ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
(j)

recognise that the EU is a destination for misappropriated funds and assets, majority of which are not confiscated and returned, that the legal framework for stolen asset recovery remains highly fragmented and that the return of misappropriated assets is a moral imperative in terms of justice and accountability, as well as the credibility of the EU’s democracy support policy; advance efforts in all EU Member States to freeze and confiscate stolen assets and proceeds of corruption in their jurisdictions, in line with the UNCAC, and to return them in a transparent and accountable manner to the country of origin and to the victims, including by significantly improving transparency, access to information on foreign assets held in EU territory and meaningfully involving the CSOs; promptly follow up on UN General Assembly’s 2021 commitments on asset recovery, including those on non-conviction-based confiscation, confiscation and return of proceeds of corruption in connection with non-trial resolutions, and collection and publication of data on asset recovery; design a proper sequencing of actions (sanctions, civil and criminal asset forfeiture, criminal prosecution, asset return mechanisms) that ultimately lead to a repurposing of stolen assets to benefit victims of corruption; establish effective cooperation between Member States on this issue; draft a communication outlining possible initiatives at EU and international levels to ensure swift and efficient recovery of illicitly acquired assets following democratic transition processes and to ensure that there are no safe havens for these assets; establish common EU rules for the return of stolen assets, requiring that once a claimant establishes an initial case, the responding entity or individual should in respect of serious offences as defined by national law show that it had met its legal and financial obligations, such as on the licit origin of funding or other assets; prosecute those responsible, facilitate adequate access for victims to remedies and support the capacity of parliaments to exercise effective budget oversight;
B.

whereas the Sovereignty Council was originally made up of five civilians chosen by the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC), five military representatives chosen by the Transitional Military Council (TMC), and one civilian selected by agreement between the FFC and TMC; whereas in accordance with the 2019 Sudanese Constitutional Declaration, for the first 21 months of the 39-month transitional period, the chair of the Sovereignty Council was to be chosen by the five military members of the council, and for the following 18 months, the chair was to be chosen by the five civilian members selected by the FFC; whereas the transition from the current chair, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, to civilian rule was supposed to happen on 9 December 2021; whereas in line with the constitutional document governing the transition period, general elections are set to take place in Sudan by July 2023;
42.

Regrets that currently available IT tools that greatly contribute to efficient data mining and the detection of fraud and corruption — Arachne and EDES — are used only by a small percentage of Member States, and encourages the use of emerging technologies to prevent fraud and conflicts of interest; calls for use of the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) to be made compulsory under shared management and for the creation of a transparent EU-wide blacklist; further notes that EDES does not distinguish between subsidiaries of larger corporations; calls, furthermore, for the mandatory use of the Arachne data mining and data enrichment tool by Member States in order to achieve more transparency on the beneficiaries of CAP and European Structural and Investment Funds and to effectively and efficiently identify the problematic economic operators and the private individuals or natural persons linked to them and better prevent and detect fraudulent operations; acknowledges that the first adaptations of Arachne are to be implemented already by the end of the second quarter of 2022; emphasises that the interoperability and harmonisation of Arachne, EDES, institutional and national databases are crucial for ensuring an effective information exchange aimed at preventing and identifying fraud against the EU budget; is of the opinion that the European investigative bodies should have full access to Arachne;
4.

Underlines the fact that comprehensive knowledge of the situation in each Member State and at European level is needed; believes that the use of different measurement systems in each Member State can lead to difficulties in tackling the problem of nitrate water pollution at European level; calls on the Commission to guarantee the comparability of nitrate measurements and eutrophication assessment results across the Member States; is of the opinion that the nitrate measurement and eutrophication assessment systems, and in particular the location of the measuring points, should be harmonised within the EU; encourages the Commission to provide technical support to the Member States in this process by improving its guidelines as well as carrying out a study on how the monitoring systems are implemented by Member States; stresses that a uniform system for sampling and analysis is required in order to make measured values comparable;
49.

Underlines the need to increase investments in ‘green’ defence, in particular by dedicating a higher share of military and dual-technology innovation (equipment, energy, etc.) R&D funded from the EU budget to carbon-neutral fuels and propulsion systems for military aircraft, ships and other vehicles, in particular as regards future major weapons systems (e.g. the future combat air system (FCAS) and the European main battle tank (EMBT)) and others which are developed within the frameworks provided by the EU; underlines that, given the dual nature of such investments, they have strong positive spill-over effects in the civilian sector, in particular for the ailing civil aviation industry which is looking for less energy-intensive and more cost-effective business models and technologies; believes that preference could be given to eco-design in order to limit the environmental impacts of military equipment during their life cycle, while ensuring the best possible match between operational performance and environmental efficiency; believes that the electrification of military technology should be further promoted and extensively financed via European subsidies granted through the EDF, in particular as regards weapons systems, but also in terms of housing, barracks and related heating or cooling systems, whether in the Member States or in military camps when deployed; recalls that the adaptation of defence means and their uses to climate changes, is a responsibility that lies primarily with the Member States and that the EU as such does not yet have its own capacities;
8.

Praises the role of teachers, youth and social workers, civil society organisations, associations and educational staff as the driving forces behind participating institutions in raising awareness of the programme, by informing and supporting future learners and identifying people with fewer opportunities; notes that without them, most participants, especially those with fewer opportunities, would not be able to take part; calls on the Commission, the Member States and national agencies to value and acknowledge their often voluntary work, to support them by facilitating their own mobility and to provide them with adequate funding and support, while accompanying participants with fewer opportunities and offering them specific training adapted to their needs; notes the importance of updating various tools that they use in identifying possible participants and to better customise the Erasmus+ experience in order to address the needs of every individual participant;
56.

Stresses the need for the further implementation of the Cork II declaration on a better life in rural areas to reflect on the current challenges and opportunities facing Europe’s islands; calls for the long-term vision for rural areas to specifically integrate the particularities of outermost regions and Aegean islands; calls for the Commission to promote island policies during regional planning processes to support sustainable agriculture, food production, agro-tourism, the blue economy and connectivity including with funds complementary to those from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), addressing climate change, protecting biodiversity, introducing the circular economy and shifting towards renewable energy; urges it also to assess the real cost of insularity and double insularity of archipelagic regions, taking into account vulnerabilities and assets of the island regions, particularly the outermost regions; believes that the real cost of insularity for the island regions should be taken into account in EU cohesion policy, while at the same time an impact assessment of EU initiatives and actions on the islands should be carried out and be based on up-to-date and harmonised data; stresses that the Rural Observatory represents a unique opportunity for the production of adequate and up-to-date high-quality data for island territories focused, amongst others, on access to land, establishing the grounds for holistic agricultural and economic development of islands;
O.

whereas climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have shown the global importance and policy primacy of global public goods, such as, inter alia, access to health, clean air and water, food and other resources, education, technology and cyberspace in an inclusive, secure and reliable fashion; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of an obvious fact: in the face of a pandemic, our health safety chain is only as strong as the weakest health system; whereas COVID-19 anywhere is a threat to people and economies everywhere; whereas access to global public goods and policy responses seeking to standardise and expand such access across countries and communities requires global cooperation on objectives, minimum common standards and active support for the most vulnerable countries and communities; whereas this requires an effective multilateral agenda focused on global public goods and governance structures that reinforce access to such goods; whereas effective policy dialogue, cooperation and delivery on access to global public goods cannot and must not be decoupled under any circumstances from the promotion and protection of fundamental rights and dignity, as well as the empowerment of all people, in particular the most vulnerable; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the work of the WHO and the WHO’s capacity to manage the response to the pandemic rapidly and effectively, while also bringing to light concerns such as attempted interference and manipulation of its actions to this end;
32.

Notes that the process of updating the EIB Group’s environmental and social policy started in 2020 and led to the approval in February 2022 of the new Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework; welcomes the revised EIB environmental and social standards included in the framework, especially those related to labour rights, biodiversity and environmental protection; notes that the EIB is bound by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and that human rights principles are fully integrated into the due diligence procedures and standards at project level, including by allowing for the suspension of disbursements in the event of serious violations of human rights; welcomes the fact that the EIB and its promotors are required to consider human rights as part of the environmental and social impact assessment process; calls on the EIB and its intermediaries to disclose details of actual environmental and social risks or impacts linked to operations carried out through partners; stresses that any new requirements should not create more bureaucracy for SMEs; calls on the EIB to ensure that its complaints mechanism is easily accessible, timely and effective, in order to detect and redress any possible human rights violations in EIB-related projects; asks the EIB to report to Parliament and the EIB Board of Governors on this issue;
P6_TA(2004)0093

Request for the waiver of Mr Rainer Wieland's parliamentary immunity

European Parliament decision on the request for waiver of the immunity of Rainer Wieland (2004/2174(IMM))

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the request for waiver of the immunity of Rainer Wieland forwarded by the Ministry of Justice of the Federal Republic of Germany on 17 August 2004 and announced in plenary sitting on 13 September 2004,

- having given Rainer Wieland the opportunity to be heard pursuant to Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure, whereupon he declared that he would not oppose the waiver of his parliamentary immunity,

- having regard to Article10 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities of 8 April 1965, and to Article 6(2) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, of 20 September 1976,

- having regard to the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Communities of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 [1],

- having regard to Article46 of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany,

- having regard to Rules 6(2) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0059/2004),

1. Decides to waive the immunity of Rainer Wieland;

2. Instructs its President immediately to forward this decision and the report of its committee responsible to the appropriate authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany.

[1] See Case 101/63 Wagner v. Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195, and Case 149/85 Wybot v. Faure and others [1986] ECR 2391.

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20061223

P6_TA(2006)0589

Amendment of the Rules of Procedure (Quaestors, committee bureaux)

European Parliament decision on amendment of Rules 15 and 182(1) of Parliament's Rules of Procedure — Election of Quaestors and committee bureaux (2006/2287(REG))

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the proposal for amendment of its Rules of Procedure (B6-0628/2006),

- having regard to Rules 201 and 202 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0464/2006);

1. Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;

2. Decides that the amendments will enter into force on 1 January 2007;

3. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission, for information.

Amendment 1

Rule 15, subparagraph 2 a (new)

Amendment 2

Rule 182, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 a (new)

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EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 259/129

Adjustment of the multiannual framework

P6_TA(2008)0170

European Parliament resolution of 23 April 2008 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regard adjustment of the multiannual financial framework (COM(2008)0152 — C6-0148/2008 — 2008/2083(ACI))

(2009/C 259 E/28)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0152),

— having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 48 thereof,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0157/2008),

1. Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;

2. Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its annex, to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. Agreement as amended by Decision 2008/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 6, 10.1.2008, p. 7).

ANNEX I DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 29 APRIL 2008 AMENDING THE INTERINSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENT OF 17 MAY 2006 ON BUDGETARY DISCIPLINE AND SOUND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AS REGARD ADJUSTMENT OF THE MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular to Point 48 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) As a result of delays in the adoption of certain operational programmes of Headings 1b and 2, EUR 2 034 million in current prices of the allocation provided for the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund, Rural Development and the European Fund for Fisheries could not be committed in 2007 nor carried over to 2008. Under point 48 of the Interinstitutional Agreement, this amount must be transferred to subsequent financial years by increasing the corresponding expenditure ceilings for commitment appropriations. (2) Annex I of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management should therefore be amended accordingly (2), HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article Annex I to the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management is replaced by the Annex to this Decision. Done at Brussels, 29 April 2008 For the European Parliament The President For the Council The President (1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. Agreement as amended by Decision 2008/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 6, 10.1.2008, p. 7). (2) For that purpose, the figures in current prices are converted into 2004 prices.
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 15/120

Tuesday 21 October 2008

Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (Lithuania and Spain)

P6_TA(2008)0490

European Parliament resolution of 21 October 2008 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2008)0547 — C6-0312/2008 — 2008/2251 (ACI))

2010/C 15 E/33

The European Parliament,

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0547 — C6-0312/2008),

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,

having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2),

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0405/2008),

A. whereas the European Union has set up the appropriate legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market,

B. whereas the Union's financial assistance to workers made redundant should be dynamic and made available as quickly and efficiently as possible, in accordance with the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission adopted during the conciliation meeting on 17 July 2008, and having due regard for the Interinstitutional Agreement in respect of the adoption of decisions to mobilise the Fund,

C. whereas Spain and Lithuania have requested assistance in respect of two cases concerning redundancies in the automobile sector in Spain and the textile sector in Lithuania, by letters of 6 February and 8 May 2008 (3),

1. Requests the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to accelerate the mobilisation of the Fund;

2. Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;

3. Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its annex, to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(3) Applications EGF/2008/002/ES/Delphi and EGF/2008/003/LT/Alytaus Tekstile.
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 286/103

Wednesday 18 June 2008

Approving the appointment of Mr Antonio Tajani as a Member of the Commission

P6_TA(2008)0291

European Parliament decision of 18 June 2008 approving the appointment of Mr Antonio Tajani as a Member of the Commission

2009/C 286 E/41

The European Parliament,

having regard to Article 214(2), third subparagraph, and Article 215 of the EC Treaty,

having regard to point 4 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (1),

having regard to the resignation of Mr Franco Frattini as a Member of the Commission, tendered on 7 May 2008,

having regard to the nomination by the Government of the Italian Republic of Mr Antonio Tajani for appointment as a Member of the Commission on 8 May 2008,

having regard to Council Decision 2008/380/EC, Euratom of 9 May 2008 appointing a new member of the Commission of the European Communities (2),

having regard to the hearing of the Commissioner-designate before its committee responsible held on 16 June 2008,

having regard to Rule 99 of its Rules of Procedure,

1. Approves the appointment of Mr Antonio Tajani as a Member of the Commission for the remainder of the Commission's term of office until 31 October 2009;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States.

(1) OJ C 117 E, 18.5.2006, p. 123.

(2) OJ L 131, 21.5.2008, p. 6.
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 184/137

Wednesday 22 April 2009

Request for waiver of the immunity of Hannes Swoboda

P6_TA(2009)0236

European Parliament decision of 22 April 2009 on the request for waiver of the immunity of Hannes Swoboda (2009/2014(IMM))

2010/C 184 E/31

The European Parliament,

having regard to the request for waiver of the immunity of Hannes Swoboda of 5 December 2008, forwarded by the Vienna Regional Criminal Court on 20 January 2009 and announced in plenary sitting on 5 February 2009,

having heard Hannes Swoboda in accordance with Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to Articles 9 and 10 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1) of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,

having regard to Article 57 of the Austrian Bundesverfassungsgesetz (Federal Constitutional Law),

having regard to Rules 6(2) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0190/2009),

1. Decides not to waive the immunity of Hannes Swoboda;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the report of its committee responsible, immediately to the appropriate authority of the Republic of Austria.

(1) Case 101/63 Wagner v Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195, and Case 149/85 Wybot v Faure and others [1986] ECR 2391.