ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
10.

Calls on the Commission to prepare provisions to ensure the accessibility, availability and integrity of the public core of the internet and, therefore, the stability of cyber-space, particularly as regards the EU’s access to the global DNS root system; considers that such provisions should include measures for the diversification of suppliers to mitigate the current risk of reliance on the few companies that dominate the market; welcomes the proposal for a European Domain Name System (DNS4EU) as a tool for a more resilient internet core; asks the Commission to evaluate how this DNS4EU could use the latest technologies, security protocols and cyber-threats expertise in order to offer a fast, secure and resilient DNS for all Europeans; recalls the necessity of better protection of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) in order to prevent BGP hijacks; recalls its support for a multi-stakeholder model for internet governance, of which cyber-security should represent one of the core topics; underlines that the EU should speed up implementation of IPv6.; recognises the open source model which, as the basis for the internet’s functioning, has proven efficient and effective; encourages, therefore, its use;
7.

Is concerned that after decades of increasing human pressure on the Black Sea marine and Danube River ecosystems and fisheries resources, the latest data suggest that only one stock (sprat) is considered to be sustainably exploited and that other fish stocks are overfished, to the extent that some of them are close to depletion; notes that there have been some positive trends in the past years for some stocks, for example turbot, for which the total allowable catch quota has been increased for 2020-2022, but that there is no significant improvement on a general level for the Black Sea yet; stresses that all stock developments of Black Sea turbot and sprat stocks have to be accompanied by continued protective measures such as management plans;
53.

Recalls that Article 287(3) TFEU defines the ECA’s audit powers in relation to the EIB; recalls that the ECA is competent to audit the EIB’s activity in managing Union expenditure and revenue; recalls that the Audit Committee is competent to audit the EIB’s share capital according to Article 12 of Protocol 5 (Statute of the EIB); points out that this results in the ECA being unable to provide a complete overview of the links between the EIB Group operations and the Union budget; recalls that Article 308(3) TFEU allows the Council to amend the Protocol on the Statute of the EIB by simple decision without a full Treaty revision; emphasises the increased importance under the new multiannual financial framework of EU guarantees and other financial instruments managed by the EIB; calls therefore on the Council to amend Article 12 of Protocol 5 to give the ECA a role in auditing the EIB’s share capital; notes that the current tripartite agreement between the Commission, the EIB and the ECA concerning audits of operations which are financed or backed by the Union budget expires in 2020; calls on the Commission, the ECA and the EIB to enhance the role of the ECA and further strengthen its auditing powers regarding activities of the EIB in the renewal of the tripartite agreement governing the rules of engagement;
18.

Is convinced of the advantages of cooperating and coordinating with partners and like- minded countries in implementing the EU GHRSR; encourages the Commission and the Member States to draw from the close cooperation and strategic relationship between the EU and the US, built on common history and a shared set of democratic values, when establishing sanctions and calls for regular discussions on targeted sanctions, notably within the context of the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to cooperate with external judicial institutions such as the International Criminal Court, the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights and other ad hoc tribunals, UN-assisted tribunals and other bodies, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and international supervisory and monitoring bodies, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, NATO, and the Council of Europe, with the aim of gaining evidence for imposing sanctions under the EU GHRSR and deterring serious human rights violations; calls for the EU to promote the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court by every country in the world;
B.

whereas, even before the fighting began, there were 15,2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia, 2 million of whom in the Tigray region; whereas nearly one million people are living in famine-like conditions and 5,2 million out of 6 million people in Tigray are facing acute food insecurity as a direct consequence of the violence; whereas 91 % of the population is in extreme need of humanitarian aid and 100 000 children will face life-threatening severe acute malnutrition over the next 12 months; whereas in June 2021 the UN had already warned that 5,5 million people in Tigray and the neighbouring regions of Amhara and Afar were in need of food aid and 350 000 were facing starvation; whereas the Tigray region is home to 100 000 internally displaced people and 96 000 Eritrean refugees; whereas it has several large refugee camps in which, according to NGOs, 44 % of those living there are children; whereas as of July 2021, the conflict has displaced around 1,9 million people in Tigray;
4.

Recognises the crucial role of trade policy during the COVID-19 pandemic; reiterates its resolution of 10 June 2021 entitled ‘Meeting the Global COVID-19 challenge: effects of waiver of the WTO TRIPS agreement on COVID-19 vaccines, treatment, equipment and increasing production and manufacturing capacity in developing countries’; stresses, in this regard, the need to outline a basic agreement aiming to eliminate tariffs on pharmaceutical and medical goods, to abolish export restrictions, and on disciplines on transparency and global cooperation in times of crisis, in a ministerial declaration in line with the Trade and Health Initiative; believes that such an agreement is of utmost importance to show the relevance of the WTO; calls for the establishment of a new permanent Committee on Trade and Health at MC12 in order to assist governments with implementing existing exceptions and flexibilities in international trade law and to lay the groundwork for a trade pillar for the negotiations on a future international treaty on pandemic response; believes that many, especially developing, countries face difficulties in the use of TRIPS flexibilities, notably Article 31bis; recalls that the EU should actively participate in text based negotiations on a temporary TRIPS waiver; calls, in that regard, for the EU to support the granting of a temporary waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS agreement for COVID-19, in order to enhance timely global access to affordable COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics by addressing global production constraints and supply shortages;
6.

Reiterates that the only solution to the deep political crisis in Nicaragua is an inclusive and meaningful national dialogue, and regrets the repeated disengagement and unwillingness to do so on the part of the Nicaraguan regime; notes that the holding of free, fair and transparent elections, the restoration of the rule of law and freedoms, the cessation of repression and fear, the release of arbitrarily detained political prisoners, the reestablishment of the legal status of the political parties that were arbitrarily cancelled, the return of exiles without exclusions and with full guarantees and the return of international human rights bodies to the country are sine qua non conditions for any dialogue with the Nicaraguan regime; calls for the EU and its Member States to accompany current and future efforts of civil society to create the conditions for a dialogue leading to a democratic transition, in line with what was established in the March 2019 agreements;
9.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the enforcement of the NSL as a top priority on the agenda of all EU-China meetings, including in diplomatic consultations in preparation for those meetings; recalls the importance of the EU continuing to raise the issue of human rights violations in China, in particular the case of minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet, at every political and human rights dialogue with Chinese authorities and in line with the EU’s commitment to project a strong, clear and unified voice in its approach to China; recalls that China has signed up to a wide range of international human rights treaties and conventions, and therefore highlights the importance of pursuing dialogue with China to ensure that it lives up to its commitment to abide by the international human rights framework;
9.

Underlines that the current delay in the implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy programmes hinders Member States’ ability to react, in the context of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, not only to the energy and supply crisis, but also to the refugee crisis in the medium and long term; welcomes the temporary flexibility and additional measures offered by the CARE proposal and the latest Commission proposal on increased pre-financing, which will help to increase the Member States’ ability to react to this humanitarian crisis; draws attention to the fact that CARE would not have a negative budgetary impact and would not affect ongoing programmes, projects and investments; stresses, however, that CARE and the proposed use of REACT-EU funding might not be sufficient in the context of the current refugee crisis; encourages the Commission to check whether it would be possible to use the 2022 funds under the current funding period, which might be decommitted due to delays in programming, for CARE II, in order to ensure continued care for refugees;
45.

Considers that budgetary support for CSOs should not only be planned, but also promoted and supported in all EU programmes; regrets that the European recovery package did not specifically target CSOs in addition to businesses and small- and medium-sized companies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that CSOs are involved throughout the implementation and the monitoring of the national recovery and resilience plans and of other funds under shared management and to check whether national recovery plans support the funding needs of CSOs; calls on the Commission to ensure that CSOs are not negatively impacted by the withdrawal of funding under the Conditionality Regulation or under the conditions built into funds and programmes under the multiannual financial framework or the recovery and resilience facility which make respect for the rule of law and the principle of non-discrimination a prerequisite to receive funding by providing specific modalities to channel funding to CSOs adapted to the environment in which they operate;
16.

Underlines that a holistic approach to all sectors of the blue economy that takes into due account their interplays is required to ensure that the activities of one sector do not hamper or create conflicts with the activities of another; notes that this is also relevant for the protection of the marine environment; stresses the need for collaborative, inclusive and cross-sectoral maritime spatial planning; stresses in this regard the importance of effective ecosystem-based maritime spatial planning for achieving ecological, social and economic objectives, inter alia in the context of the transition to a climate neutral society; is of the view that maritime spatial planning will create synergies between sectors and safeguard the livelihoods of fishers; regrets that the majority of Member States have delayed the establishment of maritime spatial plans as required under Directive 2014/89/EU; invites the Commission to ensure that the review of the Directive in 2022 is presented in a timely manner and to accompany it with corrective initiatives, where needed;
4.

Calls on the Commission to present, without undue delay, a set of common guidelines or similar non-legislative tool, which should include recommendations and best practices for the Member States to follow in order to ensure that the hearing of the child is conducted either by a judge or trained expert and that no pressure is applied, including from the parents; stresses that such hearings, particularly in family law proceedings, should take place in a child-friendly setting and be appropriate for the age, maturity and language skills of the child in terms of language and content, while providing for all guarantees that ensure that the emotional integrity and the best interests of the child are respected, avoiding unnecessary stress and ensuring that the competent authority gives due consideration to the child’s views in accordance with their age and maturity; stresses, moreover, that the hearing of the child in family proceedings where there is suspected domestic or family violence or ‘witnessed violence’ should always be conducted in the presence of qualified professionals, doctors or psychologists, including professionals qualified in child neuropsychiatry, so as not to deepen their trauma or victimise them further;
32.

Stresses that fishing, including small-scale fisheries, is an important sector for Mauritania’s economy and is essential to the country’s economic development, food security, nutrition and employment opportunities, in particular for women and young people, and for ensuring inclusive and sustainable economic development for all; supports, therefore, measures to significantly increase the resilience of local actors, including small family-owned businesses and coastal communities, to the consequences of climate change and coastal erosion; insists that investments in fisheries must be clearly aligned with the SDGs and not jeopardise the needs of coastal communities; insists that the financial contribution provided for under the new agreement should be distributed in a way that takes account of the fundamental role of coastal communities;
L.

whereas in the past two months, attacks on trade union activists and leaders have intensified, primarily in relation to many of them having stood up against Belarus’s support for the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as their long-standing support for democracy and opposition to the Lukashenka regime; whereas the most recent attack on the independent trade union movement took place on 19 April 2022; whereas searches have been conducted in the office of the BKDP and the offices of its affiliates — the Belarusian Free Trade Union, the Free Trade Union of Metalworkers and the Belarusian Radio and Electronic Industry Workers’ Union (REP) — in Minsk and the surrounding regions, as well as in the private homes of trade union leaders and activists;
21.

Welcomes the fact that the current allocation methods based largely on historical rights allow for a certain level of economic stability in the fishing sector, which can be a condition enabling operators to innovate and adopt more sustainable techniques, but recognises that, in some cases, they happen to contribute to reinforcing trends such as economic concentration in the fishing sector which distort competition, erect barriers to new entrants and make the sector unattractive for new young fishers; considers, furthermore, that these methods, in some cases, do not provide sufficient incentive to fishers who implement fishing practices with a reduced environmental impact and do not provide fair opportunities to all fishers, including small-scale fishers; encourages Member States, in this regard, to adequately guarantee a fair distribution of quotas between the different fleet segments, taking into account the needs of all fishers;
D.

whereas according to estimates for 2019 in the EU-27, women are particularly affected by the risk of poverty (AROPE), with the poverty rate standing at 17,1 % after social transfers; whereas since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, women have been disproportionately affected in the socioeconomic sphere, including, in some cases, by loss of employment; whereas the employment rate of women has even fallen more sharply than it did during the 2008 recession; whereas this is, among other things, due to the increase of unpaid care, domestic and educational work carried out mainly by women, and has also resulted in an increase in women’s poverty; whereas even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of people in temporary and part-time posts were women, especially in the service sector, and whereas the pandemic has reinforced this trend; whereas the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are not yet fully comprehended and whereas the socioeconomic impact will continue to be experienced in the coming years; whereas it is therefore essential to examine female poverty in context of the handling and aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis; whereas measures taken to exit the financial crisis of 2008 have not been sufficient to reduce women’s poverty; whereas reductions in funding for social public services and lower wages disproportionality affect women, owing to their greater reliance on social public services and allowances;
TEXTSADOPTED
P5_TA(2003)0527
RequestforwaiveroftheimmunityofMrKorakas
EuropeanParliamentdecisionontherequestforwaiveroftheimmunityofEfstratiosKorakas
(2003/2117(IMM))
TheEuropeanParliament,
/dash havingreceivedaletterfromMrAthanasiosPsarrakis,publicprosecutorattheAthensCourtofthe
FirstInstance,forwardedon13January2003,andarequestforwaiveroftheimmunityofEfstratiosKorakas,forwardedbyFilipposPetsalnikos,MinisterofJusticeoftheGreekRepublic,on6May2003andannouncedinplenarysittingon5June2003,
/dash havingheardMrEfstratiosKorakas,pursuanttoRule6a(3)oftheRulesofProcedureoftheEuropean
Parliament,whorequestedthathisparliamentaryimmunitynotbewaived,
/dash havingregardtoArticle10oftheProtocolonthePrivilegesandImmunitiesoftheEuropeanCom-
munitiesof8April1965,andtoArticle4(2)oftheActconcerningtheElectionofRepresentativestotheEuropeanParliamentbydirectuniversalsuffrageof20September1976,
/dash havingregardtothejudgmentsoftheCourtofJusticeoftheEuropeanCommunitiesof12May1964
and10July1986(
1),
/dash havingregardtoRules6and6aofitsRulesofProcedure,/dash havingregardtothereportoftheCommitteeonLegalAffairsandtheInternalMarket(A5-0420/
2003),
1. DecidesnottowaivetheimmunityofEfstratiosKorakas;
2. InstructsitsPresidentimmediatelytoforwardthisdecisionandthereportofitscommitteetothe
appropriateauthorityoftheRepublicofGreece.
(1) SeeCase101/63:Wagner v.FohrmannandKrier [1964]ECR,Englishspecialedition,195andCase149/85:
Wybotv.Faure[1986]ECR2391.
P5_TA(2003)0528
RequestforwaiveroftheimmunityofMrMarchiani
European Parliament decision on the request for waiver of the immunity of Jean-Charles
Marchiani(2003/2071(IMM))
TheEuropeanParliament,
/dash havingreceivedarequestforwaiveroftheimmunityofJean-CharlesMarchiani,forwardedbythe
MinisterforForeignAffairsoftheFrenchRepublicon8April2003andannouncedinplenarysittingon10April2003,
/dash havingregardtoArticle10oftheProtocolonthePrivilegesandImmunitiesoftheEuropeanCom-
munitiesof8April1965,andtoArticle4(2)oftheActconcerningtheElectionofRepresentativestotheEuropeanParliamentbydirectuniversalsuffrageof20September1976,C89E/90 EN14.4.2004 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
Thursday4December2003
P6_TA(2005)0450
Immunity of Giovanni Claudio Fava
European Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Giov-
anni Claudio Fava (2005/2174(IMM))
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to the request by Giovanni Claudio Fava for defence of his immunity of 1 July 2005,
announced in plenary sitting on 6 July 2005,
— having heard Giovanni Claudio Fava in accordance with Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to Articles 9 and 10 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of
the European Communities and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election
of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,
— having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1) of the Court of Justice of the
European Communities,
— having regard to Rules 6(3) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0331/2005),
1. Decides to defend the immunity and privileges of Giovanni Claudio Fava;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the report of the committee responsible to the
appropriate authorities of the Italian Republic.
(1) Case 101/63 Wagner v. Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195 and Case 149/85 Wybot v. Faure and others [1986]
ECR 2391.
P6_TA(2005)0451
Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (amendment)
Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV —
Court of Justice —Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council
(C6-0404/2005 —2005/2159(BUD))
Amendment 1SECTION IV —Court of Justice
Establishment plan: Creation of 2 permanent B*3, 2 permanent C*1 posts and 4 temporary B*3 posts.
Staff in active employment
Line 2005 Budget DAB 6/2005 Amendment 2005 Budget + DAB 6 (amended)
Commitments Commitments Commitments Commitments
1100 Basic salaries
111 633 022 111 964 022 + 73 000 112 037 022
1101 Family allowances
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2.

European Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Umberto Bossi (2004/2101(IMM))

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the request by a barrister acting for Mr Umberto Bossi, for defence of his immunity in connection with criminal proceedings pending before the Bergamo District Court, of 7 May 2004, announced in plenary sitting on 22 July 2004,

- having regard to Articles 9 and 10 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

- having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 [1] of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,

- having regard to Rules 6(3) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0210/2005),

A. whereas Umberto Bossi was a Member of the European Parliament in the fourth legislative term (start of mandate on 19 July 1994, mandate verified on 15 November 1994, mandate expired on 19 July 1999) and in the fifth legislative term (start of mandate on 20 July 1999, mandate verified on 15 December 1999, mandate expired on 10 June 2001 for incompatibility),

B. whereas Members of the European Parliament may not be subject to any form of inquiry, detention or legal proceedings in respect of opinions expressed or votes cast by them in the performance of their duties [2],

1. Decides to defend the immunity and privileges of Umberto Bossi;

2. Proposes, pursuant to Article 9 of the above-mentioned Protocol and having regard to the proceedings of the relevant Member State, to declare that the proceedings in question should not be continued; therefore calls on the Court to draw the appropriate conclusions;

3. Instructs its President immediately to forward this decision and the report of the committee responsible to the Bergamo District Court.

[1] Case 101/63: Wagner v. Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195 and Case 149/85: Wybot v. Faure and others [1986] ECR 2391.

[2] Article 10(a) of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities.

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