Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou report A6-0314/2005

For: 428

ALDE: Beaupuy, Cavada, Cornillet, Deprez, Di Pietro, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Laperrouze, Ludford, Polfer, Ries

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, De Michelis, Helmer, Rivera, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Corbett, Corbey, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Berlato, Bielan, Foglietta, Janowski, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański

Verts/ALE: Cramer, Horáček, Isler Béguin

Against: 148

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Chiesa, Costa, Davies, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Gentvilas, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Kułakowski, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski

NI: Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini

PPE-DE: Becsey, Cederschiöld, Doorn, Eurlings, Fjellner, Garriga Polledo, Hökmark, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Kauppi, Maat, van Nistelrooij, Oomen-Ruijten, Pomés Ruiz, Schröder, Schwab, Seeberg, Vatanen, Wijkman, Wortmann-Kool

PSE: Christensen, Jørgensen, Kristensen, Rasmussen, Thomsen

UEN: Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Buitenweg, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Hudghton, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lucas, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 26

ALDE: Chatzimarkakis, Toia

IND/DEM: Blokland, Sinnott

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mote, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Karas, Konrad, Rack, Rübig, Schierhuber, Seeber, Stenzel

Corrections to votes

For:
  Ilda Figueiredo, Patrick Gaubert

Against:
  Maria Martens

Abstention:
  Hélène Flautre, Jean-Luc Bennahmias

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For: 176

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Chiesa, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Gentvilas, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Letta, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Bonde, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski

NI: Bobošíková, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Mölzer, Rivera

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Bachelot-Narquin, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Cederschiöld, Deva, Doorn, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Fjellner, Gál, Harbour, Hökmark, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Jackson, Kamall, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Langen, Lauk, Lechner, Liese, Nicholson, Niebler, Parish, Pieper, Purvis, Seeberg, Škottová, Strejček, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Van Orden, Vatanen, Vlasák, Wijkman, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: Berès, Casaca, Christensen, Corbey, Désir, Glante, Guy-Quint, Haug, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kristensen, Maňka, Rasmussen, Szejna

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Krasts, Kristovskis, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Zīle

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

Against: 405

ALDE: Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Cavada, Deprez, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Laperrouze, Ludford, Polfer, Ries

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Blokland, Borghezio, Sinnott, Železný

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mussolini, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Audy, Ayuso González, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langendries, Lehne, Lewandowski, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Corbett, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Bielan, Foglietta, Janowski, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella

Abstention: 17

ALDE: Chatzimarkakis, Matsakis

GUE/NGL: Flasarová

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Mote

Corrections to votes

For:
  Sarah Ludford

Against:
  Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin

Abstention:
  Hélène Flautre, Jean-Luc Bennahmias

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For: 443

ALDE: Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Cavada, Chiesa, Cornillet, Deprez, Di Pietro, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Polfer, Ries, Sbarbati

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Pęk, Sinnott, Zapałowski, Železný

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

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Wijkman, von Wogau, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Corbett, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Berlato, Bielan, Janowski, La Russa, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella

Against: 153

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Chatzimarkakis, Costa, Davies, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Gentvilas, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Maaten, Manders, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard

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

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Doorn, Ehler, Eurlings, Fjellner, Goepel, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Kauppi, Maat, van Nistelrooij, Oomen-Ruijten, Schröder, Schwab, Seeberg, Vatanen, Weber Manfred, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling

PSE: Christensen, Corbey, Jørgensen, Kristensen, Lavarra, Rasmussen, Tarabella

UEN: Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Zīle

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

Abstention: 16

ALDE: Matsakis, Toia

IND/DEM: Blokland, Bonde

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Kilroy-Silk, Mote

PPE-DE: Karas, Rack, Rübig, Schierhuber, Seeber, Stenzel

UEN: Foglietta

Corrections to votes

Against:
  Maria Martens, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Sarah Ludford

Abstention:
  Hélène Flautre, Jean-Luc Bennahmias

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For: 169

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Chiesa, Costa, Davies, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Gentvilas, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Chruszcz, Giertych

NI: Belohorská, Bobošíková, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fjellner, Florenz, Garriga Polledo, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Heaton-Harris, Hökmark, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Jackson, Kamall, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Langen, Liese, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Niebler, Oomen-Ruijten, Ouzký, Parish, Pomés Ruiz, Purvis, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Seeberg, Škottová, Strejček, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Van Orden, Vatanen, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: Christensen, Corbey, Jørgensen, Kristensen, Pahor, Rasmussen, Szejna

UEN: Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Krasts, Kristovskis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Zīle

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

Against: 428

ALDE: Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Cavada, Cornillet, Deprez, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Polfer, Ries

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Busuttil, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cesa, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Lewandowski, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Corbett, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Stihler, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Berlato, Bielan, Foglietta, Janowski, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella

Verts/ALE: Beer, Cohn-Bendit

Abstention: 16

ALDE: Chatzimarkakis, Matsakis

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Sinnott, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Mussolini

Corrections to votes

Abstention:
  Hélène Flautre, Jean-Luc Bennahmias

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For: 455

ALDE: Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Cavada, Deprez, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Laperrouze, Onyszkiewicz, Polfer, Ries

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Krupa, Wojciechowski Bernard, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Helmer, Masiel, Rivera, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Corbett, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Berlato, Bielan, Foglietta, Janowski, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella

Verts/ALE: de Groen-Kouwenhoven

Against: 131

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Gentvilas, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Kułakowski, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Blokland, Grabowski, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Doorn, Eurlings, Fjellner, Hökmark, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Kauppi, Maat, van Nistelrooij, Seeberg, Vatanen, Wijkman, Wortmann-Kool

PSE: Christensen, Corbey, Jørgensen, Kristensen, Rasmussen

UEN: Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Krasts, Kristovskis, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Zīle

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

Abstention: 31

ALDE: Matsakis, Toia

IND/DEM: Batten, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise

NI: Allister, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Karas, Rack, Rübig, Schierhuber, Seeber, Stenzel

Corrections to votes

Against:
  Maria Martens

Abstention:
  Hélène Flautre, Jean-Luc Bennahmias

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For: 408

ALDE: Beaupuy, Cavada, Cornillet, Costa, Deprez, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Laperrouze, Polfer, Ries, Toia

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Liotard, Markov, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Sinnott, Wojciechowski Bernard, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Masiel, Rivera, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cesa, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langendries, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Corbett, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Golik, Grabowska, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Berlato, Bielan, Foglietta, Janowski, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella

Verts/ALE: Cohn-Bendit

Against: 139

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Birutis, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Gentvilas, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Allister, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kilroy-Silk, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Doorn, Eurlings, Fjellner, Hökmark, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Kauppi, Langen, Lauk, Maat, Martens, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Oomen-Ruijten, Seeberg, Vatanen, Wijkman, Wortmann-Kool

PSE: Christensen, Jørgensen, Kristensen, Rasmussen

UEN: Camre, Zīle

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

Abstention: 62

ALDE: Bowles, Matsakis

GUE/NGL: Henin, Kohlíček, Pflüger, Strož

IND/DEM: Blokland, Bonde, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Baco, Helmer, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Jackson, Kamall, Karas, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Ouzký, Parish, Purvis, Rack, Rübig, Schierhuber, Škottová, Stenzel, Strejček, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: Corbey, Patrie, Peillon

UEN: Didžiokas, Krasts, Kristovskis, Ó Neachtain

Corrections to votes

For:
  Sharon Margaret Bowles

Abstention:
  Hélène Flautre, Jean-Luc Bennahmias

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P6_TA(2005)0447

EC-South Africa Agreement ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concluding the additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (COM(2005)0372 — C6-0350/2005 — 2005/0152(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2005)0372) (1), |
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having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2005)0372) (1),

| — | having regard to Council Decision 2005/206/EC of 28 February 2005 (2) on the signing and provisional application of the above-mentioned Protocol, |
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having regard to Council Decision 2005/206/EC of 28 February 2005 (2) on the signing and provisional application of the above-mentioned Protocol,

| — | having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), second subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 310 and Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty (C6-0350/2005), |
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—

having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), second subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 310 and Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty (C6-0350/2005),

| — | having regard to Rules 75 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rules 75 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Development (A6-0328/2005), |
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—

having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Development (A6-0328/2005),

| 1. | Gives its assent to the conclusion of the above-mentioned Protocol; |
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1.

Gives its assent to the conclusion of the above-mentioned Protocol;

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

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

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)  OJ L 68, 15.3.2005, p. 32.

P6_TA(2005)0448

Euroregions

European Parliament resolution on the role of ‘Euroregions’ in the development of regional policy (2004/2257(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Article 87(3) of the EC Treaty, |
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—

having regard to Article 87(3) of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Article 158 of the EC Treaty, |
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—

having regard to Article 158 of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (COM (2004)0628), |
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—

having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (COM (2004)0628),

| — | having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund (COM(2004)0495), |
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—

having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund (COM(2004)0495),

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund (COM(2004)0492), |
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—

having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund (COM(2004)0492),

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a Cohesion Fund (COM(2004) 0494), |
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—

having regard to the proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a Cohesion Fund (COM(2004) 0494),

| — | having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European grouping of cross-border cooperation (EGCC) (COM(2004)0496), |
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—

having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European grouping of cross-border cooperation (EGCC) (COM(2004)0496),

| — | having regard to the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities of the Council of Europe (Madrid, 21 May 1980) and its Additional Protocols, and to the European Charter of Local Self-Government of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, 15 October 1985), |
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—

having regard to the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities of the Council of Europe (Madrid, 21 May 1980) and its Additional Protocols, and to the European Charter of Local Self-Government of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, 15 October 1985),

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

having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0311/2005), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0311/2005),

| A. | Whereas the enlargement of the European Union to 25 Member States on 1 May 2004 increased the disparities between European regions and forthcoming enlargements may further increase those disparities; whereas enlargement also led to a substantial increase in the number of border regions; whereas it should be noted that Euroregions have made a decisive contribution towards surpassing frontiers in Europe, building good, neighbourly relations, bringing people together on both sides of borders and breaking down prejudices, in particular through cooperation at local and regional level across national borders, |
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A.

Whereas the enlargement of the European Union to 25 Member States on 1 May 2004 increased the disparities between European regions and forthcoming enlargements may further increase those disparities; whereas enlargement also led to a substantial increase in the number of border regions; whereas it should be noted that Euroregions have made a decisive contribution towards surpassing frontiers in Europe, building good, neighbourly relations, bringing people together on both sides of borders and breaking down prejudices, in particular through cooperation at local and regional level across national borders,

| B. | Whereas regional disparities in the enlarged union need to be reduced and need to be addressed with an effective cohesion policy aimed at harmonious development within the EU, |
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B.

Whereas regional disparities in the enlarged union need to be reduced and need to be addressed with an effective cohesion policy aimed at harmonious development within the EU,

| C. | Whereas one requirement of an effective cohesion policy and of European integration is to ensure the sustainable development of cross-border co-operation and finally to overcome the difficulties existing to date in funding joint projects that benefit equally local authorities and regions on either side of a border, |
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C.

Whereas one requirement of an effective cohesion policy and of European integration is to ensure the sustainable development of cross-border co-operation and finally to overcome the difficulties existing to date in funding joint projects that benefit equally local authorities and regions on either side of a border,

| D. | Whereas Euroregions and similar structures are important instruments of cross-border co-operation that nonetheless have to be further developed and improved and whereas they should have certain legal status, |
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D.

Whereas Euroregions and similar structures are important instruments of cross-border co-operation that nonetheless have to be further developed and improved and whereas they should have certain legal status,

| E. | Whereas the ultimate aim of Euroregions is to promote cross-border co-operation between border regions, local entities, regional authorities, social partners and all other actors, not necessarily Member States of the EU, on matters such as culture, education, tourism, economic issues and any other aspect of daily life, |
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E.

Whereas the ultimate aim of Euroregions is to promote cross-border co-operation between border regions, local entities, regional authorities, social partners and all other actors, not necessarily Member States of the EU, on matters such as culture, education, tourism, economic issues and any other aspect of daily life,

| F. | Whereas the Association of European Border Regions has presented several reports on the status of cross-border co-operation in Europe and has prepared studies on a cross-border legal instrument on decentralised cooperation of the Commission and the Committee of the Regions, |
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F.

Whereas the Association of European Border Regions has presented several reports on the status of cross-border co-operation in Europe and has prepared studies on a cross-border legal instrument on decentralised cooperation of the Commission and the Committee of the Regions,

| 1. | Considers that cross-border cooperation is of fundamental importance to European cohesion and integration and must therefore be given wide support; |
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1.

Considers that cross-border cooperation is of fundamental importance to European cohesion and integration and must therefore be given wide support;

| 2. | Calls on Member States to promote the use of Euroregions as one of the tools of cross-border cooperation; |
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2.

Calls on Member States to promote the use of Euroregions as one of the tools of cross-border cooperation;

| 3. | Notes that a Euroregion or similar structure fulfils important cross-border tasks, providing, for example:






  — | an information and service point for citizens, institutions and regional and local authorities; |
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3.

Notes that a Euroregion or similar structure fulfils important cross-border tasks, providing, for example:

—

an information and service point for citizens, institutions and regional and local authorities;

| — | a focal point for common values, aims and strategies; |
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a focal point for common values, aims and strategies;

| — | a driving force for solving cross-border problems; |
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a driving force for solving cross-border problems;

| — | a mouthpiece in all cross-border questions; |
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a mouthpiece in all cross-border questions;

| 4. | Notes that Euroregions are a turn table for all cross-border relationships, contacts, knowledge transfers and operational programmes and projects and that they need certain legal status to be able to perform their tasks; |
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4.

Notes that Euroregions are a turn table for all cross-border relationships, contacts, knowledge transfers and operational programmes and projects and that they need certain legal status to be able to perform their tasks;

| 5. | Stresses that cross-border cooperation provides a suitable approach to solving daily problems on both sides of the border, especially in economic, social, cultural and environmental fields; |
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5.

Stresses that cross-border cooperation provides a suitable approach to solving daily problems on both sides of the border, especially in economic, social, cultural and environmental fields;

| 6. | Stresses that cross-border cooperation makes a considerable contribution to the implementation of the Lisbon strategy through:






  — | joint innovation and research; |
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6.

Stresses that cross-border cooperation makes a considerable contribution to the implementation of the Lisbon strategy through:

—

joint innovation and research;

| — | research and development (R&D) networks across borders; |
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research and development (R&D) networks across borders;

| — | the exchange of best practice and experience; |
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—

the exchange of best practice and experience;

| 7. | Notes that Euroregions enhance proximity ties through local best-practice exchange projects; therefore considers it particularly important that the microproject form of assistance, as provided for in the Commission's Communication Interreg III (1), currently in effect, be maintained under the Structural Funds; |
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7.

Notes that Euroregions enhance proximity ties through local best-practice exchange projects; therefore considers it particularly important that the microproject form of assistance, as provided for in the Commission's Communication Interreg III (1), currently in effect, be maintained under the Structural Funds;

| 8. | Notes the legislative work in progress on a European grouping of cross-border cooperation (EGCC), the aim of which is to simplify cross-border cooperation instruments (facilitating their actions, rationalising procedures and reducing operating costs), thus providing a platform for Euroregions to develop; |
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8.

Notes the legislative work in progress on a European grouping of cross-border cooperation (EGCC), the aim of which is to simplify cross-border cooperation instruments (facilitating their actions, rationalising procedures and reducing operating costs), thus providing a platform for Euroregions to develop;

| 9. | Underlines the need to give priority to eliminating disparities between regions in the new Member States and in the old Member States; |
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9.

Underlines the need to give priority to eliminating disparities between regions in the new Member States and in the old Member States;

| 10. | Stresses the need to extend the concept of Euroregions and similar structures, even though they do not necessarily have the legal competencies to include multiple facets of co-operation; suggests as possible fields of mutual interest, promoting culture, education, tourism and economic issues as well as, where applicable, fighting organised crime, drug trafficking and fraud in partnership with relevant national institutions; |
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10.

Stresses the need to extend the concept of Euroregions and similar structures, even though they do not necessarily have the legal competencies to include multiple facets of co-operation; suggests as possible fields of mutual interest, promoting culture, education, tourism and economic issues as well as, where applicable, fighting organised crime, drug trafficking and fraud in partnership with relevant national institutions;

| 11. | Points to the need for integration between projects programmed in countries which share borders; |
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11.

Points to the need for integration between projects programmed in countries which share borders;

| 12. | Welcomes the Commission's efforts to simplify instruments of cross-border co-operation; |
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12.

Welcomes the Commission's efforts to simplify instruments of cross-border co-operation;

| 13. | Calls for Euroregions and similar structures as proposed in the legal framework of the EGCC to be enabled to develop, implement and manage cross-border programmes in the EU as well as programmes in line with the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument and the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) as from the year 2007 onwards in partnership with national institutions; |
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13.

Calls for Euroregions and similar structures as proposed in the legal framework of the EGCC to be enabled to develop, implement and manage cross-border programmes in the EU as well as programmes in line with the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument and the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) as from the year 2007 onwards in partnership with national institutions;

| 14. | Stresses the importance of cross-border co-operation and Euroregions for Member States with natural handicaps, including small island states; |
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14.

Stresses the importance of cross-border co-operation and Euroregions for Member States with natural handicaps, including small island states;

| 15. | Stresses the need to support cross-border co-operation and the establishment of Euroregions, including regions in the sensitive area of the Middle East, in an effort to promote friendly relations, stability, security and economic interests in terms of mutual respect and benefit; |
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15.

Stresses the need to support cross-border co-operation and the establishment of Euroregions, including regions in the sensitive area of the Middle East, in an effort to promote friendly relations, stability, security and economic interests in terms of mutual respect and benefit;

| 16. | Draws attention to paragraph 1(xxvii) of its resolution on the proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a Cohesion Fund (2) adopted on 6 July 2005, and calls on the Commission to make provision for a premium system along the same lines, taking the form of a ‘Community quality and effectiveness reserve’ specifically targeting incentives for measures having cross-border effects or potentially dovetailing with existing infrastructure in Euroregions; |
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16.

Draws attention to paragraph 1(xxvii) of its resolution on the proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a Cohesion Fund (2) adopted on 6 July 2005, and calls on the Commission to make provision for a premium system along the same lines, taking the form of a ‘Community quality and effectiveness reserve’ specifically targeting incentives for measures having cross-border effects or potentially dovetailing with existing infrastructure in Euroregions;

| 17. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission. |
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17.

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

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(1)  Communication from the Commission to the Member States of 2 September 2004 laying down guidelines for a Community initiative concerning trans-European cooperation intended to encourage harmonious and balanced development of the European territory — Interreg III (OJ C 226, 10.9.2004, p. 2).

(2)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0278.

P6_TA(2005)0449

Immunity of Andrzej Pęczak

European Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Andrzej Pęczak, former Member of the European Parliament (2005/2128(IMM))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the request by Andrzej Pęczak for defence of his immunity in connection with the criminal proceedings brought against him before the District Court in Łódź, Poland, on 18 April 2005, announced in plenary sitting on 25 May 2005, |
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having regard to the request by Andrzej Pęczak for defence of his immunity in connection with the criminal proceedings brought against him before the District Court in Łódź, Poland, on 18 April 2005, announced in plenary sitting on 25 May 2005,

| — | having regard to Articles 8, 9 and 10 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities of 8 April 1965, and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, |
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—

having regard to Articles 8, 9 and 10 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities of 8 April 1965, and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

| — | having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1) of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, |
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—

having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1) of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,

| — | having regard to Rules 6(3) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rules 6(3) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0330/2005), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0330/2005),

| A. | whereas Andrzej Pęczak was elected to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) on 23 September 2001; whereas after the signature of the Accession Treaty on 16 April 2003 he became an Observer; whereas he was a Member of the European Parliament from 1 May 2004 until 19 July 2004; whereas his term of office in the Polish Parliament expired on 19 October 2005, |
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A.

whereas Andrzej Pęczak was elected to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) on 23 September 2001; whereas after the signature of the Accession Treaty on 16 April 2003 he became an Observer; whereas he was a Member of the European Parliament from 1 May 2004 until 19 July 2004; whereas his term of office in the Polish Parliament expired on 19 October 2005,

| B. | whereas Andrzej Pęczak complains that the Polish Public Prosecutor's office has violated the law in its proceedings and that the District Court's decisions on his detention and arrest as well as the subsequent extensions of the provisional arrest are politically motivated, |
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B.

whereas Andrzej Pęczak complains that the Polish Public Prosecutor's office has violated the law in its proceedings and that the District Court's decisions on his detention and arrest as well as the subsequent extensions of the provisional arrest are politically motivated,

| C. | whereas Andrzej Pęczak complains that those criminal proceedings brought against him are in breach of the presumption of innocence and that the conditions of his detention and arrest limit his ability to defend himself, |
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C.

whereas Andrzej Pęczak complains that those criminal proceedings brought against him are in breach of the presumption of innocence and that the conditions of his detention and arrest limit his ability to defend himself,

| D. | whereas Andrzej Pęczak complains that the procedure by which the Sejm waived his immunity was ‘legally invalid’ and based on publications in the media, and that his motions for action sent to various persons (such as the Ombudsman) had no effect, |
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D.

whereas Andrzej Pęczak complains that the procedure by which the Sejm waived his immunity was ‘legally invalid’ and based on publications in the media, and that his motions for action sent to various persons (such as the Ombudsman) had no effect,

| E. | whereas, on basis of the information obtained, Andrzej Pęczak is not protected by parliamentary immunity in respect of any of the claims which have been drawn to the attention of the President of the European Parliament, |
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E.

whereas, on basis of the information obtained, Andrzej Pęczak is not protected by parliamentary immunity in respect of any of the claims which have been drawn to the attention of the President of the European Parliament,

| 1. | Decides not to defend the immunity and privileges of Andrzej Pęczak. |
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1.

Decides not to defend the immunity and privileges of Andrzej Pęczak.

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(1)  Case 101/63 Wagner v. Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195 and Case 149/85 Wybot v. Faure and others [1986] ECR 2391.

P6_TA(2005)0450

Immunity of Giovanni Claudio Fava

European Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Giovanni Claudio Fava (2005/2174(IMM))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the request by Giovanni Claudio Fava for defence of his immunity of 1 July 2005, announced in plenary sitting on 6 July 2005, |
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having regard to the request by Giovanni Claudio Fava for defence of his immunity of 1 July 2005, announced in plenary sitting on 6 July 2005,

| — | having heard Giovanni Claudio Fava in accordance with Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having heard Giovanni Claudio Fava in accordance with Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to Articles 9 and 10 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, |
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—

having regard to Articles 9 and 10 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

| — | having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1) of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1) of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,

| — | having regard to Rules 6(3) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rules 6(3) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0331/2005), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0331/2005),

| 1. | Decides to defend the immunity and privileges of Giovanni Claudio Fava; |
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1.

Decides to defend the immunity and privileges of Giovanni Claudio Fava;

| 2. | Instructs its President to forward this decision and the report of the committee responsible to the appropriate authorities of the Italian Republic. |
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2.

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the report of the committee responsible to the appropriate authorities of the Italian Republic.

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(1)  Case 101/63 Wagner v. Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195 and Case 149/85 Wybot v. Faure and others [1986] ECR 2391.

P6_TA(2005)0451

Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (amendment)

Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD))

Amendment 1

SECTION IV — Court of Justice

Establishment plan: Creation of 2 permanent B*3, 2 permanent C*1 posts and 4 temporary B*3 posts.

Staff in active employment

| Line | 2005 Budget | DAB 6/2005 | Amendment | 2005 Budget + DAB 6 (amended) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Commitments | Commitments | Commitments | Commitments |
| 1100 | Basic salaries |
| | 111 633 022 | 111 964 022 | +73 000 | 112 037 022 |
| 1 1 0 1 | Family allowances |
| | 8 940 000 | 8 967 000 | +6 000 | 8 973 000 |
| 1 1 0 2 | Expatriation and foreign residence allowances (including Article 97 of the ECSC Staff Regulations) |
| | 17 770 000 | 17 823 000 | +12 000 | 17 835 000 |
| 1 1 3 0 | Insurance against sickness |
| | 3 890 000 | 3 902 000 | +3 000 | 3 905 000 |
| 1 1 8 1 | Travel expenses (including family members) |
| | 42 000 | 45 000 | +2 000 | 47 000 |
| 1 1 8 2 | Installation, resettlement and transfer allowances |
| | 1 170 000 | 1 223 000 | +30 000 | 1 253 000 |
| 1 1 8 3 | Removal expenses |
| | 217 000 | 238 000 | +10 000 | 248 000 |
| 1 1 8 4 | Temporary daily subsistence allowances |
| | 956 000 | 1 008 000 | +23 000 | 1 031 000 |
| 1 1 9 1 | Provisional appropriation |
| | 1 973 000 | 1 242 000 | - 159 000 | 1 083 000 |

Line

2005 Budget

DAB 6/2005

Amendment

2005 Budget + DAB 6 (amended)

Commitments

Commitments

Commitments

Commitments

1100

Basic salaries

111 633 022

111 964 022

+73 000

112 037 022

1 1 0 1

Family allowances

8 940 000

8 967 000

+6 000

8 973 000

1 1 0 2

Expatriation and foreign residence allowances (including Article 97 of the ECSC Staff Regulations)

17 770 000

17 823 000

+12 000

17 835 000

1 1 3 0

Insurance against sickness

3 890 000

3 902 000

+3 000

3 905 000

1 1 8 1

Travel expenses (including family members)

42 000

45 000

+2 000

47 000

1 1 8 2

Installation, resettlement and transfer allowances

1 170 000

1 223 000

+30 000

1 253 000

1 1 8 3

Removal expenses

217 000

238 000

+10 000

248 000

1 1 8 4

Temporary daily subsistence allowances

956 000

1 008 000

+23 000

1 031 000

1 1 9 1

Provisional appropriation

1 973 000

1 242 000

- 159 000

1 083 000

Justification

Create 8 posts (2 permanent B*3, 2 permanent C*1 and 4 temporary B*3) not approved by the Council and restore the figures of the Preliminary draft amending budget No 7/2005.

P6_TA(2005)0452

Draft amending budget No 6/2005

European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 272(6) thereof, |
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—

having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 272(6) thereof,

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

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

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

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

| — | having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2005, as finally adopted on 16 December 2004 (2), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2005, as finally adopted on 16 December 2004 (2),

| — | having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (3), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (3),

| — | having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 7/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, which the Commission presented on 5 September 2005 (COM(2005)0419), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 7/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, which the Commission presented on 5 September 2005 (COM(2005)0419),

| — | having regard to Draft amending budget No 6/2005, which the Council established on 3 October 2005 (12180/2005 — C6-0304/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Draft amending budget No 6/2005, which the Council established on 3 October 2005 (12180/2005 — C6-0304/2005),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 25 October 2005 on Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal (4), |
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—

having regard to its resolution of 25 October 2005 on Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal (4),

| — | having regard to its amendment of 25 October 2005 to Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (5), |
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—

having regard to its amendment of 25 October 2005 to Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (5),

| — | having regard to the Council's rejection of 21 November 2005 of the amendment adopted by Parliament to Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (SGS5/13784), |
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—

having regard to the Council's rejection of 21 November 2005 of the amendment adopted by Parliament to Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (SGS5/13784),

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

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

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0336/2005), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0336/2005),

| 1. | Takes note of Council's second reading; |
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1.

Takes note of Council's second reading;

| 2. | Confirms its decision taken at first reading; |
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2.

Confirms its decision taken at first reading;

| 3. | Instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No 6/2005 has been finally adopted and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union; |
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3.

Instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No 6/2005 has been finally adopted and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

| 4. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the Court of Justice. |
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4.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the Court of Justice.

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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 as last amended by Decision 2005/708/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 269, 14.10.2005, p. 24).

(4)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0392.

(5)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0391.

P6_TA(2005)0453

Budgetary discipline

European Parliament resolution on the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (2005/2237(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty and in particular Article 272 thereof, |
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having regard to the EC Treaty and in particular Article 272 thereof,

| — | having regard to the Communications from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 26 February 2004 entitled ‘Building our common future: Policy challenges and budgetary means of the Enlarged Union 2007-2013’ COM(2004)0101 and of 14 July 2004 entitled ‘Financial Perspectives 2007-2013’ (COM(2004)0487) and to the Commission working document of 12 April 2005 entitled ‘Technical adjustments to the Commission proposal for the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013’ SEC(2005)0494, |
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—

having regard to the Communications from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 26 February 2004 entitled ‘Building our common future: Policy challenges and budgetary means of the Enlarged Union 2007-2013’ COM(2004)0101 and of 14 July 2004 entitled ‘Financial Perspectives 2007-2013’ (COM(2004)0487) and to the Commission working document of 12 April 2005 entitled ‘Technical adjustments to the Commission proposal for the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013’ SEC(2005)0494,

| — | having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (1) and in particular point 26 thereof, |
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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (1) and in particular point 26 thereof,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 8 June 2005 on Policy Challenges and Budgetary Means of the Enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2), |
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—

having regard to its resolution of 8 June 2005 on Policy Challenges and Budgetary Means of the Enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2),

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

having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0356/2005), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0356/2005),

| A. | whereas the current financial perspective will in principle end in 2006, |
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A.

whereas the current financial perspective will in principle end in 2006,

| B. | whereas most Community legislation for multiannual programmes with financial implications must be renewed from 2007 onwards, |
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B.

whereas most Community legislation for multiannual programmes with financial implications must be renewed from 2007 onwards,

| C. | whereas the current financial perspective is part of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure, which can only be concluded on the basis of a joint agreement between the two arms of the budgetary authority, |
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C.

whereas the current financial perspective is part of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure, which can only be concluded on the basis of a joint agreement between the two arms of the budgetary authority,

| D. | whereas, in the absence of a financial perspective, Article 272 of the Treaty provides for annual budgets, |
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D.

whereas, in the absence of a financial perspective, Article 272 of the Treaty provides for annual budgets,

| E. | whereas it adopted a negotiating position which defines its political priorities for the future financial perspective and a proposal to restructure the EU budget and promote the quality of implementation by improving procedures, |
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E.

whereas it adopted a negotiating position which defines its political priorities for the future financial perspective and a proposal to restructure the EU budget and promote the quality of implementation by improving procedures,

| 1. | Reconfirms its position as set out in its above-mentioned resolution of 8 June 2005; |
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1.

Reconfirms its position as set out in its above-mentioned resolution of 8 June 2005;

| 2. | Confirms its will to make all efforts to reach agreement on the next financial perspective and Interinstitutional Agreement which would be acceptable in order to preserve the responsibilities and the ambitions of the European Union over a new multi-annual period; |
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2.

Confirms its will to make all efforts to reach agreement on the next financial perspective and Interinstitutional Agreement which would be acceptable in order to preserve the responsibilities and the ambitions of the European Union over a new multi-annual period;

| 3. | Shares the Commission's concerns to reach an agreement in time to ensure continuity and reform of programmes and to prepare the next period in time for the beginning of the budgetary procedure for 2007 (April 2007); |
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3.

Shares the Commission's concerns to reach an agreement in time to ensure continuity and reform of programmes and to prepare the next period in time for the beginning of the budgetary procedure for 2007 (April 2007);

| 4. | Takes note of President Barroso's letter of 20 October 2005 setting out the Commission's contribution to the final phase of negotiations, considers some aspects of these proposals useful, but reminds the Commission and the Council of the importance of all the points set out in its above-mentioned resolution of 8 June 2005 to complementing the financial perspective 2007-2013 and considers their integration in the Interinstitutional Agreement to be essential to any new financial perspective; |
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4.

Takes note of President Barroso's letter of 20 October 2005 setting out the Commission's contribution to the final phase of negotiations, considers some aspects of these proposals useful, but reminds the Commission and the Council of the importance of all the points set out in its above-mentioned resolution of 8 June 2005 to complementing the financial perspective 2007-2013 and considers their integration in the Interinstitutional Agreement to be essential to any new financial perspective;

| 5. | Invites the Commission to submit a formal revised proposal of the Interinstitutional Agreement which would incorporate its proposals on reserves and flexibility and other qualitative points set out its abovementioned resolution of 8 June 2005; |
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5.

Invites the Commission to submit a formal revised proposal of the Interinstitutional Agreement which would incorporate its proposals on reserves and flexibility and other qualitative points set out its abovementioned resolution of 8 June 2005;

| 6. | Stresses that there will be no financial perspective without an agreement on an Interinstitutional Agreement; recalls that, in this context, Parliament adopted non-negotiable points such as the creation of a revision clause, reserves for flexibility, improvement of the quality of implementation through the revision of the Financial Regulation, simplification of the administrative burden, certification by Member States and respect for Parliament's rights in the external programmes; |
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6.

Stresses that there will be no financial perspective without an agreement on an Interinstitutional Agreement; recalls that, in this context, Parliament adopted non-negotiable points such as the creation of a revision clause, reserves for flexibility, improvement of the quality of implementation through the revision of the Financial Regulation, simplification of the administrative burden, certification by Member States and respect for Parliament's rights in the external programmes;

| 7. | Notes that the differences of opinion that prevented an agreement from being reached at the European Council meeting of 17 June 2005 had less to do with the level or breakdown of expenditure than with how expenditure was to be funded, which confirms that any overall agreement on the financial perspective will need to include an agreement on the principle of a reform of the current own-resources system; |
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7.

Notes that the differences of opinion that prevented an agreement from being reached at the European Council meeting of 17 June 2005 had less to do with the level or breakdown of expenditure than with how expenditure was to be funded, which confirms that any overall agreement on the financial perspective will need to include an agreement on the principle of a reform of the current own-resources system;

| 8. | Invites the Council to express, in its common position and negotiation mandate, its serious will to negotiate by including not only a proposal for a financial framework but also points on how to improve the structure of the budget and the quality of budgetary execution and implementation and how to accommodate the Lisbon Strategy following the example of the Parliament's negotiation position; |
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8.

Invites the Council to express, in its common position and negotiation mandate, its serious will to negotiate by including not only a proposal for a financial framework but also points on how to improve the structure of the budget and the quality of budgetary execution and implementation and how to accommodate the Lisbon Strategy following the example of the Parliament's negotiation position;

| 9. | Reminds the Council that there will be no financial perspective and no Interinstitutional Agreement without an agreement between the European Parliament and the Council; also recalls that, since it adopted its negotiating position on 8 June 2005 in due time, it will reject any attempt to hold it responsible for any delay in reaching agreement; |
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9.

Reminds the Council that there will be no financial perspective and no Interinstitutional Agreement without an agreement between the European Parliament and the Council; also recalls that, since it adopted its negotiating position on 8 June 2005 in due time, it will reject any attempt to hold it responsible for any delay in reaching agreement;

| 10. | Reminds the Council that in absence of a financial perspective 2007-2013 and a new Interinstitutional Agreement the financial needs of the European Union, including needs for multi-annual programmes, can be ensured under Article 272 of the Treaty or in an amended point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999, |
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10.

Reminds the Council that in absence of a financial perspective 2007-2013 and a new Interinstitutional Agreement the financial needs of the European Union, including needs for multi-annual programmes, can be ensured under Article 272 of the Treaty or in an amended point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999,

| 11. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission. |
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11.

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

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(1)  OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement as last amended by Decision 2005/708/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 269, 14.10.2005, p. 24).

(2)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0224.

P6_TA(2005)0454

Compulsory licensing for pharmaceutical patents ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems (COM(2004)0737 — C6-0168/2004 — 2004/0258(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2004) 0737) (1), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2004) 0737) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 95 and 133 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0168/2004), |
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having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 95 and 133 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0168/2004),

| — | having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on International Trade and the opinions of the Committee on Development, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0242/2005), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on International Trade and the opinions of the Committee on Development, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0242/2005),

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

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text; |
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2.

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

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

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

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0258

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 1 December 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 95 and 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

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

Whereas:

| (1) | On 14 November 2001 the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) adopted the Doha Declaration on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) and Public Health. The Declaration recognises that each WTO Member has the right to grant compulsory licences and the freedom to determine the grounds upon which such licences are granted. It also recognises that WTO Members with insufficient or no manufacturing capacity in the pharmaceutical sector could face difficulties in making effective use of compulsory licensing. |
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(1)

On 14 November 2001 the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) adopted the Doha Declaration on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) and Public Health. The Declaration recognises that each WTO Member has the right to grant compulsory licences and the freedom to determine the grounds upon which such licences are granted. It also recognises that WTO Members with insufficient or no manufacturing capacity in the pharmaceutical sector could face difficulties in making effective use of compulsory licensing.

| (2) | On 30 August 2003 the WTO General Council, in the light of the statement read out by its Chairman, adopted the Decision on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (‘the Decision’). Subject to certain conditions, the Decision waives certain obligations concerning the issue of compulsory licences set out in the TRIPS Agreement in order to address the needs of WTO Members with insufficient manufacturing capacity. |
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(2)

On 30 August 2003 the WTO General Council, in the light of the statement read out by its Chairman, adopted the Decision on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (‘the Decision’). Subject to certain conditions, the Decision waives certain obligations concerning the issue of compulsory licences set out in the TRIPS Agreement in order to address the needs of WTO Members with insufficient manufacturing capacity.

| (3) | Given the Community's active role in the adoption of the Decision, its commitment made to the WTO to fully contribute to the implementation of the Decision and its appeal to all WTO Members to ensure that the conditions are put in place which will allow the system set up by the Decision to operate efficiently, it is important for the Community to implement the Decision in its legal order. |
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(3)

Given the Community's active role in the adoption of the Decision, its commitment made to the WTO to fully contribute to the implementation of the Decision and its appeal to all WTO Members to ensure that the conditions are put in place which will allow the system set up by the Decision to operate efficiently, it is important for the Community to implement the Decision in its legal order.

| (4) | Uniform implementation of the Decision is needed to ensure that the conditions for the granting of compulsory licences for the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products, when such products are intended for export, are the same in all Member States and to avoid distortion of competition for operators in the single market. Uniform rules should also be applied to prevent re-importation into the territory of the Community of pharmaceutical products manufactured pursuant to the Decision. |
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(4)

Uniform implementation of the Decision is needed to ensure that the conditions for the granting of compulsory licences for the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products, when such products are intended for export, are the same in all Member States and to avoid distortion of competition for operators in the single market. Uniform rules should also be applied to prevent re-importation into the territory of the Community of pharmaceutical products manufactured pursuant to the Decision.

| (5) | This Regulation is intended to be part of wider European and international action to address public health problems faced by least developed countries and other developing countries, and in particular to improve access to affordable medicines which are safe and effective, including fixed-dose combinations, and whose quality is guaranteed. In that connection, the procedures laid down in Community pharmaceutical legislation guaranteeing the scientific quality of such products will be available, in particular that provided for in Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (3). |
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(5)

This Regulation is intended to be part of wider European and international action to address public health problems faced by least developed countries and other developing countries, and in particular to improve access to affordable medicines which are safe and effective, including fixed-dose combinations, and whose quality is guaranteed. In that connection, the procedures laid down in Community pharmaceutical legislation guaranteeing the scientific quality of such products will be available, in particular that provided for in Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (3).

| (6) | As the compulsory licensing system set up by this Regulation is intended to address public health problems, it should be used in good faith. This system should not be used by countries to pursue industrial or commercial policy objectives. This Regulation is designed to create a secure legal framework and to discourage litigation. |
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(6)

As the compulsory licensing system set up by this Regulation is intended to address public health problems, it should be used in good faith. This system should not be used by countries to pursue industrial or commercial policy objectives. This Regulation is designed to create a secure legal framework and to discourage litigation.

| (7) | As this Regulation is part of wider action to address the issue of access to affordable medicines for developing countries, complementary actions are set out in the Commission Programme for Action: Accelerated action on HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in the context of poverty reduction and in the Commission Communication on a Coherent European Policy Framework for External Action to Confront HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis. Continued urgent progress is necessary, including actions to support research to combat these diseases and to enhance capacity in developing countries. |
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(7)

As this Regulation is part of wider action to address the issue of access to affordable medicines for developing countries, complementary actions are set out in the Commission Programme for Action: Accelerated action on HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in the context of poverty reduction and in the Commission Communication on a Coherent European Policy Framework for External Action to Confront HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis. Continued urgent progress is necessary, including actions to support research to combat these diseases and to enhance capacity in developing countries.

| (8) | It is imperative that products manufactured pursuant to this Regulation reach only those who need them and are not diverted from those for whom they were intended. The issuing of compulsory licences under this Regulation must therefore impose clear conditions upon the licensee as regards the acts covered by the licence, the identification of the pharmaceutical products manufactured under the licence and the countries to which the products will be exported. |
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(8)

It is imperative that products manufactured pursuant to this Regulation reach only those who need them and are not diverted from those for whom they were intended. The issuing of compulsory licences under this Regulation must therefore impose clear conditions upon the licensee as regards the acts covered by the licence, the identification of the pharmaceutical products manufactured under the licence and the countries to which the products will be exported.

| (9) | Provision should be made for customs action at external borders to deal with products manufactured and sold for export under a compulsory licence which a person attempts to re-import into the territory of the Community. |
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(9)

Provision should be made for customs action at external borders to deal with products manufactured and sold for export under a compulsory licence which a person attempts to re-import into the territory of the Community.

| (10) | Where pharmaceutical products produced under a compulsory licence have been seized under this Regulation, the competent authority may, in accordance with national legislation and with a view to ensuring that the intended use is made of the seized pharmaceutical products, decide to send the products to the relevant importing country according to the compulsory licence which has been granted. |
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(10)

Where pharmaceutical products produced under a compulsory licence have been seized under this Regulation, the competent authority may, in accordance with national legislation and with a view to ensuring that the intended use is made of the seized pharmaceutical products, decide to send the products to the relevant importing country according to the compulsory licence which has been granted.

| (11) | To avoid facilitating overproduction and possible diversion of products, the competent authorities should take into account existing compulsory licences for the same products and countries, as well as parallel applications indicated by the applicant. |
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(11)

To avoid facilitating overproduction and possible diversion of products, the competent authorities should take into account existing compulsory licences for the same products and countries, as well as parallel applications indicated by the applicant.

| (12) | Since the objectives of this Regulation, in particular the establishment of harmonised procedures for the granting of compulsory licences which contribute to the effective implementation of the system set up by the Decision, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States because of the options available to exporting countries under the Decision and can therefore, by reason of the potential effects on operators in the internal market, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives. |
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(12)

Since the objectives of this Regulation, in particular the establishment of harmonised procedures for the granting of compulsory licences which contribute to the effective implementation of the system set up by the Decision, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States because of the options available to exporting countries under the Decision and can therefore, by reason of the potential effects on operators in the internal market, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

| (13) | The Community recognises the utmost desirability of promoting the transfer of technology and capacity-building to countries with insufficient or no manufacturing capacity in the pharmaceutical sector, in order to facilitate and increase the production of pharmaceutical products by those countries. |
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(13)

The Community recognises the utmost desirability of promoting the transfer of technology and capacity-building to countries with insufficient or no manufacturing capacity in the pharmaceutical sector, in order to facilitate and increase the production of pharmaceutical products by those countries.

| (14) | In order to ensure the efficient processing of applications for compulsory licences under this Regulation, Member States should have the ability to prescribe purely formal or administrative requirements, such as rules on the language of the application, the form to be used, the identification of the patent(s) and/or supplementary protection certificate(s) in respect of which a compulsory licence is sought, and rules on applications made in electronic form. |
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(14)

In order to ensure the efficient processing of applications for compulsory licences under this Regulation, Member States should have the ability to prescribe purely formal or administrative requirements, such as rules on the language of the application, the form to be used, the identification of the patent(s) and/or supplementary protection certificate(s) in respect of which a compulsory licence is sought, and rules on applications made in electronic form.

| (15) | The simple formula for setting remuneration is intended to accelerate the process of granting a compulsory licence in cases of national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency or in cases of public non-commercial use under Article 31(b) of the TRIPS Agreement. The figure of 4 % could be used as a reference point for deliberations on adequate remuneration in circumstances other than those listed above, |
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(15)

The simple formula for setting remuneration is intended to accelerate the process of granting a compulsory licence in cases of national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency or in cases of public non-commercial use under Article 31(b) of the TRIPS Agreement. The figure of 4 % could be used as a reference point for deliberations on adequate remuneration in circumstances other than those listed above,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Scope

This Regulation establishes a procedure for the grant of compulsory licences in relation to patents and supplementary protection certificates concerning the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products, when such products are intended for export to eligible importing countries in need of such products in order to address public health problems.

Member States shall grant a compulsory licence to any person making an application in accordance with Article 6 and subject to the conditions set out in Articles 6 to 10.

Article 2

Definitions

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

| 1) | ‘pharmaceutical product’ means any product of the pharmaceutical sector, including medicinal products as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (4), active ingredients and diagnostic kits ex vivo; |
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1)

‘pharmaceutical product’ means any product of the pharmaceutical sector, including medicinal products as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (4), active ingredients and diagnostic kits ex vivo;

| 2) | ‘rights-holder’ means the holder of any patent or supplementary protection certificate in relation to which a compulsory licence has been applied for under this Regulation; |
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2)

‘rights-holder’ means the holder of any patent or supplementary protection certificate in relation to which a compulsory licence has been applied for under this Regulation;

| 3) | ‘importing country’ means the country to which the pharmaceutical product is to be exported; |
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3)

‘importing country’ means the country to which the pharmaceutical product is to be exported;

| 4) | ‘competent authority’ for the purposes of Articles 1 to 11, 16 and 17 means any national authority having competence to grant compulsory licences under this Regulation in a given Member State. |
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4)

‘competent authority’ for the purposes of Articles 1 to 11, 16 and 17 means any national authority having competence to grant compulsory licences under this Regulation in a given Member State.

Article 3

Competent authority

The competent authority as defined in Article 2(4) shall be that which has competence for the granting of compulsory licences under national patent law, unless the Member State determines otherwise.

Member States shall notify the Commission of the designated competent authority as defined in Article 2(4).

Notifications shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

Eligible importing countries

The following are eligible importing countries:

| (a) | any least-developed country appearing as such in the United Nations list; |
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(a)

any least-developed country appearing as such in the United Nations list;

| (b) | any member of the WTO, other than the least-developed country members referred to in point (a), that has made a notification to the Council for TRIPs of its intention to use the system as an importer, including whether it will use the system in whole or in a limited way; |
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(b)

any member of the WTO, other than the least-developed country members referred to in point (a), that has made a notification to the Council for TRIPs of its intention to use the system as an importer, including whether it will use the system in whole or in a limited way;

| (c) | any country that is not a member of the WTO, but is listed in the OECD Development Assistance Committee's list of low-income countries with a gross national product per capita of less than USD 745, and has made a notification to the Commission of its intention to use the system as an importer, including whether it will use the system in whole or in a limited way. |
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(c)

any country that is not a member of the WTO, but is listed in the OECD Development Assistance Committee's list of low-income countries with a gross national product per capita of less than USD 745, and has made a notification to the Commission of its intention to use the system as an importer, including whether it will use the system in whole or in a limited way.

However, any WTO member that has made a declaration to the WTO that it will not use the system as an importing WTO member is not an eligible importing country.

Article 5

Extension to least-developed and developing countries which are not members of the WTO

The following provisions shall apply to importing countries eligible under Article 4 which are not WTO members:

| (a) | the importing country shall make the notification referred to in Article 8(1) directly to the Commission; |
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(a)

the importing country shall make the notification referred to in Article 8(1) directly to the Commission;

| (b) | the importing country shall, in the notification referred to in Article 8(1), state that it will use the system to address public health problems and not as an instrument to pursue industrial or commercial policy objectives and that it will adopt the measures referred to in paragraph 4 of the Decision; |
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(b)

the importing country shall, in the notification referred to in Article 8(1), state that it will use the system to address public health problems and not as an instrument to pursue industrial or commercial policy objectives and that it will adopt the measures referred to in paragraph 4 of the Decision;

| (c) | the competent authority may, at the request of the rights-holder, or on its own initiative if national law allows the competent authority to act on its own initiative, terminate a compulsory licence granted pursuant to this Article if the importing country has failed to honour its obligations referred to in point (b). Before terminating a compulsory licence, the competent authority shall take into account any views expressed by the bodies referred to in Article 6(3)(f). |
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(c)

the competent authority may, at the request of the rights-holder, or on its own initiative if national law allows the competent authority to act on its own initiative, terminate a compulsory licence granted pursuant to this Article if the importing country has failed to honour its obligations referred to in point (b). Before terminating a compulsory licence, the competent authority shall take into account any views expressed by the bodies referred to in Article 6(3)(f).

Article 6

Application for a compulsory licence

1.   Any person may submit an application for a compulsory licence under this Regulation to a competent authority in the Member State or States where patents or supplementary protection certificates have effect and cover his intended activities of manufacture and sale for export.

2.   If the person applying for a compulsory licence is submitting applications to authorities in more than one country for the same product, he shall indicate that fact in each application, together with details of the quantities and importing countries concerned.

3.   The application pursuant to paragraph 1 shall set out the following:

| (a) | the name and contact details of the applicant and of any agent or representative whom the applicant has appointed to act for him before the competent authority; |
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(a)

the name and contact details of the applicant and of any agent or representative whom the applicant has appointed to act for him before the competent authority;

| (b) | the non-proprietary name of the pharmaceutical product or products which the applicant intends to manufacture and sell for export under the compulsory licence; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the non-proprietary name of the pharmaceutical product or products which the applicant intends to manufacture and sell for export under the compulsory licence;

| (c) | the amount of pharmaceutical product which the applicant seeks to produce under the compulsory licence; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the amount of pharmaceutical product which the applicant seeks to produce under the compulsory licence;

| (d) | the importing country or countries; |
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(d)

the importing country or countries;

| (e) | where applicable, evidence of prior negotiation with the rights-holder pursuant to Article 9; |
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(e)

where applicable, evidence of prior negotiation with the rights-holder pursuant to Article 9;

| (f) | evidence of a specific request from:






  (i) | authorised representatives of the importing country or countries; or |
| --- | --- | --- |

(f)

evidence of a specific request from:

(i)

authorised representatives of the importing country or countries; or

| (ii) | a non-governmental organisation acting with the formal authorisation of one or more importing countries; or |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

a non-governmental organisation acting with the formal authorisation of one or more importing countries; or

| (iii) | UN bodies or other international health organisations acting with the formal authorisation of one or more importing countries, |
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(iii)

UN bodies or other international health organisations acting with the formal authorisation of one or more importing countries,

indicating the quantity of product required.

4.   Purely formal or administrative requirements necessary for the efficient processing of the application may be prescribed under national law. Such requirements shall not add unnecessarily to the costs or burdens placed upon the applicant and, in any event, shall not render the procedure for granting compulsory licences under this Regulation more burdensome than the procedure for the granting of other compulsory licences under national law.

Article 7

Rights of the rights-holder

The competent authority shall notify the rights-holder without delay of the application for a compulsory licence. Before the grant of the compulsory licence, the competent authority shall give the rights-holder an opportunity to comment on the application and to provide the competent authority with any relevant information regarding the application.

Article 8

Verification

1.   The competent authority shall verify that:

| (a) | each importing country cited in the application which is a WTO member has made a notification to the WTO pursuant to the Decision, |
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(a)

each importing country cited in the application which is a WTO member has made a notification to the WTO pursuant to the Decision,

or

| (b) | each importing country cited in the application which is not a WTO member has made a notification to the Commission pursuant to this Regulation in respect of each of the products covered by the application that:






  (i) | specifies the names and expected quantities of the product(s) needed; |
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(b)

each importing country cited in the application which is not a WTO member has made a notification to the Commission pursuant to this Regulation in respect of each of the products covered by the application that:

(i)

specifies the names and expected quantities of the product(s) needed;

| (ii) | unless the importing country is a least-developed country, confirms that the country has established that it had insufficient or no manufacturing capacity in the pharmaceutical sector in relation to a particular product or products in one of the ways set out in the Annex to the Decision; |
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(ii)

unless the importing country is a least-developed country, confirms that the country has established that it had insufficient or no manufacturing capacity in the pharmaceutical sector in relation to a particular product or products in one of the ways set out in the Annex to the Decision;

| (iii) | confirms that where a pharmaceutical product is patented in the territory of the importing country, that importing country has granted or intends to grant a compulsory licence for import of the product concerned in accordance with Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement and the provisions of the Decision. |
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(iii)

confirms that where a pharmaceutical product is patented in the territory of the importing country, that importing country has granted or intends to grant a compulsory licence for import of the product concerned in accordance with Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement and the provisions of the Decision.

This paragraph is without prejudice to the flexibility that least-developed countries have under the Decision of the Council for TRIPS of 27 June 2002.

2.   The competent authority shall verify that the quantity of product cited in the application does not exceed that notified to the WTO by an importing country which is a WTO member, or to the Commission by an importing country which is not a WTO member, and that, taking into account other compulsory licences granted elsewhere, the total amount of product authorised to be produced for any importing country does not significantly exceed the amount notified by that country to the WTO, in the case of importing countries which are WTO members, or to the Commission, in the case of importing countries which are not WTO members.

Article 9

Prior negotiation

1.   The applicant shall provide evidence to satisfy the competent authority that he has made efforts to obtain authorisation from the rights-holder and that such efforts have not been successful within a period of 30 days before submitting the application.

2.   The requirement in paragraph 1 shall not apply in situations of national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency or in cases of public non-commercial use under Article 31(b) of the TRIPS Agreement.

Article 10

Compulsory licence conditions

1.   The licence granted shall be non-assignable, except with that part of the enterprise or goodwill which enjoys the licence, and non-exclusive. It shall contain the specific conditions set out in paragraphs 2 to 9 to be fulfilled by the licensee.

2.   The amount of product(s) manufactured under the licence shall not exceed what is necessary to meet the needs of the importing country or countries cited in the application, taking into account the amount of product(s) manufactured under other compulsory licences granted elsewhere.

3.   The duration of the licence shall be indicated.

4.   The licence shall be strictly limited to all acts necessary for the purpose of manufacturing the product in question for export and distribution in the country or countries cited in the application. No product made or imported under the compulsory licence shall be offered for sale or put on the market in any country other than that cited in the application, except where an importing country avails itself of the possibilities under subparagraph 6(i) of the Decision to export to fellow members of a regional trade agreement that share the health problem in question.

5.   Products made under the licence shall be clearly identified, through specific labelling or marking, as being produced pursuant to this Regulation. The products shall be distinguished from those made by the rights-holder through special packaging and/or special colouring/shaping, provided that such distinction is feasible and does not have a significant impact on price. The packaging and any associated literature shall bear an indication that the product is subject to a compulsory licence under this Regulation, giving the name of the competent authority and any identifying reference number, and specifying clearly that the product is exclusively for export to and distribution in the importing country or countries concerned. Details of the product characteristics shall be made available to the customs authorities of the Member States.

6.   Before shipment to the importing country or countries cited in the application, the licensee shall post on a website the following information:

| (a) | the quantities being supplied under the licence and the importing countries to which they are supplied; |
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(a)

the quantities being supplied under the licence and the importing countries to which they are supplied;

| (b) | the distinguishing features of the product or products concerned. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the distinguishing features of the product or products concerned.

The website address shall be communicated to the competent authority.

7.   If the product(s) covered by the compulsory licence are patented in the importing countries cited in the application, the product(s) shall only be exported if those countries have issued a compulsory licence for the import, sale and/or distribution of the products.

8.   The competent authority may at the request of the rights-holder or on its own initiative, if national law allows the competent authority to act on its own initiative, request access to books and records kept by the licensee, for the sole purpose of checking whether the terms of the licence, and in particular those relating to the final destination of the products, have been met. The books and records shall include proof of exportation of the product, through a declaration of exportation certified by the customs authority concerned, and proof of importation from one of the bodies referred to in Article 6(3)(f).

9.   The licensee shall be responsible for the payment of adequate remuneration to the rights-holder as determined by the competent authority as follows:

| (a) | in the cases referred to in Article 9(2), the remuneration shall be a maximum of 4 % of the total price to be paid by the importing country or on its behalf; |
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(a)

in the cases referred to in Article 9(2), the remuneration shall be a maximum of 4 % of the total price to be paid by the importing country or on its behalf;

| (b) | in all other cases, the remuneration shall be determined taking into account the economic value of the use authorised under the licence to the importing country or countries concerned, as well as humanitarian or non-commercial circumstances relating to the issue of the licence. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

in all other cases, the remuneration shall be determined taking into account the economic value of the use authorised under the licence to the importing country or countries concerned, as well as humanitarian or non-commercial circumstances relating to the issue of the licence.

10.   The licence conditions are without prejudice to the method of distribution in the importing country.

Distribution may be carried out for example by any of the bodies listed in Article 6(3)(f) and on commercial or non-commercial terms including completely without charge.

Article 11

Refusal of the application

The competent authority shall refuse an application if any of the conditions set out in Articles 6 to 9 are not met, or if the application does not contain the elements necessary to allow the competent authority to grant the licence in accordance with Article 10. Before refusing an application, the competent authority shall give the applicant an opportunity to rectify the situation and to be heard.

Article 12

Notification

When a compulsory licence has been granted, the Member State shall notify the Council for TRIPS through the intermediary of the Commission of the grant of the licence, and of the specific conditions attached to it.

The information provided shall include the following details of the licence:

| (a) | the name and address of the licensee; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the name and address of the licensee;

| (b) | the product or products concerned; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the product or products concerned;

| (c) | the quantity to be supplied; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the quantity to be supplied;

| (d) | the country or countries to which the product or products are to be exported; |
| --- | --- |

(d)

the country or countries to which the product or products are to be exported;

| (e) | the duration of the licence; |
| --- | --- |

(e)

the duration of the licence;

| (f) | the address of the website referred to in Article 10(6). |
| --- | --- |

(f)

the address of the website referred to in Article 10(6).

Article 13

Prohibition of importation

1.   The import into the Community of products manufactured under a compulsory licence granted pursuant to the Decision and/or this Regulation for the purposes of release for free circulation, re-export, placing under suspensive procedures or placing in a free zone or free warehouse shall be prohibited.

2.   Paragraph 1 shall not apply in the case of re-export to the importing country cited in the application and identified in the packaging and documentation associated with the product, or placing under a transit or customs warehouse procedure or in a free zone or free warehouse for the purpose of re-export to that importing country.

Article 14

Action by customs authorities

1.   If there are sufficient grounds for suspecting that products manufactured under a compulsory licence granted pursuant to the Decision and/or this Regulation are being imported into the Community contrary to Article 13(1), customs authorities shall suspend the release of, or detain, the products concerned for the time necessary to obtain a decision of the competent authority on the character of the merchandise. Member States shall ensure that a body has the authority to review whether such importation is taking place. The period of suspension or detention shall not exceed 10 working days unless special circumstances apply, in which case the period may be extended by a maximum of 10 working days. Upon expiry of that period, the products shall be released, provided that all customs formalities have been complied with.

2.   The competent authority, the rights-holder and the manufacturer or exporter of the products concerned shall be informed without delay of the suspended release or detention of the products and shall be given all information available with respect to the products concerned. Due account shall be taken of national provisions on the protection of personal data and commercial and industrial secrecy and professional and administrative confidentiality.

The importer, and where appropriate, the exporter shall be given ample opportunity to supply the competent authority with the information which it deems appropriate regarding the products.

3.   If it is confirmed that products suspended for release or detained by customs authorities were intended for import into the Community contrary to the prohibition in Article 13(1), the competent authority shall ensure that the products are seized and disposed of in accordance with national legislation.

4.   The procedure of suspension or detention or seizure of the goods shall be carried out at the expense of the importer. If it is not possible to recover those expenses from the importer, they may, in accordance with national legislation, be recovered from any other person responsible for the attempted illicit importation.

5.   If the products suspended for release or detained by customs authorities are subsequently found not to violate the prohibition in Article 13(1), the customs authorities shall release the products to the consignee, provided that all customs formalities have been complied with.

6.   The competent authority shall inform the Commission of any decisions on seizure or destruction adopted pursuant to this Regulation.

Article 15

Personal luggage exception

Articles 13 and 14 shall not apply to goods of a non-commercial nature contained in travellers' personal luggage for personal use within the limits laid down in respect of relief from customs duty.

Article 16

Termination or review of the licence

1.   Subject to adequate protection of the legitimate interests of the licensee, a compulsory licence granted pursuant to this Regulation may be terminated by a decision of the competent authority or by one of the bodies referred to in Article 17 if the licence conditions are not respected by the licensee.

The competent authority shall have the authority to review, upon reasoned request by the rights-holder or the licensee, whether the licence conditions have been respected. This review shall be based on the assessment made in the importing country where appropriate.

2.   Termination of a licence granted under this Regulation shall be notified to the Council for TRIPS through the intermediary of the Commission.

3.   Following termination of the licence, the competent authority, or any other body appointed by the Member State, shall be entitled to establish a reasonable period of time within which the licensee shall arrange for any product in his possession, custody, power or control to be redirected at his expense to countries in need as referred to in Article 4 or otherwise disposed of as prescribed by the competent authority, or by another body appointed by the Member State, in consultation with the rights-holder.

4.   When notified by the importing country that the amount of pharmaceutical product has become insufficient to meet its needs, the competent authority may, following an application by the licensee, modify the conditions of the licence permitting the manufacture and export of additional quantities of the product to the extent necessary to meet the needs of the importing country concerned. In such cases the licensee's application shall be processed in accordance with a simplified and accelerated procedure, whereby the information set out in Article 6(3), points (a) and (b), shall not be required provided that the original compulsory licence is identified by the licensee. In situations where Article 9(1) applies but the derogation set out in Article 9(2) does not apply, no further evidence of negotiation with the rights-holder will be required, provided that the additional amount requested does not exceed 25 % of the amount granted under the original licence.

In situations where Article 9(2) applies, no evidence of negotiation with the rights-holder will be required.

Article 17

Appeals

1.   Appeals against any decision of the competent authority, and disputes concerning compliance with the conditions of the licence, shall be heard by the appropriate body responsible under national law.

2.   Member States shall ensure that the competent authority and/or the body referred to in paragraph 1 have the power to rule that an appeal against a decision granting a compulsory licence shall have suspensory effect.

Article 18

Safety and efficacy of medicinal products

1.   Where the application for a compulsory licence concerns a medicinal product, the applicant may avail himself of:

| (a) | the scientific opinion procedure as provided for under Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, or |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the scientific opinion procedure as provided for under Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, or

| (b) | any similar procedures under national law, such as scientific opinions or export certificates intended exclusively for markets outside the Community. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

any similar procedures under national law, such as scientific opinions or export certificates intended exclusively for markets outside the Community.

2.   If a request for any of the above procedures concerns a product which is a generic of a reference medicinal product which is or has been authorised under Article 6 of Directive 2001/83/EC, the protection periods set out in Article 14(11) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 and in Articles 10(1) and 10(5) of Directive 2001/83/EC shall not apply.

Article 19

Review

Three years after the entry into force of this Regulation, and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament, the Council, and the European Economic and Social Committee on the operation of this Regulation including any appropriate plans for amendments. The report shall cover, in particular:

| (a) | the application of Article 10(9) on determining the remuneration of the rights-holder; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the application of Article 10(9) on determining the remuneration of the rights-holder;

| (b) | the application of the simplified and accelerated procedure referred to in Article 16(4); |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the application of the simplified and accelerated procedure referred to in Article 16(4);

| (c) | the sufficiency of the requirements under Article 10(5) to prevent trade diversion, and |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the sufficiency of the requirements under Article 10(5) to prevent trade diversion, and

| (d) | the contribution this Regulation has made to the implementation of the system established by the Decision. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

the contribution this Regulation has made to the implementation of the system established by the Decision.

Article 20

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 286, 17.11.2005, p. 4.

1

(2)  Position of the European Parliament of 1.12.2005.

2

(3)  OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

3

(4)  OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/24/EC (OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 85).

4

P6_TA(2005)0455

Bird flu *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on Community measures for the control of Avian Influenza (COM(2005)0171 — C6-0195/2005 — 2005/0062(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0171) (1), |
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—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0171) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0195/2005), |
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—

having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0195/2005),

| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

| — | having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0327/2005), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0327/2005),

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

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty; |
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2.

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

| 3. | Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
| --- | --- |

3.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

| 4. | Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |
| --- | --- |

4.

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

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

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Amendment 1 |
| Recital 1 |
| (1) Avian influenza is a serious, highly contagious disease of poultry and other birds caused by different types of influenza viruses. Those viruses may also spread to mammals, including pigs and humans. | (1) Avian influenza is a serious, highly contagious disease of poultry and other birds caused by different types of influenza viruses. Those viruses may also spread to mammals, including pigs and humans
  , and are considered a serious threat to human health by the World Health Organization (WHO), because they may well carry with them the threat of an influenza pandemic
  . |
| Amendment 2 |
| Recital 7 |
| (7) The infection with certain strains of influenza viruses of avian origin may trigger outbreaks in domestic birds of epizootic proportions, causing mortality and disturbances of poultry on a scale, which can threaten
  in particular the profitability of
  poultry farming as a whole. Avian influenza viruses may also affect humans and
  may pose a serious risk
  to public health. | (7) The infection with certain strains of influenza viruses of avian origin may trigger outbreaks in domestic birds of epizootic proportions, causing mortality and disturbances of poultry on a scale which can threaten poultry farming as a whole. Avian influenza viruses may also affect humans and
  the outbreak of a human influenza pandemic originating in an avian virus strain is considered a major threat to public health by the WHO
  . |
| Amendment 3 |
| Recital 7a (new) |
| | (7a) Member States should provide support to reinforce logistical assistance, including inspections where requested, to neighbouring countries and countries stricken by avian influenza in order to help them enhance their risk assessment and containment capacities, in particular laboratory capacity and quality assured and validated methodology in compliance with internationally agreed standards, enhanced use of epidemic vaccines and targeted use of suitable antivirals to facilitate commercially unbiased, sound and cost-benefit-based risk management. |
| Amendment 4 |
| Recital 7b (new) |
| | (7b) Member States should provide support to reinforce research activities in the EU in order to gain a better understanding of the relationship between virological adaptive mechanisms, i.e. mutation, recombination or reassortment with assessment of risks and routes of cross-species specific transmission as well as methodologies, in particular with a view to developing long-term available cross-subtype-specific vaccines. |
| Amendment 5 |
| Recital 7c (new) |
| | (7c) Collaboration between veterinary and public health authorities on human and zoonotic influenzas should be strengthened, and should include laboratory-based surveillance secured on a sustainable budgetary and a sound legal basis, as well as the involvement of Community reference laboratory structures equally authorised for both sectors. |
| Amendment 6 |
| Recital 9 |
| (9) Community legislation for the control of avian influenza should give the possibility for the Member States to adopt disease control measures in a proportionate and flexible manner, taking into account the various levels of risk posed by different virus strains, the likely social and economic impact of the measures in question on the agriculture sector and other sectors involved while at the same time ensuring that the measures taken for each specific disease scenario are the most appropriate. | (9) Community legislation for the control of avian influenza should give the possibility for the Member States to adopt disease control measures in a proportionate and flexible manner, taking into account the various levels of risk posed by different virus strains, the likely social and economic impact of the measures in question on the agriculture sector and other sectors involved while at the same time ensuring that the measures taken for each specific disease scenario are the most appropriate
  and are duly coordinated
  . |
| Amendment 7 |
| Recital 9a (new) |
| | (9a) The responses of the European Union and of the Member States should be established in line with international guidelines and in close cooperation with the appropriate international bodies (i.e. the WHO, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)). |
| Amendment 8 |
| Recital 9b (new) |
| | (9b) The fight against avian influenza and any future influenza pandemic extends beyond borders between Member States and therefore calls for the drafting of preparedness plans and contingency plans, with a view to protecting public health and animal health. |
| Amendment 9 |
| Recital 10 |
| (10) With a view to preventing and anticipating the public health problems which may be posed by avian influenza, effective communication and close co-operation
  should be sought
  between the animal and public health services in the Member States, so that appropriate measures
  to safeguard
  human health
  can also be taken by
  the competent authorities
  , whenever necessary
  . | (10) With a view to preventing and anticipating the public health problems which may be posed by avian influenza, effective
  and concerted
  communication
  to reinforce public trust and confidence
  and close co-operation between the animal and public health services in the Member States
  are absolutely necessary
  , so that the competent authorities
  can also take
  appropriate measures
  and ensure enhanced coordination of those measures and of the preparedness plans and contingency plans, with a view to safeguarding
  human health.
  The contingency plans should provide for resources and action being brought swiftly to bear in the event of an epidemic. |
| Amendment 10 |
| Recital 10a (new) |
| | (10a) With a view to maximising effectiveness and minimising costs, the Community and the Member States should jointly monitor the migratory behaviour of wild birds and study the extent of the threat that they pose in terms of the spread of avian influenza in the EU and other relevant areas. |
| Amendment 11 |
| Recital 10b (new) |
| | (10b) The Community and the Member States should help third countries facing outbreaks of avian influenza to fight this disease. The countries concerned should be assisted with expertise and funding through the appropriate programmes, in close cooperation with the relevant international organisations (FAO, OIE and WHO). |
| Amendment 12 |
| Recital 11 |
| (11) In view of the potential of low pathogenic avian influenza viruses to mutate into highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, provision should be made for the early detection of infection in poultry aimed at a quick reaction and the adoption of appropriate measures which should include a system of active surveillance to be carried out by Member States. That surveillance should follow general guidelines which should be adapted in the light of further knowledge and developments in this field. | (11) In view of the potential of low pathogenic avian influenza viruses to mutate into highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, provision should be made for the early detection of infection in poultry
  and other animals, as well as in humans,
  aimed at a quick reaction and the adoption of appropriate measures which should include a system of active surveillance to be carried out by Member States. That surveillance should follow general guidelines which should be adapted in the light of further knowledge and developments in this field. |
| Amendment 13 |
| Recital 11a (new) |
| | (11a) The Commission should coordinate and monitor scientific research into the development of new vaccines against avian influenza in the Member States with the aim of encouraging scientists to develop vaccines which:










  (a) | cover multiple strains of avian influenza, |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 1

(1) Avian influenza is a serious, highly contagious disease of poultry and other birds caused by different types of influenza viruses. Those viruses may also spread to mammals, including pigs and humans.

(1) Avian influenza is a serious, highly contagious disease of poultry and other birds caused by different types of influenza viruses. Those viruses may also spread to mammals, including pigs and humans
  , and are considered a serious threat to human health by the World Health Organization (WHO), because they may well carry with them the threat of an influenza pandemic
  .

Amendment 2

Recital 7

(7) The infection with certain strains of influenza viruses of avian origin may trigger outbreaks in domestic birds of epizootic proportions, causing mortality and disturbances of poultry on a scale, which can threaten
  in particular the profitability of
  poultry farming as a whole. Avian influenza viruses may also affect humans and
  may pose a serious risk
  to public health.

(7) The infection with certain strains of influenza viruses of avian origin may trigger outbreaks in domestic birds of epizootic proportions, causing mortality and disturbances of poultry on a scale which can threaten poultry farming as a whole. Avian influenza viruses may also affect humans and
  the outbreak of a human influenza pandemic originating in an avian virus strain is considered a major threat to public health by the WHO
  .

Amendment 3

Recital 7a (new)

(7a) Member States should provide support to reinforce logistical assistance, including inspections where requested, to neighbouring countries and countries stricken by avian influenza in order to help them enhance their risk assessment and containment capacities, in particular laboratory capacity and quality assured and validated methodology in compliance with internationally agreed standards, enhanced use of epidemic vaccines and targeted use of suitable antivirals to facilitate commercially unbiased, sound and cost-benefit-based risk management.

Amendment 4

Recital 7b (new)

(7b) Member States should provide support to reinforce research activities in the EU in order to gain a better understanding of the relationship between virological adaptive mechanisms, i.e. mutation, recombination or reassortment with assessment of risks and routes of cross-species specific transmission as well as methodologies, in particular with a view to developing long-term available cross-subtype-specific vaccines.

Amendment 5

Recital 7c (new)

(7c) Collaboration between veterinary and public health authorities on human and zoonotic influenzas should be strengthened, and should include laboratory-based surveillance secured on a sustainable budgetary and a sound legal basis, as well as the involvement of Community reference laboratory structures equally authorised for both sectors.

Amendment 6

Recital 9

(9) Community legislation for the control of avian influenza should give the possibility for the Member States to adopt disease control measures in a proportionate and flexible manner, taking into account the various levels of risk posed by different virus strains, the likely social and economic impact of the measures in question on the agriculture sector and other sectors involved while at the same time ensuring that the measures taken for each specific disease scenario are the most appropriate.

(9) Community legislation for the control of avian influenza should give the possibility for the Member States to adopt disease control measures in a proportionate and flexible manner, taking into account the various levels of risk posed by different virus strains, the likely social and economic impact of the measures in question on the agriculture sector and other sectors involved while at the same time ensuring that the measures taken for each specific disease scenario are the most appropriate
  and are duly coordinated
  .

Amendment 7

Recital 9a (new)

(9a) The responses of the European Union and of the Member States should be established in line with international guidelines and in close cooperation with the appropriate international bodies (i.e. the WHO, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)).

Amendment 8

Recital 9b (new)

(9b) The fight against avian influenza and any future influenza pandemic extends beyond borders between Member States and therefore calls for the drafting of preparedness plans and contingency plans, with a view to protecting public health and animal health.

Amendment 9

Recital 10

(10) With a view to preventing and anticipating the public health problems which may be posed by avian influenza, effective communication and close co-operation
  should be sought
  between the animal and public health services in the Member States, so that appropriate measures
  to safeguard
  human health
  can also be taken by
  the competent authorities
  , whenever necessary
  .

(10) With a view to preventing and anticipating the public health problems which may be posed by avian influenza, effective
  and concerted
  communication
  to reinforce public trust and confidence
  and close co-operation between the animal and public health services in the Member States
  are absolutely necessary
  , so that the competent authorities
  can also take
  appropriate measures
  and ensure enhanced coordination of those measures and of the preparedness plans and contingency plans, with a view to safeguarding
  human health.
  The contingency plans should provide for resources and action being brought swiftly to bear in the event of an epidemic.

Amendment 10

Recital 10a (new)

(10a) With a view to maximising effectiveness and minimising costs, the Community and the Member States should jointly monitor the migratory behaviour of wild birds and study the extent of the threat that they pose in terms of the spread of avian influenza in the EU and other relevant areas.

Amendment 11

Recital 10b (new)

(10b) The Community and the Member States should help third countries facing outbreaks of avian influenza to fight this disease. The countries concerned should be assisted with expertise and funding through the appropriate programmes, in close cooperation with the relevant international organisations (FAO, OIE and WHO).

Amendment 12

Recital 11

(11) In view of the potential of low pathogenic avian influenza viruses to mutate into highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, provision should be made for the early detection of infection in poultry aimed at a quick reaction and the adoption of appropriate measures which should include a system of active surveillance to be carried out by Member States. That surveillance should follow general guidelines which should be adapted in the light of further knowledge and developments in this field.

(11) In view of the potential of low pathogenic avian influenza viruses to mutate into highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, provision should be made for the early detection of infection in poultry
  and other animals, as well as in humans,
  aimed at a quick reaction and the adoption of appropriate measures which should include a system of active surveillance to be carried out by Member States. That surveillance should follow general guidelines which should be adapted in the light of further knowledge and developments in this field.

Amendment 13

Recital 11a (new)

(11a) The Commission should coordinate and monitor scientific research into the development of new vaccines against avian influenza in the Member States with the aim of encouraging scientists to develop vaccines which:

(a)

cover multiple strains of avian influenza,

| (b) | are efficient in all relevant bird species, and |
| --- | --- |

(b)

are efficient in all relevant bird species, and

| (c) | are orally administered. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

are orally administered.

Oral Amendment

Recital 11(b) new

(11b) Hunters in Europe should be encouraged to assist in the monitoring of avian influenza outbreaks in wild birds by informing the competent authorities when they suspect that birds may be infected.

Amendment 14

Recital 12

(12) Any suspicion of avian influenza infection which may arise from clinical or laboratory investigations or any other reason that leads to the suspicion of the presence of infection should set in motion immediate official investigations so that prompt and effective action can be taken,
  as appropriate
  . Those measures should be reinforced as soon as the presence of infection is confirmed to include depopulation of the holdings infected and of those which are at risk of infection.

(12) Any suspicion of avian influenza infection which may arise from clinical or laboratory investigations or any other reason that leads to the suspicion of the presence of infection should set in motion immediate official investigations so that prompt and effective action can be taken,
  automatically, as part of the EU's rapid response system with regard to health and safety in the food chain
  . Those measures should be reinforced as soon as the presence of infection is confirmed to include depopulation of the holdings infected and of those which are at risk of infection.
  Official investigations should include animal and human health clinical or laboratory investigations.

Amendment 15

Recital 13

(13) In the case of detection of infection with low pathogenic avian influenza virus, or in the case of serological evidence of infection, where the presence of the virus cannot be confirmed by virus isolation tests, control measures
  may
  differ from those which should apply in the case of detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, taking into account the different levels of risk posed by these two conditions.

(13) In the case of detection of infection with low pathogenic avian influenza virus, or in the case of serological evidence of infection, where the presence of the virus cannot be confirmed by virus isolation tests, control measures
  should
  differ from those which should apply in the case of detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, taking into account the different levels of risk posed by these two conditions.

Amendment 16

Recital 14

(14) Disease control measures and in particular the establishment of restriction zones should also be modulated taking into account the density of the poultry population as well as other risk factors in the area, in which the infection has been detected.

(14) Disease control measures and in particular the establishment of restriction zones should also be modulated taking into account the density of the poultry population as well as other risk factors in the area in which the infection has been detected
  , such as proximity to water areas attracting migratory birds
  .

Amendment 17

Recital 17

(17) Vaccination against avian influenza can be an effective tool to supplement disease control measures and to avoid massive killing and destruction of poultry and birds. Current knowledge suggests that vaccination may be useful not only in emergenciesbut also to prevent disease in situations of higher risk of introduction of avian influenza viruses from wild life or other sources. Provisions should therefore be established for
  both
  emergency and protective vaccination.

(17)
  Inspections, random screening of animals and
  vaccination against avian influenza can be an effective tool to supplement disease control measures and to avoid massive killing and destruction of poultry and birds. Current knowledgesuggests that vaccination may be useful not only in emergencies but also to prevent disease in situations of higher risk of introduction of avian influenza viruses from wild life or other sources. Provisions should therefore be established for
  inspections, random screening of animals and
  emergency and protective vaccination.

Amendment 18

Recital 18a (new)

(18a) The Commission should make optimum use of the funds available for the development of vaccines and testing methods. This research should be in line with the DIVA strategy and be aimed at facilitating the control of the disease and the sale of the products derived from vaccinated animals.

Amendment 19

Recital 19

(19) The Community and the Member States should
  also have the possibility to
  establish reserves of vaccine against avian influenza to be used in poultry and other birds in case of an emergency.

(19) The Community and the Member States should establish reserves of vaccine against avian influenza to be used in poultry and other birds in case of an emergency.

Amendment 20

Recital 19a (new)

(19a) In order to limit the burden on the EU budget due to financial assistance to Member States through implementation of this Directive, the Commission should provide the public with objective information on the absence of risks attaching to the consumption of meat originating from vaccinated animals, as these are no different, when vaccination is properly carried out, from those attaching to the consumption of meat originating from non-vaccinated animals.

Amendment 21

Recital 20

(20) Provisions should be made to ensure that harmonised procedures and methods are used for the diagnosis of avian influenza, including the functioning of a Community reference laboratory as well as reference laboratories in the Member States.

(20) Provisions should be made
  and implemented as a matter of urgency
  to ensure that harmonised procedures and methods are used for the diagnosis of avian influenza, including the functioning of a Community reference laboratory as well as reference laboratories in the Member States
  and countries neighbouring the EU
  .

Amendment 22

Recital 20a (new)

(20a) Provisions should be made to ensure cooperation between the Community reference laboratory, reference laboratories in Member States and their human influenza counterparts (i.e. the human influenza Community reference laboratory and the national human influenza laboratories referred to in Annex VIII, point 2(c)(v)).

Amendment 23

Recital 20b (new)

(20b) The Community and the Member States should ensure better cooperation and intensified efforts in the field of the development of vaccines and testing methods.

Amendment 24

Recital 21

(21) Provisions should be made to ensure the necessary level of preparation by the Member States to effectively tackle emergency situations caused by one or more outbreaks of avian influenza, in particular by drawing up contingency plans and setting up control centres. Such contingency plans should take account of the public health risk posed by avian influenza to poultry workers and other personnel.

(21) Provisions should be made to ensure the necessary level of preparation by the Member States to effectively tackle emergency situations caused by one or more outbreaks of avian influenza, in particular by drawing up contingency plans and setting up
  coordinated
  control centres. Such contingency plans should take account of the public health risk posed by avian influenza to poultry workers and other personnel
  and of national pandemic-influenza preparedness plans and contingency plans
  .

Amendment 25

Recital 21a (new)

(21a) The Commission and the Member States should draw up a plan of action and support for countries not neighbouring the EU in which there have been outbreaks that could have an impact on the manifestation of the disease in Europe.

Amendment 26

Recital 21b (new)

(21b) On the basis of Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 establishing a European Centre for disease prevention and control (2), it is essential for the Commission and Member States to cooperate with the Centre with a view to devising measures to combat avian influenza and drafting preparedness plans and contingency plans.

Amendment 27

Recital 21c (new)

(21c) The Commission should seek, together with the Member States, to harmonise the distribution of costs between the national governments and the agricultural sector within the national cofinancing part of the costs of outbreaks of contagious animal diseases.

Amendment 28

Recital 21d (new)

(21d) In order to limit the burden on the EU budget due to financial assistance to Member States through implementation of this Directive, the Commission should assume an active role in prompting actors within the meat chain to commit themselves to cooperate in the indiscriminate sale of meat originating from vaccinated animals.

Amendment 29

Recital 21e (new)

(21e) In order to limit the burden on the EU budget due to financial assistance to Member States through implementation of this Directive, the Commission should assume an active role in efforts to amend the OIE rules concerning trade restrictions when vaccination is applied.

Amendment 30

Recital 22

(22) If avian influenza is detected during importation in a quarantine facility or centre, as provided for in Commission Decision 2000/666/EC of 16 October 2000 laying down the animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of birds, other than poultry and the conditions for quarantine, it should be reported to the Commission. However, reporting as provided for by Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community, in cases of outbreaks in Member States would not be appropriate.

(22) If avian influenza is detected during importation in a quarantine facility or centre, as provided for in Commission Decision 2000/666/EC of 16 October 2000 laying down the animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of birds, other than poultry and the conditions for quarantine, it should be reported to the Commission.
  Member States should intensify their checks on legal as well as illegal imports of wild birds in order to reduce the risk of spreading avian influenza through imports of wild birds.
  However, reporting as provided for by Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community, in cases of outbreaks in Member States would not be appropriate.

Amendment 31

Recital 23

(23) Cleansing and disinfection should be
  an integrated part
  of the Community control policy for avian influenza. Disinfectants should be used in compliance with Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market.

(23) Cleansing and disinfection should be
  one of the integral parts
  of the Community control policy for avian influenza. Disinfectants should be used in compliance with Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market.

Amendment 32

Recital 29

(29) This Directive sets out the minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza in poultry and other birds. However, Member States are free to take more stringent administrative and sanitary action in the field covered by this Directive. In addition, this Directive provides that Member States authorities
  may
  apply measures proportionate to the health risk posed by different disease situations.

(29) This Directive sets out the minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza in poultry and other birds. However, Member States are free totake more stringent administrative and sanitary action in the field covered by this Directive. In addition, this Directive provides that Member States authorities
  should
  apply measures proportionate to the health risk posed by different disease situations.

Amendment 33

Recital 30

(30) In accordance with the principal of proportionality, it is necessary and appropriate for the achievement of the basic objective of
  ensuring the development of the poultry sector and
  contributing to the protection of animal health, to lay down rules on specific measures and minimum measures aimed at the prevention and control of avian influenza. This Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve the objectives pursued, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 5 of the Treaty.

(30) In accordance with the principal of proportionality, it is necessary and appropriate for the achievement of the basic objective of contributing to the protection of
  public and
  animal health
  and ensuring the development of the poultry sector
  to lay down rules on specific measures and minimum measures aimed at the prevention and control of avian influenza. This Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve the objectives pursued, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 5 of the Treaty.

Amendment 34

Recital 32a (new)

(32a) The Commission and the Member States have a duty to inform the public of epizootic and epidemiological threats through all available media.

Amendment 35

Article 3, point 7, point (ba) (new)

| (ba) | for scientific purposes or purposes related to the conservation of endangered species or officially registered rare breeds of poultry or other birds, such as a circus, a zoo or a wildlife park; |
| --- | --- |

(ba)

Amendment 36

Article 3, point 15, point (b)

| (b) | in the case of second and subsequent outbreaks of avian influenza,
  any poultry or other birds
  in which clinical signs, post mortem lesions or reactions to laboratory tests carried out in laboratories approved in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 51(3) (approved laboratory) are consistent with the diagnosis of avian influenza in accordance with the diagnostic manual; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

in the case of second and subsequent outbreaks of avian influenza,
  any poultry or other birds
  in which clinical signs, post mortem lesions or reactions to laboratory tests carried out in laboratories approved in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 51(3) (approved laboratory) are consistent with the diagnosis of avian influenza in accordance with the diagnostic manual;

| (b) | in the case of second and subsequent outbreaks of avian influenza, in which clinical signs
  or
  post mortem lesions or reactions to laboratory tests carried out in laboratories approved in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 51(3) (approved laboratory) are consistent with the diagnosis of avian influenza in accordance with the diagnostic manual; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

in the case of second and subsequent outbreaks of avian influenza, in which clinical signs
  or
  post mortem lesions or reactions to laboratory tests carried out in laboratories approved in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 51(3) (approved laboratory) are consistent with the diagnosis of avian influenza in accordance with the diagnostic manual;

Amendment 37

Article 3, point 30

| 30. | ‘outbreak’ means a holding
  ,
  where avian influenza has been confirmed by the competent authority; |
| --- | --- |

30.

‘outbreak’ means a holding
  ,
  where avian influenza has been confirmed by the competent authority;

| 30. | ‘outbreak’ means a holding
  containing poultry and other birds
  where avian influenza has been confirmed by the competent authority; |
| --- | --- |

30.

‘outbreak’ means a holding
  containing poultry and other birds
  where avian influenza has been confirmed by the competent authority;

Amendment 38

Article 3, point 35

| 35. | ‘carcasses’ means poultry or other birds which have died or have been killed. |
| --- | --- |

35.

‘carcasses’ means poultry or other birds which have died or have been killed.

| 35. | ‘carcasses’ means poultry or other birds which have died or have been killed
  as a consequence of suspected or confirmed avian influenza. |
| --- | --- |

35.

‘carcasses’ means poultry or other birds which have died or have been killed
  as a consequence of suspected or confirmed avian influenza.

Amendment 125

Article 3, point 35a (new)

| 35a. | ‘appropriate biosecurity measures’ means measures which are designed to reduce the risk of dispersion of infectious agents. |
| --- | --- |

35a.

Amendment 39

Article 4, paragraph 1, point (a)

| (a) | detect the prevalence of infections with avian influenza virus subtypes H5 and H7 in different species of poultry |
| --- | --- |

(a)

detect the prevalence of infections with avian influenza virus subtypes H5 and H7 in different species of poultry

| (a) | detect the prevalence of infections with avian influenza virus subtypes H5 and H7 in different species of poultry
  and mammals; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

detect the prevalence of infections with avian influenza virus subtypes H5 and H7 in different species of poultry
  and mammals;

Amendment 40

Article 4, paragraph 1, point (aa) (new)

| (aa) | ensure that inspections and random screening are performed by the competent authorities; |
| --- | --- |

(aa)

Amendment 41

Article 4, paragraph 3a (new)

3a. The Commission shall provide the European Centre for disease prevention and control with information on implementation of the annual surveillance programmes.

Amendment 42

Article 5, paragraph 1

1. Member States shall provide for the immediate reporting to the competent authority of any cases of infected poultry, infected other birds or poultry or other birds suspected being infected.

1. Member States shall provide for the immediate reporting to the competent authority of any cases of infected poultry, infected other birds or poultry or other birds suspected of being infected
  , whatever the nature or pathogenicity of the virus that has caused them
  .

Amendment 43

Article 5, paragraph 2a (new)

2a. The Commission shall provide the European Centre for disease prevention and control with summary data on the submission of the reports and notifications referred to in Annex II.

Amendment 44

Article 6, paragraph 4

4. If the epidemiological inquiry suggests that avian influenza may have spread from or to other Member States, the Commission
  and
  the other Member States concerned shall be immediately informed of the results of all findings of the inquiry.

4. If the epidemiological inquiry suggests that avian influenza may have spread from or to other Member States, the Commission, the other Member States concerned
  and the European Centre for disease prevention and control
  shall be immediately informed of the results of all findings of the inquiry.

Amendment 45

Article 7, paragraph 2, point (b)

| (b) | a list is compiled of the approximate number of poultry and other birds and all mammals of domestic species already sick, dead or likely to be infected in each category on the holding; that list shall be updated daily to take account of hatchings and deaths throughout the period of the suspected outbreak and shall be produced on request to the competent authority; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

a list is compiled of the approximate number of poultry and other birds and all mammals of domestic species already sick, dead or likely to be infected in each category on the holding; that list shall be updated daily to take account of hatchings and deaths throughout the period of the suspected outbreak and shall be produced on request to the competent authority;

| (b) | a list is compiled of the approximate number of poultry and other birds and all mammals of domestic species already sick, dead or likely to be infected in each category on the holding; that list shall be updated daily to take account of hatchings
  , births
  and deaths throughout the period of the suspected outbreak and shall be produced on request to the competent authority; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

a list is compiled of the approximate number of poultry and other birds and all mammals of domestic species already sick, dead or likely to be infected in each category on the holding; that list shall be updated daily to take account of hatchings
  , births
  and deaths throughout the period of the suspected outbreak and shall be produced on request to the competent authority;

Amendment 46

Article 7, paragraph 2, point (f)

| (f) | no eggs may leave the holding
  , with the exception of eggs including hatching eggs authorised by the competent authority to be sent directly to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products, as set out in Chapter II Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter IX of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004; where the competent authority issues such an authorisation it shall be subject to the conditions set out in Annex III to this Directive
  ; |
| --- | --- |

(f)

no eggs may leave the holding
  , with the exception of eggs including hatching eggs authorised by the competent authority to be sent directly to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products, as set out in Chapter II Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter IX of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004; where the competent authority issues such an authorisation it shall be subject to the conditions set out in Annex III to this Directive
  ;

(f) no eggs may leave the holding;

Amendment 47

Article 10, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1

2. A temporary restriction may be introduced on the movements of poultry, other birds and eggs and the movement of vehicles related to the poultry sector in a large area or in the whole of the Member State.

2. A temporary restriction may be introduced on the movements of poultry, other birds and eggs and the movement of vehicles related to the poultry sector in a large area or in the whole of the Member State
  , pending the carrying-out of the epidemiological inquiry and the obtaining of the outstanding laboratory findings
  .

Amendment 48

Article 10, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2

However, if conditions permit, the application of those measures may be limited only to the poultry suspected of being infected and their production units.

Deleted

Amendment 49

Article 11, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1

2. All poultry and other birds
  of the species in
  which HPAI has been confirmed on the holding shall be killed without delay under official supervision. The killing shall be carried out in such a way as to avoid the risk of the spread of avian influenza, in particular during transport or killing and in accordance with Council Directive 93/119/EEC.

2. All poultry and other birds
  on the holding
  in which HPAI has been confirmed shall be killed without delay under official supervision. The killing shall be carried out in such a way as to avoid the risk of the spread of avian influenza, in particular during transport or killing and in accordance with Council Directive 93/119/EEC.

Amendment 50

Article 11, paragraph 5, subparagraph 2

However, the competent authority may grant authorisations for table eggs to be sent directly to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products as set out in Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. Any such authorisations shall be subject to the conditions set out in Annex III to this Directive.

Deleted

Amendment 51

Article 13, paragraph 2, point (b)

| (b) | must be subjected to further surveillance and testing in accordance with the diagnostic manual until the laboratory tests have indicated that they no longer pose a significant risk of further spread of HPAI; and |
| --- | --- |

(b)

must be subjected to further surveillance and testing in accordance with the diagnostic manual until the laboratory tests have indicated that they no longer pose a significant risk of further spread of HPAI; and

| (b) | must be subjected to further surveillance and testing in accordance with the diagnostic manual
  and are not moved from the premises of origin
  until the laboratory tests have indicated that they no longer pose a significant risk of further spread of HPAI; and |
| --- | --- |

(b)

must be subjected to further surveillance and testing in accordance with the diagnostic manual
  and are not moved from the premises of origin
  until the laboratory tests have indicated that they no longer pose a significant risk of further spread of HPAI; and

Amendment 52

Article 16, paragraph 1a (new)

1a. Immediately following an outbreak of HPAI in a poultry holding other than a commercial poultry holding, the competent authority may establish a protection zone and a surveillance zone, on the basis of a risk assessment and taking account of at least the criteria set out in Annex V.

Amendment 53

Article 16, paragraph 2, point (c)

(c) the location
  and
  proximity of holdings;

| (c) | the location, proximity
  and density
  of holdings
  , and density of poultry
  ; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the location, proximity
  and density
  of holdings
  , and density of poultry
  ;

Amendment 54

Article 16, paragraph 2, point (e)

| (e) | the facilities and personnel available to control any movement within the protection and surveillance zones of poultry and other birds, their carcasses, manure, bedding or used litter, in particular if the poultry of other birds to be killed and disposed of have to be moved from their holding of origin. |
| --- | --- |

(e)

Deleted

Amendment 55

Article 16, paragraph 2a (new)

2a. If the outbreak of HPAI is confined in a non-commercial holding/pet bird holding, circus, zoo, pet bird shop or wildlife park, or in a fenced area where other birds are kept for scientific purposes or purposes related to the conservation of endangered species or officially registered rare breeds of other birds that do not contain poultry, the competent authority may, following a veterinary risk assessment, derogate to the extent necessary from the provisions of Sections 3 to 5 concerning the establishment of the protection and surveillance zone and the measures to be applied therein, provided that such derogations do not jeopardise disease control.

Amendment 56

Article 16, paragraph 3

3.
  The
  competent authority may establish further restricted zones around or adjacent to the protection and surveillance zones, taking account of the criteria provided for in paragraph 2.

3.
  Where it has evidence that the risk of spread of HPAI may not be able to be contained within the protection and surveillance zones, the
  competent authority may establish further restricted zones around or adjacent to the protection and surveillance zones, taking account of the criteria provided for in paragraph 2.

Amendment 57

Article 16, paragraph 4

4. If a protection, surveillance or further restricted zone covers the territories of different Member States, the competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall collaborate to establish the zone.

4. If a protection, surveillance or further restricted zone covers the territories of different Member States, the competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall collaborate to establish the zone.
  This shall also apply to countries directly neighbouring the EU.

Amendment 58

Article 19, point (h)

| (h) | records of all persons visiting holdings are kept by the owner in order to facilitate disease surveillance and control and must be made available upon request by the competent authority. |
| --- | --- |

(h)

records of all persons visiting holdings are kept by the owner in order to facilitate disease surveillance and control and must be made available upon request by the competent authority.

| (h) | records of all persons visiting holdings
  or clearly delineated areas within a non-commercial holding where captive birds are included, e.g. zoos or wildlife parks,
  are kept by the owner in order to facilitate disease surveillance and control and must be made available upon request by the competent authority. |
| --- | --- |

(h)

records of all persons visiting holdings
  or clearly delineated areas within a non-commercial holding where captive birds are included, e.g. zoos or wildlife parks,
  are kept by the owner in order to facilitate disease surveillance and control and must be made available upon request by the competent authority.

Amendment 59

Article 23, introductory wording

By way of derogation from Article 22, the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of poultry for immediate slaughter, subject to the following conditions:

By way of derogation from Article 22, the competent authority
  , with the agreement of the owner and the designated slaughterhouse,
  may authorise the direct transport of poultry for immediate slaughter, subject to the following conditions:

Amendment 60

Article 24, paragraph 1, introductory wording

1. By way of derogation from Article 22, the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of day-old-chicks to a holding or shed of that holding in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry, preferably located outside the protection and the surveillance zones, subject to the following conditions:

1. By way of derogation from Article 22, the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of day-old-chicks to a holding or shed of that holding in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry
  unless expressly allowed by the competent authority
  , preferably located outside the protection and the surveillance zones, subject to the following conditions:

Amendment 61

Article 25, introductory wording

By way of derogation from Article 22, the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of ready-to-lay poultry to a holding or shed of that holding within the protection or the surveillance zone in which there is no other poultry, subject to the following conditions:

By way of derogation from Article 22, the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of ready-to-lay poultry to a holding or shed of that holding within the protection or the surveillance zone
  , or to a holding outside the zones subject to a risk assessment,
  in which there is no other poultry
  unless expressly allowed by the competent authority and
  subject to the following conditions:

Amendment 62

Article 26, paragraph 2a (new)

2a. By way of derogation from Article 22, the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of eggs including hatching eggs to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products, as described in Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter IX of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004.

Amendment 63

Article 30, point (c), introductory wording

| (c) | the movement of poultry, ready-to-lay poultry, day-old chicks and hatching and table eggs to holdings, slaughterhouses
  or
  packing centres located outside the surveillance zone is prohibited; however, the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of: |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the movement of poultry, ready-to-lay poultry, day-old chicks and hatching and table eggs to holdings, slaughterhouses
  or
  packing centres located outside the surveillance zone is prohibited; however, the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of:

| (c) | the movement of poultry, ready-to-lay poultry, day-old chicks and hatching and table eggs to holdings, slaughterhouses
  ,
  packing centres
  or processing centres
  located
  inside or
  outside the surveillance zone is prohibited; however, the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of: |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the movement of poultry, ready-to-lay poultry, day-old chicks and hatching and table eggs to holdings, slaughterhouses
  ,
  packing centres
  or processing centres
  located
  inside or
  outside the surveillance zone is prohibited; however, the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of:

Amendment 64

Article 30, point (c), point (ii)

| (ii) | ready-to-lay poultry to a holding in which there is no other poultry
  in the same Member State
  ; that holding shall be placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the ready-to-lay poultry; |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

ready-to-lay poultry to a holding in which there is no other poultry
  in the same Member State
  ; that holding shall be placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the ready-to-lay poultry;

| (ii) | ready-to-lay poultry to a holding
  in the same Member State
  in which there is no other poultry
  unless expressly allowed by the competent authority
  ; that holding shall be placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the ready-to-lay poultry; |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

ready-to-lay poultry to a holding
  in the same Member State
  in which there is no other poultry
  unless expressly allowed by the competent authority
  ; that holding shall be placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the ready-to-lay poultry;

Amendment 65

Article 30, point (c), point (iii), first indent

| — | to a holding or shed of such holding in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry provided that appropriate biosecurity measures are applied and the holding is placed under official surveillance following the transport, or |
| --- | --- |

—

to a holding or shed of such holding in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry provided that appropriate biosecurity measures are applied and the holding is placed under official surveillance following the transport, or

| — | to a holding or shed of such holding in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry
  unless expressly allowed by the competent authority
  , provided that appropriate biosecurity measures are applied and the holding is placed under official surveillance following the transport, or |
| --- | --- |

—

to a holding or shed of such holding in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry
  unless expressly allowed by the competent authority
  , provided that appropriate biosecurity measures are applied and the holding is placed under official surveillance following the transport, or

Amendment 66

Article 30, point (c), point (va) (new)

| (va) | eggs including hatching eggs to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products, as described in Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter IX of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004; |
| --- | --- |

(va)

Amendment 67

Article 38, point (a)

| (a) | no poultry or other birds are introduced into the slaughterhouse
  , the border inspection post
  or the means of transport until at least 24 hours after the cleansing and disinfection as provided for in point (b) are completed in accordance with Article 49; in the case of border inspection posts,
  the
  prohibition on introduction may be extended to other animals; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

no poultry or other birds are introduced into the slaughterhouse
  , the border inspection post
  or the means of transport until at least 24 hours after the cleansing and disinfection as provided for in point (b) are completed in accordance with Article 49; in the case of border inspection posts,
  the
  prohibition on introduction may be extended to other animals;

| (a) | no poultry or other birds are introduced into the slaughterhouse or the means of transport until at least 24 hours after the cleansing and disinfection as provided for in point (b) are completed in accordance with Article 49; in the case of border inspection posts,
  a similar
  prohibition on introduction
  , of 48 hours' duration, shall apply and
  may be extended to other animals; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

no poultry or other birds are introduced into the slaughterhouse or the means of transport until at least 24 hours after the cleansing and disinfection as provided for in point (b) are completed in accordance with Article 49; in the case of border inspection posts,
  a similar
  prohibition on introduction
  , of 48 hours' duration, shall apply and
  may be extended to other animals;

Amendment 68

Article 38, point (b)

| (b) | the cleansing and disinfection of buildings, equipment and vehicles takes place under the supervision of the official veterinarian in accordance with Article 49; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the cleansing and disinfection of buildings, equipment and vehicles takes place under the supervision of the official veterinarian in accordance with Article 49;

| (b) | the cleansing and disinfection of buildings, equipment and vehicles takes place under the supervision of the official veterinarian
  , and is followed by the issuing of a health guarantee certificate,
  in accordance with Article 49; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the cleansing and disinfection of buildings, equipment and vehicles takes place under the supervision of the official veterinarian
  , and is followed by the issuing of a health guarantee certificate,
  in accordance with Article 49;

Amendment 119

Article 39, paragraph 1

1. Without prejudice to the measures provided to in points (a), (b), (c), (e), (g) and (h) of Article 7(2), the competent authority shall ensure that in cases of outbreaks of LPAI, the measures provided for in paragraphs 2 to 6 of this Article are taken
  on the basis of a risk assessment and taking account of at least the criteria set out in Annex V.

1. Without prejudice to the measures provided for in points (a), (b), (c), (e), (g) and (h) of Article 7(2), the competent authority shall ensure that in cases of outbreaks of LPAI, the measures provided for in paragraphs 2 to 6 of this Article are taken.

Amendment 120

Article 39, paragraph 2

2. The competent authority shall ensure that all poultry on the holding and all other birds of the species in which LPAI has been confirmed are
  depopulated
  under official supervision in such a way as to prevent the spread of avian influenza.

2. The competent authority shall ensure that all poultry on the holding and all other birds of the species in which LPAI has been confirmed are
  killed
  under official supervision in such a way as to prevent the spread of avian influenza.

The
  depopulation may
  be extended
  to other
  birds on the holding
  based on the risk that they pose as regards further spread of avian influenza
  and to other holdings that may be considered as contact holdings, based on the
  epidemiological inquiry
  .

The
  killing shall
  be extended to other birds on the holding and to other holdings that may be considered as contact holdings, based on the
  risk that they pose as regards further spread of avian influenza
  .

Before
  depopulation
  , no poultry or other birds shall enter or leave the holding, unless authorised by the competent authority.

Before
  killing
  , no poultry or other birds shall enter or leave the holding, unless authorised by the competent authority.

Amendment 122

Article 39, paragraph 5, point (c)

| (c) | table eggs present on the holding and further produced in the holding before
  depopulation
  , as provided for in paragraph 2, are
  either transported to a designated packing centre, treated or
  disposed of; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

table eggs present on the holding and further produced in the holding before
  depopulation
  , as provided for in paragraph 2, are
  either transported to a designated packing centre, treated or
  disposed of;

| (c) | table eggs present on the holding and further produced in the holding before
  killing
  , as provided for in paragraph 2, are disposed of; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

table eggs present on the holding and further produced in the holding before
  killing
  , as provided for in paragraph 2, are disposed of;

Amendment 124

Article 39, paragraph 6

6. The competent authority may take additional precautionary measures to prevent the spread of LPAI, including specifying the destiny and treatment of the eggs and the treatments of the meat obtained provided that the procedure referred to in point (b) of paragraph 3 is followed.

Deleted

Amendment 69

Article 43

Immediately following an outbreak of LPAI, the competent authority shall establish a restricted zone with a radius of at least three kilometres around the holding.

Immediately following an outbreak of LPAI, the competent authority shall establish a restricted zone with a radius of at least three kilometres around the holding
  , or take other appropriate measures, based on risk assessment
  .

Amendment 70

Article 44, paragraph 1, point (d), point (ii)

| (ii) | ready-to-lay poultry to a holding under official surveillance in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry
  ;
  that holding shall be placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the ready-to-lay poultry; |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

ready-to-lay poultry to a holding under official surveillance in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry
  ;
  that holding shall be placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the ready-to-lay poultry;

| (ii) | ready-to-lay poultry to a holding under official surveillance in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry
  unless expressly allowed by the competent authority
  ; that holding shall be placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the ready-to-lay poultry; |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

ready-to-lay poultry to a holding under official surveillance in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry
  unless expressly allowed by the competent authority
  ; that holding shall be placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the ready-to-lay poultry;

Amendment 71

Article 44, paragraph 1, point (d), point (iii), first indent

| — | to a holding or shed of such holding in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry, provided that appropriate biosecurity measures are applied and the holding is placed under official surveillance following the transport; or |
| --- | --- |

—

to a holding or shed of such holding in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry, provided that appropriate biosecurity measures are applied and the holding is placed under official surveillance following the transport; or

| — | to a holding or shed of such holding in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry
  unless expressly allowed by the competent authority
  , provided that appropriate biosecurity measures are applied and the holding is placed under official surveillance following the transport; or |
| --- | --- |

—

to a holding or shed of such holding in the same Member State in which there is no other poultry
  unless expressly allowed by the competent authority
  , provided that appropriate biosecurity measures are applied and the holding is placed under official surveillance following the transport; or

Amendment 72

Article 44, paragraph 1, point (d), point (va) (new)

| (va) | eggs including hatching eggs to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products, as described in Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter IX of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004; |
| --- | --- |

(va)

Amendment 73

Article 46, paragraph 1a (new)

1a. Where LPAI is confirmed on a single holding, the competent authority may, on the basis of a risk assessment, derogate from some or all of the measures provided for in Articles 43 and 44.

Amendment 74

Chapter Va (new) (after Article 46)

CHAPTER VA

MEASURES TO BE APPLIED IN CASES OF SEROLOGICAL DETECTION OF LPAI OR HPAI WHICH CANNOT BE CONFIRMED THROUGH VIRUS ISOLATION OR POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) TESTS

Article 46a

Adoption of measures based on risk assessment

Without prejudice to the measures provided for in points (a), (b), (c), (e), (g) and (h) of Article 7(2), the competent authority shall ensure that in cases of serological detection of LPAI or HPAI which cannot be confirmed through virus isolation or PCR tests, appropriate measures are taken, based on risk assessment. The competent authority shall inform the Commission thereof.

Amendment 75

Article 47, paragraph 2a (new)

2a. In this connection, prior provision shall be made for emergency plans in the event of human contamination. Such emergency plans shall seek to:

| — | secure the necessary coordination between Member States, |
| --- | --- |

—

secure the necessary coordination between Member States,

| — | avoid panic among the general public, |
| --- | --- |

—

avoid panic among the general public,

| — | combat any trafficking that may arise should serious risks actually emerge, |
| --- | --- |

—

combat any trafficking that may arise should serious risks actually emerge,

| — | determine the areas to be isolated as a priority, |
| --- | --- |

—

determine the areas to be isolated as a priority,

| — | identify the population groups to be vaccinated as a priority, |
| --- | --- |

—

identify the population groups to be vaccinated as a priority,

| — | ensure fair and universal distribution of anti-epidemic products. |
| --- | --- |

—

ensure fair and universal distribution of anti-epidemic products.

Amendment 76

Article 47, paragraph 2b (new)

2b. In the event of an outbreak of an influenza pandemic in the EU or in neighbouring countries, the Commission must be able to take crisis measures within 24 hours, such as quarantine and disinfection measures at airports in connection with flights from certain regions and travel restrictions.

Amendment 77

Article 47, paragraph 2c (new)

2c. The Commission shall take steps to help ensure that sufficient antivirals and vaccines are available for those exposed to the virus in the event of an outbreak in one or more Member States.

Amendment 78

Article 47, paragraph 2d (new)

2d. Member States and the Commission shall see to it that, in the event of a pandemic, the available antivirals and vaccines are effectively distributed among the Member States and countries neighbouring the EU.

Amendment 79

Article 47, paragraph 3a (new)

3a. Member States shall ensure:

| — | an effective system of risk communication to farmers, workers in the poultry sector and the public based on a harmonised strategy and plan of action between authorities responsible for animal and human health at local, national and EU level; |
| --- | --- |

—

an effective system of risk communication to farmers, workers in the poultry sector and the public based on a harmonised strategy and plan of action between authorities responsible for animal and human health at local, national and EU level;

| — | that poultry cullers wear protective clothing and take antiviral drugs as a precaution; vaccination against normal seasonal influenza should be encouraged as a way to reduce the chance that this high-risk group might be coinfected with an avian and a human virus, thus giving the viruses an opportunity to exchange genes and to generate pandemic virus strains. |
| --- | --- |

—

that poultry cullers wear protective clothing and take antiviral drugs as a precaution; vaccination against normal seasonal influenza should be encouraged as a way to reduce the chance that this high-risk group might be coinfected with an avian and a human virus, thus giving the viruses an opportunity to exchange genes and to generate pandemic virus strains.

Amendment 80

Article 47, paragraph 3b (new)

3b. Member States shall ensure:

| — | the availability of an emergency stock of antivirals so that prophylactic protection in the case of a pandemic can be extended rapidly to all persons most at risk of exposure within the EU; |
| --- | --- |

—

the availability of an emergency stock of antivirals so that prophylactic protection in the case of a pandemic can be extended rapidly to all persons most at risk of exposure within the EU;

| — | sufficient vaccine production capacity to ensure that all persons most at risk of exposure in the event of a pandemic can be pre-emptively vaccinated against the strain in question, if necessary by increasing uptake of the seasonal human influenza vaccine. |
| --- | --- |

—

sufficient vaccine production capacity to ensure that all persons most at risk of exposure in the event of a pandemic can be pre-emptively vaccinated against the strain in question, if necessary by increasing uptake of the seasonal human influenza vaccine.

Member States shall report to the Commission about the size of the emergency stocks of antivirals and about their vaccine production capacity in order to assist the Commission in drawing up Community-wide rapid response plans for the distribution of antivirals between Member States in the case of a pandemic. The size of the stocks of antivirals and the required vaccine production capacity shall be calculated on the basis of sound epidemiological models.

Amendment 81

Article 47, paragraph 3c (new)

3c. The Commission shall draw up Community-wide pandemic preparedness plans for the distribution of vaccines and antivirals between Member States in the case of a pandemic, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 65(3). Those plans shall be based on the size and the location of stocks of antivirals and vaccine production capacities of Member States. The plans will provide for the allocation of both vaccines and antivirals to all persons within the EU most at risk of exposure to an avian influenza infection. Those plans shall be made public within one year of the adoption of this Directive.

Amendment 82

Article 47, paragraph 4a (new)

4a. Member States shall ensure communication and coordination with the Commission and the European Centre for disease prevention and control in connection with preparedness plans and contingency plans aimed at combating any influenza pandemic, under the procedure referred to in Article 65(3).

Amendment 83

Article 49, point (ba) (new)

| (ba) | a certificate is issued, once cleansing, disinfection and treatment have been completed, guaranteeing that the sanitary conditions have been met for the premises, vehicles or border posts to resume normal activities. |
| --- | --- |

(ba)

Amendment 84

Article 50, paragraph 5

5. The re-repopulation of poultry in contact holdings shall take place in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.

5. The re-repopulation of poultry in contact holdings shall take place in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority
  , based on a risk assessment
  .

Amendment 85

Article 51, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2

That manual shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to Article 65(2) within
  six
  months from the date of entry into force of this Directive. Any subsequent amendment to the manual shall be adopted in accordance with the same procedure

That manual shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to Article 65(2) within
  three
  months from the date of entry into force of this Directive. Any subsequent amendment to the manual shall be adopted in accordance with the same procedure.

Amendment 86

Article 52, paragraph 3a (new)

3a. The Commission shall ensure communication and cooperation between the Community reference laboratory and the European Centre for disease prevention and control.

Amendment 87

Article 53, paragraph 1, point (a)

| (a) | vaccination against avian influenza is prohibited on their territory, except as provided for in Sections 2 and 3; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

vaccination against avian influenza is prohibited on their territory, except as provided for in Sections 2 and 3;

| (a) | vaccination against avian influenza is prohibited on their territory, except as provided for in Sections 2 and 3
  and except if the FAO anticipates an international threat of avian influenza or if a Member State intends to introduce extra measures for poultry
  ; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

vaccination against avian influenza is prohibited on their territory, except as provided for in Sections 2 and 3
  and except if the FAO anticipates an international threat of avian influenza or if a Member State intends to introduce extra measures for poultry
  ;

Amendment 88

Article 54, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1a (new)

Member States may also introduce emergency vaccination in poultry or other birds, in accordance with this section, where disease is confirmed in a neighbouring country which poses a significant risk of disease spreading into the EU.

Amendment 89

Article 57, paragraph 2, point (b)

| (b) | the geographical area in which the protective vaccination is to be carried out and the number of holdings in that area; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the geographical area in which the protective vaccination is to be carried out and the number of holdings in that area;

| (b) | the geographical area
  or risk group
  in which the protective vaccination is to be carried out and the number of holdings in that area; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the geographical area
  or risk group
  in which the protective vaccination is to be carried out and the number of holdings in that area;

Amendment 90

Article 57, paragraph 2, point (i)

| (i) | the laboratory tests to be carried out in the holdings where protective vaccination is to be carried out and such tests in other holdings located in the vaccination area in order to monitor the epidemiological situation, the effectiveness of the protective vaccination campaign and the control of movements of vaccinated poultry and other birds. |
| --- | --- |

(i)

the laboratory tests to be carried out in the holdings where protective vaccination is to be carried out and such tests in other holdings located in the vaccination area in order to monitor the epidemiological situation, the effectiveness of the protective vaccination campaign and the control of movements of vaccinated poultry and other birds.

| (i) | the laboratory tests to be carried out in the holdings where protective vaccination is to be carried out and such tests in other holdings located in the vaccination area in order to monitor the epidemiological situation, the effectiveness of the protective vaccination campaign and the control of movements of vaccinated poultry and other birds.
  If appropriate, the plan may refer to provisions concerning the testing of holdings in the national avian influenza surveillance programme. |
| --- | --- |

(i)

the laboratory tests to be carried out in the holdings where protective vaccination is to be carried out and such tests in other holdings located in the vaccination area in order to monitor the epidemiological situation, the effectiveness of the protective vaccination campaign and the control of movements of vaccinated poultry and other birds.
  If appropriate, the plan may refer to provisions concerning the testing of holdings in the national avian influenza surveillance programme.

Amendment 91

Article 57, paragraph 3a (new)

3a. Member States with birds of high conservation, genetic or scientific value shall have authority to acquire and use preventative vaccines with permission of the Committee and without reference to the Commission.

Amendment 92

Article 57a (new)

Article 57a

Differentiated protective vaccination

Member States shall introduce specific protective vaccination plans for zoo animals and officially registered rare breeds of poultry or other birds, in accordance with Article 57, in order to prevent unnecessary killing of such animals. Such vaccinated animals may be subject to specific restrictions on movement.

Amendment 93

Article 58, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2

The approval of the protective vaccination plan may include measures restricting the movements of poultry or other birds
  and their products
  . Those measures may include restrictions concerning specific poultry compartments and other birds compartments and the establishment of restricted zones.

The approval of the protective vaccination plan may include measures restricting the movements of poultry or other birds. Those measures may include restrictions concerning specific poultry compartments and other birds compartments and the establishment of restricted zones.

Amendment 94

Article 58, paragraph 2a (new)

2a. The Commission shall permit Member States to use protective vaccination for risk groups and risk areas if a threatening international situation arises, as an alternative to a general requirement to keep birds indoors, without this leading to restrictions on Community trade.

Amendment 95

Article 58a (new)

Article 58a

Prohibition on advertisement and labelling of meat in terms of the avian influenza vaccination characteristics of the animals from which the meat originates

Supermarkets and other undertakings shall be prohibited from advertising and/or labelling meat on the basis of the avian influenza vaccination characteristics of the animals from which the meat originates.

Amendment 96

Article 59, paragraph 1

1. A Community vaccine bank
  may
  be established in accordance with the procedure referred in Article 65(2).

1. A Community vaccine bank
  shall
  be established in accordance with the procedure referred in Article 65(2).

Amendment 97

Article 59, paragraph 2a (new)

2a. The European Union shall provide practical and financial assistance in the development of vaccines. It shall also ensure the swift and unfettered export of vaccines produced by producer countries to non-producer countries within the European Union.

Amendment 98

Article 59, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1

3. Where it is in the interest of the Community, the Commission may supply vaccines to third countries.

3. Where it is in the interest of the Community, the Commission may supply vaccines to third countries
  , and shall number among its responsibilities the provision of assistance by all available means, where possible in cooperation with international organisations, to third countries which are unable or insufficiently able to combat an outbreak of avian influenza effectively
  .

Amendment 99

Article 63, paragraph 1

1. Member States shall draw up a contingency plan in accordance with Annex X specifying the national measures to be implemented in the event of an outbreak and submit that plan to the Commission for approval.

1. Member States shall draw up a contingency plan in accordance with Annex X specifying the national measures to be implemented in the event of an outbreak and submit that plan to the Commission for approval.
  The plans shall take account of national pandemic-influenza preparedness plans and contingency plans.

Amendment 100

Article 63, paragraph 4a (new)

4a. An action plan shall be drawn up specifically for European institutions in the event that travel restrictions prevent international meetings, such as those of the Council and European Parliament, from taking place.

Amendment 101

Article 63, paragraph 5

5. In addition to the measures provided for paragraphs 1 to 4, further rules to ensure a rapid and efficient eradication of avian influenza, including provisions on disease control centers, expert groups and real-time alert exercises,
  may
  be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 65(2).

5. In addition to the measures provided for in paragraphs 1 to 4, further rules to ensure a rapid and efficient eradication of avian influenza, including provisions on disease control centers, expert groups and real-time alert exercises,
  shall
  be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 65(2).
  Member States shall update their contingency plans in accordance with the results of the real-time tests and communicate the updates to the Commission.

Amendment 102

Article 63, paragraph 5a (new)

5a. In addition to the contingency plans, Member States shall draw up effective human pandemic preparedness plans which shall include rules for the production, stocking and distribution of antivirals to the persons most at risk, the coordination of efforts for the development and mass production of vaccines as well as provisions for mandatory real-time alert exercises, including cross-border cooperation in crisis management, for instance systematic virological screening of air filters from aircraft. The national preparedness plans, the results of real-time simulations and the updates of the plans following real-time simulation shall be communicated to the Commission and made public within six months following the adoption of this Directive.

Amendment 103

Article 65, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at
  three
  months.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at
  two
  months.

Amendment 104

Article 67, paragraph 2

2. Pending the application of this Directive,
  further transitional
  provisions on the control of avian influenza may be
  adopted
  in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 65(2).

2. Pending the application of this Directive,
  transition to the
  provisions
  of this Directive
  on the control of avian influenza may be
  undertaken
  in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 65(2).

Amendment 105

Article 68a (new)

Article 68a

Liaison with the OIE

The Commission shall launch discussions within the OIE to extend at an international level measures for the combating and surveillance of avian influenza equivalent to those introduced by the European Union, as well as the requirement concerning systematic declaration of LPAI. The Commission shall also negotiate the introduction of a mandatory system for the monitoring of wild birds. The Commission shall present proposals in this respect to the international organisation.

Amendment 106

Annex III

This annex deleted.

Amendment 107

Annex V, point (ca) (new)

(ca) density of poultry;

Amendment 108

Annex VI, section 1, point (b)

| (b) | the disinfectants to be used and their concentrations must be officially approved by the competent authority to ensure destruction of avian influenza virus; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the disinfectants to be used and their concentrations must be officially approved by the competent authority to ensure destruction of avian influenza virus;

| (b) | the
  disinfection methods and procedures and the
  disinfectants to be used and their concentrations must be officially approved by the competent authority to ensure destruction of avian influenza virus; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the
  disinfection methods and procedures and the
  disinfectants to be used and their concentrations must be officially approved by the competent authority to ensure destruction of avian influenza virus;

Amendment 109

Annex VI, section 2, point (a), point (ii)

| (ii) | killed poultry or other birds must be sprayed with disinfectant; |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

killed poultry or other birds must be sprayed with disinfectant;

| (ii) | killed poultry or other birds must be sprayed with disinfectant
  or disinfected by another method approved by the competent authorities, such as composting
  ; |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

killed poultry or other birds must be sprayed with disinfectant
  or disinfected by another method approved by the competent authorities, such as composting
  ;

Amendment 110

Annex VI, section 2, point (a), point (v)

| (v) | any tissue or blood spilled during the killing
  or slaughter
  or the post-mortem or gross contamination of buildings, yards, utensils etc. must be carefully collected and disposed of with the killed poultry or other birds; |
| --- | --- |

(v)

any tissue or blood spilled during the killing
  or slaughter
  or the post-mortem or gross contamination of buildings, yards, utensils etc. must be carefully collected and disposed of with the killed poultry or other birds;

| (v) | any tissue or blood spilled during the killing or the postmortem or gross contamination of buildings, yards, utensils etc. must be carefully collected and disposed of with the killed poultry or other birds; |
| --- | --- |

(v)

any tissue or blood spilled during the killing or the postmortem or gross contamination of buildings, yards, utensils etc. must be carefully collected and disposed of with the killed poultry or other birds;

Amendment 111

Annex IX, section 2, point (b), point (iii)

(iii) be placed in a poultry house or shed where:

| (iii) | be placed in a poultry house or shed where cleansing and disinfection have been carried out in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority; |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

be placed in a poultry house or shed where cleansing and disinfection have been carried out in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority;

| — | no poultry has been kept for at least three weeks; and |
| --- | --- |

—

no poultry has been kept for at least three weeks; and

| — | cleansing and disinfection have been carried out in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority; |
| --- | --- |

—

cleansing and disinfection have been carried out in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority;

Amendment 112

Annex IX, section 2, point (c), point (iii)

| (iii) | be placed in a poultry house or shed where
  no poultry has been kept for at least three weeks, and where
  cleansing and disinfection has been carried out; |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

be placed in a poultry house or shed where
  no poultry has been kept for at least three weeks, and where
  cleansing and disinfection has been carried out;

| (iii) | be placed in a poultry house or shed where cleansing and disinfection has been carried out
  in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority
  ; |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

be placed in a poultry house or shed where cleansing and disinfection has been carried out
  in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority
  ;

Amendment 113

Annex IX, section 3, point (b), point (ii)

(ii) be placed in a poultry house or shed where:

| ii) | be placed in a poultry house or shed where cleansing and disinfection have been carried out in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority; |
| --- | --- |

ii)

be placed in a poultry house or shed where cleansing and disinfection have been carried out in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority;

| — | no poultry has been kept for at least three weeks; and |
| --- | --- |

—

no poultry has been kept for at least three weeks; and

| — | cleansing and disinfection have been carried out in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority; |
| --- | --- |

—

cleansing and disinfection have been carried out in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority;

Amendment 114

Annex IX, section 4, point (b), point (iii)

| ((iii) | be placed in a poultry house or shed where:







  — | no poultry has been kept for at least three weeks; and |
| --- | --- | --- |

((iii)

—

no poultry has been kept for at least three weeks; and

| — | cleansing and disinfection have been carried out in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority; |
| --- | --- |

—

cleansing and disinfection have been carried out in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority;

Deleted

Amendment 115

Annex IX, section 4, point (c), point (iii)

| (iii) | be placed in a poultry-house or shed where no poultry has been kept for at least three weeks, and where cleansing and disinfection has been carried out; |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

Deleted

Amendment 116

Annex X, introductory wording

Contingency plans shall meet at least the following criteria:

Contingency plans shall
  be based on science and risk assessment, shall be sufficiently resourced and shall
  meet at least the following criteria:

Amendment 117

Annex X, section 4a (new)

4a. The competent authority must carry out a socio-economic impact assessment of the consequences of the contingency plan for the wider rural economy.

Amendment 118

Annex X, section 13

13. Provisions shall be in place for a close co-operation between the competent authorities of the veterinary, the public health and the environmental sector.

13. Provisions shall be in place for a close co-operation between the competent authorities of the veterinary, the public health and the environmental sector
  , in particular to ensure proper risk communication to farmers, workers in the poultry sector and the public
  .

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)  

  OJ L 142, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

P6_TA(2005)0456

Veterinary expenditure *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0171 — C6-0196/2005 — 2005/0063(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0171) (1), |
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—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0171) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0196/2005), |
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—

having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0196/2005),

| — | having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0326/2005), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0326/2005),

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

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty; |
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2.

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

| 3. | Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
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3.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

| 4. | Calls for initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
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4.

Calls for initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

| 5. | Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |
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5.

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

| 6. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission. |
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6.

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
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| Amendment 1 |
| RECITAL 4 |
| (4) In the light of the adoption of Directive xxx it is appropriate to modify Decision 90/424/EEC so that Community financial assistance may also be granted for those eradication measures carried out by the Member States to combat avian influenza virus strains of low pathogenicity that may mutate into highly pathogenic strains. | (4) In the light of the adoption of Directive 2005/.../EC it is appropriate to modify Decision 90/424/EEC so that Community financial assistance may also be granted for those eradication measures carried out by the Member States to combat avian influenza virus strains of low pathogenicity that may mutate into highly pathogenic strains.
  Given the existence of that risk of mutation, it is appropriate to provide for the same level of Community financial assistance for cases of both highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI). |
| Amendment 2 |
| RECITAL 5A (new) |
| | (5a) In view of the effects which an avian-influenza epidemic could have, greater emphasis should be placed on prevention and monitoring, in particular by listing the risk areas in each country and carrying out monthly systematic serological screening, with the results to be communicated to those with direct responsibility for the matter. |
| Amendment 3 |
| RECITAL 5B (new) |
| | (5b) Immediate action should be taken in order to support research into an oral vaccine capable of combating the various strains of avian influenza and to promote the use thereof should the need arise. |
| Amendment 4 |
| ARTICLE 1, POINT -1 (new)
  Article 1, paragraphs 2a, 2b and 2c (new) (Decision 90/424/EEC) |
| | (-1) | In Article 1, the following paragraphs shall be added after paragraph 2:



  The Commission shall investigate the establishment of an European animal health fund, as budgetary provision is likely to be insufficient in the event of a new epidemic. Such a fund could cover the costs of outbreaks of contagious animal diseases. Livestock farmers and other persons and businesses affected within the European Union could contribute to such a fund.




  The Commission shall draw up a proposal for the harmonisation of the way in which costs relating to outbreaks of contagious animal diseases are shared between the agricultural sector and the governments within the Member States.




  Council Regulations (EEC) No 2759/75 (2), (EEC) No 2771/75 (3), (EEC) No 2777/75 (4), (EC) No 1254/ 1999 (5), (EC) No 1255/1999 (6) and (EC) No 2529/ 2001 (7) concerning exceptional market support measures shall be brought into line with Council Decision 90/424/ EEC, as amended. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

RECITAL 4

(4) In the light of the adoption of Directive xxx it is appropriate to modify Decision 90/424/EEC so that Community financial assistance may also be granted for those eradication measures carried out by the Member States to combat avian influenza virus strains of low pathogenicity that may mutate into highly pathogenic strains.

(4) In the light of the adoption of Directive 2005/.../EC it is appropriate to modify Decision 90/424/EEC so that Community financial assistance may also be granted for those eradication measures carried out by the Member States to combat avian influenza virus strains of low pathogenicity that may mutate into highly pathogenic strains.
  Given the existence of that risk of mutation, it is appropriate to provide for the same level of Community financial assistance for cases of both highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI).

Amendment 2

RECITAL 5A (new)

(5a) In view of the effects which an avian-influenza epidemic could have, greater emphasis should be placed on prevention and monitoring, in particular by listing the risk areas in each country and carrying out monthly systematic serological screening, with the results to be communicated to those with direct responsibility for the matter.

Amendment 3

RECITAL 5B (new)

(5b) Immediate action should be taken in order to support research into an oral vaccine capable of combating the various strains of avian influenza and to promote the use thereof should the need arise.

Amendment 4

ARTICLE 1, POINT -1 (new)

Article 1, paragraphs 2a, 2b and 2c (new) (Decision 90/424/EEC)

(-1)

The Commission shall investigate the establishment of an European animal health fund, as budgetary provision is likely to be insufficient in the event of a new epidemic. Such a fund could cover the costs of outbreaks of contagious animal diseases. Livestock farmers and other persons and businesses affected within the European Union could contribute to such a fund.

The Commission shall draw up a proposal for the harmonisation of the way in which costs relating to outbreaks of contagious animal diseases are shared between the agricultural sector and the governments within the Member States.

Council Regulations (EEC) No 2759/75 (2), (EEC) No 2771/75 (3), (EEC) No 2777/75 (4), (EC) No 1254/ 1999 (5), (EC) No 1255/1999 (6) and (EC) No 2529/ 2001 (7) concerning exceptional market support measures shall be brought into line with Council Decision 90/424/ EEC, as amended.

Amendment 5

ARTICLE 1, POINT 1, POINT (B)

Article 3, paragraph 2, indent 1 (Decision 90/424/EEC)

| — | the slaughter of animals of susceptible species which are affected or contaminated or suspected of being affected or contaminated, and their destruction, and, in the case of avian influenza, destruction of the eggs, |
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—

the slaughter of animals of susceptible species which are affected or contaminated or suspected of being affected or contaminated, and their destruction, and, in the case of avian influenza, destruction of the eggs,

| — | the slaughter of animals of susceptible species which are affected or contaminated or suspected of being affected or contaminated, and their destruction, and, in the case of avian influenza, destruction of the eggs
  and any fall in value in the event that other uses are found for eggs or poultry, since the revenue therefrom is lower than the normal value of the eggs or poultry, |
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—

the slaughter of animals of susceptible species which are affected or contaminated or suspected of being affected or contaminated, and their destruction, and, in the case of avian influenza, destruction of the eggs
  and any fall in value in the event that other uses are found for eggs or poultry, since the revenue therefrom is lower than the normal value of the eggs or poultry,

Amendment 6

ARTICLE 1, POINT 2

Article 3a, paragraph 1 (Decision 90/424/EEC)

1. This Article shall apply in the event of the occurrence of avian influenza in the territory of a Member State.

1. This Article shall apply in the event of the occurrence of avian influenza in the territory of a Member State
  and shall apply to Community support for preventive measures and for measures involving cooperation with and technical support for third countries
  .

Amendment 7

ARTICLE 1, POINT 2

Article 3a, paragraph 2 (Decision 90/424/EEC)

2. The Member State concerned shall obtain a financial contribution from the Community for the eradication of avian influenza if the minimum control measures provided for in Directive xxx have been fully and efficiently implemented in compliance with relevant Community legislation and, in the case of killing of animals of susceptible species, which are affected or contaminated or suspected of being affected or contaminated, livestock owners have been compensated swiftly and adequately.

2. The Member State concerned shall obtain a financial contribution from the Community for the eradication of avian influenza if the minimum control measures provided for in Directive 2005/.../EC have been fully and efficiently implemented in compliance with relevant Community legislation and, in the case of killing of animals of susceptible species which are affected or contaminated or suspected of being affected or contaminated,
  destruction of eggs and any fall in value in the event that other uses are found for eggs or poultry, since the revenue therefrom is lower than their normal value,
  livestock owners have been compensated swiftly and adequately.
  This means among other things that differentiation should be applied when compensation is being given for different kinds of eggs.

Amendment 8

ARTICLE 1, POINT 2

Article 3a, paragraph 2a (new) (Decision 90/424/EEC)

2a. The Member States shall receive Community support for the development of a system designed to monitor and screen for the disease, including laboratory diagnosis, research into suitable vaccines, the drawing-up of studies, meetings of experts, the provision of information, the issue of publications and any measures aimed at assessing the impact of migratory birds on the spread of contagious diseases in Europe and at ensuring that their migratory routes are monitored.

Amendment 9

ARTICLE 1, POINT 2

Article 3 a, paragraph 3, indent 1 (Decision 90/424/EEC)

| — | in the case of highly pathogenic avian influenza 50 % and in the case of low pathogenic avian influenza
  30 %
  of the following costs, incurred by the Member State in compensating livestock owners for the killing, the destruction of animals, the destruction of animal products, the cleaning and disinfection of holdings and equipment, the destruction of the contaminated feedingstuffs and for the destruction of contaminated equipment, where such equipment cannot be disinfected, |
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—

in the case of highly pathogenic avian influenza 50 % and in the case of low pathogenic avian influenza
  30 %
  of the following costs, incurred by the Member State in compensating livestock owners for the killing, the destruction of animals, the destruction of animal products, the cleaning and disinfection of holdings and equipment, the destruction of the contaminated feedingstuffs and for the destruction of contaminated equipment, where such equipment cannot be disinfected,

| — | in the case of highly pathogenic avian influenza 50 % and in the case of low pathogenic avian influenza
  50 % as well
  of the following costs, incurred by the Member State in compensating livestock owners for the killing, the destruction of animals, the destruction of animal products
  , any fall in value in the event that other uses are found for eggs or poultry, since the revenue therefrom is lower than the normal value of the eggs or poultry,
  the cleaning and disinfection of holdings and equipment, the destruction of the contaminated feedingstuffs and for the destruction of contaminated equipment, where such equipment cannot be disinfected, |
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—

in the case of highly pathogenic avian influenza 50 % and in the case of low pathogenic avian influenza
  50 % as well
  of the following costs, incurred by the Member State in compensating livestock owners for the killing, the destruction of animals, the destruction of animal products
  , any fall in value in the event that other uses are found for eggs or poultry, since the revenue therefrom is lower than the normal value of the eggs or poultry,
  the cleaning and disinfection of holdings and equipment, the destruction of the contaminated feedingstuffs and for the destruction of contaminated equipment, where such equipment cannot be disinfected,

Amendment 10

ARTICLE 1, POINT 2

Article 3a, paragraph 3, indent 2a (new) (Decision 90/424/EEC)

—
  100 % of vaccination costs.

Amendment 11

ARTICLE 1, POINT 2

Article 3a, paragraph 3a (new) (Decision 90/424/EEC)

3a. The Community shall support the development of measures involving cooperation with and technical support for third countries (in particular Asian ones) in order to enable preventive and screening action to be taken in the countries in which avian influenza originates.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)  
  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1).

(3)  
  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in eggs (OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49).

(4)  
  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77).

(5)  
  Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21).

(6)  
  Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48).

(7)  
  Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19 December 2001 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3).

P6_TA(2005)0457

Widening the Eurozone *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 on the introduction of the euro (COM(2005)0357 — C6-0374/2005 — 2005/ 0145(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0357) (1), |
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—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0357) (1),

| — | having been consulted by the Council pursuant to the EC Treaty (C6-0374/2005), |
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—

having been consulted by the Council pursuant to the EC Treaty (C6-0374/2005),

| — | having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0329/2005), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0329/2005),

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

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty; |
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2.

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

| 3. | Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
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3.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

| 4. | Calls for initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
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4.

Calls for initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

| 5. | Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |
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5.

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

| 6. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission. |
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6.

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
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| Amendment 1 |
| RECITAL 3A (new) |
| | (3a) It is appropriate to provide for a list of participating Member States which may be extended when further Member States adopt the euro as their national currency. |
| Amendment 2 |
| RECITAL 5 |
| (5) If a Member State considers that a transitional period is not necessary
  ,
  euro banknotes and coins will become legal tender in that Member State on the date of the adoption of the euro. However, it should be possible for such Member States to apply a ‘phasing-out’ period of one year, during which it would be possible to continue to make reference to the national currency unit in new legal instruments. This would give economic actors in such Member States more time for to prepare for the introduction of the euro and therefore ease the transition. | (5)
  The transitional period can be reduced to zero, if
  a Member State considers that a
  longer
  transitional period is not necessary
  . In that case,
  euro banknotes and coins will become legal tender in that Member State on the date of the adoption of the euro. However, it should be possible for such Member States to apply a ‘phasing-out’ period of one year, during which it would be possible to continue to make reference to the national currency unit in new legal instruments. This would give economic actors in such Member States more time for to prepare for the introduction of the euro and therefore ease the transition. |
| Amendment 3 |
| RECITAL 5A (new) |
| | (5a) The future entrants to the euro area should prepare, at an early stage, a national plan for the introduction of euro banknotes and coins and for the withdrawal of the old national banknotes and coins. They should also develop a balanced and active communication strategy directed at citizens, enterprises, clients and suppliers. As part of such plans, they should also consider developing a strategy for the dual display of prices and amounts in euro and the national currency unit, which could begin well in advance of the cash changeover date and end an appropriate time thereafter, so as to give citizens sufficient time to adapt to the new scale of values. |
| Amendment 4 |
| RECITAL 6 |
| (6) Banks should be required to exchange banknotes and coins denominated in the national currency unit for euro banknotes and coins free of charge
  during
  the dual circulation period, subject to certain ceilings. | (6) Banks should be required to exchange banknotes and coins denominated in the national currency unit for euro banknotes and coins free of charge
  for no longer than three months after the end of
  the dual circulation period, subject to certain ceilings. |
| Amendment 5 |
| ARTICLE 1, POINT 1
  Article 1, point (h) (Regulation (EC) No 974/98) |
| (h) | ‘transitional period’ shall mean the period beginning at 00.00 on the euro adoption date and ending at 00.00 on the cash changeover date; |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

RECITAL 3A (new)

(3a) It is appropriate to provide for a list of participating Member States which may be extended when further Member States adopt the euro as their national currency.

Amendment 2

RECITAL 5

(5) If a Member State considers that a transitional period is not necessary
  ,
  euro banknotes and coins will become legal tender in that Member State on the date of the adoption of the euro. However, it should be possible for such Member States to apply a ‘phasing-out’ period of one year, during which it would be possible to continue to make reference to the national currency unit in new legal instruments. This would give economic actors in such Member States more time for to prepare for the introduction of the euro and therefore ease the transition.

(5)
  The transitional period can be reduced to zero, if
  a Member State considers that a
  longer
  transitional period is not necessary
  . In that case,
  euro banknotes and coins will become legal tender in that Member State on the date of the adoption of the euro. However, it should be possible for such Member States to apply a ‘phasing-out’ period of one year, during which it would be possible to continue to make reference to the national currency unit in new legal instruments. This would give economic actors in such Member States more time for to prepare for the introduction of the euro and therefore ease the transition.

Amendment 3

RECITAL 5A (new)

(5a) The future entrants to the euro area should prepare, at an early stage, a national plan for the introduction of euro banknotes and coins and for the withdrawal of the old national banknotes and coins. They should also develop a balanced and active communication strategy directed at citizens, enterprises, clients and suppliers. As part of such plans, they should also consider developing a strategy for the dual display of prices and amounts in euro and the national currency unit, which could begin well in advance of the cash changeover date and end an appropriate time thereafter, so as to give citizens sufficient time to adapt to the new scale of values.

Amendment 4

RECITAL 6

(6) Banks should be required to exchange banknotes and coins denominated in the national currency unit for euro banknotes and coins free of charge
  during
  the dual circulation period, subject to certain ceilings.

(6) Banks should be required to exchange banknotes and coins denominated in the national currency unit for euro banknotes and coins free of charge
  for no longer than three months after the end of
  the dual circulation period, subject to certain ceilings.

Amendment 5

ARTICLE 1, POINT 1

Article 1, point (h) (Regulation (EC) No 974/98)

(h)

‘transitional period’ shall mean the period beginning at 00.00 on the euro adoption date and ending at 00.00 on the cash changeover date;

| (h) | ‘transitional period’ shall mean the period
  , not exceeding one year,
  beginning at 00.00 on the euro adoption date and ending at 00.00 on the cash changeover date; |
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(h)

‘transitional period’ shall mean the period
  , not exceeding one year,
  beginning at 00.00 on the euro adoption date and ending at 00.00 on the cash changeover date;

Amendment 6

ARTICLE 1, POINT 8, POINT (A)

Article 15, paragraphs 1 and 2 (Regulation (EC) No 974/98)

| (a) | In paragraphs 1 and 2, the words ‘after the end of the transitional period’ are replaced by the words ‘from the respective cash changeover date’; |
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(a)

In paragraphs 1 and 2, the words ‘after the end of the transitional period’ are replaced by the words ‘from the respective cash changeover date’;

| (a) | In paragraphs 1 and 2, the words ‘after the end of the transitional period’ are replaced by the words ‘from the respective cash changeover date’.
  The words ‘in participating Member States adopting the euro after 1 January 2002, that period shall last up to two months’ shall be added in paragraph 1 between ‘at the latest’ and ‘this period’ and at the end of paragraph 2
  ; |
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(a)

In paragraphs 1 and 2, the words ‘after the end of the transitional period’ are replaced by the words ‘from the respective cash changeover date’.
  The words ‘in participating Member States adopting the euro after 1 January 2002, that period shall last up to two months’ shall be added in paragraph 1 between ‘at the latest’ and ‘this period’ and at the end of paragraph 2
  ;

Amendment 7

ARTICLE 1, POINT 8, POINT (B)

Article 15, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1 (Regulation (EC) No 974/98)

During the period referred to in paragraph 1,
  banks in participating Member States adopting the euro after 1 January 2002 shall exchange their customers' national notes and coins for notes and coins in euro, free of charge and without any limitation, up to a ceiling which may be set by national law. Banks may require that notice be given if the amount to be exchanged exceeds a ceiling set by the bank and corresponding to a household amount.

3. For no longer than three months after the end of the dual circulation period
  , banks in participating Member States adopting the euro after 1 January 2002 shall exchange their customers' national notes and coins for notes and coins in euro, free of charge and without any limitation, up to a ceiling which may be set by national law. Banks may require that notice be given if the amount to be exchanged exceeds a ceiling set by the bank and corresponding to a household amount.

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P6_TA(2005)0458

Common system of VAT *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC on the common system of value added tax, with regard to the length of time during which the minimum standard rate is to be applied (COM(2005)0136 — C6-0113/2005 — 2005/0051(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0136) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0136) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 93 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0113/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 93 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0113/2005),

| — | having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0323/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0323/2005),

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

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

| 3. | Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
| --- | --- |

3.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

| 4. | Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |
| --- | --- |

4.

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

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

5.

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
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| Amendment 1 |
| ARTICLE 1
  Article 12, paragraph 3, point a), subparagraph 1 (Directive 77/388/EEC) |
| a) | The standard rate of value added tax shall be fixed by each Member State as a percentage of the taxable amount and shall be the same for the supply of goods and for the supply of services. From 1 January 2006 until 31 December 2010, the standard rate may not be less than 15 %. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

ARTICLE 1

Article 12, paragraph 3, point a), subparagraph 1 (Directive 77/388/EEC)

a)

The standard rate of value added tax shall be fixed by each Member State as a percentage of the taxable amount and shall be the same for the supply of goods and for the supply of services. From 1 January 2006 until 31 December 2010, the standard rate may not be less than 15 %.

| a) | The standard rate of value added tax shall be fixed by each Member State as a percentage of the taxable amount and shall be the same for the supply of goods and for the supply of services. From 1 January 2006 until 31 December 2010, the standard rate may not be less than 15 %
  and may not be more than 25 %. |
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a)

The standard rate of value added tax shall be fixed by each Member State as a percentage of the taxable amount and shall be the same for the supply of goods and for the supply of services. From 1 January 2006 until 31 December 2010, the standard rate may not be less than 15 %
  and may not be more than 25 %.

Amendment 2

ARTICLE 3A (new)

Article 3a

The Commission shall carry out a general assessment of the macro-economic impact of implicit and standard VAT rates and the implications for the budgetary revenue of the Member States in the period up to 1 January 2007.

The assessment shall pay attention to allowing the Member States the same possibilities to apply reduced VAT rates to goods and services.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2005)0459

VAT refunds *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directive 77/388/EEC, to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country but established in another Member State (COM(2004)0728 — C6-0251/2005 — 2005/0807(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0728) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0728) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 93 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0251/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 93 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0251/2005),

| — | having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0324/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0324/2005),

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

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty; |
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2.

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

| 3. | Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
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3.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

| 4. | Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |
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4.

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

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

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
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| Amendment 1 |
| Article 7, paragraph 1 |
| 1. The Member State where the value added tax was incurred shall make its decision concerning the application for refund known to the applicant within three months of the date on which the application was submitted. | 1. The Member State where the value added tax was incurred shall make its decision concerning the application for refund known to the applicant within three months of the date on which the application was submitted.
  The Member State of establishment shall notify the Member State of refund when the taxable person submits his application for a VAT refund to the competent tax authority. |
| Amendment 2 |
| Article 7, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1a (new) |
| | The three-month period shall start from the date on which the tax authority in a Member State of refund receives the electronic refund data from the tax authority in the Member State of establishment concerning the taxable person in question, who shall be automatically informed thereof. |
| Amendment 3 |
| Article 7, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2a (new) |
| | The refund transfer deadline shall be one week after expiry of the three-month decision-making period. |
| Amendment 4 |
| Article 7, paragraph 4, subparagraph 1 |
| 4.
  In specific cases, a Member State where value added tax has been incurred may request additional information within three months of
  the date on which application is submitted
  . After that period has elapsed, no additional information may be requested. | 4.
  Where the tax authority of a Member State of refund requests that a further investigation be conducted, the period for determining whether a taxable person is entitled to a refund may be extended. However, the period between
  the date on which
  the refund
  application is submitted
  and the date of the refund transfer may not exceed four months. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Article 7, paragraph 1

1. The Member State where the value added tax was incurred shall make its decision concerning the application for refund known to the applicant within three months of the date on which the application was submitted.

1. The Member State where the value added tax was incurred shall make its decision concerning the application for refund known to the applicant within three months of the date on which the application was submitted.
  The Member State of establishment shall notify the Member State of refund when the taxable person submits his application for a VAT refund to the competent tax authority.

Amendment 2

Article 7, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1a (new)

The three-month period shall start from the date on which the tax authority in a Member State of refund receives the electronic refund data from the tax authority in the Member State of establishment concerning the taxable person in question, who shall be automatically informed thereof.

Amendment 3

Article 7, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2a (new)

The refund transfer deadline shall be one week after expiry of the three-month decision-making period.

Amendment 4

Article 7, paragraph 4, subparagraph 1

4.
  In specific cases, a Member State where value added tax has been incurred may request additional information within three months of
  the date on which application is submitted
  . After that period has elapsed, no additional information may be requested.

4.
  Where the tax authority of a Member State of refund requests that a further investigation be conducted, the period for determining whether a taxable person is entitled to a refund may be extended. However, the period between
  the date on which
  the refund
  application is submitted
  and the date of the refund transfer may not exceed four months.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2005)0460

European regulatory agencies

European Parliament resolution on the draft interinstitutional agreement presented by the Commission on the operating framework for the European regulatory agencies

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission's draft text (COM(2005)0059), |
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having regard to the Commission's draft text (COM(2005)0059),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 13 January 2004 on the Communication from the Commission: ‘The operating framework for the European regulatory agencies’ (1), |
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having regard to its resolution of 13 January 2004 on the Communication from the Commission: ‘The operating framework for the European regulatory agencies’ (1),

| — | having regard to the declaration on Article 10 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference at Nice, relating to the duty of sincere cooperation on the part of the Community institutions, |
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having regard to the declaration on Article 10 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference at Nice, relating to the duty of sincere cooperation on the part of the Community institutions,

| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of 11 October 2005 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network as regards the term of office of the Executive Director, |
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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of 11 October 2005 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network as regards the term of office of the Executive Director,

| — | having regard to the question for oral answer to the Council tabled jointly by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee on Budgets and the answer given by the Council at the sitting of 15 November 2005, |
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having regard to the question for oral answer to the Council tabled jointly by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee on Budgets and the answer given by the Council at the sitting of 15 November 2005,

| — | having regard to Rule 108(5) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rule 108(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas the considerations set out in its resolution of 13 January 2004 essentially remain relevant; whereas, in particular, it is essential to rationalise and simplify the structure of the present and future agencies in the interests of clarity, transparency and legal certainty, and in view of a Union with 25 and more Member States, and the assessments to be made when setting up new agencies must be based on the most stringent criteria, inter alia, as regards the extent to which the agencies' activities would be proper and worthwhile, |
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A.

whereas the considerations set out in its resolution of 13 January 2004 essentially remain relevant; whereas, in particular, it is essential to rationalise and simplify the structure of the present and future agencies in the interests of clarity, transparency and legal certainty, and in view of a Union with 25 and more Member States, and the assessments to be made when setting up new agencies must be based on the most stringent criteria, inter alia, as regards the extent to which the agencies' activities would be proper and worthwhile,

| B. | whereas, in presenting its draft text, the Commission has complied with Parliament's call for the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement spelling out common guidelines prior to the adoption of a framework regulation, |
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B.

whereas, in presenting its draft text, the Commission has complied with Parliament's call for the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement spelling out common guidelines prior to the adoption of a framework regulation,

| C. | whereas the above-mentioned declaration on Article 10 of the Treaty adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference at Nice states that, when it proves necessary, in the context of their duty of sincere cooperation, to facilitate the application of the provisions of the Treaty, the Parliament, the Council and the Commission may conclude interinstitutional agreements, |
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C.

whereas the above-mentioned declaration on Article 10 of the Treaty adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference at Nice states that, when it proves necessary, in the context of their duty of sincere cooperation, to facilitate the application of the provisions of the Treaty, the Parliament, the Council and the Commission may conclude interinstitutional agreements,

| 1. | Welcomes the presentation of the draft text by the Commission; |
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1.

Welcomes the presentation of the draft text by the Commission;

| 2. | Regrets the fact that the Council is not prepared to begin negotiations with a view to concluding an agreement on the basis of the Commission's draft text; |
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2.

Regrets the fact that the Council is not prepared to begin negotiations with a view to concluding an agreement on the basis of the Commission's draft text;

| 3. | Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to prevail upon the Council to change its mind; |
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3.

Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to prevail upon the Council to change its mind;

| 4. | Points out that, when examining future proposals for setting up agencies, it will take the following principles, in particular, as a basis:






  (a) | the setting up of an agency should come under the normal legislative procedure, i.e., as a rule, the codecision procedure, and recourse to the procedure under Article 308 of the Treaty should be confined to exceptional cases where the Treaty provisions relating to the subject in issue do not constitute an adequate legal basis; |
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4.

Points out that, when examining future proposals for setting up agencies, it will take the following principles, in particular, as a basis:

(a)

the setting up of an agency should come under the normal legislative procedure, i.e., as a rule, the codecision procedure, and recourse to the procedure under Article 308 of the Treaty should be confined to exceptional cases where the Treaty provisions relating to the subject in issue do not constitute an adequate legal basis;

| (b) | any proposal for setting up an agency should be accompanied by a cost-benefit assessment and by a thorough impact assessment showing that the agency option is more cost-effective than having the relevant tasks performed by the Commission departments themselves; |
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(b)

any proposal for setting up an agency should be accompanied by a cost-benefit assessment and by a thorough impact assessment showing that the agency option is more cost-effective than having the relevant tasks performed by the Commission departments themselves;

| (c) | the autonomy which is to be conferred on the agency in respect of matters falling within its remit does not relieve the Commission of its political responsibility for the agency's activities; |
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(c)

the autonomy which is to be conferred on the agency in respect of matters falling within its remit does not relieve the Commission of its political responsibility for the agency's activities;

| (d) | the way in which the role of the Commission in selecting and appointing the executive body, generally the director, is fulfilled must reflect this requirement for political responsibility and accountability; |
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(d)

the way in which the role of the Commission in selecting and appointing the executive body, generally the director, is fulfilled must reflect this requirement for political responsibility and accountability;

| (e) | Parliament should exercise ‘ex-ante scrutiny’ in the form of hearings of the candidate(s) for the office of director, ‘ex-post scrutiny’ in the form of the discharge for the implementation of the budget and ongoing scrutiny through monitoring of the agency's activities by its specialised committees; a decision to extend the term of office of a director should be taken solely by the board of directors, on the basis of an evaluation of the director's first term of office; |
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(e)

Parliament should exercise ‘ex-ante scrutiny’ in the form of hearings of the candidate(s) for the office of director, ‘ex-post scrutiny’ in the form of the discharge for the implementation of the budget and ongoing scrutiny through monitoring of the agency's activities by its specialised committees; a decision to extend the term of office of a director should be taken solely by the board of directors, on the basis of an evaluation of the director's first term of office;

| (f) | the Council should nominate to the supervisory body, the board of directors, representatives with acknowledged expertise, whom the Parliament may invite to a hearing prior to their appointment, if it deems it appropriate; the number of such representatives should be in reasonable proportion to the tasks and importance of the agency, with the aim in the longer term of reducing the size of the board of directors for reasons of efficiency; as long as the number of representatives on the board of directors corresponds to the number of Member States, Parliament, for its part, should designate two members of the board of directors; |
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(f)

the Council should nominate to the supervisory body, the board of directors, representatives with acknowledged expertise, whom the Parliament may invite to a hearing prior to their appointment, if it deems it appropriate; the number of such representatives should be in reasonable proportion to the tasks and importance of the agency, with the aim in the longer term of reducing the size of the board of directors for reasons of efficiency; as long as the number of representatives on the board of directors corresponds to the number of Member States, Parliament, for its part, should designate two members of the board of directors;

| (g) | an administrative appeal against an agency's acts which have legal effect vis-à-vis third parties may be lodged with the Commission, which may remedy them; the Commission's decision may be challenged before the courts; |
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(g)

an administrative appeal against an agency's acts which have legal effect vis-à-vis third parties may be lodged with the Commission, which may remedy them; the Commission's decision may be challenged before the courts;

| 5. | Is concerned about the continual growth in the number of decentralised agencies (at present 23, as against 5 in 1995), as there is a consequent risk of the Commission's executive role being dismantled and fragmented into a plethora of bodies that work largely in an intergovernmental manner, and therefore wishes, at least during the period of reflection in the ratification process for the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, to see no further such agencies set up; |
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5.

Is concerned about the continual growth in the number of decentralised agencies (at present 23, as against 5 in 1995), as there is a consequent risk of the Commission's executive role being dismantled and fragmented into a plethora of bodies that work largely in an intergovernmental manner, and therefore wishes, at least during the period of reflection in the ratification process for the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, to see no further such agencies set up;

| 6. | Welcomes, in the light of the growing cost of decentralised agencies to the Community budget, the fact that, pursuant to the draft text, the Commission will be required to back up any proposal for setting up an agency with an impact assessment, which will not only apply the subsidiarity and proportionality principles but will also include as full as possible an ex-ante evaluation of the likely costs of monitoring and coordination and the impact on human resources and administrative expenditure; |
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6.

Welcomes, in the light of the growing cost of decentralised agencies to the Community budget, the fact that, pursuant to the draft text, the Commission will be required to back up any proposal for setting up an agency with an impact assessment, which will not only apply the subsidiarity and proportionality principles but will also include as full as possible an ex-ante evaluation of the likely costs of monitoring and coordination and the impact on human resources and administrative expenditure;

| 7. | Notes that, whilst agencies receive a subsidy under the Community budget, policy decisions relating to the implementation of Community law are taken by representatives of the Member States on their board of directorss; |
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7.

Notes that, whilst agencies receive a subsidy under the Community budget, policy decisions relating to the implementation of Community law are taken by representatives of the Member States on their board of directorss;

| 8. | Regrets the fact that the Commission is apparently not prepared to provide a clear statement of the financial impact of the existence and development of the current agencies for the period covered by the next financial perspective; |
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8.

Regrets the fact that the Commission is apparently not prepared to provide a clear statement of the financial impact of the existence and development of the current agencies for the period covered by the next financial perspective;

| 9. | Calls for the principle of a maximum rate of increase in agencies' administrative expenditure to be laid down in the interinstitutional agreement, comparable to that required to be applied in the case of the Commission; |
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9.

Calls for the principle of a maximum rate of increase in agencies' administrative expenditure to be laid down in the interinstitutional agreement, comparable to that required to be applied in the case of the Commission;

| 10. | Calls, unlike the draft text, for the interinstitutional agreement gradually to be applied to existing agencies; |
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10.

Calls, unlike the draft text, for the interinstitutional agreement gradually to be applied to existing agencies;

| 11. | Calls on the Conference of Committee Chairmen to review cooperation between the standing committees with responsibility for agencies, the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control in monitoring agencies' activities, and to update the ‘guidelines’ adopted in July 1998; |
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11.

Calls on the Conference of Committee Chairmen to review cooperation between the standing committees with responsibility for agencies, the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control in monitoring agencies' activities, and to update the ‘guidelines’ adopted in July 1998;

| 12. | Calls on its Committee on Constitutional Affairs to monitor further developments in respect of the Commission's draft text and to refer the matter to it again if necessary; |
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12.

Calls on its Committee on Constitutional Affairs to monitor further developments in respect of the Commission's draft text and to refer the matter to it again if necessary;

| 13. | Invites the chairmen and rapporteurs of the Committees on Constitutional Affairs and on Budgets to take up informal contacts on a political level with representatives of the Council and of the Commission in order to explore the developments in the Council with regard to horizontal measures dealing with the future structure of regulatory agencies; |
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13.

Invites the chairmen and rapporteurs of the Committees on Constitutional Affairs and on Budgets to take up informal contacts on a political level with representatives of the Council and of the Commission in order to explore the developments in the Council with regard to horizontal measures dealing with the future structure of regulatory agencies;

| 14. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States. |
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14.

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

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(1)  OJ C 92 E, 16.4.2004, p. 119.

P6_TA(2005)0461

Preparation for the WTO conference

European Parliament resolution on preparations for the sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Council conclusions of 18 October 2005 on the WTO Doha Development Agenda, |
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having regard to the Council conclusions of 18 October 2005 on the WTO Doha Development Agenda,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 12 May 2005 on the assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO General Council Decision of 1 August 2004 (1), |
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having regard to its resolution of 12 May 2005 on the assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO General Council Decision of 1 August 2004 (1),

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions on the WTO Ministerial Conferences, and in particular those of 25 October 2001 (2) and 3 July 2003 (3), |
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having regard to its previous resolutions on the WTO Ministerial Conferences, and in particular those of 25 October 2001 (2) and 3 July 2003 (3),

| — | having regard to the Decision adopted by the General Council on the Doha Work Programme on 1 August 2004, |
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having regard to the Decision adopted by the General Council on the Doha Work Programme on 1 August 2004,

| — | having regard to the Doha Ministerial Declaration of the WTO of 14 November 2001, |
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having regard to the Doha Ministerial Declaration of the WTO of 14 November 2001,

| — | having regard to the results of the November 2004 session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, jointly organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the European Parliament, |
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having regard to the results of the November 2004 session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, jointly organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 36, 27 and 133 thereof, |
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having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 36, 27 and 133 thereof,

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

| A. | whereas the multilateral trading system embodied in the WTO has contributed significantly to economic growth, development and employment throughout the past fifty years, but the benefits have been unequal, especially for many developing countries, |
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A.

whereas the multilateral trading system embodied in the WTO has contributed significantly to economic growth, development and employment throughout the past fifty years, but the benefits have been unequal, especially for many developing countries,

| B. | whereas international trade can play a major role in the promotion of economic development and the alleviation of poverty; whereas WTO Ministers have recognised the need for all our peoples to benefit from the increased opportunities and welfare gains that the multilateral trading system can generate and have given a commitment to place the needs and interests of developing countries, especially the least developed among them, at the heart of the Doha Work Programme; noting, in this context, that enhanced market access, balanced rules and well targeted, sustainably financed technical assistance and capacity-building programmes have important roles to play, |
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B.

whereas international trade can play a major role in the promotion of economic development and the alleviation of poverty; whereas WTO Ministers have recognised the need for all our peoples to benefit from the increased opportunities and welfare gains that the multilateral trading system can generate and have given a commitment to place the needs and interests of developing countries, especially the least developed among them, at the heart of the Doha Work Programme; noting, in this context, that enhanced market access, balanced rules and well targeted, sustainably financed technical assistance and capacity-building programmes have important roles to play,

| C. | whereas the General Council reaffirmed on 1 August 2004 the ministerial declarations and decisions adopted at Doha and the full commitment of all members to give effect to them and set up a framework for negotiations in order to complete the Doha Work Programme and to conclude successfully the negotiations launched at Doha, |
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C.

whereas the General Council reaffirmed on 1 August 2004 the ministerial declarations and decisions adopted at Doha and the full commitment of all members to give effect to them and set up a framework for negotiations in order to complete the Doha Work Programme and to conclude successfully the negotiations launched at Doha,

| D. | whereas the main objective of the Doha Development Agenda is the economic advancement of developing countries; whereas this objective should guide all parts of the negotiations in order to achieve real and sustainable development results; whereas net economic gains as a result of negotiations must accrue particularly to the least developed countries (LDCs) in order to make progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, |
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D.

whereas the main objective of the Doha Development Agenda is the economic advancement of developing countries; whereas this objective should guide all parts of the negotiations in order to achieve real and sustainable development results; whereas net economic gains as a result of negotiations must accrue particularly to the least developed countries (LDCs) in order to make progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals,

| E. | having regard to the contribution that a successful outcome will make to jobs, growth and security in Europe through the additional opportunities for EU exporters in a more prosperous and open global economy and through the benefits of a more stable world, |
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E.

having regard to the contribution that a successful outcome will make to jobs, growth and security in Europe through the additional opportunities for EU exporters in a more prosperous and open global economy and through the benefits of a more stable world,

General

| 1. | Believes it essential that the Doha Round must succeed in order to strengthen the multilateral trade system so as to ensure the progress and harmonious development of the world economy; reaffirms its strong support for placing development at the heart of the Doha Round and stresses that the negotiations must serve the purpose of eradicating poverty and bringing about fairer distribution of the benefits of globalisation; regrets the slow progress made during the negotiations prior to Hong Kong; |
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1.

Believes it essential that the Doha Round must succeed in order to strengthen the multilateral trade system so as to ensure the progress and harmonious development of the world economy; reaffirms its strong support for placing development at the heart of the Doha Round and stresses that the negotiations must serve the purpose of eradicating poverty and bringing about fairer distribution of the benefits of globalisation; regrets the slow progress made during the negotiations prior to Hong Kong;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission and the other trade partners to respect the ambitious programme of the Doha Development Agenda, with full respect for the development dimension; is deeply concerned about the serious and undermining effect that a failure would have on the multilateral trading system; calls, therefore, for a constructive sixth Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong so as to pave the way for a successful completion of the Doha Development Agenda in 2006; |
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2.

Calls on the Commission and the other trade partners to respect the ambitious programme of the Doha Development Agenda, with full respect for the development dimension; is deeply concerned about the serious and undermining effect that a failure would have on the multilateral trading system; calls, therefore, for a constructive sixth Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong so as to pave the way for a successful completion of the Doha Development Agenda in 2006;

| 3. | Emphasises that the outcome of the Doha Development Agenda has to be balanced and must contain commitments in every key sector of the Doha Round; |
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3.

Emphasises that the outcome of the Doha Development Agenda has to be balanced and must contain commitments in every key sector of the Doha Round;

| 4. | Calls upon all stakeholders, especially all developed and more advanced countries, to assume their responsibilities in the run-up to Hong Kong in order to bring the round closer to a successful conclusion; considers that all parties should make efforts commensurate with their stage of development and negotiating power; |
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4.

Calls upon all stakeholders, especially all developed and more advanced countries, to assume their responsibilities in the run-up to Hong Kong in order to bring the round closer to a successful conclusion; considers that all parties should make efforts commensurate with their stage of development and negotiating power;

Agriculture

| 5. | Recalls that the result to be achieved in Hong Kong on agriculture must include a timely phasing-out of all export subsidies, in parallel, by all developed-country WTO members, including those granted in the form of food aid or through state-trading entities and other export subsidies; |
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5.

Recalls that the result to be achieved in Hong Kong on agriculture must include a timely phasing-out of all export subsidies, in parallel, by all developed-country WTO members, including those granted in the form of food aid or through state-trading entities and other export subsidies;

| 6. | Stresses that a substantial reduction in trade-distorting domestic support and a significant improvement in market access are equally needed; in this respect, reiterates its support for the CAP reform; |
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6.

Stresses that a substantial reduction in trade-distorting domestic support and a significant improvement in market access are equally needed; in this respect, reiterates its support for the CAP reform;

| 7. | Stresses that the concept of the multifunctional character of EU agriculture should be respected within the trade negotiations; upholds the EU's emphasis on non-trade concerns in order to safeguard food quality and safety, the protection of the environment, rural employment and development; |
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7.

Stresses that the concept of the multifunctional character of EU agriculture should be respected within the trade negotiations; upholds the EU's emphasis on non-trade concerns in order to safeguard food quality and safety, the protection of the environment, rural employment and development;

| 8. | Calls for effective recognition of geographical indications, as a factor in regional development and a means of sustaining cultural traditions, to be achieved in the current round; |
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8.

Calls for effective recognition of geographical indications, as a factor in regional development and a means of sustaining cultural traditions, to be achieved in the current round;

| 9. | Insists on the importance of finding a solution with regard to sensitive products which fully respects the principles of the Doha Development Round; calls for an effective solution to be found in respect of cotton; emphasises in this regard that all export-related support for cotton in the developed countries must be eliminated by 2010 and calls especially on the US to follow the EU in reforming its cotton market; |
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9.

Insists on the importance of finding a solution with regard to sensitive products which fully respects the principles of the Doha Development Round; calls for an effective solution to be found in respect of cotton; emphasises in this regard that all export-related support for cotton in the developed countries must be eliminated by 2010 and calls especially on the US to follow the EU in reforming its cotton market;

Non-agricultural market access (NAMA)

| 10. | Emphasises that the WTO negotiations on NAMA should be accelerated as soon as possible; considers that trade barriers between developed countries and developing countries, but also among developing countries, are an obstacle to sustainable development; considers that, in the interests of a further progressive south-south market opening, it is vital for the more advanced countries to shoulder their responsibility by opening their markets to the LDCs, and takes the view that the problem of preference erosion should likewise be addressed; |
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10.

Emphasises that the WTO negotiations on NAMA should be accelerated as soon as possible; considers that trade barriers between developed countries and developing countries, but also among developing countries, are an obstacle to sustainable development; considers that, in the interests of a further progressive south-south market opening, it is vital for the more advanced countries to shoulder their responsibility by opening their markets to the LDCs, and takes the view that the problem of preference erosion should likewise be addressed;

| 11. | Insists that the formula to be adopted in NAMA negotiations must fully reflect the agreed principle of less-than-full reciprocity and the situation of developing countries which, in general, have high industrial tariffs generating significant budgetary income; stresses that the formula must allow for adequate protection of nascent industries, promote industrialisation and economic diversification and safeguard employment, especially for the (LDCs); |
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11.

Insists that the formula to be adopted in NAMA negotiations must fully reflect the agreed principle of less-than-full reciprocity and the situation of developing countries which, in general, have high industrial tariffs generating significant budgetary income; stresses that the formula must allow for adequate protection of nascent industries, promote industrialisation and economic diversification and safeguard employment, especially for the (LDCs);

| 12. | Notes that it is of strategic importance that all trading partners, where justified, also remove their non-tariff barriers, since these hamper market access and may do so even more when tariff barriers are further reduced; |
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12.

Notes that it is of strategic importance that all trading partners, where justified, also remove their non-tariff barriers, since these hamper market access and may do so even more when tariff barriers are further reduced;

Services

| 13. | Recognises that it is necessary for the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference to lay the foundations for an ambitious agreement on trade in services, enhancing, on the one hand, market access for EU service providers, and safeguarding, on the other, the ability of all WTO members, in accordance with the GATS Agreement, to regulate their services sectors; notes that the EU has a strong interest in expanding export opportunities for service providers; considers that substantive progress must be made in this field, with an exception for health, education and audiovisual services; |
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13.

Recognises that it is necessary for the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference to lay the foundations for an ambitious agreement on trade in services, enhancing, on the one hand, market access for EU service providers, and safeguarding, on the other, the ability of all WTO members, in accordance with the GATS Agreement, to regulate their services sectors; notes that the EU has a strong interest in expanding export opportunities for service providers; considers that substantive progress must be made in this field, with an exception for health, education and audiovisual services;

| 14. | Urges the developed and emerging WTO members to exhibit the same level of commitment as contained in the EU's revised offer of January 2005 and to submit commensurate offers; stresses that, given the lack of progress in the Doha negotiations so far, supplementary approaches entailing further market opening in the field of services should be investigated, with due regard for the interests of LDCs; calls for greater transparency in GATS negotiations; |
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14.

Urges the developed and emerging WTO members to exhibit the same level of commitment as contained in the EU's revised offer of January 2005 and to submit commensurate offers; stresses that, given the lack of progress in the Doha negotiations so far, supplementary approaches entailing further market opening in the field of services should be investigated, with due regard for the interests of LDCs; calls for greater transparency in GATS negotiations;

Development issues

| 15. | Strongly believes that trade coupled with aid and debt relief is essential to the achievement of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals; calls, therefore, for concrete results with regard to the development aspects of the Doha Round already to be achieved during the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference; considers that the application of Special and Differential Treatment (S&D) should form an integral part of the WTO Agreements; |
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Strongly believes that trade coupled with aid and debt relief is essential to the achievement of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals; calls, therefore, for concrete results with regard to the development aspects of the Doha Round already to be achieved during the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference; considers that the application of Special and Differential Treatment (S&D) should form an integral part of the WTO Agreements;

| 16. | Calls on all developed countries to open their markets through tariff and quota-free access for all goods from the LDCs, as already realised by the European Union, in particular as a result of the ‘Everything but Arms’ initiative; fully supports the idea of a ‘free round’ for the least developed and vulnerable countries; stresses that this would be an important stimulus for north-south trade; |
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Calls on all developed countries to open their markets through tariff and quota-free access for all goods from the LDCs, as already realised by the European Union, in particular as a result of the ‘Everything but Arms’ initiative; fully supports the idea of a ‘free round’ for the least developed and vulnerable countries; stresses that this would be an important stimulus for north-south trade;

| 17. | Emphasises that the LDCs will never be able to take advantage of the opening of the markets of the more developed countries unless such measures are accompanied by trade-related technical assistance; |
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Emphasises that the LDCs will never be able to take advantage of the opening of the markets of the more developed countries unless such measures are accompanied by trade-related technical assistance;

| 18. | Calls for a coherent ‘aid for trade’ facility for developing countries that will need assistance to build the capacity necessary for them to realise benefits from improvements in market access and trade rules and also to enable them to diversify their production bases, to replace customs resources with other fiscal resources and to fulfil the commitments given within the WTO; |
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Calls for a coherent ‘aid for trade’ facility for developing countries that will need assistance to build the capacity necessary for them to realise benefits from improvements in market access and trade rules and also to enable them to diversify their production bases, to replace customs resources with other fiscal resources and to fulfil the commitments given within the WTO;

| 19. | Calls for a permanent solution to be found, as a matter of urgency, in the field of TRIPs (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) and TRIMs (Trade-Related Investment Measures) so as to ensure access to medicines for countries with no manufacturing capacity that are facing public health concerns; |
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Calls for a permanent solution to be found, as a matter of urgency, in the field of TRIPs (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) and TRIMs (Trade-Related Investment Measures) so as to ensure access to medicines for countries with no manufacturing capacity that are facing public health concerns;

Further topics

| 20. | Calls on the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference also to make substantial progress on various further topics; stresses the importance of trade facilitation for enhancing the exchange of goods and services among countries, notably developing countries; insists on clarification of, and a significant reduction of red tape in, customs procedures; |
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Calls on the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference also to make substantial progress on various further topics; stresses the importance of trade facilitation for enhancing the exchange of goods and services among countries, notably developing countries; insists on clarification of, and a significant reduction of red tape in, customs procedures;

| 21. | Emphasises the importance of concrete results as regards the creation of stronger multilateral rules in the area of anti-dumping, subsidies and countervailing measures, taking into account the needs of developing countries and LDCs; calls for progress in the area of TRIPs and for action against counterfeiting and piracy; considers that the fulfilment of these goals will strengthen the multilateral trade system; |
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Emphasises the importance of concrete results as regards the creation of stronger multilateral rules in the area of anti-dumping, subsidies and countervailing measures, taking into account the needs of developing countries and LDCs; calls for progress in the area of TRIPs and for action against counterfeiting and piracy; considers that the fulfilment of these goals will strengthen the multilateral trade system;

| 22. | Insists on the importance of taking into account non-trade concerns such as social, environmental and cultural issues in the Doha Round; stresses that the absence of a debate on employment and social issues in the trade negotiations could negatively affect support among citizens in WTO member states for progress in Hong Kong; |
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Insists on the importance of taking into account non-trade concerns such as social, environmental and cultural issues in the Doha Round; stresses that the absence of a debate on employment and social issues in the trade negotiations could negatively affect support among citizens in WTO member states for progress in Hong Kong;

| 23. | Calls for the negotiations on trade and the environment to lead to the establishment of appropriate ways to ensure that all trade rulings are consistent with the trade-related measures contained in Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs); |
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23.

Calls for the negotiations on trade and the environment to lead to the establishment of appropriate ways to ensure that all trade rulings are consistent with the trade-related measures contained in Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs);

WTO reform and transparency

| 24. | Calls on the Commission to keep it fully informed, before and during the Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong and throughout the negotiations, and to engage in a regular dialogue on the essential elements of the EU negotiating mandate; recalls the right acquired at the end of the Uruguay Round to subject the conclusion of the results of the subsequent rounds to the European Parliament's assent; |
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24.

Calls on the Commission to keep it fully informed, before and during the Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong and throughout the negotiations, and to engage in a regular dialogue on the essential elements of the EU negotiating mandate; recalls the right acquired at the end of the Uruguay Round to subject the conclusion of the results of the subsequent rounds to the European Parliament's assent;

| 25. | Stresses the importance of maintaining public and political support for the WTO multilateral trade system; underlines the urgent need to ensure that the public are better informed and that discussion takes place on the reform of the WTO organisation; |
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25.

Stresses the importance of maintaining public and political support for the WTO multilateral trade system; underlines the urgent need to ensure that the public are better informed and that discussion takes place on the reform of the WTO organisation;

| 26. | Insists on a much-needed WTO reform, including an improvement of the negotiating procedures, in order to improve efficiency and transparency and to reach a degree of consensus among WTO members; equally underlines the importance of reforming the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism; |
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26.

Insists on a much-needed WTO reform, including an improvement of the negotiating procedures, in order to improve efficiency and transparency and to reach a degree of consensus among WTO members; equally underlines the importance of reforming the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism;

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| 27. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Director-General of the WTO. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Director-General of the WTO.

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(1)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0182.

(2)  OJ C 112 E, 9.5.2002, p. 321.

(3)  OJ C 74 E, 2.3.2004, p. 861.

P6_TA(2005)0462

Human rights

European Parliament resolution on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the EU Annual Report on Human Rights 2005, |
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having regard to the EU Annual Report on Human Rights 2005,

| — | having regard to its earlier resolutions on Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and, in particular, its resolution of 28 April 2005 on human rights in the world 2004 (1), |
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having regard to its earlier resolutions on Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and, in particular, its resolution of 28 April 2005 on human rights in the world 2004 (1),

| — | having regard to the cooperation agreements of 1997 between the European Community on the one hand and the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic on the other, and the cooperation agreement of 1995 between the EU and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, |
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having regard to the cooperation agreements of 1997 between the European Community on the one hand and the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic on the other, and the cooperation agreement of 1995 between the EU and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,

| — | having regard to the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, approved by the Council on 14 June 2004, |
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having regard to the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, approved by the Council on 14 June 2004,

| — | having regard to Article 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Article 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | recognising the important progress made in recent years by the three countries in economic development, and supporting their efforts to engage with regional and non-regional partners in multilateral fora, |
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A.

recognising the important progress made in recent years by the three countries in economic development, and supporting their efforts to engage with regional and non-regional partners in multilateral fora,

| B. | supporting the actions taken by the European Union, its Member States and other members of the international community to assist their governments' programmes to reduce poverty, |
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B.

supporting the actions taken by the European Union, its Member States and other members of the international community to assist their governments' programmes to reduce poverty,

| C. | regretting that economic and social reforms are not yet matched by adequate political and civil rights reforms, |
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C.

regretting that economic and social reforms are not yet matched by adequate political and civil rights reforms,

| D. | welcoming the holding of the first meetings in June 2005 of the EU-Vietnam and EU-Laos Working Groups on Institution Building, Administrative Reform, Governance and Human Rights, but taking the view that the fundamental rights situation remains a matter of concern. |
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welcoming the holding of the first meetings in June 2005 of the EU-Vietnam and EU-Laos Working Groups on Institution Building, Administrative Reform, Governance and Human Rights, but taking the view that the fundamental rights situation remains a matter of concern.

CAMBODIA

| E. | whereas on 3 February 2005 the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia waived the parliamentary immunity of three members of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), namely its chairman, Sam Rainsy, and Chea Poch and Cheam Channy, |
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whereas on 3 February 2005 the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia waived the parliamentary immunity of three members of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), namely its chairman, Sam Rainsy, and Chea Poch and Cheam Channy,

| F. | whereas Cheam Channy and his deputy Khom Piseth were tried by a military tribunal despite the fact that, under Cambodian national law, civilians cannot be brought before military courts, |
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whereas Cheam Channy and his deputy Khom Piseth were tried by a military tribunal despite the fact that, under Cambodian national law, civilians cannot be brought before military courts,

| G. | whereas the rights of the defence were not observed by this military tribunal and whereas Cheam Channy was sentenced to a seven-year prison term and subsequently deprived of his parliamentary seat, |
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whereas the rights of the defence were not observed by this military tribunal and whereas Cheam Channy was sentenced to a seven-year prison term and subsequently deprived of his parliamentary seat,

| H. | whereas the situation of women in Cambodia is especially worrying as they face discrimination and extreme difficulties in various areas, as stated in its resolution of 13 January 2005 on trafficking of women and children in Cambodia (2), |
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H.

whereas the situation of women in Cambodia is especially worrying as they face discrimination and extreme difficulties in various areas, as stated in its resolution of 13 January 2005 on trafficking of women and children in Cambodia (2),

| I. | whereas the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of those three opposition Members of Parliament, the recent arrest and detention of journalists (Mam Sonando, director of Beehive radio station) and teachers (Rong Chhun, President of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association) and the charges brought against Chea Mony, the President of the Free Trade Union Workers, Men Nath, the President of the Civil Servants Association and Ea Channa, a member of the Student's Movement for Democracy, are symptomatic of a general deterioration in respect for civil liberties in Cambodia and of a crackdown on political dissidents, |
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whereas the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of those three opposition Members of Parliament, the recent arrest and detention of journalists (Mam Sonando, director of Beehive radio station) and teachers (Rong Chhun, President of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association) and the charges brought against Chea Mony, the President of the Free Trade Union Workers, Men Nath, the President of the Civil Servants Association and Ea Channa, a member of the Student's Movement for Democracy, are symptomatic of a general deterioration in respect for civil liberties in Cambodia and of a crackdown on political dissidents,

| J. | whereas there is no guarantee as to the independence and impartiality of the judiciary, and therefore as to its ability to conduct the trials of the Khmer Rouge leaders in the specially-created court without political interference. |
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whereas there is no guarantee as to the independence and impartiality of the judiciary, and therefore as to its ability to conduct the trials of the Khmer Rouge leaders in the specially-created court without political interference.

LAOS

| K. | whereas the authorities of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, despite strong representations from the European Union, international organisations and other members of the international community, continue to take measures that limit the freedoms of expression, the press, association, assembly and religion, |
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K.

whereas the authorities of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, despite strong representations from the European Union, international organisations and other members of the international community, continue to take measures that limit the freedoms of expression, the press, association, assembly and religion,

| L. | whereas the international media and human rights organisations continue to report abuses against the Lao-Hmong people, whose humanitarian situation remains appalling, |
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L.

whereas the international media and human rights organisations continue to report abuses against the Lao-Hmong people, whose humanitarian situation remains appalling,

| M. | whereas the main leaders of the peaceful Movement of 26 October 1999, who called for democratic reforms, Thongpraseuth Keuakoun, Seng-Aloun Phengphanh, Bouavanh Chanmanivong and Keochay, are still in detention and another of its leaders, Khamphouvieng Sisa-At, died in prison following illtreatment and deprivation, |
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M.

whereas the main leaders of the peaceful Movement of 26 October 1999, who called for democratic reforms, Thongpraseuth Keuakoun, Seng-Aloun Phengphanh, Bouavanh Chanmanivong and Keochay, are still in detention and another of its leaders, Khamphouvieng Sisa-At, died in prison following illtreatment and deprivation,

| N. | whereas foreign observers, in particular those from Amnesty International, have been denied free access to the territory of Laos. |
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N.

whereas foreign observers, in particular those from Amnesty International, have been denied free access to the territory of Laos.

VIETNAM

| O. | welcoming the adoption by Vietnam in June 2005 of the Masterplan and action plan for development of EU-Vietnam relations towards 2010 as well as the government's increased willingness to discuss human rights issues, |
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O.

welcoming the adoption by Vietnam in June 2005 of the Masterplan and action plan for development of EU-Vietnam relations towards 2010 as well as the government's increased willingness to discuss human rights issues,

| P. | recognising the substantial progress made by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam towards economic and social rights, as indicated by social indicators and the UNDP Human Development Index, |
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P.

recognising the substantial progress made by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam towards economic and social rights, as indicated by social indicators and the UNDP Human Development Index,

| Q. | whereas the Vietnamese authorities are still putting restrictions on freedom of expression and the freedom of the press, in particular by establishing a police force in 2004 to censor the Internet and imprisoning cyber-dissidents, including Nguyen Dan Que, Pham Hong Son, Nguyen Vu Binh and Nguyen Khac Toan, for espionage, simply for having circulated information on the Internet, |
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Q.

whereas the Vietnamese authorities are still putting restrictions on freedom of expression and the freedom of the press, in particular by establishing a police force in 2004 to censor the Internet and imprisoning cyber-dissidents, including Nguyen Dan Que, Pham Hong Son, Nguyen Vu Binh and Nguyen Khac Toan, for espionage, simply for having circulated information on the Internet,

| R. | whereas the indigenous minorities of the high plateaux (Centre and North), in particular the Montagnards, suffer from discrimination and measures such as confiscation of ancestral lands or religious repression, |
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whereas the indigenous minorities of the high plateaux (Centre and North), in particular the Montagnards, suffer from discrimination and measures such as confiscation of ancestral lands or religious repression,

| S. | whereas since 1975 the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has been systematically persecuted for its commitment to religious freedom, human rights and democratic reform, whereas it has been banned since 1981, its property confiscated and its schools, universities and social and cultural institutions destroyed, and whereas UBCV Patriarch, Thich Huyen Quang, and his Deputy, Thich Quang Do, have been arbitrarily detained for almost twenty-five years, |
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S.

whereas since 1975 the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has been systematically persecuted for its commitment to religious freedom, human rights and democratic reform, whereas it has been banned since 1981, its property confiscated and its schools, universities and social and cultural institutions destroyed, and whereas UBCV Patriarch, Thich Huyen Quang, and his Deputy, Thich Quang Do, have been arbitrarily detained for almost twenty-five years,

| T. | whereas the members of UBCV local committees set up in 2005 in nine provinces of central and southern Vietnam have been systematically harassed by police for providing aid to people in those poor provinces, and whereas UBCV monk, Thich Vien Phuong, has been sentenced to pay a fine equivalent to 43 months basic wage simply for filming an appeal for human rights and democracy in Vietnam, which was sent by Thich Quang Do to the UN Commission on Human Rights in April 2005, |
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whereas the members of UBCV local committees set up in 2005 in nine provinces of central and southern Vietnam have been systematically harassed by police for providing aid to people in those poor provinces, and whereas UBCV monk, Thich Vien Phuong, has been sentenced to pay a fine equivalent to 43 months basic wage simply for filming an appeal for human rights and democracy in Vietnam, which was sent by Thich Quang Do to the UN Commission on Human Rights in April 2005,

| U. | taking note of the testimony given by the Buddhist monk, Thich Thien Minh, who recently left a reeducation camp after 26 years in detention, concerning the terrible conditions endured by prisoners in the Z30A camp in Xuan Loc, in particular the Roman Catholic priests, Pham Minh Tri and Nguyen Duc Vinh, who have been held for more than 18 years, and a member of the Buddhist Hoa Hao sect, Ngo Quang Vinh, aged 87, |
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U.

taking note of the testimony given by the Buddhist monk, Thich Thien Minh, who recently left a reeducation camp after 26 years in detention, concerning the terrible conditions endured by prisoners in the Z30A camp in Xuan Loc, in particular the Roman Catholic priests, Pham Minh Tri and Nguyen Duc Vinh, who have been held for more than 18 years, and a member of the Buddhist Hoa Hao sect, Ngo Quang Vinh, aged 87,

| V. | taking note that, despite a new Act on Belief and Religion being introduced in 2004 to codify all aspects of religious life, numerous restrictions on the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and the Protestant Churches, including the Mennonite Church, have remained in place, |
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taking note that, despite a new Act on Belief and Religion being introduced in 2004 to codify all aspects of religious life, numerous restrictions on the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and the Protestant Churches, including the Mennonite Church, have remained in place,

| W. | whereas the United Nations Human Rights Committee has made recommendations (ref. CCPR/CO/75/VNM of 26 July 2002) to the Vietnamese authorities with regard to the Legal System Development Strategy, a 10-year plan partly funded by donor countries, including some Member States, |
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whereas the United Nations Human Rights Committee has made recommendations (ref. CCPR/CO/75/VNM of 26 July 2002) to the Vietnamese authorities with regard to the Legal System Development Strategy, a 10-year plan partly funded by donor countries, including some Member States,

CAMBODIA

| 1. | Expresses its support for the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia and insists that the independent Khmer Rouge Tribunal be established as soon as possible, as agreed with the UN in June 2003; |
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Expresses its support for the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia and insists that the independent Khmer Rouge Tribunal be established as soon as possible, as agreed with the UN in June 2003;

| 2. | Calls on the Cambodian authorities to:






  — | release immediately and unconditionally Cheam Channy, return his parliamentary mandate and restore the parliamentary immunity of Sam Rainsy and the two other representatives of his party, as requested by Parliament in its resolution of 10 March 2005 on Cambodia (3) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union in its resolution of 19 October 2005; |
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2.

Calls on the Cambodian authorities to:

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release immediately and unconditionally Cheam Channy, return his parliamentary mandate and restore the parliamentary immunity of Sam Rainsy and the two other representatives of his party, as requested by Parliament in its resolution of 10 March 2005 on Cambodia (3) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union in its resolution of 19 October 2005;

| — | engage in political and institutional reforms to build a democratic state governed by the rule of law and founded on respect for fundamental freedoms; |
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engage in political and institutional reforms to build a democratic state governed by the rule of law and founded on respect for fundamental freedoms;

| — | demonstrate their will to combat effectively the endemic scourges of corruption, massive deforestation resulting in the displacement of people, and the sex tourism industry, to refuse the current culture of impunity and to bring to justice all those involved in such activities; |
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demonstrate their will to combat effectively the endemic scourges of corruption, massive deforestation resulting in the displacement of people, and the sex tourism industry, to refuse the current culture of impunity and to bring to justice all those involved in such activities;

| 3. | Calls on the Council and the Commission to establish a Working Group on Institution Building, Administrative Reform, Governance and Human Rights and to report its results to the European Parliament; |
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Calls on the Council and the Commission to establish a Working Group on Institution Building, Administrative Reform, Governance and Human Rights and to report its results to the European Parliament;

| 4. | Suggests, inter alia, that an ad hoc EP Delegation visit Cambodia as soon as possible to evaluate the situation of detained parliamentarians, media representatives and trade union leaders in the country and that an end be brought to the detention of all political prisoners. |
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Suggests, inter alia, that an ad hoc EP Delegation visit Cambodia as soon as possible to evaluate the situation of detained parliamentarians, media representatives and trade union leaders in the country and that an end be brought to the detention of all political prisoners.

LAOS

| 5. | Calls on the Laotian authorities to:






  — | release all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, including the leaders of the Movement of 26 October 1999, Christians imprisoned for not having renounced their faith, the Hmong and, in particular, Thao Moua and Pa Phue Khang, the guides employed by visiting European journalists and arrested in 2003; |
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Calls on the Laotian authorities to:

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release all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, including the leaders of the Movement of 26 October 1999, Christians imprisoned for not having renounced their faith, the Hmong and, in particular, Thao Moua and Pa Phue Khang, the guides employed by visiting European journalists and arrested in 2003;

| — | draw up and implement as soon as possible all the necessary reforms required to democratize the country, guarantee the peaceful expression of political opposition and ensure a speedy holding of multiparty elections under international monitoring with a view to national reconciliation; |
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draw up and implement as soon as possible all the necessary reforms required to democratize the country, guarantee the peaceful expression of political opposition and ensure a speedy holding of multiparty elections under international monitoring with a view to national reconciliation;

| — | implement programmes allowing the integration of the Lao-Hmong population and other ethnic and religious minorities into Laotian society, while preserving their social and political rights so as to urgently improve their human rights and living conditions; |
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implement programmes allowing the integration of the Lao-Hmong population and other ethnic and religious minorities into Laotian society, while preserving their social and political rights so as to urgently improve their human rights and living conditions;

| — | allow specialised UN agencies and representatives of humanitarian organisations unrestricted access, so that they can visit political prisoners, the Hmong population, and all ethnic and religious minorities in Laos; |
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allow specialised UN agencies and representatives of humanitarian organisations unrestricted access, so that they can visit political prisoners, the Hmong population, and all ethnic and religious minorities in Laos;

| — | ratify without delay the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; |
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ratify without delay the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

| 6. | Calls on the Commission closely to monitor the situation of the Lao-Hmong community and the government's programmes designed for ethnic minorities. |
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Calls on the Commission closely to monitor the situation of the Lao-Hmong community and the government's programmes designed for ethnic minorities.

VIETNAM

| 7. | Calls on the Vietnamese authorities to:






  — | pursue on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war a genuine dialogue involving all sections of the population in the economic, social, intellectual and political development of Vietnam; |
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Calls on the Vietnamese authorities to:

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pursue on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war a genuine dialogue involving all sections of the population in the economic, social, intellectual and political development of Vietnam;

| — | undertake political and institutional reforms leading to democracy and the rule of law, starting by allowing a multi-party system and guaranteeing the right of all currents of opinion to express their views; |
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undertake political and institutional reforms leading to democracy and the rule of law, starting by allowing a multi-party system and guaranteeing the right of all currents of opinion to express their views;

| — | apply the Legal System Development Strategy in accordance with the recommendations made by the UN Human Rights Committee and with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; |
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apply the Legal System Development Strategy in accordance with the recommendations made by the UN Human Rights Committee and with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

| — | end all forms of repression of members of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and officially recognise its existence and that of other non-recognised Churches in the country; |
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end all forms of repression of members of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and officially recognise its existence and that of other non-recognised Churches in the country;

| — | release all Vietnamese political prisoners and prisoners of conscience detained for having legitimately and peacefully exercised their rights to freedom of opinion, freedom of expression, freedom of the press and freedom of religion, in particular Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do, who are regarded by the United Nations as victims of arbitrary detention (4); |
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release all Vietnamese political prisoners and prisoners of conscience detained for having legitimately and peacefully exercised their rights to freedom of opinion, freedom of expression, freedom of the press and freedom of religion, in particular Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do, who are regarded by the United Nations as victims of arbitrary detention (4);

| — | guarantee full enjoyment of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Vietnamese Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in particular by allowing the creation of a genuinely free press; |
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guarantee full enjoyment of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Vietnamese Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in particular by allowing the creation of a genuinely free press;

| — | ensure the safe repatriation, under the Cambodia-Vietnam-UNHCR agreement, of the Montagnards who fled Vietnam, and allow proper monitoring of the situation of the returnees by the UNHCR and international NGOs. |
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ensure the safe repatriation, under the Cambodia-Vietnam-UNHCR agreement, of the Montagnards who fled Vietnam, and allow proper monitoring of the situation of the returnees by the UNHCR and international NGOs.

GENERAL

| 8. | Supports the projects to be funded by the Commission to promote the development of journalism and to support capacity-building programmes at the National Assembly in Laos as well as the activities in Vietnam that emerge from the Working Group on Institution Building, Administrative Reform, Governance and Human Rights; |
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Supports the projects to be funded by the Commission to promote the development of journalism and to support capacity-building programmes at the National Assembly in Laos as well as the activities in Vietnam that emerge from the Working Group on Institution Building, Administrative Reform, Governance and Human Rights;

| 9. | Calls on the Council and Commission to fully involve Parliament in the work of the EU-Vietnam and EU-Laos Working Groups on Institution Building, Administrative Reform, Governance and Human Rights; |
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Calls on the Council and Commission to fully involve Parliament in the work of the EU-Vietnam and EU-Laos Working Groups on Institution Building, Administrative Reform, Governance and Human Rights;

| 10. | Calls on the Council and the Commission to make a detailed assessment of the implementation policies conducted in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam since the signing of the association and cooperation agreements, mindful of Article 1 of these agreements, which reiterates that respect for democratic principles and fundamental rights is an essential element of the agreements, and to report back to Parliament; |
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Calls on the Council and the Commission to make a detailed assessment of the implementation policies conducted in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam since the signing of the association and cooperation agreements, mindful of Article 1 of these agreements, which reiterates that respect for democratic principles and fundamental rights is an essential element of the agreements, and to report back to Parliament;

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| 11. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the governments and parliaments of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the governments and parliaments of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

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(1)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0150.

(2)  OJ C 247 E, 6.10.2005, p. 161.

(3)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0081.

(4)  Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Opinion 18/2005, 26 May 2005.

P6_TA(2005)0463

Olympic truce

European Parliament resolution on The Olympic Truce — Turin Winter Olympics 2006

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 1 April 2004 on the Olympic Truce (1), |
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having regard to its resolution of 1 April 2004 on the Olympic Truce (1),

| — | having regard to the resolution adopted unanimously by the UN in 2003 entitled ‘Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideals’, |
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having regard to the resolution adopted unanimously by the UN in 2003 entitled ‘Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideals’,

| — | having regard to the inclusion in the Millennium Declaration of an appeal for the observance of the Olympic Truce, |
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having regard to the inclusion in the Millennium Declaration of an appeal for the observance of the Olympic Truce,

| — | having regard to the joint statement issued in July 2005 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Organising Committee for the Turin Games and the Italian authorities with a commitment to the Olympic Truce, to the security of the Games and to a large programme of events enabling people across the world to reflect upon and promote the Olympic Truce and its values, |
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having regard to the joint statement issued in July 2005 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Organising Committee for the Turin Games and the Italian authorities with a commitment to the Olympic Truce, to the security of the Games and to a large programme of events enabling people across the world to reflect upon and promote the Olympic Truce and its values,

| — | having regard to Rule 108(5) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 108(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas the 20th Winter Olympics and Paralympics will take place in Europe, in Turin from 10 to 26 February 2006, |
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A.

whereas the 20th Winter Olympics and Paralympics will take place in Europe, in Turin from 10 to 26 February 2006,

| B. | whereas the idea of the Olympic Truce (ekecheiria) dates back to an ancient Hellenic tradition: in keeping with this tradition all hostilities would cease during the Olympic Games, |
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B.

whereas the idea of the Olympic Truce (ekecheiria) dates back to an ancient Hellenic tradition: in keeping with this tradition all hostilities would cease during the Olympic Games,

| C. | whereas in the modern era, the Olympic Truce expresses mankind's wish to build a world based on the principles of fair competition, humanity, fraternity and tolerance, thus forming a bridge between ancient tradition and the major challenges of the contemporary world such as the preservation of global peace, dialogue between different cultures, and mutual understanding and cooperation between peoples, |
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C.

whereas in the modern era, the Olympic Truce expresses mankind's wish to build a world based on the principles of fair competition, humanity, fraternity and tolerance, thus forming a bridge between ancient tradition and the major challenges of the contemporary world such as the preservation of global peace, dialogue between different cultures, and mutual understanding and cooperation between peoples,

| D. | whereas the Olympic Truce is symbolised by the dove of peace with the traditional Olympic flame in the background: the dove represents one of the ideals of the Olympic movement — to use sport to build a peaceful and better world — and the flame symbolises the warmth that the Olympics brings to all the people of the world, |
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D.

whereas the Olympic Truce is symbolised by the dove of peace with the traditional Olympic flame in the background: the dove represents one of the ideals of the Olympic movement — to use sport to build a peaceful and better world — and the flame symbolises the warmth that the Olympics brings to all the people of the world,

| E. | whereas the Olympic Games, Winter Olympics and Paralympics, with young people as pioneers, preserve the sporting ideal and reflect the spirit of the legacy constituted by our cultural heritage and civilisation, and whereas the Olympic Truce is a sign of respect for the ideal of peaceful coexistence between peoples, |
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E.

whereas the Olympic Games, Winter Olympics and Paralympics, with young people as pioneers, preserve the sporting ideal and reflect the spirit of the legacy constituted by our cultural heritage and civilisation, and whereas the Olympic Truce is a sign of respect for the ideal of peaceful coexistence between peoples,

| 1. | Welcomes the work of the United Nations Task Force on Sport for Development and Peace, which reflects the ideals of the Olympic Truce in concrete work around the globe; |
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1.

Welcomes the work of the United Nations Task Force on Sport for Development and Peace, which reflects the ideals of the Olympic Truce in concrete work around the globe;

| 2. | Welcomes the efforts by the United Nations to secure a ceasefire in areas where there is conflict, and urges the countries concerned to observe a truce during the Olympic Games; |
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2.

Welcomes the efforts by the United Nations to secure a ceasefire in areas where there is conflict, and urges the countries concerned to observe a truce during the Olympic Games;

| 3. | Urges the Commission to place a greater emphasis on the potential of sport in its development and peacekeeping work and in the achievement of the Millennium Goals; |
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3.

Urges the Commission to place a greater emphasis on the potential of sport in its development and peacekeeping work and in the achievement of the Millennium Goals;

| 4. | Welcomes the work of the International Olympic Truce Foundation and believes that the European Union should be involved in this work, |
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4.

Welcomes the work of the International Olympic Truce Foundation and believes that the European Union should be involved in this work,

| 5. | Asks the Council to urge all Member States, accession, candidate and neighbouring countries and all the countries participating in the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Turin to respect and observe the Olympic Truce during the Games and beyond; |
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5.

Asks the Council to urge all Member States, accession, candidate and neighbouring countries and all the countries participating in the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Turin to respect and observe the Olympic Truce during the Games and beyond;

| 6. | Urges the Council and the Commission to support the IOC in its efforts to promote peace and understanding through sport; |
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6.

Urges the Council and the Commission to support the IOC in its efforts to promote peace and understanding through sport;

| 7. | Reminds the Council of its commitment to consider this matter every two years and to reconfirm its support for the Olympic Truce for the 2006 Turin Games; |
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7.

Reminds the Council of its commitment to consider this matter every two years and to reconfirm its support for the Olympic Truce for the 2006 Turin Games;

| 8. | Urges the Council and Commission to assist in the observance of the Truce during the Winter Olympics in Turin by holding a special event, possibly at the Parliament; |
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8.

Urges the Council and Commission to assist in the observance of the Truce during the Winter Olympics in Turin by holding a special event, possibly at the Parliament;

| 9. | Pledges to do everything in its power to ensure observance of the Olympic Truce and the attainment of world peace; |
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9.

Pledges to do everything in its power to ensure observance of the Olympic Truce and the attainment of world peace;

| 10. | Calls on the Council and Commission to send a delegation to Turin for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics; |
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10.

Calls on the Council and Commission to send a delegation to Turin for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics;

| 11. | Calls on the Council and Commission to urge the IOC and the Organising Committee of the Turin Games to agree that the EU flag should be displayed prominently on the signs put up by the organising city for the Games and at the sports venues where the Games will take place; |
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11.

Calls on the Council and Commission to urge the IOC and the Organising Committee of the Turin Games to agree that the EU flag should be displayed prominently on the signs put up by the organising city for the Games and at the sports venues where the Games will take place;

| 12. | Believes that the Olympic Truce is about more than a call for a brief cessation of conflicts and, in this regard, welcomes the interfaith and educational initiatives in Turin, Jerusalem and Sarajevo; |
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12.

Believes that the Olympic Truce is about more than a call for a brief cessation of conflicts and, in this regard, welcomes the interfaith and educational initiatives in Turin, Jerusalem and Sarajevo;

| 13. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States and the countries participating in the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Turin, and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the International Olympic Committee. |
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13.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States and the countries participating in the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Turin, and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the International Olympic Committee.

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(1)  OJ C 103 E, 29.4.2004, p. 816.

P6_TA(2005)0464

Development and sport

European Parliament resolution on development and sport

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Resolution 58/5 adopted by the UN General Assembly on 17 November 2003 entitled ‘Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace’, |
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having regard to Resolution 58/5 adopted by the UN General Assembly on 17 November 2003 entitled ‘Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace’,

| — | having regard to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, |
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having regard to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,

| — | having regard to the Magglingen Declaration of 18 February 2003 issued by the International Conference on Sport and Development, |
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having regard to the Magglingen Declaration of 18 February 2003 issued by the International Conference on Sport and Development,

| — | having regard to the report on the Next Step Conference held on 13-14 November 2003, Amsterdam, |
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having regard to the report on the Next Step Conference held on 13-14 November 2003, Amsterdam,

| — | having regard to Rule 108(5) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 108(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas 2005 is the United Nations International Year of Sport and Physical Education, |
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A.

whereas 2005 is the United Nations International Year of Sport and Physical Education,

| B. | whereas one of the goals of the International Year is to create the right conditions for more sportsbased development programmes and projects, |
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B.

whereas one of the goals of the International Year is to create the right conditions for more sportsbased development programmes and projects,

| C. | whereas physical education and sports projects may help to attain the Millennium Development Goals, especially with regard to themes such as health, education, social mobilisation, gender equality, environment and peace among people, |
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C.

whereas physical education and sports projects may help to attain the Millennium Development Goals, especially with regard to themes such as health, education, social mobilisation, gender equality, environment and peace among people,

| D. | whereas sport can play a positive role in social inclusion and cohesion, intercultural dialogue, environmental understanding and the reintegration of children in post-conflict situations, for example child soldiers, |
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D.

whereas sport can play a positive role in social inclusion and cohesion, intercultural dialogue, environmental understanding and the reintegration of children in post-conflict situations, for example child soldiers,

| E. | whereas sports projects in development are ‘low-cost, high impact’ projects, |
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E.

whereas sports projects in development are ‘low-cost, high impact’ projects,

| F. | whereas, according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, children have the right to play, |
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F.

whereas, according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, children have the right to play,

| G. | whereas there are 60 million persons with disabilities living in developing countries; whereas the interests and concerns of disabled persons in the developing world are often inadequately addressed, |
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G.

whereas there are 60 million persons with disabilities living in developing countries; whereas the interests and concerns of disabled persons in the developing world are often inadequately addressed,

| H. | whereas the UNDP Human Development Report 1995 stated that development without specific efforts to empower women for equal participation warps the process of development for everyone, |
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H.

whereas the UNDP Human Development Report 1995 stated that development without specific efforts to empower women for equal participation warps the process of development for everyone,

| 1. | Welcomes the 2005 United Nations International Year of Sport and Physical Education, as sport and physical education are excellent means to promote education, health, development and peace, especially for vulnerable groups in society, such as children and the disabled; |
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1.

Welcomes the 2005 United Nations International Year of Sport and Physical Education, as sport and physical education are excellent means to promote education, health, development and peace, especially for vulnerable groups in society, such as children and the disabled;

| 2. | Underlines the significant educational and social functions of sport and its importance not only in terms of physical development but also in terms of its capacity to promote social values, such as team spirit, fair competition, cooperation, tolerance and solidarity; |
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2.

Underlines the significant educational and social functions of sport and its importance not only in terms of physical development but also in terms of its capacity to promote social values, such as team spirit, fair competition, cooperation, tolerance and solidarity;

| 3. | Recognises the social significance of sports organisations, being an integral part of civil society and bringing together people from all classes, intellectual and cultural backgrounds, from grassroots level up to and including the elite; |
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3.

Recognises the social significance of sports organisations, being an integral part of civil society and bringing together people from all classes, intellectual and cultural backgrounds, from grassroots level up to and including the elite;

| 4. | Emphasises that, in order for sport to be effective for development, the availability of sport itself needs to be developed; |
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4.

Emphasises that, in order for sport to be effective for development, the availability of sport itself needs to be developed;

| 5. | Emphasises that sports projects can be a cross-cutting means of building capacity in education, health in general, HIV/Aids prevention and peace-building and to combat social exclusion, violence, inequalities, racism and xenophobia; |
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5.

Emphasises that sports projects can be a cross-cutting means of building capacity in education, health in general, HIV/Aids prevention and peace-building and to combat social exclusion, violence, inequalities, racism and xenophobia;

| 6. | Calls on the Commission to consider supporting sports-based development programmes and projects, through an earmarked budget; |
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6.

Calls on the Commission to consider supporting sports-based development programmes and projects, through an earmarked budget;

| 7. | Calls on the Commission to promote a study of the results of projects that have been carried out by development organisations and sports organisations on development and sport, the potential of policy in this field and the possible role of the EU, the Member States and/or NGOs in development and sport; |
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7.

Calls on the Commission to promote a study of the results of projects that have been carried out by development organisations and sports organisations on development and sport, the potential of policy in this field and the possible role of the EU, the Member States and/or NGOs in development and sport;

| 8. | Calls on the Commission to create programmes to increase knowledge and experience among teachers of physical education in the field of development through sport; |
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8.

Calls on the Commission to create programmes to increase knowledge and experience among teachers of physical education in the field of development through sport;

| 9. | Calls upon the Council to incorporate sport and development explicitly in national policies targeting poverty reduction, and calls on the Council and the Commission to cooperate with national and international sports organisations in order to achieve these aims; |
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9.

Calls upon the Council to incorporate sport and development explicitly in national policies targeting poverty reduction, and calls on the Council and the Commission to cooperate with national and international sports organisations in order to achieve these aims;

| 10. | Recognizes the full right of women to participate freely in sports, encourages a greater participation of women in sport and development, defines gender equality as an objective in sport for development initiatives and stresses that the World Conferences on Women and Sport led to major progress in the field of women's sports around the world; |
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10.

Recognizes the full right of women to participate freely in sports, encourages a greater participation of women in sport and development, defines gender equality as an objective in sport for development initiatives and stresses that the World Conferences on Women and Sport led to major progress in the field of women's sports around the world;

| 11. | Encourages international and national sports bodies and sports-related organisations to draw up and implement partnership initiatives and development projects compatible with the education provided at all levels of schooling to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals; |
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11.

Encourages international and national sports bodies and sports-related organisations to draw up and implement partnership initiatives and development projects compatible with the education provided at all levels of schooling to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals;

| 12. | Calls for special attention to be paid to access for disabled persons to sports activities, as well as to all aspects of life, given its importance to the rehabilitation and social inclusion of disabled persons, for example through mobilising health care workers at local level and empowering local communities by increasing expertise and support tools; |
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12.

Calls for special attention to be paid to access for disabled persons to sports activities, as well as to all aspects of life, given its importance to the rehabilitation and social inclusion of disabled persons, for example through mobilising health care workers at local level and empowering local communities by increasing expertise and support tools;

| 13. | Calls for the training of journalists to eliminate stereotyping, discrimination and racism in sports reporting; |
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13.

Calls for the training of journalists to eliminate stereotyping, discrimination and racism in sports reporting;

| 14. | Encourages international sport organisers and sponsors to invest in local communities in developing countries; |
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14.

Encourages international sport organisers and sponsors to invest in local communities in developing countries;

| 15. | Welcomes the forthcoming World Summit on Physical Education to be held on 2-3 December 2005 in Magglingen, Switzerland; |
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15.

Welcomes the forthcoming World Summit on Physical Education to be held on 2-3 December 2005 in Magglingen, Switzerland;

| 16. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers and Joint Parliamentary Assembly, the UN Secretary-General and the African Union. |
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16.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers and Joint Parliamentary Assembly, the UN Secretary-General and the African Union.

P6_TA(2005)0465

Approval of the Commission

European Parliament resolution on guidelines for the approval of the Commission (2005/2024(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Articles 213 and 214 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article 126 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (1), |
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having regard to Articles 213 and 214 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article 126 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (1),

| — | having regard to Articles I-26, I-27, I-28, III-348 and III-350 of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, and to Declaration 7 on Article I-27 of the Constitution for Europe, annexed to the Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference, |
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having regard to Articles I-26, I-27, I-28, III-348 and III-350 of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, and to Declaration 7 on Article I-27 of the Constitution for Europe, annexed to the Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference,

| — | having regard to Article 10 of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (2), |
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having regard to Article 10 of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (2),

| — | having regard to the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission of 26 May 2005 (3), |
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having regard to the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission of 26 May 2005 (3),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 18 November 2004 on the election of the new Commission (4), |
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having regard to its resolution of 18 November 2004 on the election of the new Commission (4),

| — | having regard to Rule 45 and to Rules 98 and 99 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 45 and to Rules 98 and 99 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0179/2005), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0179/2005),

Whereas:

| A. | parliamentary hearings of Commission candidates, first used in 1994 and developed since, have acquired a legitimacy which is fully accepted not only by Parliament and the Commission but also by the Council and the Member States, |
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A.

parliamentary hearings of Commission candidates, first used in 1994 and developed since, have acquired a legitimacy which is fully accepted not only by Parliament and the Commission but also by the Council and the Member States,

| B. | the Commission's democratic accountability is greatly enhanced by a parliamentary approval process which is open, fair and consistent, and in which each Commissioner-designate discloses to Parliament all relevant information, |
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B.

the Commission's democratic accountability is greatly enhanced by a parliamentary approval process which is open, fair and consistent, and in which each Commissioner-designate discloses to Parliament all relevant information,

| C. | in the light of experience and with a view to future constitutional reform, it is now desirable to review the way Parliament approves the Commission, |
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C.

in the light of experience and with a view to future constitutional reform, it is now desirable to review the way Parliament approves the Commission,

| 1. | Adopts the following principles, criteria and arrangements for making the whole college of the Commission subject to its vote of consent:
  Criteria for assessment






  (a) | Parliament will evaluate Commissioners-designate on the grounds of their general competence, European commitment and indubitable independence. It will assess knowledge of the relevant portfolio and communication skills. |
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1.

Adopts the following principles, criteria and arrangements for making the whole college of the Commission subject to its vote of consent:

Criteria for assessment

(a)

Parliament will evaluate Commissioners-designate on the grounds of their general competence, European commitment and indubitable independence. It will assess knowledge of the relevant portfolio and communication skills.

| (b) | Parliament will have special regard for gender balance. It may express itself on the disposition of portfolio responsibilities by the President-elect. |
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(b)

Parliament will have special regard for gender balance. It may express itself on the disposition of portfolio responsibilities by the President-elect.

| (c) | Parliament may seek any information relevant to its reaching a decision about the aptitude of the candidates. It will expect full disclosure of information pertaining to financial interests. |
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(c)

Parliament may seek any information relevant to its reaching a decision about the aptitude of the candidates. It will expect full disclosure of information pertaining to financial interests.

Hearings

| (d) | Each Commissioner-designate will be invited to appear before the appropriate parliamentary committee or committees for a single hearing of three hours. The hearings will be in public. |
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(d)

Each Commissioner-designate will be invited to appear before the appropriate parliamentary committee or committees for a single hearing of three hours. The hearings will be in public.

| (e) | The hearings will be organised jointly by the Conference of Presidents and the Conference of Committee Chairs. Appropriate arrangements will be made to associate relevant committees where portfolios are mixed. There are three possibilities:






  — | if the portfolio of the Commissioner-designate falls within the remit of only one parliamentary committee, he/she will be heard by that committee alone; |
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(e)

The hearings will be organised jointly by the Conference of Presidents and the Conference of Committee Chairs. Appropriate arrangements will be made to associate relevant committees where portfolios are mixed. There are three possibilities:

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if the portfolio of the Commissioner-designate falls within the remit of only one parliamentary committee, he/she will be heard by that committee alone;

| — | if the portfolio of the Commissioner-designate falls more or less equally within the remit of several parliamentary committees, he/she will be heard jointly by these committees; |
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if the portfolio of the Commissioner-designate falls more or less equally within the remit of several parliamentary committees, he/she will be heard jointly by these committees;

| — | if the portfolio of the Commissioner-designate falls mainly within the remit of one parliamentary committee and only to a small extent within the remit of one or more other parliamentary committees, he/she will be heard by the committee mainly responsible, which will invite the other committee or committees to attend the hearing. |
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if the portfolio of the Commissioner-designate falls mainly within the remit of one parliamentary committee and only to a small extent within the remit of one or more other parliamentary committees, he/she will be heard by the committee mainly responsible, which will invite the other committee or committees to attend the hearing.

The President-elect of the Commission will be fully consulted about the arrangements.

| (f) | The parliamentary committees will submit written questions to the Commissioners-designate in good time before the hearings. The number of substantive written questions shall be limited to five per parliamentary committee responsible. |
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(f)

The parliamentary committees will submit written questions to the Commissioners-designate in good time before the hearings. The number of substantive written questions shall be limited to five per parliamentary committee responsible.

| (g) | Hearings will take place in circumstances and under conditions whereby Commissioners-designate enjoy an equal and fair opportunity to present themselves and their opinions. |
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(g)

Hearings will take place in circumstances and under conditions whereby Commissioners-designate enjoy an equal and fair opportunity to present themselves and their opinions.

| (h) | Commissioners-designate will be invited to make an opening oral statement of no more than twenty minutes. The conduct of the hearings should aim to develop a pluralistic political dialogue between the Commissioners-designate and Members of Parliament. Before the end of the session, Commissionersdesignate should be allowed to make a brief closing statement. |
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(h)

Commissioners-designate will be invited to make an opening oral statement of no more than twenty minutes. The conduct of the hearings should aim to develop a pluralistic political dialogue between the Commissioners-designate and Members of Parliament. Before the end of the session, Commissionersdesignate should be allowed to make a brief closing statement.

Evaluation

| (i) | An indexed video recording of the hearings should be made available for the public record within twenty-four hours. |
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(i)

An indexed video recording of the hearings should be made available for the public record within twenty-four hours.

| (j) | The committees should meet without delay after the hearing to make their evaluation of the individual Commissioners-designate. These meetings will be in camera. The committees are invited to state whether the Commissioners-designate are qualified both to be a member of the college and to carry out the particular duties for which they have been nominated. If a committee is unable to reach a consensus on both of these points, as a last resort its chairman will put the two decisions to a vote. The statements of evaluation shall be made public and presented at a joint meeting of the Conference of Presidents and the Conference of Committee Chairs, which shall be held in camera. Following an exchange of views, and unless they decide to seek further information, the Conference of Presidents and the Conference of Committee Chairs will declare the hearings closed. |
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(j)

The committees should meet without delay after the hearing to make their evaluation of the individual Commissioners-designate. These meetings will be in camera. The committees are invited to state whether the Commissioners-designate are qualified both to be a member of the college and to carry out the particular duties for which they have been nominated. If a committee is unable to reach a consensus on both of these points, as a last resort its chairman will put the two decisions to a vote. The statements of evaluation shall be made public and presented at a joint meeting of the Conference of Presidents and the Conference of Committee Chairs, which shall be held in camera. Following an exchange of views, and unless they decide to seek further information, the Conference of Presidents and the Conference of Committee Chairs will declare the hearings closed.

| (k) | The President-elect of the Commission shall present the whole college of Commissioners at a sitting of Parliament. The presentation will be followed by a debate. In order to wind up the debate, any political group or at least 37 Members may table a motion for resolution. Following the vote on the motion for resolution, Parliament will then vote on whether or not to give its consent to the appointment as a body of the President and other members of the Commission. Parliament shall decide by a majority of the votes cast, by roll call. It may defer the vote until the next sitting; |
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(k)

The President-elect of the Commission shall present the whole college of Commissioners at a sitting of Parliament. The presentation will be followed by a debate. In order to wind up the debate, any political group or at least 37 Members may table a motion for resolution. Following the vote on the motion for resolution, Parliament will then vote on whether or not to give its consent to the appointment as a body of the President and other members of the Commission. Parliament shall decide by a majority of the votes cast, by roll call. It may defer the vote until the next sitting;

| 2. | Adopts the following arrangements in the event of a change in the composition or disposition of the Commission during its term of office:






  (a) | When a vacancy caused by resignation, compulsory retirement or death is to be filled, Parliament, acting with dispatch, shall invite the candidate for the Commission to participate in a hearing under the same conditions as those laid down in paragraph 1. |
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2.

Adopts the following arrangements in the event of a change in the composition or disposition of the Commission during its term of office:

(a)

When a vacancy caused by resignation, compulsory retirement or death is to be filled, Parliament, acting with dispatch, shall invite the candidate for the Commission to participate in a hearing under the same conditions as those laid down in paragraph 1.

| (b) | In the event of the accession of a new Member State, Parliament shall invite its Commissioner-designate to participate in a hearing under the same conditions as those laid down in paragraph 1. |
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(b)

In the event of the accession of a new Member State, Parliament shall invite its Commissioner-designate to participate in a hearing under the same conditions as those laid down in paragraph 1.

| (c) | In the event of a substantial reshuffle of portfolios, the Commissioners affected will be invited to appear before the appropriate parliamentary committees before taking up their new responsibilities; |
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(c)

In the event of a substantial reshuffle of portfolios, the Commissioners affected will be invited to appear before the appropriate parliamentary committees before taking up their new responsibilities;

| 3. | In order to facilitate the preparation of the approval process of the Commission, requests the Council to bring forward the period of the next parliamentary elections from June to May 2009; |
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3.

In order to facilitate the preparation of the approval process of the Commission, requests the Council to bring forward the period of the next parliamentary elections from June to May 2009;

| 4. | Instructs its President to refer this resolution to the Committee responsible for the Rules of Procedure with a view to proposing appropriate amendments to the Rules in good time before the next parliamentary elections; |
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4.

Instructs its President to refer this resolution to the Committee responsible for the Rules of Procedure with a view to proposing appropriate amendments to the Rules in good time before the next parliamentary elections;

| 5. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the European Council and the Council. |
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5.

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

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(1)  As amended by Article 4 of the Protocol on enlargement of the Treaty of Nice, as modified by Article 45 of the 2003 Act of Accession.

(2)  OJ L 278, 8.10.1976, p. 5. Act as amended by Council decision 2002/772/EC, Euratom (OJ L 283, 21.10.2002, p. 1).

(3)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0194, Annex.

(4)  OJ C 201 E, 18.8.2005, p. 113.

P6_TA(2005)0466

Applying competition rules to maritime transport

European Parliament resolution on the application of EC competition rules to maritime transport (2005/2033(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Articles 80, 81, 82, 83, 85 and 86 of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Articles 80, 81, 82, 83, 85 and 86 of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to the White Paper on the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, applying the EC competition rules to maritime transport (COM(2004)0675), |
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—

having regard to the White Paper on the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, applying the EC competition rules to maritime transport (COM(2004)0675),

| — | having regard to the White Paper ‘European Transport Policy for 2010: time to decide’ (COM(2001) 0370), |
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—

having regard to the White Paper ‘European Transport Policy for 2010: time to decide’ (COM(2001) 0370),

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the Presidency of the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000 asking the Commission ‘to speed up liberalisation in areas such as gas, electricity, postal services and transport’, |
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—

having regard to the conclusions of the Presidency of the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000 asking the Commission ‘to speed up liberalisation in areas such as gas, electricity, postal services and transport’,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 (1), which contains a framework for applying the Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences so as to be compatible with the EC Treaty, |
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—

having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 (1), which contains a framework for applying the Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences so as to be compatible with the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 of 22 December 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 (now Articles 81 and 82) of the Treaty to maritime transport (2), |
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—

having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 of 22 December 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 (now Articles 81 and 82) of the Treaty to maritime transport (2),

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 of 7 December 1992 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport within Member States (maritime cabotage) (3), |
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—

having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 of 7 December 1992 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport within Member States (maritime cabotage) (3),

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 823/2000 of 19 April 2000 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices between liner shipping companies (consortia) (4), |
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—

having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 823/2000 of 19 April 2000 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices between liner shipping companies (consortia) (4),

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (5), |
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—

having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (5),

| — | having regard to the Commission discussion paper of 13 July 2005 on the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, |
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—

having regard to the Commission discussion paper of 13 July 2005 on the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86,

| — | having regard to the final report of the ‘Economic Assistance Study on Liner Shipping’ conducted by ICF Consulting on behalf of the Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, published in May 2005, |
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—

having regard to the final report of the ‘Economic Assistance Study on Liner Shipping’ conducted by ICF Consulting on behalf of the Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, published in May 2005,

| — | having regard to the study ‘The application of competition rules to liner shipping’ carried out by Global Insight on behalf of the Commission's Competition Directorate-General and released on 8 November 2005, |
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—

having regard to the study ‘The application of competition rules to liner shipping’ carried out by Global Insight on behalf of the Commission's Competition Directorate-General and released on 8 November 2005,

| — | having regard to the Commission consultation paper of 27 March 2003 on the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, |
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—

having regard to the Commission consultation paper of 27 March 2003 on the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86,

| — | having regard to the Opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee (6) and of the Committee of the Regions (7) on the White Paper on the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, |
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—

having regard to the Opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee (6) and of the Committee of the Regions (7) on the White Paper on the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86,

| — | having regard to the Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 1974, |
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—

having regard to the Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 1974,

| — | having regard to the report of the Secretariat of the OECD ‘Competition Policy in Liner Shipping’ of 16 April 2002, |
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—

having regard to the report of the Secretariat of the OECD ‘Competition Policy in Liner Shipping’ of 16 April 2002,

| — | having regard to the letter of the European Liner Affairs Association (ELAA) headed ‘Review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86: Proposal for a new Regulatory Structure’ of 6 August 2004, |
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—

having regard to the letter of the European Liner Affairs Association (ELAA) headed ‘Review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86: Proposal for a new Regulatory Structure’ of 6 August 2004,

| — | having regard to the report from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam of 12 November 2003 concerning the assistance it provided in processing the submissions received relating to the Commission consultation paper on the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, |
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—

having regard to the report from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam of 12 November 2003 concerning the assistance it provided in processing the submissions received relating to the Commission consultation paper on the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86,

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

having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A6-0314/2005), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A6-0314/2005),

| A. | whereas European shipping is a sector which is constantly developing and operates in a particularly globalised and competitive market characterised by new forms of cooperation, mergers and alliances which are constantly transforming the circumstances and conditions of the market in maritime transport, and whereas there is a tendency towards concentrations in a number of large shipping companies, |
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A.

whereas European shipping is a sector which is constantly developing and operates in a particularly globalised and competitive market characterised by new forms of cooperation, mergers and alliances which are constantly transforming the circumstances and conditions of the market in maritime transport, and whereas there is a tendency towards concentrations in a number of large shipping companies,

| B. | whereas maritime transport has so far fallen into two major categories: (a) the liner services market, i.e. scheduled services and (b) the market in international tramp vessel services, i.e. non-scheduled services, and whereas the first category of liner services has since 1875 been organised according to the system of liner conferences, while the second category operates in a non-scheduled manner and freight rates are freely negotiated according to supply and demand, |
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B.

whereas maritime transport has so far fallen into two major categories: (a) the liner services market, i.e. scheduled services and (b) the market in international tramp vessel services, i.e. non-scheduled services, and whereas the first category of liner services has since 1875 been organised according to the system of liner conferences, while the second category operates in a non-scheduled manner and freight rates are freely negotiated according to supply and demand,

| C. | whereas the stabilising role of conferences was recognised in the Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, |
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C.

whereas the stabilising role of conferences was recognised in the Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,

| D. | whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 exempted conferences from the rules of competition policy (Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty), but allowed free trade, which means that substantive competition from outsiders is ensured, while international tramp vessel services and cabotage services (maritime transport services that take place exclusively between ports in one and the same Member State) are excluded from the Community competition implementing rules (Regulation (EC) No 1/2003), |
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D.

whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 exempted conferences from the rules of competition policy (Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty), but allowed free trade, which means that substantive competition from outsiders is ensured, while international tramp vessel services and cabotage services (maritime transport services that take place exclusively between ports in one and the same Member State) are excluded from the Community competition implementing rules (Regulation (EC) No 1/2003),

| E. | whereas other forms of cooperation are already appearing, such as consortia of liner shipping companies, which are also the subject of a block exemption (Regulation (EC) No 823/2000, which has been amended, inter alia by Regulation (EC) No 611/2005 (8)); whereas, however, their scope is different because reference rates cannot be set under the regulation, |
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E.

whereas other forms of cooperation are already appearing, such as consortia of liner shipping companies, which are also the subject of a block exemption (Regulation (EC) No 823/2000, which has been amended, inter alia by Regulation (EC) No 611/2005 (8)); whereas, however, their scope is different because reference rates cannot be set under the regulation,

| F. | whereas the exemption for liner conferences which has been in effect for the last nineteen years has played a significant regulatory role in the development of international trade, and the present conference regime appears much more ‘liberal’ than in the past, while retaining the advantages of providing reliable liner services at competitive rates, |
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F.

whereas the exemption for liner conferences which has been in effect for the last nineteen years has played a significant regulatory role in the development of international trade, and the present conference regime appears much more ‘liberal’ than in the past, while retaining the advantages of providing reliable liner services at competitive rates,

| G. | whereas over the period 1997-2004 there was a remarkable increase in the volume of international trade handled by major liner conference systems and a significant increase in the volume of such trade handled by minor conference systems (with some fluctuations), |
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G.

whereas over the period 1997-2004 there was a remarkable increase in the volume of international trade handled by major liner conference systems and a significant increase in the volume of such trade handled by minor conference systems (with some fluctuations),

| H. | whereas, as regards the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, the Commission concludes that:






  (a) | there is no further justification for exempting liner shipping conferences, |
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H.

whereas, as regards the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, the Commission concludes that:

(a)

there is no further justification for exempting liner shipping conferences,

| (b) | there is no justification for the exclusion of tramp services and cabotage from the competition implementing rules, |
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(b)

there is no justification for the exclusion of tramp services and cabotage from the competition implementing rules,

| (c) | there is no valid reason for maintaining the provisions for technical agreements or the conflict of laws provision and proposes that they be abolished; |
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(c)

there is no valid reason for maintaining the provisions for technical agreements or the conflict of laws provision and proposes that they be abolished;

| I. | whereas a majority of the parties involved is in favour of a review of the existing regime with a view to achieving price stability, effective, high-quality services and the continued competitiveness of liner shipping companies and small and medium-sized shipping companies, |
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I.

whereas a majority of the parties involved is in favour of a review of the existing regime with a view to achieving price stability, effective, high-quality services and the continued competitiveness of liner shipping companies and small and medium-sized shipping companies,

| J. | whereas an impact study was carried out by consulting firm Global Insight, on the Commission's initiative, with a view to assessing the consequences which might ensue if the block exemption for liner conferences provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 were to be repealed and replaced with a system based on the alternative proposal put forward by the ELAA; |
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J.

whereas an impact study was carried out by consulting firm Global Insight, on the Commission's initiative, with a view to assessing the consequences which might ensue if the block exemption for liner conferences provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 were to be repealed and replaced with a system based on the alternative proposal put forward by the ELAA;

General

| 1. | Calls upon the Commission and all parties concerned to understand that the purpose of the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 should be to preserve, and promote the expansion of, a viable and competitive European shipping sector within the framework of the Lisbon Strategy in conjunction with transport policy strategy, as summarised in the White Paper and the Marco Polo I and the Marco Polo II programmes, and that it is vital to do so especially in view of the fact that new maritime powers have emerged, namely China, South Korea, and Taiwan; |
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1.

Calls upon the Commission and all parties concerned to understand that the purpose of the review of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 should be to preserve, and promote the expansion of, a viable and competitive European shipping sector within the framework of the Lisbon Strategy in conjunction with transport policy strategy, as summarised in the White Paper and the Marco Polo I and the Marco Polo II programmes, and that it is vital to do so especially in view of the fact that new maritime powers have emerged, namely China, South Korea, and Taiwan;

| 2. | Calls upon the Commission carefully to consider the consequences of a possible alternative system for the entire marine transport sector, namely members and non-members of liner conferences and their competitors (independent bodies) their customers (shippers) and the final consumers; |
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2.

Calls upon the Commission carefully to consider the consequences of a possible alternative system for the entire marine transport sector, namely members and non-members of liner conferences and their competitors (independent bodies) their customers (shippers) and the final consumers;

| 3. | Notes that the conclusions of the study by Global Insight do not provide a solid basis for abolishing the block exemption for maritime conferences, as the shortcomings outlined in previous studies in terms of scope and data were not really dealt with in this latest study either; calls upon the Commission to take this into consideration in the framework of its new proposal and to discuss it with the circles concerned, with Parliament and with the Council; |
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3.

Notes that the conclusions of the study by Global Insight do not provide a solid basis for abolishing the block exemption for maritime conferences, as the shortcomings outlined in previous studies in terms of scope and data were not really dealt with in this latest study either; calls upon the Commission to take this into consideration in the framework of its new proposal and to discuss it with the circles concerned, with Parliament and with the Council;

| 4. | Calls upon the Commission, in the event of amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, to bear in mind existing legal and operating regimes in other countries (USA, Australia, Japan and Canada), since any misalignment of the European system in relation to those regimes might create destabilising socio-economic effects worldwide and lead to protectionist measures; |
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4.

Calls upon the Commission, in the event of amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, to bear in mind existing legal and operating regimes in other countries (USA, Australia, Japan and Canada), since any misalignment of the European system in relation to those regimes might create destabilising socio-economic effects worldwide and lead to protectionist measures;

| 5. | Emphasises the likelihood of adverse consequences in the event of a general overhaul of the system, not so much for large merchant shipping lines, but rather for small and medium-sized ones, and emphasises also that there is no evidence that the abolition of liner conferences will bring about a fall in prices; |
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5.

Emphasises the likelihood of adverse consequences in the event of a general overhaul of the system, not so much for large merchant shipping lines, but rather for small and medium-sized ones, and emphasises also that there is no evidence that the abolition of liner conferences will bring about a fall in prices;

| 6. | Notes that full liberalisation involving the abolition of the exemptions for liner conferences provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 will necessitate corresponding changes to Regulation (EC) No 823/2000, which was itself amended by Regulation (EC) No 611/2005, which provides for block exemptions for consortia of liner shipping companies;· |
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6.

Notes that full liberalisation involving the abolition of the exemptions for liner conferences provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 will necessitate corresponding changes to Regulation (EC) No 823/2000, which was itself amended by Regulation (EC) No 611/2005, which provides for block exemptions for consortia of liner shipping companies;·

| 7. | Maintains that any regulation in the sector will need to allow for the nature of regions affected by specific constraints, for example regions of the type described in Article 299(2) of the Treaty, which depend on the continued provision of services with special characteristics; |
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7.

Maintains that any regulation in the sector will need to allow for the nature of regions affected by specific constraints, for example regions of the type described in Article 299(2) of the Treaty, which depend on the continued provision of services with special characteristics;

| 8. | Underscores, as far as they comply with Community competition law, the importance of an increasing number of forms of cooperation, such as framework agreements, by virtue of which carriers, whether or not they are members of conferences, are able flexibly to coordinate their competitive conduct on the market in relation to freight rates and other service conditions; |
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8.

Underscores, as far as they comply with Community competition law, the importance of an increasing number of forms of cooperation, such as framework agreements, by virtue of which carriers, whether or not they are members of conferences, are able flexibly to coordinate their competitive conduct on the market in relation to freight rates and other service conditions;

Liner conferences

| 9. | Concludes, on the basis of the case-law of the Court of First Instance (Joined Cases T-191/98, T-212/98 to T-214/98 Atlantic Container Line AB and Others v. Commission (9), ‘the TACA case’), that the regulation of vessel capacity is permissible only if no artificial demand is created along with increases in freight rates and only if the power of conferences to fix freight rates has been significantly limited, the four cumulative conditions laid down in Article 81(3) of the Treaty thus being fulfilled, if only partially; |
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9.

Concludes, on the basis of the case-law of the Court of First Instance (Joined Cases T-191/98, T-212/98 to T-214/98 Atlantic Container Line AB and Others v. Commission (9), ‘the TACA case’), that the regulation of vessel capacity is permissible only if no artificial demand is created along with increases in freight rates and only if the power of conferences to fix freight rates has been significantly limited, the four cumulative conditions laid down in Article 81(3) of the Treaty thus being fulfilled, if only partially;

| 10. | Points out that while Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 endorses the system of closed conferences, it also allows free trade, which means that substantive competition from outsiders is ensured and that no further restrictions on competition from liner conferences is permitted; |
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10.

Points out that while Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 endorses the system of closed conferences, it also allows free trade, which means that substantive competition from outsiders is ensured and that no further restrictions on competition from liner conferences is permitted;

| 11. | Supports the Commission's intention to review — rather than repeal — Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 with a view to ensuring compatibility with the rules of competition, chiefly by excluding the possibility of a direct fixing of freight prices and by authorising the fixing by the conferences of a reference price or a price index under an alternative system, in accordance with the case law of the European Court of Justice, and by ensuring that surcharges and associated costs are calculated transparently and after dialogue with shippers, and stresses that any such review must safeguard the stability of freight rates, the high quality of services and sound competition for all enterprises, whatever their size; |
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11.

Supports the Commission's intention to review — rather than repeal — Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 with a view to ensuring compatibility with the rules of competition, chiefly by excluding the possibility of a direct fixing of freight prices and by authorising the fixing by the conferences of a reference price or a price index under an alternative system, in accordance with the case law of the European Court of Justice, and by ensuring that surcharges and associated costs are calculated transparently and after dialogue with shippers, and stresses that any such review must safeguard the stability of freight rates, the high quality of services and sound competition for all enterprises, whatever their size;

| 12. | Takes the view that the proposal of the ELAA contains interesting points, including the introduction of a price index and the creation of discussion forums for carriers, shippers and other industry players, which should be taken up by the Commission, pursuant to competition rules, in drafting any amending regulation, and that any such new regulation might be made to come into force for a limited period of five years after the expiry of which an assessment would be carried out; takes the view that the Commission should examine the compliance of these points with the four cumulative conditions laid down in Article 81 (3) of the Treaty; |
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12.

Takes the view that the proposal of the ELAA contains interesting points, including the introduction of a price index and the creation of discussion forums for carriers, shippers and other industry players, which should be taken up by the Commission, pursuant to competition rules, in drafting any amending regulation, and that any such new regulation might be made to come into force for a limited period of five years after the expiry of which an assessment would be carried out; takes the view that the Commission should examine the compliance of these points with the four cumulative conditions laid down in Article 81 (3) of the Treaty;

| 13. | Considers that, whichever alternative solution is chosen, a transitional period should be envisaged to enable all operators (carriers, shippers and other industry players) to adapt to the new regulatory framework; |
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13.

Considers that, whichever alternative solution is chosen, a transitional period should be envisaged to enable all operators (carriers, shippers and other industry players) to adapt to the new regulatory framework;

| 14. | Calls upon the Commission, within its terms of reference and on the basis of undertakings under the Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences to hold discussions with the other contracting parties before proposing amendment or repeal of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86; believes that those discussions should seek to find the most appropriate method of adaptation for Member States (those than still have bilateral commitments under the Code of Conduct) to the possible new legal status, with a view to avoiding any adverse consequences; |
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14.

Calls upon the Commission, within its terms of reference and on the basis of undertakings under the Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences to hold discussions with the other contracting parties before proposing amendment or repeal of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86; believes that those discussions should seek to find the most appropriate method of adaptation for Member States (those than still have bilateral commitments under the Code of Conduct) to the possible new legal status, with a view to avoiding any adverse consequences;

International tramp vessel and cabotage services

| 15. | Points out that the tramp sector remains overwhelmingly deregulated and operates on the basis of the rules of fair competition; supports the Commission proposal for these services to be brought within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003; |
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15.

Points out that the tramp sector remains overwhelmingly deregulated and operates on the basis of the rules of fair competition; supports the Commission proposal for these services to be brought within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003;

| 16. | Considers it to be in the interests of legal certainty and clarity that the Commission should establish, in a single process, guidelines as regards the compatibility of bulk pools and specialised trades with the rules of competition, subject to the proviso, however, that it should not do so until the proposals have been published and consultations held with the circles concerned; |
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16.

Considers it to be in the interests of legal certainty and clarity that the Commission should establish, in a single process, guidelines as regards the compatibility of bulk pools and specialised trades with the rules of competition, subject to the proviso, however, that it should not do so until the proposals have been published and consultations held with the circles concerned;

| 17. | Points out that the cabotage services sector has already been deregulated pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92; takes the view that given that these services are carried out between ports in one and the same Member State, intra-Community trade between the Member States is not affected (Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty) and consequently there is no need or legal obligation for this sector to be brought within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003; |
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17.

Points out that the cabotage services sector has already been deregulated pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92; takes the view that given that these services are carried out between ports in one and the same Member State, intra-Community trade between the Member States is not affected (Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty) and consequently there is no need or legal obligation for this sector to be brought within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003;

Purely technical agreements

| 18. | Calls upon the Commission not to continue with the proposal to abolish the arrangements contained in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 governing the legality of technical agreements, since it believes that retaining a purely legal framework governing technical agreements will contribute to legal certainty and a better orientation for service providers; |
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18.

Calls upon the Commission not to continue with the proposal to abolish the arrangements contained in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 governing the legality of technical agreements, since it believes that retaining a purely legal framework governing technical agreements will contribute to legal certainty and a better orientation for service providers;

Conflict of laws

| 19. | Calls upon the Commission not to continue with the proposal to repeal Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 which provides for negotiations to be held in the event of a conflict between Community law and the law of third countries, especially in view of the Commission's intention to revise competition law relating to maritime transport; |
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19.

Calls upon the Commission not to continue with the proposal to repeal Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 which provides for negotiations to be held in the event of a conflict between Community law and the law of third countries, especially in view of the Commission's intention to revise competition law relating to maritime transport;

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| 20. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission. |
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20.

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

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(1)  OJ L 121, 17.5.1979, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 378, 31.12.1986, p. 4.

(3)  OJ L 364, 12.12.1992, p. 7.

(4)  OJ L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 24.

(5)  OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1.

(6)  OJ C 157, 28.6.2005, p. 130.

(7)  OJ C 231, 20.9.2005, p. 38.

(8)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 611/2005 of 20 April 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 823/2000 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices between liner shipping companies (consortia) (OJ L 101, 21.4.2005, p. 10).

(9)  ECR [2003] II-3275.

P6_TA(2005)0467

Electronic communications

European Parliament resolution on European electronic communications regulation and markets 2004 (2005/2052(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the communication from the Commission, entitled ‘European Electronic Communications Regulation and Markets 2004’ (COM(2004)0759), |
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—

having regard to the communication from the Commission, entitled ‘European Electronic Communications Regulation and Markets 2004’ (COM(2004)0759),

| — | having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council of 22 and 23 March 2005, |
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—

having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council of 22 and 23 March 2005,

| — | having regard to the High-Level Group report of November 2004 on the Lisbon Strategy, |
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—

having regard to the High-Level Group report of November 2004 on the Lisbon Strategy,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 18 November 2003 on the eighth report from the Commission on the implementation of the telecommunications regulatory package (1), |
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—

having regard to its resolution of 18 November 2003 on the eighth report from the Commission on the implementation of the telecommunications regulatory package (1),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 12 February 2003 on the full roll-out of third generation mobile communications (2), |
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—

having regard to its resolution of 12 February 2003 on the full roll-out of third generation mobile communications (2),

| — | having regard to Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive) (3), |
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—

having regard to Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive) (3),

| — | having regard to Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive) (4), |
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—

having regard to Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive) (4),

| — | having regard to Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (5), |
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—

having regard to Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (5),

| — | having regard to Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (6), |
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—

having regard to Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (6),

| — | having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000, |
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—

having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000,

| — | having regard to the Commission Decision of 29 July 2002 establishing the European Regulators Group for Electronic Communications Networks and Services (7), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Decision of 29 July 2002 establishing the European Regulators Group for Electronic Communications Networks and Services (7),

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

having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0305/2005), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0305/2005),

| A. | whereas the procedures for transposing and implementing Community law vary from one Member State to the next, a situation which is jeopardising the completion of a genuine single market in electronic communications, |
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A.

whereas the procedures for transposing and implementing Community law vary from one Member State to the next, a situation which is jeopardising the completion of a genuine single market in electronic communications,

| B. | whereas the Commission plays a central role in the implementation and proper application of the regulatory framework, |
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B.

whereas the Commission plays a central role in the implementation and proper application of the regulatory framework,

| C. | whereas the Commission may initiate infringement proceedings against Member States which fail to apply the relevant legislation or do so incorrectly, |
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C.

whereas the Commission may initiate infringement proceedings against Member States which fail to apply the relevant legislation or do so incorrectly,

| D. | whereas, under the procedure described in Article 7 of the Framework Directive, the Commission assesses the measures which national regulatory authorities (NRAs) plan to take, |
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D.

whereas, under the procedure described in Article 7 of the Framework Directive, the Commission assesses the measures which national regulatory authorities (NRAs) plan to take,

| E. | whereas this provision serves as a flexible instrument enabling the regulator to intervene in the market where free competition may be under threat, |
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E.

whereas this provision serves as a flexible instrument enabling the regulator to intervene in the market where free competition may be under threat,

| F. | whereas these aspects of regulation are valuable in enabling the regulator to intervene correctly in an evolving market where recent technological innovation will make it possible to provide new services for consumers, |
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F.

whereas these aspects of regulation are valuable in enabling the regulator to intervene correctly in an evolving market where recent technological innovation will make it possible to provide new services for consumers,

| G. | whereas this regulatory system makes it possible to adjust the application of remedies on the basis of the principle of proportionality, and to scale down the regulatory burdens when competition trends in the market justify doing so, |
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G.

whereas this regulatory system makes it possible to adjust the application of remedies on the basis of the principle of proportionality, and to scale down the regulatory burdens when competition trends in the market justify doing so,

| H. | whereas NRAs decide quite independently to intervene in the markets and whereas the criterion on which such intervention is based is that it should be proportionate to the objectives pursued, |
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H.

whereas NRAs decide quite independently to intervene in the markets and whereas the criterion on which such intervention is based is that it should be proportionate to the objectives pursued,

| I. | whereas the procedure for appeals against NRA decisions is a lengthy one, and whereas in some Member States such decisions are systematically suspended pending the outcome of the appeal, |
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I.

whereas the procedure for appeals against NRA decisions is a lengthy one, and whereas in some Member States such decisions are systematically suspended pending the outcome of the appeal,

| J. | whereas the delays in implementation and market analysis are a serious obstacle to the creation of a single market in electronic communications, creating different operating conditions for companies in the various Member States and uncertainties as regards the regulatory approach adopted during the transitional period, |
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J.

whereas the delays in implementation and market analysis are a serious obstacle to the creation of a single market in electronic communications, creating different operating conditions for companies in the various Member States and uncertainties as regards the regulatory approach adopted during the transitional period,

| K. | whereas a clear regulatory framework will create the conditions to encourage operators to make further investments, and whereas this is vital to enable the European electronic communications industry to play a leadership role in the international arena, |
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K.

whereas a clear regulatory framework will create the conditions to encourage operators to make further investments, and whereas this is vital to enable the European electronic communications industry to play a leadership role in the international arena,

| L. | whereas by interpreting and applying infrastructure regulations for electronic communications the Commission can make a substantial contribution to securing and promoting media pluralism, |
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L.

whereas by interpreting and applying infrastructure regulations for electronic communications the Commission can make a substantial contribution to securing and promoting media pluralism,

| M. | whereas, despite the measures taken by NRAs to reduce excessively high roaming charges in the EU, the rates for calls to or from abroad remain too high, and noting the existing risks of anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant positions, |
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M.

whereas, despite the measures taken by NRAs to reduce excessively high roaming charges in the EU, the rates for calls to or from abroad remain too high, and noting the existing risks of anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant positions,

| N. | whereas a correctly regulated single market can safeguard fair service and price conditions for all consumers, by providing them with the necessary transparency and security, |
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N.

whereas a correctly regulated single market can safeguard fair service and price conditions for all consumers, by providing them with the necessary transparency and security,

| O. | whereas the legal framework helps to determine the emergence and continuance of media pluralism, |
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O.

whereas the legal framework helps to determine the emergence and continuance of media pluralism,

| P. | whereas the Commission states in its White Paper on services of general interest (COM(2004)0374) that the aim of creating an open and competitive internal market is compatible with that of developing general interest services, and it is therefore essential to safeguard the fair price and service conditions for consumers, such as will create a single telecommunications market covering the entire European territory, so as to reduce the digital divide, a priority aim for the European Union, |
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P.

whereas the Commission states in its White Paper on services of general interest (COM(2004)0374) that the aim of creating an open and competitive internal market is compatible with that of developing general interest services, and it is therefore essential to safeguard the fair price and service conditions for consumers, such as will create a single telecommunications market covering the entire European territory, so as to reduce the digital divide, a priority aim for the European Union,

| 1. | Shares the concerns expressed by the Commission in its abovementioned communication; fully supports the Commission in its role as a driving force for regulation, both as regards the correct interpretation of the new rules and the need to ensure their uniform application in a manner consistent with the objectives of electronic communications regulation, by means of timely and constant monitoring; |
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1.

Shares the concerns expressed by the Commission in its abovementioned communication; fully supports the Commission in its role as a driving force for regulation, both as regards the correct interpretation of the new rules and the need to ensure their uniform application in a manner consistent with the objectives of electronic communications regulation, by means of timely and constant monitoring;

The institutional framework

| 2. | Stresses the need to open an institutional debate aimed at strengthening and clarifying both the European institutional model in the electronic communications sector and the relevant regulatory framework, and at identifying the best ways of achieving this goal; |
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2.

Stresses the need to open an institutional debate aimed at strengthening and clarifying both the European institutional model in the electronic communications sector and the relevant regulatory framework, and at identifying the best ways of achieving this goal;

Commission

| 3. | Calls therefore for the Commission's role to be strengthened and stresses that it should play a central role as the guardian of Community legislation, whereas the European Regulators Group (ERG) should continue to act as a consultative and advisory body for the Commission in accordance with Decision 2002/627/EC, with the goal of consistent and coherent application of the regulatory framework under Article 7(2) of the Framework Directive; |
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3.

Calls therefore for the Commission's role to be strengthened and stresses that it should play a central role as the guardian of Community legislation, whereas the European Regulators Group (ERG) should continue to act as a consultative and advisory body for the Commission in accordance with Decision 2002/627/EC, with the goal of consistent and coherent application of the regulatory framework under Article 7(2) of the Framework Directive;

| 4. | Fully supports the Commission's activities both in bringing proceedings against Member States failing to comply and in analysing the notifications from NRAs pursuant to Article 7 of the Framework Directive; calls on the Commission to remain vigilant so as to ensure that measures relating to national markets do not jeopardise the completion of the single market in electronic communications; |
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4.

Fully supports the Commission's activities both in bringing proceedings against Member States failing to comply and in analysing the notifications from NRAs pursuant to Article 7 of the Framework Directive; calls on the Commission to remain vigilant so as to ensure that measures relating to national markets do not jeopardise the completion of the single market in electronic communications;

ERG

| 5. | Stresses that the composition and functions of the ERG and the Independent Regulators Group (IRG) overlap to a large extent and that it is therefore necessary to avoid any duplication of effort and unnecessary use of limited administrative resources; with this in mind, recommends that agreement be reached on the gradual merging of the ERG and IRG; |
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5.

Stresses that the composition and functions of the ERG and the Independent Regulators Group (IRG) overlap to a large extent and that it is therefore necessary to avoid any duplication of effort and unnecessary use of limited administrative resources; with this in mind, recommends that agreement be reached on the gradual merging of the ERG and IRG;

| 6. | Stresses the need for the ERG to confine itself to consultative activities, involving all parties concerned as fully and as transparently as possible, and to pursuing activities specifically entrusted to it under the regulatory framework; |
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6.

Stresses the need for the ERG to confine itself to consultative activities, involving all parties concerned as fully and as transparently as possible, and to pursuing activities specifically entrusted to it under the regulatory framework;

Parliament

| 7. | Calls on the Commission to submit to Parliament its annual report on progress in implementing the regulatory framework as soon as it is adopted, together with any other reports concerning the analysis of the functioning of the electronic communications market, so that Parliament can be involved promptly in the monitoring process; |
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7.

Calls on the Commission to submit to Parliament its annual report on progress in implementing the regulatory framework as soon as it is adopted, together with any other reports concerning the analysis of the functioning of the electronic communications market, so that Parliament can be involved promptly in the monitoring process;

| 8. | Welcomes the rapid increase in broadband penetration; asks the Commission to inform the Parliament of its activities in monitoring the development of the broadband sector and of the action taken in this respect; |
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8.

Welcomes the rapid increase in broadband penetration; asks the Commission to inform the Parliament of its activities in monitoring the development of the broadband sector and of the action taken in this respect;

Member States and NRAs

| 9. | Regrets the fact that some Member States have not yet fully transposed the regulatory framework or have not applied it properly, and calls on these Member States to comply immediately with Community law on electronic communications; |
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9.

Regrets the fact that some Member States have not yet fully transposed the regulatory framework or have not applied it properly, and calls on these Member States to comply immediately with Community law on electronic communications;

| 10. | Calls on the Member States to provide adequate support for the activities of NRAs, whose limited resources do not enable them to complete the tasks assigned to them quickly; calls also on the Member States to introduce the measures needed to speed up the timescale for appeals procedures concerning NRA decisions; |
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10.

Calls on the Member States to provide adequate support for the activities of NRAs, whose limited resources do not enable them to complete the tasks assigned to them quickly; calls also on the Member States to introduce the measures needed to speed up the timescale for appeals procedures concerning NRA decisions;

| 11. | Urges the Member States to guarantee the total independence of NRAs and calls on the Commission to monitor the situation closely and keep Parliament informed; |
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11.

Urges the Member States to guarantee the total independence of NRAs and calls on the Commission to monitor the situation closely and keep Parliament informed;

| 12. | Encourages the NRAs and the Commission to carry out better impact assessments and benchmarking concerning the obligations proposed and their efficiency and effectiveness for the markets; |
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12.

Encourages the NRAs and the Commission to carry out better impact assessments and benchmarking concerning the obligations proposed and their efficiency and effectiveness for the markets;

| 13. | Calls on the Member States to comply with the principles of transparency and proportionality and justify the administrative charges imposed on operators for authorisation of services, while respecting public interest concerns; and calls on the Commission to carry out checks in this area without delay; |
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13.

Calls on the Member States to comply with the principles of transparency and proportionality and justify the administrative charges imposed on operators for authorisation of services, while respecting public interest concerns; and calls on the Commission to carry out checks in this area without delay;

| 14. | Stresses the importance of adequate frequency allocation for public-interest services, open, transparent and non-discriminatory procedures, and the need for sufficient flexibility when allocating radio frequencies and granting licences; |
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14.

Stresses the importance of adequate frequency allocation for public-interest services, open, transparent and non-discriminatory procedures, and the need for sufficient flexibility when allocating radio frequencies and granting licences;

| 15. | Recommends that the Member States, the Commission and NRAs take account of the need for the regulatory framework to attract and safeguard investment; stresses the need to encourage investments in infrastructure, with particular reference to broadband, third generation mobile telephony and other emerging markets, while taking account of services of general economic interest; |
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15.

Recommends that the Member States, the Commission and NRAs take account of the need for the regulatory framework to attract and safeguard investment; stresses the need to encourage investments in infrastructure, with particular reference to broadband, third generation mobile telephony and other emerging markets, while taking account of services of general economic interest;

| 16. | Stresses the need to safeguard regulated services even though technology is changing, especially when it comes to the access network; hence, considers it important to maintain the possibility to give alternative operators access to the new infrastructure on fair and reasonable terms; |
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16.

Stresses the need to safeguard regulated services even though technology is changing, especially when it comes to the access network; hence, considers it important to maintain the possibility to give alternative operators access to the new infrastructure on fair and reasonable terms;

| 17. | Points out that regulatory intervention should focus on eliminating distortions that prevent fair competition, taking into account in particular the need to encourage the development of emerging markets and equal opportunities for market participants; |
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17.

Points out that regulatory intervention should focus on eliminating distortions that prevent fair competition, taking into account in particular the need to encourage the development of emerging markets and equal opportunities for market participants;

| 18. | Points out that the development of third generation mobile telephony is sometimes hampered by national and local provisions as regards authorisations to establish infrastructures and strict criteria for the granting of licences; calls therefore on the competent authorities to remedy the situation and remove obstacles to the full development of 3G communications; |
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18.

Points out that the development of third generation mobile telephony is sometimes hampered by national and local provisions as regards authorisations to establish infrastructures and strict criteria for the granting of licences; calls therefore on the competent authorities to remedy the situation and remove obstacles to the full development of 3G communications;

| 19. | Calls on the Member States to ensure that the sites for installations intended to support the mobile telephony network are selected with due regard for health and the environment and in accordance with transparent urban planning procedures; calls on the Commission to monitor these activities and report on them regularly to the European Parliament; stresses the need for information on radiation values to be made public; |
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19.

Calls on the Member States to ensure that the sites for installations intended to support the mobile telephony network are selected with due regard for health and the environment and in accordance with transparent urban planning procedures; calls on the Commission to monitor these activities and report on them regularly to the European Parliament; stresses the need for information on radiation values to be made public;

| 20. | Welcomes the voluntary codes to protect users from unsolicited commercial communications and calls for EU-wide transposition of the opt-in rules; |
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20.

Welcomes the voluntary codes to protect users from unsolicited commercial communications and calls for EU-wide transposition of the opt-in rules;

| 21. | Stresses the importance of data privacy in relation to the growing number of requests for data retention, and notes the long-established cooperation by e-communications operators with law-enforcement authorities within a clear legal framework and on a case-by-case basis; recognises that mandatory dataretention obligations would be detrimental to civil liberties and give rise to significant costs for operators; concludes that the introduction of any data-retention rules should be by way of codecision with the European Parliament; |
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21.

Stresses the importance of data privacy in relation to the growing number of requests for data retention, and notes the long-established cooperation by e-communications operators with law-enforcement authorities within a clear legal framework and on a case-by-case basis; recognises that mandatory dataretention obligations would be detrimental to civil liberties and give rise to significant costs for operators; concludes that the introduction of any data-retention rules should be by way of codecision with the European Parliament;

Industry and consumers

| 22. | Stresses that the information and communications technology (ICT) sector serves as an engine for the European economy, contributing significantly to growth and job creation; |
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22.

Stresses that the information and communications technology (ICT) sector serves as an engine for the European economy, contributing significantly to growth and job creation;

| 23. | Points out that European legislation on electronic communications seeks to promote competition among firms, while at the same time ensuring a high level of protection for consumers; |
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23.

Points out that European legislation on electronic communications seeks to promote competition among firms, while at the same time ensuring a high level of protection for consumers;

| 24. | Calls on the Commission to carry out and present to Parliament, with the aim of protecting users' rights, studies on a regular basis, in which, as a minimum, the following parameters are analysed: transparency of invoicing, contract guarantees and trends in prices and markets, for broadband and fixed and mobile telephony; |
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24.

Calls on the Commission to carry out and present to Parliament, with the aim of protecting users' rights, studies on a regular basis, in which, as a minimum, the following parameters are analysed: transparency of invoicing, contract guarantees and trends in prices and markets, for broadband and fixed and mobile telephony;

| 25. | Welcomes the increase in unbundled local loops, but stresses that there must be further development in order to ensure competitive markets for customers; |
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25.

Welcomes the increase in unbundled local loops, but stresses that there must be further development in order to ensure competitive markets for customers;

| 26. | Calls on telecommunications services providers to take account of the interests of disabled users as regards choice, price and benefits in terms of quality and accessibility of telecommunications services, and calls on the regulatory authorities to consult disabled people's representatives when assessing service provision; |
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26.

Calls on telecommunications services providers to take account of the interests of disabled users as regards choice, price and benefits in terms of quality and accessibility of telecommunications services, and calls on the regulatory authorities to consult disabled people's representatives when assessing service provision;

| 27. | Calls on 3G service providers to devise price-to-service ratios permitting broadband to be received by as many people in as many places as possible, thus putting an end to geographical borders for broadband; |
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27.

Calls on 3G service providers to devise price-to-service ratios permitting broadband to be received by as many people in as many places as possible, thus putting an end to geographical borders for broadband;

| 28. | Stresses that it is vital for operators to adopt transparent pricing practices and for consumers to be fully and clearly informed about the services offered and the prices charged, particularly as regards costs; concerning international roaming services, is carefully following the recent procedures of the Commission as regards the rules on abuse of dominant position (Article 82 of the Treaty) and the Statement of Objections; calls on the Commission and the Member States to analyse which structural changes are needed in order to ensure adequate and transparent roaming charges; furthermore, urges the Council to instruct the Commission to draw up an action plan and timetable that will enable consumers to benefit from international roaming at the best possible cost and as soon as possible, throughout European territory, with continuity of service; |
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28.

Stresses that it is vital for operators to adopt transparent pricing practices and for consumers to be fully and clearly informed about the services offered and the prices charged, particularly as regards costs; concerning international roaming services, is carefully following the recent procedures of the Commission as regards the rules on abuse of dominant position (Article 82 of the Treaty) and the Statement of Objections; calls on the Commission and the Member States to analyse which structural changes are needed in order to ensure adequate and transparent roaming charges; furthermore, urges the Council to instruct the Commission to draw up an action plan and timetable that will enable consumers to benefit from international roaming at the best possible cost and as soon as possible, throughout European territory, with continuity of service;

| 29. | Calls again on the Commission and NRAs to strive to ensure that further progress is made with regard to number portability, both for fixed and mobile telephony, and charges for call termination on networks; |
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29.

Calls again on the Commission and NRAs to strive to ensure that further progress is made with regard to number portability, both for fixed and mobile telephony, and charges for call termination on networks;

| 30. | Points out that a functioning mobile number portability system is vital to healthy competition between mobile operators and stresses, therefore, that the charges for transferring numbers should be set at a low level, or at zero, in all Member States, and that the time required for transferring numbers should be shortened in some Member States; |
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30.

Points out that a functioning mobile number portability system is vital to healthy competition between mobile operators and stresses, therefore, that the charges for transferring numbers should be set at a low level, or at zero, in all Member States, and that the time required for transferring numbers should be shortened in some Member States;

| 31. | Calls on the Commission to take action to lower the charges for termination of mobile-phone contracts, which remain high in many Member States and should be linked to the costs incurred; |
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31.

Calls on the Commission to take action to lower the charges for termination of mobile-phone contracts, which remain high in many Member States and should be linked to the costs incurred;

| 32. | Points out that in its White Paper on services of general interest the Commission stated that the goal of creating an open and competitive internal market was compatible with that of developing accessible, high-quality and affordable general interest services and regulatory intervention should therefore take both into account; |
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32.

Points out that in its White Paper on services of general interest the Commission stated that the goal of creating an open and competitive internal market was compatible with that of developing accessible, high-quality and affordable general interest services and regulatory intervention should therefore take both into account;

| 33. | Awaits the conclusions of the study into the ways in which Member States interpret the general interest objectives when imposing must-carry obligations; |
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33.

Awaits the conclusions of the study into the ways in which Member States interpret the general interest objectives when imposing must-carry obligations;

| 34. | Welcomes the Commission's initiative on transparency in the international roaming sector, which will provide consumers with useful information on retail tariffs applied by different mobile telephony operators in the various EU countries, and calls, in particular, on service providers to reduce roaming charges, so that economic and social cooperation between the Member States is not restricted by high charges; calls on the Commission to develop new initiatives in order to reduce the high costs of cross-border mobile telephone traffic, so that a real internal market for consumers with affordable roaming charges for mobile telephony can soon be realised; |
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34.

Welcomes the Commission's initiative on transparency in the international roaming sector, which will provide consumers with useful information on retail tariffs applied by different mobile telephony operators in the various EU countries, and calls, in particular, on service providers to reduce roaming charges, so that economic and social cooperation between the Member States is not restricted by high charges; calls on the Commission to develop new initiatives in order to reduce the high costs of cross-border mobile telephone traffic, so that a real internal market for consumers with affordable roaming charges for mobile telephony can soon be realised;

| 35. | Points out that all European citizens must have access to the services of the information society, and that this means using consumer-friendly regulation to reduce the digital gap, particularly for disabled and older people; takes the view that supporting an open European standard to establish interoperability in services, transmission platforms and terminals will make a vital contribution to achieving that aim; |
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35.

Points out that all European citizens must have access to the services of the information society, and that this means using consumer-friendly regulation to reduce the digital gap, particularly for disabled and older people; takes the view that supporting an open European standard to establish interoperability in services, transmission platforms and terminals will make a vital contribution to achieving that aim;

| 36. | Calls on the Commission to investigate how to proceed in order to develop the different national markets in this sector into an internal market without borders and with common legislation and regulations, allowing operators to act and compete in a single market; |
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36.

Calls on the Commission to investigate how to proceed in order to develop the different national markets in this sector into an internal market without borders and with common legislation and regulations, allowing operators to act and compete in a single market;

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| 37. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the European Regulators Group and the relevant national regulatory authorities. |
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37.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the European Regulators Group and the relevant national regulatory authorities.

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(1)  OJ C 87 E, 7.4.2004, p. 65.

(2)  OJ C 43 E, 19.2.2004, p. 260.

(3)  OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 7.

(4)  OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 21.

(5)  OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33.

(6)  OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51.

(7)  OJ L 200, 30.7.2002, p. 38.

P6_TA(2005)0468

VAT applied to highly labour-intensive services

European Parliament resolution on the expiry of Directive 1999/85/EC concerning reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Presidency conclusions of the Vienna European Council of 11 and 12 December 1998, which called on the Commission ‘to allow those Member States who so desire to experiment with reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services which are not exposed to cross-border competition’ in order to promote employment, |
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having regard to the Presidency conclusions of the Vienna European Council of 11 and 12 December 1998, which called on the Commission ‘to allow those Member States who so desire to experiment with reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services which are not exposed to cross-border competition’ in order to promote employment,

| — | having regard to Council Directive 1999/85/EC of 22 October 1999 amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards the possibility of applying on an experimental basis a reduced VAT rate on labour-intensive services (1), |
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having regard to Council Directive 1999/85/EC of 22 October 1999 amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards the possibility of applying on an experimental basis a reduced VAT rate on labour-intensive services (1),

| — | having regard to the Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the experimental application of a reduced rate of VAT to certain labour-intensive services (COM(2003) 0309), |
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having regard to the Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the experimental application of a reduced rate of VAT to certain labour-intensive services (COM(2003) 0309),

| — | having regard to its position of 15 January 2004 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC to extend the facility allowing Member States to apply reduced rates of VAT to certain labour-intensive services (2), |
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having regard to its position of 15 January 2004 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC to extend the facility allowing Member States to apply reduced rates of VAT to certain labour-intensive services (2),

| — | having regard to its position of 4 December 2003 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards reduced rates of value added tax (3), |
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having regard to its position of 4 December 2003 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards reduced rates of value added tax (3),

| — | having regard to its position of 14 December 2004 on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (4), |
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having regard to its position of 14 December 2004 on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (4),

| — | having regard to Rule 108 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 108 of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas the experiment with reduced VAT rates was strictly limited in time and concerned only the services described in the new Annex K added to Directive 77/388/EEC (5) and whereas those provisions expire on 31 December 2005, |
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A.

whereas the experiment with reduced VAT rates was strictly limited in time and concerned only the services described in the new Annex K added to Directive 77/388/EEC (5) and whereas those provisions expire on 31 December 2005,

| B. | whereas Directive 1999/85/EC provides that participating Member States must draw up a detailed assessment of its impact in terms of job creation and efficiency, and that the Commission is required to submit a global evaluation report, |
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B.

whereas Directive 1999/85/EC provides that participating Member States must draw up a detailed assessment of its impact in terms of job creation and efficiency, and that the Commission is required to submit a global evaluation report,

| C. | whereas this scheme was introduced on a temporary basis in 1999 and its aims included increasing employment and reducing the black economy; whereas it was clearly indicated that the scheme would have to be brought to an end after three years and whereas it has already been extended since, |
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C.

whereas this scheme was introduced on a temporary basis in 1999 and its aims included increasing employment and reducing the black economy; whereas it was clearly indicated that the scheme would have to be brought to an end after three years and whereas it has already been extended since,

| D. | whereas the Commission has also submitted a proposal for a directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards reduced rates of value added tax (COM(2003)0397), which is aimed at affording the Member States equal opportunities to apply reduced rates in certain fields and to rationalise the numerous derogations that currently apply in some Member States, which proposal is currently blocked in the Council, |
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D.

whereas the Commission has also submitted a proposal for a directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards reduced rates of value added tax (COM(2003)0397), which is aimed at affording the Member States equal opportunities to apply reduced rates in certain fields and to rationalise the numerous derogations that currently apply in some Member States, which proposal is currently blocked in the Council,

| E. | whereas it would be difficult to terminate abruptly measures to which companies have become accustomed, |
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E.

whereas it would be difficult to terminate abruptly measures to which companies have become accustomed,

| F. | whereas Member States should be afforded equal opportunities to apply reduced VAT rates in certain areas and pursue their social and cultural policies through a flexible system of indirect taxation, |
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F.

whereas Member States should be afforded equal opportunities to apply reduced VAT rates in certain areas and pursue their social and cultural policies through a flexible system of indirect taxation,

| G. | whereas the provisions on the application of reduced rates of VAT, based on the principle of optionality, are permissive and not prescriptive and do not give rise to a high level of cross-border distortion, |
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G.

whereas the provisions on the application of reduced rates of VAT, based on the principle of optionality, are permissive and not prescriptive and do not give rise to a high level of cross-border distortion,

| 1. | Urges the Council to prolong the experiment until the end of 2006, by which time the Commission is requested to present a comprehensive evaluation based on the data collected during the whole period of the experiment; suggests that this new evaluation take into consideration net job creation as well as the mechanism that led to it, in order to have a broad overview of the economic impact; |
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1.

Urges the Council to prolong the experiment until the end of 2006, by which time the Commission is requested to present a comprehensive evaluation based on the data collected during the whole period of the experiment; suggests that this new evaluation take into consideration net job creation as well as the mechanism that led to it, in order to have a broad overview of the economic impact;

| 2. | Considers that the experiment has not been in force long enough to be accurately evaluated and that the evaluation presented in 2003 was based on insufficient data; |
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2.

Considers that the experiment has not been in force long enough to be accurately evaluated and that the evaluation presented in 2003 was based on insufficient data;

| 3. | Calls for account to be taken of the alarming situation regarding the expiry of the provisions in question and an immediate switch to standard VAT rates that might lead to price increases and have a negative impact on employment in the sectors concerned, and calls on the Commission and the Council to take appropriate measures to avoid legal uncertainty as of 1 January 2006; |
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3.

Calls for account to be taken of the alarming situation regarding the expiry of the provisions in question and an immediate switch to standard VAT rates that might lead to price increases and have a negative impact on employment in the sectors concerned, and calls on the Commission and the Council to take appropriate measures to avoid legal uncertainty as of 1 January 2006;

| 4. | Following the evaluation, supports the inclusion in Annex H to Directive 77/388/EEC of those sectors where results are satisfactory, thus making those derogations permanent, and calls on the Commission to present a proposal containing a plan for phasing out the derogations for the sectors where no positive results have been achieved; |
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4.

Following the evaluation, supports the inclusion in Annex H to Directive 77/388/EEC of those sectors where results are satisfactory, thus making those derogations permanent, and calls on the Commission to present a proposal containing a plan for phasing out the derogations for the sectors where no positive results have been achieved;

| 5. | Calls on the Council to approve without further delay the proposal for a directive which was the subject of its above-mentioned position of 14 December 2004 and which is aimed at allowing the new Member States to apply reduced rates to certain labour-intensive services if they so wish, putting an end to the current discriminatory situation; |
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5.

Calls on the Council to approve without further delay the proposal for a directive which was the subject of its above-mentioned position of 14 December 2004 and which is aimed at allowing the new Member States to apply reduced rates to certain labour-intensive services if they so wish, putting an end to the current discriminatory situation;

| 6. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission. |
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6.

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

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(1)  OJ L 277, 28.10.1999, p. 34.

(2)  OJ C 92 E, 16.4.2004, p. 382.

(3)  OJ C 89 E, 14.4.2004, p. 138.

(4)  OJ C 226 E, 15.9.2005, p. 49.

(5)  OJ L 145, 13.6.1977, p. 1.

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