TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSIONAMENDMENT
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 1
Recital 4a (new)
(4a) The Bulgarian and Romanian governments have
made efforts to meet the respective benchmarks provided forthe activation of the simplified accession procedure,
P6_TA(2007)0442
Communication Infrastructure for the Schengen Information System
environment (decision) *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 October 2007 on the proposal for a Council
decision on the installation, operation and management of a Communication Infrastructure forthe Schengen Information System (SIS) environment (COM(2007)0306 —C6-0215/2007 —
2007/0104(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to the Commission proposal (COM(2007)0306),
— having regard to Article 30(1)(a) and (b), Article 31(1)(a) and (b) and Article 34(2)(c) of the EU Treaty,
— having regard to Article 39(1) of the EU Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament
(C6-0215/2007),
— having regard to Rules 93 and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the
opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0357/2007),
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Considers that the indicative financial reference amount indicated in the Commission proposal must
be compatible with the ceiling of heading 3a of the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and pointsout that the annual amount will be decided within the annual budgetary procedure in accordance with theprovisions of point 38 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Counciland the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial managementof 17 May 2006 (
1);
3. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;
4. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;
5. Calls on the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal
substantially;
6. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.
(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.16.10.2008 EN C 263 E/153 Official Journal of the European Union
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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 1
Article 1, paragraph 5
5. The costs of installing, operating and managing the Com-
munication Infrastructure shall be borne by the general budgetof the European Union5. The costs of installing, operating and managing the
Communication Infrastructure shall be borne by the generalbudget of the European Union. Each Member State shall be
responsible for bearing the costs incurred by the nationaldatabase and the costs of its connection to the SIS or s-Testacommunication infrastructure.
Amendment 2
Article 3, paragraph 3
3. The Council shall coordinate Member States' test activities
and validate the test results and keep the Commission informed.3. The Council shall coordinate Member States' test activities
and validate the test results, keeping the Commission and the
European Parliament informed.
Amendment 3
Article 5, paragraph 1a (new)
1a. The contract referred to in paragraph 1 shall comply
with the provisions of Articles 88 to 107 of Regulation (EC,Euratom) No 1605/2002.
Amendment 4
Article 5, paragraph 2
2. The cost incurred by the bodies referred to in paragraph 1
for the execution of the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 shall beborne by the general budget of the European Union.2. The cost incurred by the bodies referred to in paragraph 1
for the execution of the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 shall beborne by the general budget of the European Union, in accor-
dance with Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 asamended by Council Regulation (EC, Euratom)No 1995/2006 of 13 December 2006 .
Amendment 5
Article 5, paragraph 2a (new)
2a. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament
and the Council of the terms of the contract referred to inparagraph 1 and which national body is the contractor.
Amendment 6
Article 5a (new)
Article 5aSecurityThe Commission shall adopt the necessary measures (includ-
ing the adoption of a security plan) relating to the Communi-cation Infrastructure.C 263 E/154 EN 16.10.2008 Official Journal of the European Union
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Amendment 7
Article 7, paragraph 2
2. The remainder of the budget established by theCouncil
Decision 2000/265/EC at the date set in accordance with Arti-cle 4(1) shall be refunded to the Member states. The amounts
to be repaid shall be calculated on the basis of the contribu-tions from the Member States as laid down in Article 26 ofCouncil Decision 2000/265/EC.2. The remainder of the budget established by Council
Decision 2000/265/EC at the date set in accordance withArticle 4 (1) shall be used by the Commission to build up the
Communication Infrastructure.
Amendment 8
Article 9, paragraph 2
2. The application of this Decision is subject to notification
of the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council to the Commis-sion that no agreement or contract has been concluded for theprovision of networking and security services for the exchangeof data referred to in Article 1(1) pursuant to Council Decision2007/149/EC and Council Decision 2000/265/EC.2. This Decision shall be applicable as from the date of its
publication and after notification of the Deputy Secretary-
General of the Council to the Commission that no agreementor contract has been concluded for the provision of networkingand security services for the exchange of data referred to inArticle 1(1) pursuant to Council Decision 2007/149/EC andCouncil Decision 2000/265/EC.
P6_TA(2007)0443
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
European Parliament resolution of 23 October 2007 on the proposal for a decision of the EuropeanParliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fundin application of point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the Euro-pean Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial
management (COM(2007)0415 —C6-0323/2007 —2007/2168(ACI))
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council
(COM(2007)0415 —C6-0323/2007),
— 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),
(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.16.10.2008 EN C 263 E/155 Official Journal of the European Union
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