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MINUTES

(2004/C 87 E/02)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Pat COX

President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 09.05.

2.   Announcement by the President

The President made a statement condemning the bomb attack of 12 November 2003 in Nasiriya which had killed 19 Italians and 8 Iraqis, and injured many others.

He indicated that he had already expressed, on behalf of Parliament, his sympathy to the families of the victims, the President of the Italian Republic, Mr Ciampi, the President of the Italian Council, Mr Berlusconi, the Minister of Defence, Mr Martino, the police, the Armed Forces and the people of Italy.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

3.   Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

Pursuant to Rule 50, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolution:

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 120.

4.   Legislative and work programme for 2004 — Eurostat (statement followed by debate)

Commission statement: Legislative and work programme for 2004

Oral question by María Antonia Avilés Perea, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, to the Commission, on Eurostat (B5-0415/2003)

Romano Prodi (President of the Commission), seconded the remarks made by the President, and then made the statement and answered the oral question.

Roberto Antonione (President-in-Office of the Council) spoke.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the PSE Group, Nicholas Clegg, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Freddy Blak, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mogens N.J. Camre, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the EDD Group, Marco Pannella, Non-attached Member, and Françoise Grossetête.

IN THE CHAIR: Gerhard SCHMID

Vice-President

The following spoke: Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda, Ole B. Sørensen, Theodorus J.J. Bouwman, Roberta Angelilli, Jeffrey William Titford, Francesco Enrico Speroni, James E.M. Elles and Helmut Kuhne.

IN THE CHAIR: José PACHECO PEREIRA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Jan Mulder, Nelly Maes, Georges Berthu, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Margrietus J. van den Berg, Giovanni Procacci, María Antonia Avilés Perea, Pervenche Berès, Joseph Daul, Anna Terrón i Cusí, Hartmut Nassauer, Manuel Medina Ortega, Jonathan Evans, Christa Prets, Arie M. Oostlander, Herbert Bösch, Diemut R. Theato, Paulo Casaca, Hubert Pirker, Proinsias De Rossa, Othmar Karas, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Gabriele Stauner, Christopher Heaton-Harris, Generoso Andria, Juan José Bayona de Perogordo and Romano Prodi.

IN THE CHAIR: Pat COX

President

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering on the statement by Romano Prodi, Enrique Barón Crespo, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Graham R. Watson, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group on the remarks by Hans-Gert Poettering.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 17.11.2003, Item 17.

VOTING TIME

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

5.   COM for hops * (Rule 110a) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 on the common organisation of the market in hops [COM(2003) 0562 — C5-0460/2003 — 2003/0216(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Joseph Daul (A5-0380/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 1)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P5_TA(2003)0487).

6.   EC accession to the International Plant Protection Convention * (Rule 110a) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision approving the accession of the European Community to the International Plant Protection Convention, as revised and approved by Resolution 12/97 of the Twentyninth Session of the FAO Conference in November 1997. [COM(2003) 0470 — C5-0392/2003 — 2003/0178(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Joseph Daul (A5-0379/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 2)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P5_TA(2003)0488).

7.   High activity sealed radioactive sources * (Rule 110a) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on the control of high activity sealed radioactive sources [COM(2003) 18 — C5-0019/2003 — 2003/0005(CNS)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy.

Rapporteur: Françoise Grossetête (A5-0363/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 3)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P5_TA(2003)0489).

8.   Signs at external border crossing points * (Rule 110a) (vote)

Report on the initiative of the Hellenic Republic with a view to adopting a Council decision determining the minimum indications to be used on signs at external border crossing points [8830/2003 — C5-0253/2003 — 2003/0815(CNS)] — Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Gérard M.J. Deprez (A5-0366/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 4)

INITIATIVE OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P5_TA(2003)0490).

9.   Counterfeit euros * (Rule 110a) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the analysis and cooperation with regard to counterfeit euro coins [13203/2003 — C5-0471/2003 — 2003/0158(CNS)] — Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Gerhard Schmid (A5-0377/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 5)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P5_TA(2003)0491).

10.   Recruitment of officials for enlargement * (Rule 110a) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation introducing, on the occasion of the accession of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, special temporary measures for recruitment of officials of the European Communities [COM(2003) 0351 — C5-0287/2003 — 2003/0123(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market.

Rapporteur: Manuel Medina Ortega (A5-0382/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 6)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P5_TA(2003)0492).

11.   Community financial aid to trans-European networks ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks [COM(2003) 220 — C5-0199/2003 — 2003/0086(COD)] — Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Imelda Mary Read (A5-0374/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 7)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved (P5_TA(2003)0493)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0493).

12.   Pan-European e-government services ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision on Interoperable Delivery of pan-European e-Government Services to Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens (IDABC) [COM(2003) 406 — C5-0310/2003 — 2003/0147(COD)] — Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Imelda Mary Read (A5-0375/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 8)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0494)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0494).

13.   Excise duties on petrol and commercial diesel fuel * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 92/81/EEC and Directive 92/82/EEC to introduce special tax arrangements for diesel fuel used for commercial purposes and to align the excise duties on petrol and diesel fuel [COM(2002) 410 — C5-0409/2002 — 2002/0191(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Piia-Noora Kauppi (A5-0383/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 9)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Rejected

Pursuant to Rule 68(3), the matter was referred back to the committee responsible.

The following spoke:

14.   Investment in research (vote)

Report on the communication on investing in research: an action plan for Europe [COM(2003) 226 — C5-0381/2003 — 2003/2148(INI)] — Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Rolf Linkohr (A5-0389/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0495).

15.   Implementation of the Telecommunications Regulatory Package (vote)

Report on the Eighth Report from the Commission on the implementation of the Telecommunications Regulatory Package [COM(2002) 695 — 2003/2090(INI)] — Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Nicholas Clegg (A5-0376/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 11)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0496).

16.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

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

17.   Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

Report Daul — A5-0379/2003

Report Linkohr — A5-0389/2003

Report Clegg — A5-0376/2003

END OF VOTING TIME

(The sitting was suspended at 12.55 and resumed at 15.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Giorgos DIMITRAKOPOULOS

Vice-President

18.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The following spoke: Ioannis Patakis, who enlarged upon remarks he had made concerning the attack in Iraq (Item 10) and Efstratios Korakas, who pointed out that his remarks on the situation in the Baltic States (Item 10) bore no connection to those of Charles Tannock.

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

19.   Enhancing ship and port facility security *** I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on enhancing ship and port facility security [COM(2003) 229 — C5-0218/2003 — 2003/0089(COD)] — Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Rosa Miguélez Ramos (A5-0385/2003).

Loyola de Palacio (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

Rosa Miguélez Ramos introduced the report.

The following spoke: Marcelino Oreja Arburúa (draftsman of the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Christos Folias (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Georg Jarzembowski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Bernard Poignant, on behalf of the PSE Group, Herman Vermeer, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Josu Ortuondo Larrea, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Dominique F.C. Souchet, Non-attached Member, Efstratios Korakas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Samuli Pohjamo, Françoise Grossetête, Carlos Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Sérgio Marques, Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Piia-Noora Kauppi and Loyola de Palacio.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.11.2003, Item 8.

20.   Market access to port services ***III (debate)

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

Rapporteur: Georg Jarzembowski (A5-0364/2003)

Georg Jarzembowski introduced the report.

Loyola de Palacio (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Konstantinos Hatzidakis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Wilhelm Ernst Piecyk, on behalf of the PSE Group, Herman Vermeer, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Theodorus J.J. Bouwman, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Alain Esclopé, on behalf of the EDD Group, Koenraad Dillen, Non-attached Member, Gilles Savary, Dirk Sterckx, Sylviane H. Ainardi, Nelly Maes, Rijk van Dam, Carlos Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Samuli Pohjamo, Helmuth Markov, Jan Dhaene, Bent Hindrup Andersen, Brigitte Langenhagen, Juan de Dios Izquierdo Collado, Freddy Blak, Josu Ortuondo Larrea, Peter Pex, Anne E.M. Van Lancker, Ilda Figueiredo, Bart Staes, Marianne L.P. Thyssen, Mark Francis Watts, Arlette Laguiller, Inger Schörling, Luigi Cocilovo, Proinsias De Rossa, Miet Smet and Loyola de Palacio

IN THE CHAIR: Alonso José PUERTA

Vice-President

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 20.11.2003, Item 8.

21.   Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B5-0414/2003).

First part

Question 33 by John Purvis: International Ship and Port Security Code.

Poul Nielson (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by John Purvis.

Question 34 by Marialiese Flemming: Liberalisation of the water supply.

Poul Nielson answered the question and a supplementary by Marialiese Flemming.

Question 35 by Ewa Hedkvist Petersen: Trafficking of human beings.

António Vitorino (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Ewa Hedkvist Petersen.

Second part

Question 36 by Richard Corbett: Competition policy in diamond sector.

Mario Monti (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Richard Corbett.

Question 37 lapsed as its author was absent.

Question 38 by Claude Moraes: Reconstruction of Iraq.

Poul Nielson answered the question and supplementaries by Claude Moraes and Camilo Nogueira Román.

Question 39 by John Walls Cushnahan: Application of the EC-Israel Association Agreement.

Question 41 by Luisa Morgantini: Application of the EC-Israel Association Agreement.

Question 42 by Jacques F. Poos: Application of the EC-Israel Association Agreement.

Question 43 by Jan Dhaene: Application of the EC-Israel Association Agreement.

Question 44 by Johanna L.A. Boogerd-Quaak: Application of the EC-Israel Association Agreement.

Question 45 by Bartho Pronk: Application of the EC-Israel Association Agreement.

Poul Nielson answered the questions and supplementaries by John Walls Cushnahan, Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, Luisa Morgantini, Jacques F. Poos, Jan Dhaene, Johanna L.A. Boogerd-Quaak and Bartho Pronk.

Question 46 by Patricia McKenna: Debt cancellation for low-income countries.

Poul Nielson answered the question and a supplementary by Patricia McKenna.

Question 47 by Glenys Kinnock: Capacity-building.

Poul Nielson answered the question and a supplementary by Glenys Kinnock.

Bill Newton Dunn spoke on the conduct of Question Time.

Question 48 by Bernd Posselt: Abortion and population programmes.

Poul Nielson answered the question and supplementaries by Bernd Posselt, Piia-Noora Kauppi and Paul Rübig.

Question 49 by Christos Zacharakis: Contraventions of democratic process in the local elections in Albania.

Poul Nielson answered the question.

Christos Zacharakis spoke.

Avril Doyle spoke on the conduct of Question Time and in particular on the fact that questions appearing in the third part would not receive oral answers. The President replied that Question Time had been held in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and bore the standard practice of the House.

Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers.

Commission Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 19.05 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Renzo IMBENI

Vice-President

22.   Cancer screening * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council recommendation on cancer screening [COM(2003) 230 — C5-0322/2003 — 2003/0093(CNS)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy.

Rapporteur: Antonio Mussa (A5-0381/2003)

David Byrne (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Antonio Mussa introduced the report.

The following spoke: Karin Jöns (draftsman of the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Ria G.H.C. Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Catherine Stihler, on behalf of the PSE Group, Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Didier Rod, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, John Bowis, Minerva Melpomeni Malliori, Proinsias De Rossa and David Byrne.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.11.2003, Item 11

23.   European Network and Information Security Agency ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on establishing the European Network and Information Security Agency [COM(2003) 63 — C5-0058/2003 — 2003/0032(COD)] — Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Reino Paasilinna (A5-0353/2003)

Erkki Liikanen (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Massimo Baldini (President-in-Office of the Council).

Reino Paasilinna introduced the report.

The following spoke: Charlotte Cederschiöld (draftsman of the opinion of the LIBE Committee), W.G. van Velzen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Elly Plooij-van Gorsel, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Malcolm Harbour, Neena Gill, Erkki Liikanen, W.G. van Velzen, who asked the Council to answer his question, and Massimo Baldini, who answered.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.11.2003, Item 9.

24.   Waste shipments ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on shipments of waste [COM(2003) 379 — C5-0365/2003 — 2003/0139(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy.

Rapporteur: Johannes (Hans) Blokland (A5-0391/2003)

Margot Wallström (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Johannes (Hans) Blokland introduced the report.

The following spoke: María del Pilar Ayuso González, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Proinsias De Rossa, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alexander de Roo, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Avril Doyle, Patricia McKenna, Piia-Noora Kauppi and Margot Wallström.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.11.2003, Item 15.

25.   Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection (debate)

Report on the Commission communication: ‘Towards a Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection’ [COM(2002) 179 — C5-0328/2002 — 2002/2172(COS)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy.

Rapporteur: Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines (A5-0354/2003)

Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines introduced the report.

Margot Wallström (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Rijk van Dam (draftsman of the opinion of the RETT Committee), Patricia McKenna, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Jean-Louis Bernié.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.11.2003, Item 17.

26.   Major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances ***III (debate)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances [PE-CONS 3665/2003 — C5-0435/2003 — 2001/0257(COD)].

Rapporteur: Giorgio Lisi (A5-0365/2003)

Giorgio Lisi introduced the report.

Margot Wallström (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Christine De Veyrac spoke on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.11.2003, Item 7.

27.   Identification and registration of sheep and goats * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 [COM(2002) 729 — C5-0027/2003 — 2002/0297(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Gordon J. Adam (A5-0386/2003)

David Byrne (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Gordon J. Adam introduced the report.

The following spoke: Neil Parish, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, María Rodríguez Ramos, on behalf of the PSE Group, Elspeth Attwooll, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Eurig Wyn, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Encarnación Redondo Jiménez, Jonathan Evans, James Nicholson, Avril Doyle, David Byrne and Gordon J. Adam

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.11.2003, Item 12.

28.   Agenda for next sitting

The President referred Members to the document ‘Agenda’ PE 337.907/OJME.

29.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.55.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

James L. C. Provan

Vice-President

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

Observers:

Bagó Zoltán, Balsai István, Bastys Mindaugas, Bekasovs Martijans, Beneš Miroslav, Beňová Monika, Bielan Adam, Bonnici Josef, Christodoulidis Doros, Chronowski Andrzej, Chrzanowski Zbigniew, Ciemniak Grażyna, Cilevičs Boriss, Cybulski Zygmunt, Demetriou Panayiotis, Didžiokas Gintaras, Ékes József, Figel' Jan, Filipek Krzysztof, Frendo Michael, Gałażewski Andrzej, Gawłowski Andrzej, Giertych Maciej, Grabowska Genowefa, Gruber Attila, Grzebisz-Nowicka Zofia, Grzyb Andrzej, Gyürk András, Heriban Jozef, Holáň Vilém, Ilves Toomas Hendrik, Jaskiernia Jerzy, Kalisz Ryszard, Kāposts Andis, Kelemen András, Klich Bogdan, Kłopotek Eugeniusz, Klukowski Wacław, Konečná Kateřina, Kósa Kovács Magda, Kowalska Bronisława, Kozlík Sergej, Kreitzberg Peeter, Kriščiūnas Kęstutis, Kroupa Daniel, Kuzmickas Kęstutis, Kvietkauskas Vytautas, Laar Mart, Landsbergis Vytautas, Lepper Andrzej, Libicki Marcin, Lisak Janusz, Litwiniec Bogusław, Lydeka Arminas, Łyżwiński Stanisław, Macierewicz Antoni, Maldeikis Eugenijus, Mallotová Helena, Maštálka Jiří, Őry Csaba, Palečková Alena, Pasternak Agnieszka, Pęczak Andrzej, Pieniążek Jerzy, Pīks Rihards, Plokšto Artur, Podgórski Bogdan, Protasiewicz Jacek, Pusz Sylwia, Reiljan Janno, Rouček Libor, Rutkowski Krzysztof, Sefzig Luděk, Ševc Jozef, Siekierski Czesław, Smoleń Robert, Smorawiński Jerzy, Surján László, Szczygło Aleksander, Tabajdi Csaba, Tomczak Witold, Vaculík Josef, Valys Antanas, Vareikis Egidijus, Vastagh Pál, Vella George, Vėsaitė Birutė, Widuch Marek, Wikiński Marek, Wiśniowska Genowefa, Wittbrodt Edmund, Wojciechowski Janusz, Żenkiewicz Marian, Žiak Rudolf.

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ANNEX I

RESULTS OF VOTES

Abbreviations and symbols

1.   COM for hops *

Report: DAUL (A5-0380/2003)

2.   EC accession to the International Plant Protection Convention *

Report: DAUL (A5-0379/2003)

3.   High activity sealed radioactive sources *

Report: GROSSETÊTE (A5-0363/2003)

4.   Signs at external border crossing points *

Report: DEPREZ (A5-0366/2003)

5.   Counterfeit euros *

Report: SCHMID (A5-0377/2003)

6.   Recruitment of officials for enlargement *

Report: MEDINA ORTEGA (A5-0382/2003)

7.   Community financial aid to trans-European networks ***I

Report: READ (A5-0374/2003)

8.   Pan-European e-government services ***I

Report: READ (A5-0375/2003)

9.   Excise duties on petrol and commercial diesel fuel *

Report: KAUPPI (A5-0383/2003)

10.   Investment in research

Report: LINKOHR (A5-0389/2003)

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: § 28

Requests for separate vote

Verts/ALE: §§ 9, 26, 27

Requests for split votes

Verts/ALE

§ 5

1st part: up to ‘... science and technology’

2nd part: remainder

11.   Implementation of the Telecommunications Regulatory Package

Report: CLEGG (A5-0376/2003)

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

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ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

Resolution

For: 482

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

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Morgantini, Naïr, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Uca, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, de La Perriere, Mennea, Souchet, Varaut

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gawronski, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinos, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Santer, Santini, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, van den Burg, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carraro, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lavarra, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Morgan, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Skinner, Soares, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

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

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

Against: 3

EDD: Booth, Titford

UEN: Camre

Abstention: 16

NI: Borghezio, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gobbo, Gollnisch, Lang, Pannella, Speroni, Stirbois, Turco

Paragraph 28

For: 379

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Busk, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Jensen, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Procacci, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Thors, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Watson

NI: Beysen, Borghezio, Gobbo, Hager, Mennea, Speroni

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gawronski, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinos, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Bösch, Bowe, van den Burg, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Rossa, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lavarra, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Morgan, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Pittella, Poos, Prets, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Ruffolo, Sakellariou, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Skinner, Soares, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Vairinhos, Volcic, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bigliardo, Caullery, Muscardini, Mussa, Musumeci, Nobilia, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Against: 131

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Bonde, Booth, Coûteaux, Kuntz, Sandbæk, Titford

ELDR: Boogerd-Quaak

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

NI: Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Lang, de La Perriere, Pannella, Stirbois, Turco, Varaut

PSE: Berger, Carraro, Dehousse, De Keyser, Désir, El Khadraoui, Fava, Ghilardotti, Imbeni, Kreissl-Dörfler, Martin Hans-Peter, Napoletano, Poignant, Roure, Sacconi, Savary, Sousa Pinto, Van Lancker, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Camre, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Marchiani, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni

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

Abstention: 2

NI: Berthu, Souchet

Resolution

For: 429

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, Busk, Clegg, De Clercq, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Jensen, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooijvan Gorsel, Pohjamo, Procacci, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Thors, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Blak

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Gobbo, Hager, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Speroni, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gawronski, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinos, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, van den Burg, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carraro, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lavarra, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Morgan, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Pittella, Poos, Prets, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sakellariou, Sandberg-Fries, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Bigliardo, Collins, Crowley, Muscardini, Mussa, Musumeci, Nobilia, Segni, Turchi

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

Against: 31

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

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Figueiredo, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Korakas, Krarup, Laguiller, Morgantini, Naïr, Patakis, Scarbonchi, Vachetta

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

Abstention: 36

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Boudjenah, Caudron, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Frahm, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Uca, Vinci, Wurtz

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

UEN: Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Marchiani, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P5_TA(2003)0487

COM for hops *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 on the common organisation of the market in hops (COM(2003) 562 — C5-0460/2003 — 2003/0216(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0488

EC accession to the International Plant Protection Convention *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision approving the accession of the European Community to the International Plant Protection Convention, as revised and approved by Resolution 12/97 of the Twenty-Ninth Session of the FAO Conference in November 1997 (COM(2003) 470 — C5-0392/2003 — 2003/0178(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0489

High activity sealed radioactive sources *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on the control of high activity sealed radioactive sources (COM(2003) 18 — C5-0019/2003 — 2003/0005(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0490

Signs at external border crossing points *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative of the Hellenic Republic with a view to adopting a Council Decision determining the minimum indications to be used on signs at external border crossing points (8830/2003 — C5-0253/2003 — 2003/0815(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)OJ C 125, 27.5.2003, p. 6.

P5_TA(2003)0491

Counterfeit euros *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the analysis and cooperation with regard to counterfeit euro coins (13203/2003 — C5-0471/2003 — 2003/0158(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0492

Recruitment of officials for enlargement *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation introducing, on the occasion of the accession of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, special temporary measures for recruitment of officials of the European Communities (COM(2003) 351 — C5-0287/2003 — 2003/0123(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0493

Community financial aid to trans-European networks ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks (COM(2003) 220 — C5-0199/2003 — 2003/0086(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0494

Interoperable pan-European e-government services ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision on Interoperable Delivery of pan-European e-Government Services to Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens (IDABC) (COM(2003) 406 — C5-0310/2003 — 2003/0147(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0147

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 18 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Decision No .../2003/EC on Interoperable Delivery of pan-European e-Government Services to Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens (IDABC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 156(1) thereof,

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

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (3),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (4),

Whereas:

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Objectives

1.   This Decision establishes a programme for Interoperable Delivery of pan-European e-Government Services to Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens (hereinafter the ‘IDABC programme’) aimed at promoting the establishment of pan-European e-Government services and the development of the underlying interoperable telematic networks.

2.   The objectives of this Decision are:

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:

Article 3

Priorities

For the purpose of establishing the work programme referred to in Article 8(1), priority shall be given to those projects of common interest and horizontal measures which, by means of the establishment or enhancement of pan-European e-Government services and the underlying telematic networks:

Article 4

Projects of common interest

In order to achieve the objectives laid down in Article 1, the Community shall, in co-operation with the Member States, implement projects of common interest as identified in Annex I and specified in the work programme referred to in Article 8(1), in accordance with the implementation principles laid down in Articles 6 and 7.

Projects of common interest shall, whenever possible, make use of the infrastructure services and provide the input required for the development of these services in accordance with the project requirements.

Article 5

Horizontal measures

1.   In order to achieve the objectives laid down in Article 1, the Community shall, in co-operation with the Member States, in support of projects of common interest, undertake horizontal measures as identified in Annex II and specified in the work programme referred to in Article 8(1), in accordance with the implementation principles laid down in Articles 6 and 7.

2.   Horizontal measures shall provide, maintain and promote infrastructure services for public administrations in the Community on the basis of a maintenance and access policy defined in the framework of the IDABC programme. They shall also establish strategic and support activities to promote pan-European e-Government services, perform strategic analysis of related developments in the Community and Member States, and ensure the programme management and the spread of good practice.

3.   In order to be able to identify the horizontal measures to be undertaken, the Community shall establish a description of the infrastructure services. The description shall include aspects such as the required management, organisation, related responsibilities and cost-sharing as well as a strategy to be used in the development and implementation of the infrastructure services. The strategy shall be based on the assessment of project requirements. The description shall be reviewed on a yearly basis.

Article 6

Implementation principles

1.   In implementing projects of common interest and horizontal measures, the principles set out in paragraphs 2 to 10 shall be observed.

2.   This Decision is the legal basis for the implementation of horizontal measures.

3.   The implementation of a project shall require a sectoral legal basis. For the purpose of this Decision, a project shall be considered to fulfil this requirement when it supports the delivery of pan-European e-Government services to public administrations, to businesses or to citizens in the framework of the implementation of a sectoral legal basis or any other relevant legal basis.

The first subparagraph does not apply to projects of common interest that support the delivery of e-Government services between Community institutions and European Agencies.

4.   Participation of all Member States in a project in support of pan-European e-Government services provided from public administrations to businesses, including their associations, or from public administrations to citizens, including their associations, is not required.

5.   Projects of common interest and horizontal measures shall encompass all actions necessary for the establishment or enhancement of pan-European e-Government services, including the establishment of working groups of Member State and Community experts, and the procurement of goods and services for the Community, as appropriate.

6.   Projects of common interest and horizontal measures include, whenever appropriate, a preparatory phase. They shall comprise a feasibility phase, a development and validation phase, and an implementation phase to be implemented in accordance with Article 7.

This paragraph shall not apply to strategic and support activities as defined in Part B of Annex II.

7.   The definition and implementation of each project of common interest or horizontal measure shall build, whenever appropriate, on suitable results achieved by other relevant Community and Member States activities, in particular the Community research and technological development programmes and other Community programmes, such as eTEN, eContent and Modinis.

8.   Projects of common interest or horizontal measures shall be technically specified with reference to European standards or publicly available specifications or open specifications for information exchange and service integration and shall comply with the infrastructure services, as appropriate, in order to ensure interoperability between national and Community systems within and across administrative sectors and with businesses and citizens.

9.   Projects of common interest and horizontal measures shall, where appropriate, take due account of the European interoperability framework provided, maintained and promoted by the IDABC programme.

10.   A post-implementation review of each project of common interest or horizontal measure shall be carried out within one year following the end of the implementation phase.

In the case of projects of common interest the review shall be carried out in co-ordination with the Member States in conformity with the rules governing the sectoral policy and presented to the relevant sectoral committee.

In the case of horizontal measures the review shall be carried out within the framework of the committee referred to in Article 11(1).

A review shall include a cost-benefit analysis.

Article 7

Additional principles

1.   In addition to the principles set out in Article 6, the principles set out in paragraphs 2 to 8 shall apply.

2.   The preparatory phase shall lead to the establishment of a preparatory report comprising the objectives, scope and rationale of the project of common interest or horizontal measure and in particular the anticipated costs and benefits, as well as the achievement of the necessary commitment and understanding among the participants through appropriate consultation, including an indication of the committee competent to follow the implementation of the project or measure.

3.   The feasibility phase shall lead to the establishment of a global implementation plan which shall cover the development and implementation phases and comprise the information contained in the preparatory report as well as:

4.   During the development and validation phase, the solution proposed may, if relevant, be constructed, tested, evaluated and monitored on a small scale, and the results shall be used to adjust the global implementation plan accordingly.

5.   During the implementation phase, the fully functional services concerned shall be established in accordance with the global implementation plan.

6.   The preparatory report and the global implementation plan shall be established by making use of methodologies prepared as a support activity in the framework of the IDABC programme.

7.   The initiation and implementation of a project of common interest, the definition of its phases and the establishment of preparatory reports and global implementation plans shall be made and controlled by the Commission acting in accordance with the relevant sectoral committee procedure.

Where no sectoral committee procedure applies, the Community and the Member States shall set up groups of experts to examine all relevant issues.

The conclusions resulting from sectoral committees and, where applicable, from groups of experts shall be reported by the Commission to the committee referred to in Article 11(1).

8.   The initiation and implementation of a horizontal measure, the definition of its phases and the establishment of preparatory reports and global implementation plans shall be made and controlled by the Commission acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(2).

Article 8

Implementation procedure

1.   The Commission shall establish a work programme for the whole duration of this Decision for the implementation of projects of common interest and horizontal measures.

The Commission shall approve the work programme and any modification thereof in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(2).

2.   For each project of common interest and for each horizontal measure, the work programme referred to in the first paragraph shall, where appropriate, include:

Article 9

Budgetary provisions

1.   Without prejudice to Article 8, the procedure referred to in Article 11(2) shall apply in respect of the indication of budget per project of common interest or horizontal measure, as necessary, to cover, subject to applicable budget rules, the full duration of the work programme.

2.   Funds shall be released on the basis of the achievement of specific milestones following the procedure applicable to the relevant sectoral committee for projects of common interest and to the committee referred to in Article 11(1) for horizontal measures. For the initiation of the preparatory phase the milestone shall be the inclusion of the project of common interest or horizontal measure to be undertaken in the work programme. For the initiation of the feasibility phase the milestone shall be the preparatory report. For the initiation of the subsequent development and validation phase the milestone shall be the global implementation plan. Milestones to be achieved during the development and validation phase as well as the implementation phase will be integrated in the work programme in accordance with Article 8.

3.   The procedure referred to in Article 11(2) shall also apply in respect of proposals for any budgetary increase of more than EUR 100 000 per project of common interest or horizontal measure within a year.

4.   The Programme shall be implemented on the basis of the rules of public procurement. The technical specifications of the calls for tender shall, for contract values in excess of EUR 1 000 000, be defined in coordination with the Member States in the framework of the relevant sectoral committee or the committee referred to in Article 11(1).

Article 10

Community financial contribution

1.   In the implementation of projects of common interest and horizontal measures, the Community shall bear costs in proportion to its interest.

2.   The financial contribution of the Community for each project of common interest or horizontal measure shall be determined in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 7.

3.   For a project of common interest or a horizontal measure to receive a financial contribution from the Community, concrete plans for financing the maintenance and operational costs of the post-implementation phase shall be required, with a clear assignment of roles to the Community and to the Member States or to other entities.

4.   In the preparatory and feasibility phases, the Community contribution may cover the full cost of the necessary studies.

5.   In the development and validation phase and in the implementation phase, the Community shall bear the cost of those tasks which are assigned to it in the global implementation plan of that project of common interest or horizontal measure.

6.   Community funding of a project of common interest or a horizontal measure concerning the delivery and maintenance of infrastructure services shall, in principle, cease after a maximum period of four years from the start of the preparatory phase.

7.   The financial resources provided for under this Decision shall not be assigned to projects of common interest and horizontal measures or phases of projects of common interest and horizontal measures which benefit from other sources of Community funding.

8.   By ... (8), mechanisms to ensure the financial and operational sustainability of infrastructure services, where appropriate, shall be defined and agreed in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(2).

Article 11

Committee

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by a committee called the Telematics between Administrations Committee (TAC).

2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (9) shall apply, having regard to Article 8 thereof. The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3.   The TAC shall adopt its rules of procedure.

4.   The Commission shall report annually to the TAC on the implementation of this Decision.

Article 12

Evaluation

1.   The Commission shall, in co-ordination with the Member States, carry out a midterm evaluation of the implementation of this Decision followed by a final evaluation at the end of the programme.

2.   The evaluation shall establish the progress and current status of the projects of common interest and horizontal measures identified in Annexes I and II respectively.

The evaluation shall also examine, in the light of the expenditure incurred by the Community, the benefits yielded by the pan-European e-Government and infrastructure services to the Community for the advancement of common policies and institutional co-operation as far as public administrations, businesses and citizens are concerned and identify areas for potential improvement and verify synergies with other Community activities in the area of pan-European e-Government and infrastructure services.

3.   The Commission shall forward the results of its quantitative and qualitative evaluation to the European Parliament and the Council together with any appropriate proposal for the amendment of this Decision. The results shall be forwarded no later than the draft budget for the years 2008 and 2010 respectively.

Article 13

International co-operation

1.   The IDABC programme may be opened, within the framework of their respective agreements with the Community, to participation by the countries of the European Economic Area and the candidate countries.

2.   Co-operation with other third countries, in implementing projects of common interest and horizontal measures, shall be encouraged, notably with public administrations in Mediterranean countries, the Balkans and the countries of Eastern Europe. Particular attention shall also be given to international cooperation in support of development and economic co-operation. Related costs shall not be covered by the IDABC programme.

3.   International organisations or other international entities may take part in the implementation of projects of common interest and horizontal measures at their own costs.

Article 14

Other networks

1.   With regard to the establishment or enhancement of other networks which are not projects of common interest or horizontal measures (hereinafter ‘other networks’), Member States and the Community shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Community legislation governing the implementation of those networks, ensure that paragraphs 2 to 6 are complied with.

2.   Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4, infrastructure services provided by the Community within the framework of this Decision may be used by other networks.

3.   In the definition and implementation of each of the other networks, care shall be taken to build, whenever appropriate, on suitable results achieved by other relevant Community activities, in particular the Community research and technological development programmes and other Community programmes, such as eTEN, eContent and Modinis.

4.   Each of the other networks shall be technically specified with reference to European standards or publicly available specifications, or open specifications for information exchange and service integration, as appropriate, in order to ensure interoperability between national and Community systems within and across administrative sectors and with businesses and citizens.

5.   By 31 October 2005, and at yearly intervals thereafter, the Commission shall forward to the committee referred to in Article 11(1) a report on the implementation of paragraphs 1 to 6 of this Article. In that report, the Commission shall specify any relevant user requirements or any other reason that prevent other networks from making use of the infrastructure services under paragraph 2 of this Article, and discuss the possibility of upgrading the infrastructure services in order to extend their use.

6.   The infrastructure services developed within the Community framework under the IDA or the IDABC programme may be used by the Council of the European Union with regard to the establishment or enhancement of activities in the framework of the common foreign and security policy and police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters in accordance with Titles V and VI of the Treaty on European Union respectively.

The use of such infrastructure services shall be decided upon and financed in accordance with Titles V and VI of the Treaty on European Union.

Article 15

Financial framework

1.   The financial framework for the implementation of the Community action under this Decision for the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2006is hereby set at EUR 59,1 million.

2.   Subject to compatibility with the future financial perspectives, the financial framework for the implementation of the Community action under this Decision for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2009is hereby set at EUR 89,6 million.

3.   The annual appropriations for the period from 2007 to 2009 shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limit of the financial perspectives.

Article 16

Entry into force

This Decision enters into force on the 20th day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and shall apply from 1 January 2005 until 31 December 2009.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)  OJ C ...

(2)  OJ C ...

(3)  OJ C ...

(4)Position of the European Parliament of 18 November 2003.

(5)OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 1. Decision as amended by Decision No 2046/2002/EC (OJ L 316, 20.11.2002, p. 4).

(6)OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 9. Decision as amended by Decision No 2045/2002/EC (OJ L 316, 20.11.2002, p. 1).

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

(8)Two years after the date of entry into force of this Decision.

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

ANNEX I

PROJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST

Projects of common interest under the IDABC programme are those established notably in the following areas:

A.   IN GENERAL

B.   COMMUNITY POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES

C.   INTERINSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE

Interinstitutional exchange of information, notably:

D.   INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION

Extension of projects of common interest to third countries, including candidate countries, and international organisations, with particular attention to initiatives for development and economic co-operation.

E.   OTHER NETWORKS

The projects of common interest which were previously funded by the IDA programme and which now have their own Community funding nevertheless fall within the group ‘other networks’ referred to in Article 14 of the Decision.

ANNEX II

HORIZONTAL MEASURES

Horizontal measures under the IDABC programme are notably:

A.   DELIVERY AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES

B.   STRATEGIC AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

P5_TA(2003)0495

Investment in research

European Parliament resolution on Investing in research: an action plan for Europe (COM(2003) 226 — 2003/2148(INI))

The European Parliament,

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(1)OJ C 377, 29.12.2000, p. 164.

(2)OJ C 47 E, 27.2.2003, p. 629.

(3)  P5_TA(2003)0463.

(4)  P5_TA(2003)0464.

(5)  European Commission Directorate-General for Research, 2003.

(6)OJ L 232, 29.8.2002, p. 1.

(7)  Report of a High-Level Study Group, European Commission, July 2003.

(8)  European Parliament resolution of 2 October 2001 on the guidelines for the research programme of the Coal and Steel Research Fund (OJ C 87 E, 11.4.2002, p. 51).

P5_TA(2003)0496

Eighth Commission report on the regulatory package on telecommunications

European Parliament resolution on the Eighth Report from the Commission on the implementation of the Telecommunications Regulatory Package (COM(2002) 695 — 2003/2090(INI))

The European Parliament,

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(1)OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 7.

(2)OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 21.

(3)OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33.

(4)OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51.

(5)OJ L 114, 8.5.2003, p. 45.

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