European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the con-
clusion of the Fourth Protocol laying down the conditions relating to fishing provided for in theAgreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and theGovernment of Denmark and the local Government of Greenland, on the other (COM(2000) 865 
C5-0028/2001  2000/0348(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament,
 having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2000) 865) (
1),
 having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Articles 37 and 300(2), third subparagraph of the
Treaty (C5-0028/2001),
 having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
 having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on
Budgets (A5-0129/2001),
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC
Treaty;
3. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by
Parliament;
4. Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;
5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
(1) OJ C 120 E, 24.4.2001, p. 186.
15. Future aims of education and training
B5-0341/2001
European Parliament resolution on the report on the future objectives of education and training
systems
The European Parliament,
1. Regrets that it was not involved in the general reflection, and the drawing up of the report, on the
concrete future objectives of education and training systems which was submitted to the European Coun-cil in Stockholm on 23/24 March 2001,
2. Considers that the report marks a major political breakthrough in terms of following up the Lisbon
European Council, as it establishes concrete objectives and defines the future role of education and train-ing, a problem which affects all Europes citizens,
3. Emphasises that the open method of coordination established by the Lisbon European Council, to
which this report conforms, must not lead to failure to respect the role assigned to the institutions in theTreaties,
4. Confirms that the conclusions adopted at the Stockholm European Council are geared to meeting the
strategic objective laid down by the Lisbon European Council and provide the basis for a programme ofwork for the coming decade,C 34 E/242 EN 7.2.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities
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5. Considers that, in the context of the open method of coordination, the general reflection on the
future role of education and training should take account of the contribution not only of the MemberStates but also of the European Parliament and the Commission, in compliance with the subsidiarityprinciple,
6. Insists that, in a spirit of interinstitutional cooperation, the European Parliament must be closely
involved in drawing up the follow-up report and in the measures to be taken under the long-term pro-gramme of work,
7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission and the governments of the
Member States.
16. Extension of duty-free access to least-developed country products
A5-0128/2001
European Parliament resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences for theperiod 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 so as to extend duty-free access without any quantitativerestrictions to products originating in the least-developed countries (COM(2000) 561  C5-0136/
2001  2000/0239(ACC))
The European Parliament,
 having regard to the Commissions proposal (COM(2000) 561  C5-0136/2001),
 having regard to the Council Regulation (EC) No 416/2001 of 28 February 2001 amending Regu-
lation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 so as to extend duty-free access without any quantitative restric-tions to products originating in the least-developed countries (
1),
 having regard to the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) held in
Parliaments premises in Brussels from 14 to 20 May 2001,
 having regard to its resolution of 5 April 2001 on the Third UN Conference on LDCs (2),
 having regard to the resolution adopted by the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly meeting in
Libreville on the Commissions Everything but arms (EBA) proposal, (ACP-EU 3171/01/fin.),
 having regard to Declaration XXIII of the Cotonou Agreement, which sets out the procedure to be
followed when the EU opens its markets to products from the LDCs,
 having regard to Rule 47(1) of its Rules of Procedure,
 having regard to the report of the Committee on Development and Cooperation and the opinion of
the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A5-0128/2001),
A. whereas, according to the Unctad 2000 report on LDCs, the economic and social situation in the
LDCs scarcely improved in the 1990s, whereas the gap between the LDCs and other developing coun-tries grew even wider and whereas LDCs have a particularly low GDP per capita and a particularlyhigh rate of illiteracy,
B. whereas the LDCs have an average per capita GDP of less than USD 300, which is extremely low,
particularly by comparison with the figure of over USD 27 000 for the developed countries,
(1) OJ L 60, 1.3.2001, p. 43.
(2) Texts Adopted, Item 15.7.2.2002 EN C 34 E/243 Official Journal of the European Communities
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