(m) to give priority to the Barcelona Process, which would unquestionably facilitate the search for a
peaceful solution to the conflict; to call on the Member States to coordinate all their bilateral policiesin the region at European level;
(n) to encourage improved mutual understanding between society and religions through a dialogue
between cultures and civilisations;
(o) to launch immediate and large-scale use of the MEDA regional programme to fund projects in the
Middle East, aimed in particular at building up a stronger EU-Israeli-Palestinian partnership, especiallyin social, cultural and human spheres with a ‘people to people’ perspective; to call on the budgetaryauthority to ensure that the additional financial commitments are provided by means of an increase inthe MEDA programme;
(p) to call on the Commission to continue to support the Palestinian National Authority and its institu-
tions; to continue to ensure, in cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, that resources are usedcorrectly, in accordance with the general principles of the European Union and the UN Charter ofHuman Rights, which should govern relations with all third countries;
(q) to call, at the same time, on the Commission, together with the Council, to make a specific link
between cooperation with Israel and the Palestinian Authority and respect for the commitments andprinciples underlying EU human rights policy and the Euro-Mediterranean policy;
(r) to urge the Commission to check and implement carefully all the clauses of the Association Agree-
ment with Israel, in particular those concerning rules of origin;
2. Considers it vitally important to intensify all types of contact at political and parliamentary level by
holding more regular meetings with the region’s parliaments and the political parties and with its civil
society;
3. Decides, in order to ensure implementation of the above-mentioned recommendations, to send a
very high-level European Parliament delegation to the region to meet the Israeli and Palestinian authorities
and convey the message of peace to them and to the Israeli and Palestinian public and to show them that
the Union is willing to contribute towards the relaunching of credible negotiations between the twoparties;
4. Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Council, the Commission, the Israeli
government and the Palestinian National Authority.
8. Pollution prevention and shipboard living and working conditions (port
state control) ***III
A5-0440/2001
European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Commit-
tee for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directive 95/21/EC con-cerning the enforcement, in respect of shipping using Community ports and sailing in the watersunder the jurisdiction of the Member States, of international standards for ship safety, pollutionprevention and shipboard living and working conditions (port State control) (PE-CONS 3657/2001
Odash C5-0525/2001 Odash 2000/0065(COD))
(Codecision procedure: third reading)
The European Parliament,
3dash having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3657/2001 3dash
C5-0525/2001),
3dash having regard to its position at first reading (
1) on the Commission proposal to the European Parlia-
ment and the Council (COM(2000) 142) (2),
(1) OJ C 228, 13.8.2001, p. 133.
(2) OJ C 212 E, 25.7.2000, p. 102.25.7.2002 EN C 177 E/279 Official Journal of the European Communities
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3dash having regard to the amended proposal (COM(2000) 850) (1),
3dash having regard to its position at second reading (2) on the Council common position (3),
3dash having regard to the Commission’s opinion on Parliament’s amendments to the common position
(COM(2001) 339 3dash C5-0264/2001),
3dash having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,3dash having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,3dash having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0440/2001),
1. Approves the joint text;
2. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of
the EC Treaty;
3. Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;
4. Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission.
(1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 67.
(2) ‘Texts Adopted’, 16.5.2001, Item 9.
(3) OJ C 101, 30. 3.2001, p. 15.
9. Rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and mari-
time administrations ***III
A5-0441/2001
European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Commit-
tee for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directive 94/57/EC oncommon rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant
activities of maritime administrations (PE-CONS 3656/2001 Odash C5-0526/2001 Odash 2000/0066(COD))
(Codecision procedure: third reading)
The European Parliament,
3dash having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3656/2001 3dash
C5-0526/2001),
3dash having regard to its position at first reading (
1) on the Commission proposal to the European Parlia-
ment and the Council (COM(2000) 142) (2),
3dash having regard to the amended proposal (COM(2000) 849) (3),
3dash having regard to its position at second reading (4) on the Council common position (5),
3dash having regard to the Commission’s opinion on Parliament’s amendments to the common position
(COM(2001) 338 3dash C5-0265/2001),
(1) OJ C 228, 13.8.2001, p. 150.
(2) OJ C 212 E, 25.7.2000, p. 114.
(3) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 51.
(4) ‘Texts Adopted’, 16.5.2001, Item 10.
(5) OJ C 101, 30.3.2001, p. 1.C 177 E/280 EN 25.7.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities
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