ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
5.

COSAC agrees that overcoming the current EU crisis requires a wide debate involving the citizens of the Union, not only its institutions and elites. Such a debate should take place at all levels — local, regional, national and European. Special responsibility for this endeavour lies with national parliaments and the European Parliament. A series of meetings should seek to stimulate, steer and synthesise the different debates, raise European awareness and lead to a clear definition of the role and objectives of the EU, understood and accepted by European citizens. This would in turn facilitate further decisions on the future of the Constitutional Treaty.
4.4.

COSAC calls upon all the partners involved to cooperate closely to find a comprehensive and integrated policy in the field of migration that is capable of providing the necessary linkage between the expectations of both sides, and assessing in what way migration brings benefits to all parties involved. COSAC stresses the need to address the serious issue of irregular migration, whilst ensuring full respect for human rights; including the need to vigorously oppose human trafficking, which is causing loss of life and a great deal of suffering, and recognising that migration and development are closely interlinked. It is also most important to recognise the benefits of legal immigration, especially that of qualified entrants to the European labour market.
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 4/70

Thursday 25 March 2010

Appointment of a member of the Court of Auditors – Mr Jan Kinšt

P7_TA(2010)0082

European Parliament decision of 25 March 2010 on the nomination of Jan Kinšt as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C7-0015/2010 – 2010/0803(NLE))

2011/C 4 E/21

(Consultation)

The European Parliament,

having regard to Article 286(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C7-0015/2010),

having regard to the fact that, at its meeting of 16 March 2010, the Committee on Budgetary Control heard the Council’s nominee for membership of the Court of Auditors,

having regard to Rule 108 of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0044/2010),

A. whereas Jan Kinšt fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 286(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU,

1. Delivers a favourable opinion on the nomination of Jan Kinšt as a Member of the Court of Auditors;
B.

whereas according to the White Paper on Sport (COM(2007)0391) corruption problems with a European dimension need to be tackled at European level and the Commission will continue to monitor the implementation of EU anti-money laundering legislation in the Member States with regard to the sport sector,
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 261/40

Thursday 10 May 2012

Support for the establishment of a European Day of Remembrance for the Righteous

P7_TA(2012)0205

Declaration of the European Parliament of 10 May 2012 on support for the establishment of a European Day of Remembrance for the Righteous

2013/C 261 E/07

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,

A. recalling the great moral significance of the Garden of the Righteous in Jerusalem, initiated by the late Moshe Bejski, paying tribute to those who helped the Jews during the Holocaust;

B. recalling the institutions that have honoured people who saved lives during all genocides and mass murders (such as the Armenian, Bosnian, Cambodian and Rwandan ones) and the other crimes against humanity perpetrated in the 20th and 21st centuries;

C. recalling all those who preserved human dignity during Nazism and Communist totalitarianism;

D. whereas the remembrance of good is essential to the process of European integration because it teaches younger generations that everyone can always choose to help other human beings and defend human dignity, and that public institutions have a duty to highlight the example set by people who managed to protect those persecuted out of hate;

1. Supports the call made by leading citizens to establish a European Day of Remembrance for the Righteous to commemorate, on 6 March, those who challenged crimes against humanity and totalitarianism with individual responsibility;

2. Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Commission, the Council and the parliaments of the Member States.

(1) The list of signatories is published in Annex 1 to the Minutes of 10 May 2012 (P7_PV(2012)05-10(ANN1)).
Decides to append the following interpretation to the second subparagraph of Rule 156(1):

"Amendments may be signed electronically as part of a pilot project involving a limited number of parliamentary committees, on condition, first, that the committees participating in the project have given their agreement and, second, that appropriate measures have been put in place to ensure the authenticity of the signatures."
5.6.

COSAC is confident that the quality of the Presidential elections provides the new President of Ukraine with the legitimacy to establish an inclusive dialogue with all citizens and work in order to guarantee the unity of the country while respecting the diversity of Ukrainian society; it calls on the European Union to work closely together with the new President of Ukraine and support him in pursuit of de-centralisation and constitutional and structural economic reforms in order to ensure political and economic stability in the country. Moreover, COSAC welcomes statements by the Russian Federation pledging respect for the elections outcome; it therefore urges the Russian Federation to cooperate with the new legitimate President, to commit to a peaceful and constructive dialogue towards de-escalating tensions and to withdraw armed forces from the Ukrainian border.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 218/3

Communication of the European Parliament concerning the European Citizen's Prize

CIVI EUROPAEO PRAEMIUM

(2018/C 218/04)

The Chancellery of the European Citizens' Prize held its annual meeting on 6 June 2018 with Mrs Sylvie Guillaume, Vice-President of the European Parliament, in the chair.

At that meeting the following list of prize winners for 2018 was drawn up.

The prizes will be awarded at public award ceremonies in the Member States where laureates are based, and will be organized by the Liaison Offices of the European Parliament. The laureates will also meet at the European Parliament in Brussels for a central event on 9 October 2018.

CIVI EUROPAEO PRAEMIUM

Laureates/Winners

Alicja Szatkowska

Αντρέας Μάτσης/Okan Dugli (Bi-communal Famagusta Initiative)

Άνεμος ανανέωσης

António Pinto Monteiro

Antonio Silvio Caló

Архимандрит Партений Фидановски

Arrels Fundació

Bjorn Formosa

Čebelarska zveza Slovenije

Centre Mondial de la Paix

Dmitri Rõbakov

Don Virginio Colmegna

Ehrenamtlicher Dolmetscherdienst der Stadt Ludwigsburg

Eurooppanuoret ry

Fatta!

Fo.B.A.P. ONLUS

Förderverein der Sozialklinik Kalamata

Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos

HOPEgenesis

Hrvatski ured za kreativnost i inovacije

Iespējamā misija

Inner City Helping Homeless

Institut für Erinnerungskultur 2.0 NeverForgetWhy

Irish Men's Sheds Association

J.C.A. Akerboom

Κιβωτός του κόσμου

La Maison des Femmes de Saint-Denis

Laurent Festas

MagiCAMP

Matthäus Weiß, 1. Landesvorsitzender und der Verband Deutscher Sinti und Roma e.V. Landesverband Schleswig-Holstein

Mihai Sora

Nagycsaládosok Országos Egyesülete (NOE)

Odile Linden

Paola Scagnelli

Pierre Maurice

Plateforme citoyenne de soutien aux réfugiés

Polish Jews Forum

Post Bellum

Pražský studentský summit

Proyecto Integra de la Fundación Universidad Camilo José Cela

Refugees Welcome Crawley

Σενέρ Λεβέντ

Spirit of Football e.V.

Stichting De Aldenborgh

Švento Jokūbo Kelio Savivaldybių Asociacija

Szvorák Katalin

Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Medicina Maternofetal, Genética y Reproducción (UGCMFG) del Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

Varga Erika

Vzw/asbl HUMAIN
Official Journal of the European Union

Communication of the European Parliament concerning the European Citizen’s Prize

CIVI EUROPAEO PRAEMIUM

(2022/C 283/01)

The Chancellery of the European Citizen’s Prize held its annual meeting on 22 June 2022 with Mrs Dita Charanzová, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Chancellor of the European Citizen’s Prize in the chair.

At that meeting the following list of prize winners for 2022 was drawn up.

The prizes will be awarded at public award ceremonies in the Member States where laureates are based. The ceremonies are organized by the Liaison Offices of the European Parliament. The laureates will also attend a central award ceremony at the European Parliament in Brussels in November 2022.

CIVI EUROPAEO PRAEMIUM

Laureates/Winners

Austria: Civil courage – Initiative against the deportation of schoolgirls

Belgium: My talents for diversity

Belgium: The Coordination Centre of Promote Ukraine

Croatia: FUND 5.5

Cyprus: OXYGONO (Cyprus Forum & Nomoplatform)

Czech Republic: Charita Znojmo’s humanitarian assistance to Ukraine

Czech Republic: #HolkyzMarketingu

Denmark: Europe Dialogue

Estonia: Assisting Ukraine and ‘Ukraina heaks!’ (For Ukraine) initiative

France: InteRadional

Germany: ApplicAid

Greece: Doctors of the World - Greece: Emergency response to humanitarian crisis

Hungary: Miklós Both, folk song collector

Ireland: Jigsaw Pandemic Response

Ireland: Connect Migrant Youth

Italy: #siamotuttelaura

Italy: Young people remember the Shoah – SOS UKRAINE

Latvia: Hospiss LV

Lithuania: Blue/Yellow

Luxembourg: Slava Ukrayini Luxembourg

Malta: The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation

Netherlands: Nieuwscheckers

Poland: José Andrés, the chef that feeds the refugees of the war in Ukraine

Poland: Volunteers Without Borders’ – refugees from Ukraine

Portugal: ‘Tampinhas’ bottle cap project

Romania: Support for refugee children from Ukraine

Slovenia: Legal Network for the Protection of Democracy

Slovakia: Europe in a cube (Kniha Európa V Kocke)

Spain: Customer Service in Bank Branches·‘#Soy mayor, no idiota’ (I am elderly, not an idiot)

Spain: ANAR 116000 Helpline for missing children
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 35/4

OPINION No 1/2010

‘Improving the financial management of the European Union budget: Risks and challenges’

2010/C 35/05

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Opinion No 1/2010 ‘Improving the financial management of the European Union budget: Risks and challenges’ has just been published on its website: http://www.eca.europa.eu
Official Journal of the European Union

Opinion No 1/2022

(pursuant to Article 287(4), TFEU)

concerning the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations

(2022/C 182/03)

The European Court of Auditors has published its opinion No 1/2022 (pursuant to Article 287(4), TFEU) concerning the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations.

The opinion can be consulted directly or downloaded at the European Court of Auditors’ Internet:

https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocItem.aspx?did=61068
Resources available to the Office in 2004

Competencies of the Office as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Free movement of goods Prohibitions or restrictions justified on grounds of the protection of industrial and commercial property shall not constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between the Member States. (Extract from Article 30 of the Treaty)

Objectives To apply the system of Community plant variety rights as the sole and exclusive form of Community industrial property rights for plant varieties

Tasks — To decide whether to refuse or grant applications for Community plant variety rights — To decide on objections — To decide on appeals — To decide on the revocation or cancellation of a Community plant variety right

1. The President directs the Office. He is appointed by the Council from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission after obtaining the opinion of the Administrative Council. 2. The Administrative Council oversees the Office's work programme and draws up rules governing the Office's working methods. It is composed of one representative of each Member State and one representative of the Commission and their alternates. 3. Decisions regarding the grant of Community plant variety rights are adopted by Committees composed of three members of staff of the Office and by the Board of Appeal in appeal proceedings. 4. Control by the Commission: review of the legality of acts by the President for which Community legislation provides no judicial review by any other body, as well as the legality of acts by the Administrative Council in respect of the Office's budget. 5. External control: European Court of Auditors 6. Discharge given to the President by the Administrative Council

Budget: 11,3 million eur (11,1 million eur)o, including Community contribution: 0 % (0 %) Staff numbers as at 31 December 2004: Number of posts in establishment plan: 38 (35) Posts occupied: 36 (34) + 4 (1) other posts (auxiliary contracts, national experts on secondment, local staff, employment agency staff) Total staff: 40 (35) Assigned to the following duties: operational: 16 (13) administrative: 18 (16) mixed: 6 (6)
Resources made available to the Agency

The Agency's powers as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2002

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Common transport policy ‘The Council may, acting by a qualified majority, decide whether, to what extent and by what procedure appropriate provisions may be laid down for sea and air transport.’ (Article 80 of the Treaty)

Objectives: to maintain a high uniform level of civil aviation safety in Europe and to ensure the proper functioning and development of civil aviation safety.

Measures to be adopted by the Agency: — to issue opinions to the Commission, — to issue certification specifications, including airworthiness codes and acceptable means of compliance, and any guidance material for the application of Community policy, — to take decisions regarding airworthiness and environmental certification, — to conduct standardisation inspections at the competent authorities of the Member States, — to conduct the necessary investigations in undertakings.

1. The Management Board consisting of one representative of each Member State and one representative of the Commission, sets up an advisory body of interested parties. 2. The Executive Director manages the Agency and is appointed by the Management Board on a proposal from the Commission. 3. The Board of Appeal rules on the Agency's decisions concerning certification, fees, charges and checks at undertakings. 4. External control Court of Auditors. 5. Discharge authority the Parliament on a recommendation from the Council.

Final budget for 2005: Total budget: 36,5 million euro, including: revenue from fees and charges: 8,6 million euro Community subsidy: 18,6 million euro 200 posts in the establishment plan posts occupied: 132 +21 other posts Total staff: 153 assigned to the following tasks: — operational: 86 — administrative: 38 — mixed: 29
Resources available to the Office (2004)

Competences of the Office as specified in Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993

Area of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Free movement of goods: prohibitions or restrictions justified on grounds of the protection of industrial and commercial property must not constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States. (From Article 30 of the Treaty) Restrictions on freedom to provide services within the Community are prohibited in respect of nationals of Member States who are established in a State of the Community other than that of the person for whom the services are intended. (From Article 49 of the Treaty)

Objectives: to implement the Community legislation on trade marks and designs, which gives undertakings the right to uniform protection throughout the entire area of the European Union

Tasks: — to receive and enter applications for registration, — to examine the conditions for entry in the Register and compatibility with Community legislation, — to search at the industrial property offices of the Member States for any pre-existing national trade marks, — to publish applications, — to examine any opposition by third parties, — to register or reject applications, — to examine applications for revocation or invalidity, — to handle appeals against decisions.

1. Administrative Board Composition: — one representative of each Member State, — one representative of the Commission. Task: — to advise the President on matters for which the Office is responsible, — to prepare lists of candidates (Article 120) for President, Vice-Presidents and chairmen and members of the Boards of Appeal. 2. President of the Office Appointed by the Council from a list of at most three candidates which has been prepared by the Administrative Board. 3. Budget Committee Composition: one representative of each Member State and one representative of the Commission and their alternates, Task: to adopt the budget and the financial regulation, grant discharge to the President and determine the cost of search reports. 4. Decisions in connection with procedures Decisions are taken by: (a) the Examiners; (b) the Opposition Divisions; (c) the Administration of Trade Marks and Legal Division; (d) the Cancellation Divisions; (e) the Boards of Appeal. 5. External audit The Court of Auditors. 6. Discharge authority The Office's Budget Committee.

2005 final budget 218 million euro (177 million euro) including a Community subsidy: 0 % (0 %) Staff numbers as at 31 December 2005 Number of posts in establishment plan: 675 (675) Posts occupied: 611 (648) +78 (41) other staff (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local staff, employment-agency staff) Total staff: 689 (689) assigned to the following duties: — production: 548 (524) — support: 141 (165)
Products and services supplied during the financial year 2006

Resources made available to the Centre in 2006

Competences of the Agency as specified in Council Regulation (EC) No 1035/97 of 2 June 1997

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Collection of information The Commission may, within the limits and under conditions laid down by the Council in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, collect any information and carry out any checks required for the performance of the tasks entrusted to it. (Article 284)

Objectives — To provide the Community and its Member States with objective, reliable and comparable data at European level on the phenomena of racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism. — Close cooperation with the Council of Europe in order to avoid duplication and obtain added value.

Tasks — To study the extent and development of the phenomena of racism and xenophobia; — To collect and analyse information, via the European Racism and Xenophobia Information Network (RAXEN); — To carry out scientific surveys; — To encourage widespread dissemination of such information; — To formulate opinions for the Community and its Member States; — To develop indicators and criteria to improve the comparability of data; — To publish an annual report on the situation regarding racism and xenophobia.

1. Management Board Composition One independent person appointed by each Member State, one independent person appointed by the European Parliament, one independent person appointed by the Council of Europe and a representative of the Commission. Duties To adopt the work programme and the general annual report. To adopt the final budget and the establishment plan. To give an opinion on the final accounts. 2. Executive Board Composition — Chairman of the Management Board — One representative of the uncil of Europe — One representative of the Commission — Two other members of the Management Board 3. Director Appointed by the Management Board on a proposal from the Commission. 4. External audit Court of Auditors 5. Internal control The Commission's Internal Audit Service 6. Discharge authority Parliament on a recommendation from the Council.

Final budget: 9,5 million euro (8,3 million euro) including Community contribution: 100 % (100%): Staff numbers at 31 December 2006: 37 (37) posts in the establishment plan, posts occupied: 35 (35) +10 (4) other staff (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local and employment-agency staff) Total staff: 47 (41) assigned to the following duties — operational: 28 (24) — administrative: 15 (13) — mixed: 4 (4)
Resources made available to the Agency

The representatives of the Member State governments have, by common agreement, adopted a statement on the creation of a European Network and Information Security Agency. The Agency should operate as a point of reference and establish confidence by virtue of its independence, the quality of the advice it delivers and the information it disseminates, the transparency of its procedures and methods of operating, and its diligence in performing the tasks assigned to it. (Council Decision of 19 February 2004, taken on the basis of Article 251 of the Treaty).

Objectives 1. The Agency enhances the capability of the Community, the Member States and the business community to prevent, address and respond to network and information security problems. 2. The Agency provides assistance and delivers advice to the Commission and the Member States on issues related to network and information security falling within its competencies. 3. The Agency develops a high level of expertise and uses this expertise to stimulate broad cooperation between actors from the public and private sectors. 4. The Agency assists the Commission, when called upon, in developing Community legislation in the field of network and information security.

Tasks The Agency: (a) collects information on current and emerging risks that could produce an impact on electronic communications networks; (b) provides the European Parliament, the Commission and European bodies or competent national bodies with advice and assistance; (c) enhances cooperation between actors in its field; (d) facilitates cooperation on common methodologies to address network and information security issues; (e) contributes to awareness raising on network and information security issues for all users; (f) assists the Commission and the Member States in relations with industry; (g) tracks standards; (h) advises the Commission on research in the area of network and information; (i) promotes risk assessment activities, on prevention solutions; (j) contributes to cooperation with third countries.

1. Management Board 1. It is composed of one representative of each Member State, three representatives appointed by the Commission, and three representatives, without the right to vote, each of whom represents one of the following groups: (a) information and communication technologies industry; (b) consumer groups; (c) academic experts. 2. Board members may be replaced by alternates. 2. Executive Director 1. The Agency is managed by its Executive Director, who is independent in the performance of his duties. 2. The Executive Director is appointed for a term of office of up to five years. 3. External audit Court of Auditors. 4. Internal audit The Commission's Internal Auditor. 5. Discharge authority Parliament on a recommendation from the Council.

2006 final budget: 6,9 (6,3) million euro (100 % Community subsidy). Staff figures on 31 December 2006: 44 (38) posts according to the establishment plan posts occupied: 38 (35) 8 (15) other staff Total staff: 46 (50) assigned to the following duties: operational: 24 (22) administrative: 22 (28)