Member States shall calculate the applicable hectares
referred to in Article 43(2) of this regulation on thebasis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria such
as the areas referred to in the second indent of the first
paragraph.
2. If the amounts established in accordance with the
first paragraph exceed the ceilings set out below,expressed in thousand euro, for a given MemberState, the amount for each farmer shall be reduced pro-portionately.
(1 000 EUR)
Bulgaria 5 394
Czech Republic 414
Cyprus 274
Malta 932Hungary 4 512
Romania 1 738
Poland 6 715Slovakia 1 018
Amendment 123
ANNEX II, POINT 5
Annex VIII, row corresponding to ‘Spain ’(Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)
2008 4 830 954
2009 4 838 536
2010 and subsequent years 4 840 4132008 4 868 312
2009 4 875 894
2010 and subsequent years 4 877 771
P6_TA(2007)0233
Regional Strategy Papers and Regional Indicative Programmes for Mercosur and
Latin America
European Parliament resolution of 7 June 2007 on the draft Commission decision establishing
Regional Strategy Papers and Regional Indicative Programmes for Mercosur and Latin America
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (1),
(1) OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 41.22.5.2008 EN C 125 E/213 Official Journal of the European Union
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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
— having regard to the draft Commission decisions establishing Regional Strategy Papers and Regional
Indicative Programmes for Mercosur and Latin America (CMT-2007-0566, CMT-2007-0859),
— having regard to the opinions delivered on 15 May 2007 by the committee referred to in Article 35(1)
of the above Regulation (hereinafter referred to as ‘the DCI management committee ’),
— having regard to Article 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the proce-
dures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1),
— having regard to Rule 81 of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas on 15 May 2007 the DCI management committee voted in favour of the draft Regional Strat-
egy Papers and Regional Indicative Programmes for Mercosur and Latin America (CMT-2007-0566,CMT-2007-0859),
B. whereas, pursuant to Article 7(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC and Article 1 of the Agreement (
2) between
the European Parliament and the Commission on procedures for implementing Council Decision1999/468/EC, Parliament received the draft implementing measures submitted to the DCI managementcommittee and the results of the voting,
C. whereas Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 provides that ‘the primary and overarching
objective of cooperation under this Regulation shall be the eradication of poverty in partner countriesand regions in the context of sustainable development ’,
D. whereas Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 provides that ‘measures referred to in
Article 1(1) (
3) shall be designed so as to fulfil the criteria for Official Development Assistance (ODA)
established by [the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperationand Development,] OECD/DAC ’,
E. whereas, in its ‘Reporting Directives for the Creditor Reporting System ’(DCD/DAC (2002)21), the
OECD/DAC defines ODA as financial flows to countries on the DAC List of ODA Recipients forwhich, inter alia, ‘each transaction is administered with the promotion of the economic development
and welfare of developing countries as its main objective ’(
4),
F. whereas Article 19(3) and (8) of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 respectively provide that ‘strategy
papers shall, in principle, be based on a dialogue with the partner country or region which involvescivil society and regional and local authorities ’and that ‘the Commission and the Member States shall
consult each other, as well as other donors and development actors including representatives of civilsociety and regional and local authorities, at an early stage of the programming process in order topromote complementarity among their cooperation activities ’,
Latin America
1. Takes the view that in its draft Regional Strategy Paper and draft Regional Indicative Programme
(2007-2010) for Latin America the Commission exceeds its implementing powers laid down in the basicact by selecting as a subsector to its Focal Sector 3 ‘support for projects by organisations working to
promote mutual understanding between the EU and Latin America ’, and by including the specific objective
of‘support …targeted on projects and measures targeting development issues by organisations specialising
in the promotion and analysis of relations between the EU and Latin America ’; considers that this element
does not comply with Article 2(1) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006, as the primary objective ofthis subsector of the Regional Strategy Paper is not the eradication of poverty and as this element does notfulfil the criteria for ODA established by the OECD/DAC;
(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).
(2) OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 19.
(3) Article 1(1): ‘The Community shall finance measures aimed at supporting cooperation with developing countries,
territories and regions …’.
(4) OECD/DAC Fact Sheet of October 2006: ‘Is it ODA? ’,p .1 .C 125 E/214 EN 22.5.2008 Official Journal of the European Union
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Mercosur
2. Takes the view that in its draft Regional Strategy Paper and draft Regional Indicative Programme
(2007-2013) for Mercosur the Commission exceeds its implementing powers laid down in the basic actby including in priority 3 ‘efforts to strengthen and enhance civil society participation, knowledge of the
regional integration process, mutual understanding and mutual visibility ’(for which it earmarks about 20 %
of the Regional Indicative Programme funding) as the following elements of priority 3do not comply withArticle 2(1) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006, as their primary objective is not the eradication ofpoverty and as they do not fulfil the criteria for ODA established by the OECD/DAC:
— in the area ‘strengthening of Mercosur's cinematographic and audiovisual sector to promote regional
integration ’, the Commission proposes to support a successful industry with the general objective ‘to
enhance knowledge and consciousness of regional identity and the integration process through supportfor the cinematographic and audiovisual sector ’;
— in the area ‘creation of 10 EU-Mercosur study centres and support for the implementation of the Plan
operativo del sector educativo del Mercosur 2006-2010 ’, the general objective is described as ‘to enhance
knowledge and consciousness of the regional integration process ’; one of the specific objectives is ‘to
support the creation of ten EU-Mercosur study centres in major Mercosur universities ’; in particular, the
initiative to create European/Mercosur documentation centres, to establish EU and Mercosur StudyChairs, and to create Masters' degrees in EU and Mercosur Studies is aimed at the target population ofthe well-educated elite of the Mercosur countries, and since this is the region with the world's highestsocial inequality index the planned actions would widen the gap between rich and poor rather thansupport the poorer strata of the population;
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3. Calls on the Commission to withdraw its draft decisions establishing Regional Strategy Papers and
Regional Indicative Programmes for Latin America and Mercosur, and submit to the DCI managementcommittee new draft decisions fully respecting the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006;
4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission and the governments
and parliaments of the Member States.
P6_TA(2007)0234
Roadmap for the European Union's constitutional process
European Parliament resolution of 7 June 2007 on the roadmap for the Union's Constitutional
Process (2007/2087(INI))
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe signed in Rome on 29 October 2004
(the Constitutional Treaty),
— having regard to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community
as amended by the Single European Act and the Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice Treaties,
— having regard to the Laeken Declaration on the Future of the European Union of 15 December
2001 (1),
(1) Laeken European Council, Annex 1, p. 19.22.5.2008 EN C 125 E/215 Official Journal of the European Union
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