European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Reg-
ulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products
(COM(1999) 608 Wdash C5-0047/2000 Wdash 1999/0246(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament,
.dash having regard to the Commissionproposal to the Council (COM(1999) 608)(1),
.dash having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Articles 36 and 37 of the EC Treaty (C5-0047/
2000),
.dash having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
.dash having regard tothereport oftheCommitteeonAgriculture andRural Developmentandtheopinion
of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0074/2000),
1. Approves the Commissionproposal as amended;
2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the
EC Treaty;
3. CallsontheCounciltonotifyParliamentshoulditintendtodepartfromthetextapprovedbyParlia-
ment;
4. Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to amend the Commissionproposal substantially;
5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
(1) OJ C 89 E, 28.3.2000, p. 32.
3. Famine in Ethiopia
B5-0345, 0348, 0360, 0392 and 0395/2000
European Parliament resolution on famine in Ethiopia
The European Parliament,
.dash having regard to its previous resolutions on the countries in the Horn of Africa,
A. whereas inthe HornofAfrica asawholethe lives ofalmost16millionpeople are atrisk onaccount
of famine and drought,
B. whereas the lack of rain in recent years has resulted in the almost complete exhaustion of food
reserves and a dramatic increase in malnutrition, the first victims of which are children,
C. whereas Ethiopia’s economy is essentially based on agriculture, which accounts for approximately
80% of GDP and 85% of export revenue, and occupies 85% of the population,
D. whereas the chronic shortage of food in the region has been exacerbated by the recent drought,
furtherdeteriorationofthefoodsituationislikelyaslocalfarmingproductionisdramaticallyreduced,and many farmers have been forced to sell their livestock and abandon their land in order to findother sources of income and food,
E. whereas the Commission intends supplying 432 000 tons of food aid to Ethiopia, which represents
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F. whereas allfoodaidshouldbedistributedthrough NGOstomakesureitreaches thestarvingpopula-
tion,
G. whereas Ethiopia has been involved in a bloodyborder conflict with Eritrea since May 1998which is
diverting scarce resources for relief and development to the military effort,
H. whereas the humanitarian aid needs of the Horn of Africa region are immense, ranging from food,
drinking water and drugs to vaccines for children with a view to preventing epidemics,
1. Urges the European Union, the Member States and international bodies to respond to the region’s
calls for aid immediately, particularly as regards foodand health requirements;
2. Urges the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea to take every possible step to resolve the conflict,
under the auspices of the OAU, and, at the same time, to halt all military activity so that they can usetheir logistical capacities and human resources to provide practical and immediate assistance to their peo-ples;
3. CallsontheCommissiontomonitorcarefullythefoodrequirementsofthepopulationsatriskandto
coordinatecloselyfoodshipmentsanddeliverywiththeotherdonorsinordertoavoidcongestionofportsand access roads;
4. Calls on all governments in the Horn of Africa, in particular those of Ethiopia and Eritrea, to coop-
erate fully in the transport and delivery of food aid, in particular by allowing deliveries through all the
ports in the region;
5. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and international organisations to make provision for
financial aid which goes beyond the emergency humanitarian aid phase and is intended to help farmersregenerate their land and purchase livestock;
6. Calls on the Commission to implement, once the emergency is over, a comprehensive policy to
strengthen food security in the region, in particular by increasing self-reliance based on local productionand purchases;
7. Calls on the governments in the region, and particularly the Ethiopian Government, to implement a
policy of sustainable development in the agricultural sector with a view to enabling farmers to invest intheir land and meet their own needs;
8. Calls on the Commissionand the Council to improve the early warning system to monitor sensitive
regions where famine may arise, in order to allow earlier action and to prevent disasters occurring;
9. InstructsitsPresidenttoforwardthisresolutiontotheCommission,the Council,the governmentsof
the Member States, the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea and the IGAD.
4. Vertical restraints
A5-0077/2000
European Parliament legislative resolution on the draft guidelines on vertical restraints (C5-0009/
2000 Wdash 2000/2003 (COS))
The European Parliament,
.dash having regard to the communication pursuant to Article 5 of Council Regulation 19/65/EEC of
2 March 1965 on application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements andconcerted practices and Guidelines on Vertical Restraints(
1) (C5-0009/2000),
(1) OJ C 270, 24.9.1999, pp. 7 and 12.7.2.2001 EN C 41/19 Official Journal of the European Communities
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