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5.

Recalls that the Agency has the smallest budget among the transport agencies despite the outstanding environmental and climate performance and other benefits of rail transport; stresses in particular that the Agency should not be put in a position where it feels compelled to request additional support from the Commission, due to inadequate financial means, especially at a time when railways are a policy priority of the Union, particularly within the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and as demonstrated by the designation of 2021 as the European Year of Rail; calls for an increase of the budget of the Agency so that it has the necessary means to enable it to act as an efficient authority and to fulfil its tasks, particularly those with regard to increasing competitiveness, improving safety and cross-border interoperability, and particularly its enhanced role and responsibilities in the timely deployment of ERTMS;
10.

Takes note of the Agency’s policy of promoting equal treatment of staff and of its goal of achieving gender equality, both in terms of overall numbers and of grades and responsibility levels; strongly deplores the fact that women account for only 30 % of staff employed at grade AD 8 or higher; welcomes the recent nomination of a woman as the new executive director of the Agency; notes however that her nomination does not enable parity to be attained at management level, since all head of unit positions are held by men; calls on the Agency to step up its efforts to implement its gender parity policy to make progress towards parity at management level; notes with concern the gender imbalance on the administrative board of the Agency, with 46 men (70 %) and 20 women (30 %); reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States to take the importance of ensuring gender balance into account when nominating their members to the administrative board;
2.

Notes with concern from the Court’s report that the Centre did not apply the proper method for calculating the contributions for Iceland and Norway, similarly to 2019; notes that the cooperation agreement Cedefop and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) provides for EFTA cooperation partners to contribute at a level determined by the proportion of their GNP to the total GNP of the European Economic Area (EEA) and that Norway’s and Iceland’s contributions in the initial budget were calculated according to the proportion of their GDP (2,27 % for Norway and 0,14 % for Iceland) to the GDP of the Members States in the EEA, not to the total GNP of the EEA; notes that, as a result, Norway and Iceland contributed EUR 8 601 less to the Centre’s 2020 budget than they should have done and that the Union contributed EUR8 601 more; notes that, although payment appropriations and revenues were reduced by EUR 1 100 000 in the first 2020 budget amendment, no part of the budget reduction was returned to Norway and Iceland, thus they contributed EUR 25 886 more in 2020; notes that the implementation of the correct method for calculating contributions is still ongoing despite the recommendations on the method for calculating contributions made by the Court in 2019;
B4-0285/95

Resolution on the humanitarian situation in Chechnya and the neighbouring republics of Ingushetia, Dagestan and Northern Ossetia

The European Parliament,

- having regard to its resolutions of 15 December 1994 ((Minutes of that Sitting, Part II, Item 11.)) and 19 January 1995 ((Minutes of that Sitting, Part II, Item 8.)) on the situation in Chechnya,

- having regard to the conclusions of the OSCE mission to Moscow and Grozny on 26-29 January 1995,

- having regard to the statement by Mr Kovalev, the Russian human rights spokesman, to the Council of Europe on 30 January 1995,

A. having regard to the desperate plight of more than 400 000 refugees, almost exclusively women, old people and children under 14, currently in the republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan and Northern Ossetia, who are suffering from acute shortages of accommodation, food, clothing and fuel,

B. having regard to the intensified bombing of oil refineries and chemical works and the consequent environmental disaster which is irreversibly damaging nature and the local population, and is tantamount to using the destruction of the bases of existence as a strategic aim,

1. Calls on the Russian and Chechen sides to call an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to permit the retrieval of the dead and wounded and the establishment of corridors and safety zones to facilitate aid measures;

2. Instructs its ad hoc delegation, due shortly to visit Moscow and undertake a fact-finding mission to the area in question, to appeal to all the authorities concerned to:

(a) reopen as soon as possible infrastructures and supply facilities for the people remaining in Grozny,

(b) grant the international (governmental and non-governmental) aid organizations the access they have requested to enable them to aid the afflicted population;

3. Calls on the EU and its Member States to provide the necessary material and logistic aid in the crisis region and the affected neighbouring republics through international aid organizations such as the UNHCR and the ICRC;

4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the President of the Russian Federation and the Secretariat-General of the OSCE.
B4-0858/95

Resolution on the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the 1989 social action programme (COM(89)0568),

- having regard to the Commission proposal for a Council Directive on the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (COM(91)0230) (( OJ C 225, 30.8.1991, p. 6.)),

- having regard to its opinion at first reading delivered on 15 February 1993 (( OJ C 72, 15.3.1993, p. 78.)),

- having regard to the Commission's amended proposal (COM(93)0225),

A. whereas the establishment of labour regulations governing the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services within the Community is an essential feature of the social dimension of the single market,

B. whereas, given the differing working conditions in force in the Member States, workers may be the victims of unfair competition if the wages and working conditions of posted workers are inferior to those of workers employed at the place where the work is done,

C. whereas it has on many occasions reaffirmed its commitment to intervention via Community legislation in this field,

D. whereas, according to the OECD report 'Employment Outlook 1994', lowering the standard of labour regulations does not improve economic performance or job creation - in fact the opposite is true,

E. whereas any arrangement other than the application of local labour regulations from the first day on which a worker is posted imposes a crushing administrative burden on the national civil services responsible for verifying the duration of contracts, the composition of work teams, etc.,

F. whereas successive Council presidencies have stressed the priority to be given to this issue, without, however, reaching an agreement,

G. whereas the European Parliament has joint responsibility for this proposal for a directive, since it is now subject to the codecision procedure,

1. Calls on the Council to agree that the wages and holidays of posted workers should be governed by the principle of lex locis;

2. Calls on the Commission to work constructively on a compromise proposal, with a deadline of less than one month, so that an agreement can be reached within the Council by a qualified majority;

3. Calls on the Member States to affirm their common interests within the Council rather than their differences;

4. Calls for the Council and Commission, under the codecision procedure, to take greater account in their deliberations of the amendments proposed by Parliament;

5. Calls on the Council to agree, at the next meeting of the Social Affairs Council, on a common position on the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services;

6. Emphasizes once again its concern at the deadlock in the social sector at European Union level, because of the legislation pending before the Council, the Commission's reluctance to promote use of the protocol and the inadequate nature of the new social action programme, which does not contain a demand for a fresh boost to be given to social legislation in Europe;

7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.
B4-0426/95

Resolution on the worsening situation in Iraq

The European Parliament,

A. shocked by the explosion of a bomb in a crowded market at Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan on 28 February 1995 which killed over 70 people and injured many others,

B. deploring the fighting between supporters of the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) which has been going on since December 1994,

C. deploring the grave violations of human rights by both the KDP and the PUK and also by the Islamic Movement in Iraqi Kurdistan which, according to Amnesty International, have been numerous,

D. appalled by the report of the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Commission in Iraq published on 15 February 1995,

E. pointing out that, although UN observers have denied that fighting between Iraqi and PUK forces has taken place, both the PUK and Baghdad claim that the other started an offensive which led to serious fighting,

The European Parliament,

1. Calls on the KDP and the PUK to stop fighting, since that can only increase the danger of all Kurds living in Northern Iraq being subjected to Saddam Hussein;

2. Calls on the KDP and the PUK to abandon forthwith the use of terror tactics, assassinations, torture of prisoners, detention or other punishment without trial and warns that the continuation of such practices is bound to make opinion in the EU and other democracies less sympathetic to the cause of the Iraqi Kurds;

3. Condemns the Iraqi regime for establishing a system in which the Revolutionary Command Council, which is controlled by Saddam Hussein, gives sweeping powers of prosecution, trial and punishment to local sections of the Arab Baath Socialist Party and 'people's councils';

4. Expresses its horror that, according to the UN's Special Rapporteur, there were, on 31 January 1995, 15 781 cases of people who have disappeared waiting to be resolved, including over 600 Kuwaitis and other foreigners who vanished at the time of the invasion of Kuwait, while hundreds more people who have disappeared are waiting to be listed;

5. Expresses its horror that, among the many decrees of the Revolutionary Command Council ordering capital punishment or mutilation, such provisions occur as one postponing an amputation for a pregnant woman until four months after the birth of her baby;

6. Expresses its horror at the evidence of people tortured to death - their bodies sometimes returned to their families with their eyes pulled out - and at numerous executions and the continued attacks on the Marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq and the destruction of their habitat;

7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the Members of the Security Council, the leadership of the KDP and the PUK, the UN Human Rights Commission and President Saddam Hussein.
B4-0230, 0255 and 0307/95

Resolution on Sudan

The European Parliament,

- recalling its previous resolutions on human rights abuses and the war situation in Sudan,

A. whereas human rights violations by the Sudanese Government, such as arbitrary detention, torture, ill treatment, absence of rights for detainees, are still going on, despite the international community's repeated appeals that they should cease,

B. whereas in the war zones the abuse of human rights is also continuing as the government and SPLA soldiers deliberately massacre civilians,

1. Condemns the Government of Sudan and all factions of the SPLA for the continuing civil war in the south and for the killing, the massacres, the torture and other abuses of human rights that they inflict on the civilian population of southern Sudan and on displaced people throughout the country;

2. Calls upon the Sudanese Government to give access to human rights monitors in order to enable them to conduct investigations into allegations of torture, extrajudicial execution and deliberate and arbitrary killing; calls upon the Union to study the ways in which it can contribute to this initiative;

3. Urges the Sudanese Government and each faction of the SPLA to release unconditionally all political prisoners and to respect human rights;

4. Urges the Government of Sudan to abolish the legal and constitutional provisions allowing administrative detention without charge or trial as well as cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment;

5. Calls on the UN Commission on Human Rights, which opened its annual session on 31 January 1995, to give this matter top priority, and calls on the representatives of the Member States sitting on the UN Commission to take the necessary steps to ensure that the situation in Sudan is tackled with due urgency;

6. Calls on the international community to reinforce the sanctions against the Khartoum regime, to bring pressure to bear on the Sudanese Government to stop the masacre of its southern region population and respect human rights throughout the entire country;

7. Calls upon the OAU to deploy efforts to resolve the Sudanese civil war by peaceful means;

8. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Government of Sudan, the OAU, the Secretary-General of the UN and the Co-Presidents of the ACP-EU Joint Assembly.
B4-0383/95

Resolution on minimum standards for the keeping of animals in zoos

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130s thereof,

- having regard to proposal for a Council Directive COM(91)0177 laying down minimum standards for the keeping of animals in zoos ((OJ C 249, 24.9.1991, p. 14.)), and Parliament's opinion of 25 June 1993 on that proposal ((OJ C 194, 19.7.1993, p. 398.)),

- having regard to the Commission's response to a Parliamentary Question (No. 55) at Question Time on 14 February 1995 stating the Commission's intention to withdraw its proposal for a Council Directive and replace it with a proposal for a Council Recommendation ((Verbatim report of that sitting.)),

A. whereas the Fifth Action Programme on the environment lays down action in the field of nature conservation and animal welfare and stresses the need to promote a real policy of information and education in environmental matters,

B. whereas Council Regulation 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No. 197/90 ((OJ L 29, 31.1.1990, p. 1.)), requires evidence of adequate facilities for the accommodation and care of live specimens of certain species before allowing their importation into the Union; whereas it furthermore prohibits the display to the public for commercial purposes of certain species unless a specific exemption has been justified for education, research or breeding,

C. whereas zoos can play an important role in the conservation of species, in scientific research and in public education;

D. whereas it is therefore necessary to lay down uniform minimum standards for the keeping of animals, the safety and training of staff and the safety and education of the visiting public,

E. whereas, in order to ensure that these standards are met, all zoos should have a licence in order to operate; whereas such a licence should only be issued after an inspection of the premises,

F. whereas the competent authorities should monitor the compliance of licensed zoos with the conditions of this proposed Directive, and take appropriate action where necessary,

1. Calls on the Commission to maintain proposal for a Directive COM(91)0177, which proposes a European policy on zoos, and not to replace it with a Council Recommendation;

2. Calls on the Council to adopt forthwith a Common Position on minimum standards for the protection of animals in zoos in accordance with Parliament's abovementioned opinion of 25 June 1993;

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.
B4-0984, 0987 and 1043/95

Resolution on the implementation of a single market for postal services

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission Green Paper on the Development of the Single Market for Postal Services (COM(91)0476),

- having regard to its resolution thereon on 22 January 1993 ((OJ C 42, 15.2.1993, p. 240.)), in which it called on the Commission to draw up a package of proposals to establish a single market for postal services,

- having regard to its subsequent resolutions of 25 June 1993 ((OJ C 194, 19.7.1993, p. 397.)) and 29 October 1993 ((OJ C 315, 22.11.1993, p. 643.)) on postal services,

- having regard to the role postal services play in social cohesion,

A. whereas the Council has asked the Commission to submit the legislative framework for the implementation of a single market for postal services,

B. whereas the Council also intends to adopt a further resolution on the terminal dues in the postal services and the Council Presidency has declared this sector one of its priorities,

1. Underlines, once again, the vital importance of the postal services in the EU from both the economic and social aspects, and reaffirms its attachment to the defence and promotion of a public service of quality which can respond better to the interests of users and staff;

2. Calls on the Commission to follow its recommendation and propose, as soon as possible, a single legal framework on the basis of Article 100a of the EC Treaty, in order to respect fully the roles of the Council and the European Parliament therein;

3. Stresses the fact that the Commission should have submitted its proposal as long ago as 1993 and that this long delay should be construed as failure to act on the part of the Commission, and consequently as giving Parliament the right to request formally the Commission to submit the appropriate proposal, pursuant to Article 138b of the EC Treaty;

4. Invites the Commission to propose a clear legal and chronological framework which will provide transparent conditions for implementation by the Member States;

5. Urges the Commission to define in its proposal:

- the universal service;

- the areas covered by reserved sector;

- the minimum standards required for the quality and harmonization of postal services;

6. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the relevant trade unions.
B4-1357, 1378 and 1392/95

Resolution on the environmental threat of nuclear submarines, especially Russian ones

The European Parliament,

A. having regard to the statement by Alexei Yablokov, Chairman of the Russian Ecological Safety Commission and adviser to President Yeltsin, that many submarines of the Russian Navy are 'floating Chernobyls¨ and 'environmental catastrophes¨, which as Admiral Oleg Yerofeyev stated 'could sink at any time¨,

B. having regard to the near melt-down of several nuclear submarine reactors on 20 September 1995 at a nuclear submarine base on the Kola Peninsula, caused by a negligent and deliberate electricity shut-down,

C. whereas the 1993 report of the Russian nuclear state inspectorate made it clear that 'submarines awaiting decommissioning have practically become floating spent-fuel stores¨ which are in an 'unsatisfactory¨ condition and that 'sinking is a real possibility¨,

D. whereas the Russian Northern and Pacific Fleets have accumulated approximately 30,000 spent fuel assemblies, equivalent to the contents of about 140 reactor cores, and whereas there are only enough storage facilities for another three reactor cores,

E. whereas there is a real danger to European and global environmental safety due to the dumping of 19 Russian and United States nuclear reactors and reactor screens from damaged nuclear submarines, and one nuclear reactor from the atomic ice-breaker 'Lenin¨, in the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Arctic Oceans,

F. mindful of at least 13 direct collisions between United States, Russian/Soviet, French, British and Chinese nuclear submarines and nuclear submarines and military surface ships since 1965, two of which occurred after the end of the Cold War, the loss of seven nuclear reactors at sea when nuclear-powered submarines sank during normal operations, the loss of 43 Soviet and seven US nuclear warheads and 612 accidents involving US nuclear submarines alone,

G. having regard to the fact that measures against nuclear pollution are part of the TACIS programme in Russia,

The European Parliament,

1. Urges the main naval powers to inform the United Nations about nuclear weapons and reactors lost at sea, and calls on the Commission and Council to make clear that negotiations to halt the global danger emanating from lost nuclear weapons at sea should start immediately;

2. Calls on the Council and the Commission to expand EU assistance to and cooperation with Russia to avoid further nuclear catastrophes;

3. Resolves that its competent committees will hold hearings on the full scope of this nuclear threat for global security and the global environment;

4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the governments of the United States, Russia and China, and the International Centre for Technology Assessment.
B4-1240 and 1253/95

Resolution on flooding in southern France

The European Parliament,

A. having regard to the serious flooding which devastated south-east France, and more particularly the département of the Gard, on 3 and 4 October 1995

B. whereas initial reports state that the floods have left one person dead and one missing and caused serious damage,

The European Parliament,

1. Expresses its deepest sympathies and solidarity with the families of the dead and other victims;

2. Calls on the Commission to grant the départements affected emergency financial aid;

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the French Government.
B4-1384/95

Resolution on earthquakes and flooding in Turkey

The European Parliament,

A. whereas on 4 November 1995 heavy rainfall and flooding lead to the deaths of 57 persons in the city of Izmir, with a further nine persons missing and hundreds of families made homeless,

B. whereas on 1 October 1995 89 persons were killed and hundreds seriously injured in earthquakes, and the town all but totally destroyed,

C. whereas many of the deaths were accounted for by inadequately constructed buildings and defective town planning,

D. whereas disaster protection in Turkey and internationally continues to be inadequate,

The European Parliament,

1. Shares in the suffering of the families of the victims of earthquake and flooding in Turkey and extends to them its deepest sympathy;

2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the reconstruction work in Dinar and Izmir, and to commit themselves to the establishment of a European disaster emergency service and to preventive measures;

3. Urges the Turkish authorities to review the provisions contained in town planning and building regulations, and to ensure that unnecessary consequences of natural disasters, as in Dinar and Izmir, can be avoided;

4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and to the Turkish Government and the Turkish Grand National Assembly.