19. RecognisesthepositivemovesmadebyIraninsigningtheadditionalprotocolonnuclearmaterial
standardsandhopesthattheMajliswillratifythetextwithinareasonableperiod;
20. WelcomesLibya’sintentiontorenouncenuclearweaponsprogrammesandtowelcomeuncon-
ditionalinspections;
21. CallsontheEUtoworkwithitsinternationalpartnerstodevelopandpromoteanuclear-freezone
intheMiddleEast;
22. InstructsitsPresidenttoforwardthisresolutiontotheCouncil,theCommission,thegovernments
oftheMemberStates,theUNSecretary-GeneralandallStatesPartiestotheTreaty.
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Betterlawmaking(2002)
EuropeanParliamentresolutionontheCommissionreport‘BetterLawmaking2002’pursuanttoArticle9oftheProtocolontheapplicationoftheprinciplesofsubsidiarityandproportionality
(10threport)(COM(2002)715/dashC5-0007/2003/dash2003/2009(INI))
TheEuropeanParliament,
/dash havingregardtotheCommissionreport(COM(2002)715/dashC5-0007/2003),
/dash havingregardtoitsresolutionof12July1990ontheprincipleofsubsidiarity(
1),
/dash havingregardtoitsresolutionof16May2002onthedivisionofcompetencesbetweentheEuropean
UnionandtheMemberStates(2),
/dash havingregardtoRules47(2)and163ofitsRulesofProcedure,
/dash havingregardtothereportoftheCommitteeonLegalAffairsandtheInternalMarket(A5-0048/
2004),
A. whereastheprincipleofsubsidiarityplaysavitalroleinestablishingtheauthorityofCommunity
legislationandindecidingwhetherlawsshouldbeadoptedatEuropeanUnionlevel,
B. whereas theprinciple ofsubsidiarityisacrucial elementinmonitoringtheseparationofpowers
betweentheEUandtheMemberStatesandausefultoolforenablingMemberStatestoassumelegislativecompetence,
C. whereasitisaboveallapoliticalprocess,
D. whereasthedialoguebetweentheinstitutionsneedstobeclarifiedandinstitutionalised,
E. whereas,initsprevious‘BetterLawmaking’reports,theCommissionconcentratedmainlyonexamin-
inghowithadimplementedtheprinciplesofsubsidiarityandproportionality,
F. whereas,inits1998report,theCommissionemphasisedtheresponsibilityoftheParliament,the
CouncilandtheMemberStatesinapplyingtheprinciplesofsubsidiarityandproportionality,
G. whereas,inits2002report,theCommissionfocusedoncertainUnionpolicies,
(1) OJC231,17.9.1990,p.163.
(2) OJC180E,31.7.2003,p.493.23.4.2004EN C98E/155 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
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H. whereasitsRulesofProcedureprovideforittoreviewrespectfortheprinciplesofsubsidiarityand
proportionality,
1. Recallsthattheprincipleofsubsidiarityaimstoensurethatdecisionsaretakenascloselyaspossible
totheUnion’scitizens;
2. IsconvincedthattheprincipleentailsaformofscrutinyastowhetherthereachofCommunity
actionintothedomainoftheMemberStatesisjustified;
3. RecallsthattheprincipleofsubsidiarityshouldalsoservetoencourageUnioninterventioninsectors
whichdonotfallwithinitsexclusivecompetenceif,andtotheextentthat,theobjectivesoftheplannedactioncannotbeadequatelyachievedbytheMemberStatesandcanthereforebebetterachievedatCom-munitylevel;
4. Stressesthatex-anteandex-postexaminationofthismultifacetedprincipleisofutmostimportance
withinthecontextoftheUniondynamics;
5. WelcomestheworkoftheConventiononsubsidiarityandproportionality;
6. SupportstheearlywarningsysteminvolvingnationalparliamentsproposedinthedraftConstitution
andbelievesthat,whereappropriate,thesystemshouldbeextendedtootherlegislativeparliamentsandassemblieswithintheMemberStates;
7. Urges the Member States accordingly to adopt procedures that allow national parliaments, and,
whereappropriate,otherlegislativeparliamentsandassemblieswithinMemberStatestobeinvolvedin
thelegislativeprocedure;
8. Regretsthatthe2002reportfocusedsolelyonthemainpolicyobjectivesfor2002;9. EmphasisesthattherelevanceoftheCommission’schoicesisalsotobeexaminedinthelightof
otherpoliticalactionsrelevanttotheapplicationoftheprinciplesofsubsidiarityandproportionality,andthattheyshouldbeaddressedinfuturereports;
10. Recognisesthatotheraspectsoflawmakingexploredinthereport(suchaslegaldrafting,simplifi-
cationorcodification)arealsoimportantandinteresting,butasksagainthattheCommissionfocusmorecloselyontheraisond’êtreofthereport,inordertoproduceaclear,relevantandmeaningfulreviewofhowandwithwhatmeasureofsuccesstheprinciplesofsubsidiarityandproportionalityhavebeenappliedbytheCommunity;
11. Considersthatthereport’snewfocusshouldthereforeresultintheCommissionconcentratingon
thetrulyEuropeanissuesassignedtoitbytheTreatiesandrefrainingfrominterveninginfieldswhichareclearlybetterdealtwithbylevelsofgovernmentclosertocitizens,whileindicatingwhichfieldsitcon-
sidersmoreappropriatefortheadoptionoflawsatnationallevel;
12. InstructsitsPresidenttoforwardthisresolutiontotheCouncilandtheCommission.
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SpringSummit:follow-uptoLisbon
EuropeanParliamentresolutiononthepreparationofthespringsummit2004
TheEuropeanParliament ,
/dash havingregardtotheconclusionsoftheLisbonEuropeanCouncilof23/24March2000,
/dash havingregardtotheconclusionsoftheNiceEuropeanCouncilof7,8and9December2000,C98E/156 EN23.4.2004 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
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