1. Approves the Commission proposal;
2. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;3. Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substan-
tially;
4. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
P6_TA(2004)0041
Macro-financial assistance to Serbia and Montenegro *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on macro-finan-
cial assistance to Serbia and Montenegro and amending Decision 2002/882/EC providing furthermacro-financial assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (COM(2004)0605 —C6-0146/
2004—2004/0204(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0605) (
1),
— having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament
(C6-0146/2004),
— having regard to Rule 51 and Rule 43 (1) of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0025/2004),
1. Approves the Commission proposal;
2. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;3. Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substan-
tially;
4. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
(1) Not yet published in OJ.
P6_TA(2004)0042
Appointment of a Member of the European Court of Auditors
European Parliament decision on the nomination of Kikis Kazamias as a Member of the Court of
Auditors (C6-0116/2004 —2004/0811(CNS))
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to Article 247(3) of the EC Treaty and Article 160b(3) of the Euratom Treaty, pursuant to
which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0116/2004),
— whereas at its meeting of 6 October 2004 the Committee on Budgetary Control heard the Council's
nominee for the office of Member of the Court of Auditors and considered the nominee's qualificationsin the light of the criteria laid down by Articles 247(2) of the EC Treaty and 160b of the EuratomTreaty,14.7.2005 EN C 174 E/177 Official Journal of the European Union
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— having regard to Rule 101 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0015/2004),
1. Delivers a favourable opinion on the appointment of Kikis Kazamias as a Member of the Court of
Auditors;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and, for information, to the Court of
Auditors, the other institutions of the European Communities and the Audit Offices of the Member States.
P6_TA(2004)0043
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and animal nutrition
European Parliament resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex IV to Regu-lation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) and animal nutrition
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to Article 152(1) of the EC Treaty,
— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
22 May 2001 laying down rules fot the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissiblespongiform encephalopathies (
1), as amended,
— having regard to the Draft Commission Regulation amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/
2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal nutrition (SANCO/3027/2004),
— having regard to Rule 81 of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas Article 2 of Council Decision 2000/766/EC of 4 December 2000 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal pro-tein (
2) provided that Member States were to prohibit the feeding of processed animal proteins to
farmed animals which were kept, fattened or bred for the production of food,
B. whereas Article 7(2) and Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as amended prohibits the feeding
of ruminants with animal protein and feedingstuffs containing such proteins, subject to certain excep-tions,
C. whereas the Commission asserts in recital 3 of its abovementioned Draft Regulation that ring trials
have demonstrated that the performance of laboratories as regards the detection of small amounts ofmammalian proteins in feedingstuffs containing fishmeal has improved considerably with the entry intoforce of Commission Directive 2003/126/EC of 23 December 2003 on the analytical method for thedetermination of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feedingstuffs (
3),
D. whereas the Commission therefore supposes that the basis for prohibiting the feeding of fishmeal to
ruminants is no longer valid and that its prohibition should consequently be lifted; nevertheless, theCommission admits that continuous evaluation of the competence and training of laboratory staffwould be necessary to maintain or improve the quality of controls,
(1) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 339, 24.12.2003, p. 78.C 174 E/178 EN 14.7.2005 Official Journal of the European Union
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