10. Invites its Secretary-General to put in place the technical and administrative support machinery
needed by the portfolio committees to prepare legislative and budgetary decisions, so as to take accountof a qualitative and quantitative assessment of measures in progress;
11. Takes note of the financial programming for headings 3 and 4, sent to the budgetary authority, for
the period 2002-2006;
12. Stresses that presenting multiannual-programme amounts including a future inflation rate estimated
a priori (in euro at current prices) makes the Union’s financial efforts less visible and makes estimating theunused margins below the ceilings for headings 3 and 4 less reliable;
13. Calls therefore on the Commission to specify in its proposals whether multiannual spending
amounts are expressed in constant-price euro or in euro at current prices and, if the latter is the case, to
specify all figures in the financial statement in both current and constant euro;
14. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.
4. EC-UNRWA Convention (additional funding 1999-2001) * (procedure without
report)
C5-0663/2001
Proposal for a Council decision on an exchange of letters between the European Community and
the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)concerning additional funding in 2001 under the current EC-UNRWA Convention for the years
1999-2001 (COM(2001)741 Mdash C5-0663/2001 Mdash 2001/0288(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The proposal was approved.
5. Cross-border payments in euro ***II (procedure without debate)
A5-0453/2001
European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with a
view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-
border payments in euro (14562/2001 Mdash C5-0639/2001 Mdash 2001/0174(COD))
(Codecision procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament,
5dash having regard to the Council common position (14562/2001 5dash C5-0639/2001),5dash having regard to its position at first reading(
1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(2001)439)(2),
5dash having regard to Article251(2) of the EC Treaty,
(1) ‘Texts Adopted’, 15.11.2001, Item 10.
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5dash having regard to Rule 78 of its Rules of Procedure,
5dash having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Economic and Mon-
etary Affairs (A5-0453/2001),
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 Article254(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.
6. Measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to com-
bating international terrorism * (procedure without report)
C5-0665/2001
Draft Council regulation on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and
entities with a view to combating international terrorism (4765/3/22001 Mdash C5-0665/2001 Mdash
2001/0228(CNS))
(Consultation procedure: renewed consultation)
The draft was approved with the following amendments:
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COUNCILAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 5
Citation 4, footnote (new)
An Annex is a part of the legislative act to which it pertains
and, consequently the consultation of the European Parlia-
ment during the procedure leading to the adoption of this
Act was not complete. The European Parliament expects tobeconsultedindefiningandmodifyngthefuture listofnatu-ral or legal persons, groups and entities linked to terroristactivities. The European Parliament reserves the right todefendits prerogative before the Court of Justice of the Euro-pean Communities if Council does not involve the EuropeanParliament in that way.
Amendment 2
Article 1, paragraph 4
(4) For the purposes of this Regulation, the definition of
‘terrorist act’ shall be the one contained inArticle1(3) of
Common Position …(4) For the purposes of this Regulation, the definition of
‘terrorist act’ shall be the one referred to inCouncil Frame-
work Decision … on combating terrorism.C177E/276 EN 25.7.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities
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