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P5_TA(2002)0626
European Year of Education through Sport 2004 ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a
European Parliament and Council decision establishing the European Year of Education through
Sport 2004 (9605/2/2002 —C5‑0498/2002 —2001/0244(COD))
(Codecision procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to the Council common position (9605/2/2002 —C5‑0498/2002 (1)),
— having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council(COM(2001) 584 (3)),
— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
— having regard to Rule 78 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Culture, Youth,
Education, the Media and Sport (A5 ‑0419/2002),
1. Approves the common position;
2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;
3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1)
of the EC Treaty;
4. 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;
5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
(1) OJ C 275 E, 12.11.2002, p. 70.
(2) P5_TA(2002)0220.
(3) OJ C 25 E, 29.1.2002, p. 531.
P5_TA(2002)0627
EC-Hong Kong agreement on readmission of persons residing without
authorisation *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclu-sion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Special
Administrative Region of Hong Kong of the People's Republic of China on the readmission of
persons residing without authorisation (SEC(2002) 412 —C5‑0263/2002 —2002/0092(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
Official Journal of the European Union EN 5.2.2004 C 31 E/253
Thursday 19 December 2002
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (SEC(2002) 412),
— having regard to Articles 63(1)(3)(b) and 300(2), first subparagraph of the EC Treaty,
— having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), first subparagraph of the EC
Treaty (C5 ‑0263/2002),
— having regard to Rules 67 and 97(7) of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home
Affairs (A5 ‑0381/2002),
1. Approves conclusion of the agreement;
2. Instructs its President to its position to the Council and Commission and to the governments and
parliaments of the Member States and to the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong of the People's
Republic of China.
P5_TA(2002)0628
Copenhagen European Council
European Parliament resolution on Copenhagen European Council of 12 and 13 December 2002
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to its resolution of 7 November 2002 on the outcome of the European Council
meeting in Brussels on 24 and 25 October 2002 (1),
— having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2002 on the progress made by each of the
candidate countries towards accession (2), in which it urged the European Council to set the date for
the accession of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, theSlovak Republic and Slovenia for early 2004, and no later than 1 May 2004,
— having regard to the Presidency conclusions of the Copenhagen European Council on 12 and
13 December 2002 and the European Council report and Commission statement in plenary on this
issue,
Enlargement
1. Welcomes the unprecedented and historic milestone represented by the conclusion of the accession
negotiations with Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the
Slovak Republic and Slovenia, which allows these States to be welcomed as members from 1 May 2004;
2. Notes that the forces of democracy, freedom and peace in these countries have thus won a decisive
victory over the dictatorial ideologies of the last century;
(1) P5_TA(2002)0531.
(2) P5_TA(2002)0536.