Minutes of the sitting of Monday 15 December 1997
Date: 1997-12-15
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

1997/98 SESSION

Sittings of 15 to 19 December 1997

PALAIS DE L(cid:146)EUROPE › STRASBOURG

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF MONDAY 15 DECEMBER 1997

(98/C 14/01)

Proceedings of the sitting

IN THE CHAIR: Mr GIL-ROBLES GIL-DELGADO

President

› Mr Medina Ortega, on behalf of the PSE Group, in support
of these remarks.

(The sitting opened at 5.05 p.m.)

The President said that the three speakers had aptly summar-
ized feelings in the House.

1.  Resumption of session

The session, adjourned on 4 December 1997, was resumed.

The following spoke:

2.  Approval of Minutes

The following spoke:

› Mr  Galeote  Quecedo  who,  on  behalf  of  the  PPE  Group,
pointed  out  that  the  European  Council  had  unanimously
adopted on 12 December a statement condemning the Basque
terrorist  organization  ETA  and  that,  the  following  day,  the
Basques  had  demonstrated  in  favour  of  peace,  freedom  and
democracy. He asked the President to make a public statement
on  behalf  of  Parliament  expressing  solidarity  with  the  Bas-
ques(cid:146) demonstration and to send condolences to the family of
Jose· Luis  Caso  who  had  been  assassinated  for  the  simple
reason that he had been democratically elected;

› Mr  Papakyriazis,  who  referred  to  the  award  of  the  10th
Sakharov Prize the following Wednesday and noted that Leyla
Zana,  who  had  been  awarded  the  prize  in  1995,  was  still
imprisoned  in  Turkey.  He  asked  for  the  President  to  send  a
message to the Turkish authorities with a view to securing her
release  (the  President  replied  that  the  best  way  of  showing
solidarity with her would be to attend the award ceremony on
Wednesday);

› Mr  McMillan-Scott,  who  referred  to  reports  that  the  US
had  banned  imports  of  European  beef  and  called  for  a
Commission statement that week on the subject (the President
replied  that  the  Conference  of  Presidents  had  discussed  this
subject, but that as the reports were only based on rumours, it
had decided to wait for the January part-session);

› Mr  Puerta,  on  behalf  of  the  GUE/NGL  Group,  who
endorsed  these  remarks,  adding  that  Vice-President  Cot  was
organizing a meeting the following day in support of victims of
terrorism in Spain and elsewhere in Europe;

› Mr Hallam, who said that his constituency was in a state of
crisis  due  largely  to  imports  of  beef  from  other  European
countries where standards of hygiene were far lower than those
in the United Kingdom;

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› Mrs  Roth-Behrendt,  who  announced  that  Mrs  Bonino,
Member  of  the  Commission,  had  told  her  that  as  far  as  she
knew she was due to make a statement on the subject at 9 p.m.
the  following  day  (the  President  confirmed  that  there  would
indeed be a Commission statement then, followed by a debate);

The  President  replied  that  he  had  signed  the  referral  the
moment he had been free to do so after his various missions
and that the Rules Committee should receive it that day.

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

› Mr De Vries, on these remarks;

› Mrs Banotti, on Mr Hallam(cid:146)s remarks;

› Mr Macartney, who asked for the problem of sheepmeat to
be  included  in  this  statement  (the  President  replied  that  this
would depend on the Commission);

› Mr Berthu, who was unhappy that the debate would not be
followed by a vote, as was also the case for the debate on the
labelling of products made from genetically modified soya and
maize on Friday; he felt that the Parliament was bound to take a
stance on such important subjects in good time, in other words
now (the President replied that the Conference of Presidents, in
his  presence,  had  taken  this  decision  because  it  considered
there was not enough information to draw up a resolution);

› Mr Sturdy, on Mr Hallam(cid:146)s remarks;

› Mrs Roth-Behrendt, who pointed out that Parliament had
adopted a resolution on BSE in November, that it was planned
to discuss the subject again in February and that a debate was
more than adequate at that stage;

› Mr Gallagher, on Mr Hallam(cid:146)s remarks (the President cut
him off, saying that the matter was now closed);

› Mr Posselt, who protested that, in the absence of authori-
zation, the Committee on External Economic Relations would
be obliged to meet informally the following day in the presence
of  Sir  Leon  Brittan,  Vice-President  of  the  Commission,  to
discuss  an  extremely  important  matter  (the  President  replied
that this was a result of the Conference of Presidents(cid:146) decision
taken  on  the  basis  that  committee  meetings  should  be  in
Brussels);

› Mrs  Van  Bladel,  who  called  for  the  Bureau  to  give  its
urgent attention to the premises provided for the internal mail
service and the drivers in the new buildings in Brussels;

› Mr Provan, who congratulated the Parliament departments
responsible  for  having  ensured  that  the  move  to  the  new
buildings in Brussels had gone smoothly.

The  President  said  that  the  Secretary-General  was  currently
seeking a solution to the problem raised by Mrs Van Bladel.
He took  the  opportunity  of  congratulating  the  Secretary-
General on the successful move.

Mr Fabre-Aubrespy, who referred to a reply he had received
from  the  President,  in  response  to  his  remarks  made  on  the
basis  of  Rule  48  at  the  opening  of  the  sitting  of  Thursday
4 December (Minutes of that sitting, Part I, Item 1), that he had
referred  the  matter  to  the  Rules  Committee;  he  said  that  the
committee had still not received any referral.

3.  Extraordinary European Council on employ-

ment

The  President  announced  that,  following  the  deliberations  of
the extraordinary European Council on employment of 20-21
November and on the basis of proposals by the Commission,
the Council was due to adopt its employment guidelines that
day,  15  December.  He  had  therefore  forwarded  the  opinion
adopted on this subject by the Committee on Employment and
Social  Affairs  to  the  President-in-Office  of  the  European
Council,  Mr  Juncker,  in  the  form  of  a  letter (1),  so  that  the
European Parliament(cid:146)s position could be taken into account in
anticipation of the entry into force of the relevant articles of the
Amsterdam Treaty. He added that the opinion reaffirmed the
position Parliament had taken in its resolutions of 21 October
1997  embodying  its  proposal  to  the  extraordinary  European
Council meeting on employment (20-21 November) (Minutes
of that sitting, Part II, Item 6) and of 19 November 1997 on the
Commission report (cid:145)Employment in Europe › 1997(cid:146) (Minutes
of that sitting, Part II, Item 18).

4.  Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the Committee on the Rules of Procedure,
the  Verification  of  Credentials  and  Immunities,  Parliament
ratified the appointment of Mr Wieland.

5.  Referrals to committees

Committees had been asked for opinions as follows:

› RTDE  on  the  Commission  report  on  the  application  of
Directives  92/73/EEC  and  92/74/EEC  on  homeopathic  medi-
cines  (COM(97)0362  ›  C4-0484/97)  (responsible:  ENVI,
already asked for opinions: AGRI, LEGA, ECON)

› WOME on the 8th annual report on the Structural Funds
(1996)  (COM(97)0526  ›  C4-0582/97)  (responsible:  REGI,
already  asked  for  opinions:  AGRI,  BUDG,  ESOC,  CONT,
FISH);

› ECON, on the agreement on the procedure for consulting
Parliament  under  Article  109j(4)  of  the  EC  Treaty  for  the
adoption  of  a  decision  following  the  recommendations  of
Ecofin on the implementation of a single currency (responsi-
ble: RULE);

› PETI,  on  the  responsibilities  of  the  Petitions  Committee
(Crowley report) (responsible:RULE).

(1)  Annexed to these Minutes.

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6.  Documents received

(ab) opinions on proposals for transfers of appropriations:

The  President  announced  that  he  had  received  the  following
texts:

(a)  Council:

(aa) requests for opinions:

› Proposal  for  a  Council  Directive  on  the  list  of  less-
favoured farming areas within the meaning of Regulation (EC)
No  950/97  (Denmark)  (COM(97)0575  ›  C4-0644/97  ›  97/
0308(CNS))

referred to
responsible: AGRI
opinion: BUDG

› Proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  concerning  the  Frame-
work Agreement on Cooperation between the European Econ-
omic  Community  and  the  Cartagena  Agreement  and  its
member countries, namely the Republic of Bolivia, the Repub-
lic of Colombia, the Republic of Ecuador, the Republic of Peru
and the Republic of Venezuela (reconsultation) (C4-0651/97 ›
00/0906(CNS))

referred to
responsible: RELA
opinion: FASE, RTDE, TRAN, CULT, DEVE

legal basis: Art. 113, 130y, 228 (2)(3) EC

languages not available: FI; SV

› Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  amending  Regulation
(EEC) No 3950/92 establishing an additional levy in the milk
and  milk  products  sector  (COM(97)0606  ›  C4-0653/97  ›
97/0328(CNS))

referred to
responsible: AGRI
opinion: BUDG

legal basis: Art. 043 EC

› Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive
amending Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC on the general
system  for  the  recognition  of  professional  qualifications  and
supplementing  Directives  77/452/EEC,  77/453/EEC,  78/686/
EEC,  78/687/EEC,  78/1026/EEC,  78/1027/EEC,  80/154/EEC,
80/155/EEC,  85/384/EEC,  85/432/EEC,  85/433/EEC  and  93/
16/EEC  concerning  the  professions  of  nurse  responsible  for
general care, dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, midwife,
architect, pharmacist and doctor (COM(97)0638 › C4-0657/97
› 97/0345(COD))

referred to
responsible: LEGA
opinion: ESOC, CULT

legal basis: Art. 049, 057(1)(2), 066 EC

› Opinion  on  transfer  of  appropriations  No  52/97  between
Chapters  in  Section  III  ›  Commission  ›  Part  A  ›  of  the
General Budget for the European Union for the financial year
1997 (C4-0646/97)

referred to
responsible: BUDG

› Opinion  on  transfer  of  appropriations  No  53/97  between
Chapters  in  Section  III  ›  Commission  ›  Part  A  ›  of  the
General Budget for the European Union for the financial year
1997 (C4-0647/97)

referred to
responsible: BUDG

› Opinion  on  transfer  of  appropriations  No  54/97  between
Chapters in Section VI › Economic and Social Committee ›
Committee  of  the  Regions  ›  of  the  General  Budget  for  the
European Union for the financial year 1997 (C4-0652/97)

referred to
responsible: CONT

(ac)  the following texts:

› Draft general budget of the European Communities for the
financial year 1998 with amendments and proposed modifica-
tions (12968/97 › C4-0600/97)

referred to
responsible: BUDG
opinion: all committees concerned

› Letter  of  amendment  No  1  to  the  draft  budget  for  1998
(12973/97 › C4-0645/97)

referred to
responsible: BUDG
opinion: AGRI

(b)  Commission:

(ba) proposals and/or communications:

› Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council
Directive amending Directive 97/33/EC with regard to opera-
tor number portability and carrier pre-selection (COM(97)0674
› C4-0642/97 › 97/0250(COD))

referred to
responsible: ECON
opinion: LEGA

legal basis: Art. 100a EC

› Communication to the Council, the European Parliament,
the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the
Regions: ensuring security and trust in electronic communica-
tion  ›  towards  a  European  framework  for  digital  signatures
and encryption (COM(97)0503 › C4-0648/97)

referred to
responsible: LEGA
opinion: ECON, ENVI, CULT

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› Communication to the Council, the European Parliament,
the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the
Regions: (cid:145)Towards a Europe of Knowledge(cid:146) (COM(97)0563 ›
C4-0649/97)

referred to
responsible: CULT
opinion: ESOC

› Communication: Action plan for free movement of work-
ers (COM(97)0586 › C4-0650/97)

referred to
responsible: ESOC
opinion: LEGA, CIVI

› Report  on  the  Commission  communication  (cid:145)Support  for
structural adjustment and debt relief in heavily indebted ACP
States › A Community response to the HIPC Debt Initiative(cid:146),
together  with  a  proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  concerning
Exceptional  Assistance  for  Heavily  Indebted  ACP  countries
(COM(97)0129 › C4-0243/97) › Committee on Development
and Cooperation

Rapporteur: Mr Torres Couto
(A4-0382/97)

› Report on the communication from the Commission on the
impact  of  the  introduction  of  the  euro  on  capital  markets
(COM(97)0337  ›  C4-0443/97)  ›  Committee  on  Economic
and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy

› Communication on environment and employment (Build-
ing a sustainable Europe) (COM(97)0592 › C4-0655/97)

Rapporteur: Mr Friedrich
(A4-0383/97)

referred to
responsible: ESOC
opinion: REGI, ENVI

languages available: DE; EN; FR

(bb) the following text:

› Report to the European Council on better lawmaking 1997
(COM(97)0626 › C4-0656/97)

referred to
responsible: LEGA

(c)  committees:

(ca)  reports:

› Report  on  the  Note  to  the  Council  of  Ministers  and  the
European Parliament on the olive and olive oil sector (includ-
ing  economic,  cultural,  regional,  social  and  environmental
aspects), the current common market organisation, the need for
a  reform,  and  the  alternatives  envisaged  ›  Options  Paper
(COM(97)0057  ›  C4-0096/97)  ›  Committee  on  Agriculture
and Rural Development

Rapporteur: Mr Jove· Peres
(A4-0374/97)

› Report on the conduct of debates in Plenary (Amendment
of  Rules  47,  106,  107  and  of  Annex  III  to  the  Rules  of
Procedure)  ›  Committee  on  the  Rules  of  Procedure,  the
Verification of Credentials and Immunities

› Report on the communication from the Commission to the
Council and to the European Parliament: The European Union
and  Space:  fostering  applications,  markets  and  industrial
competitiveness (COM(96)0617 › C4-0042/97) › Committee
on Research, Technological Development and Energy (Hughes
procedure)

Rapporteur: Mr Desama
(A4-0384/97)

› *  Report  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation
introducing  a  scheme  to  compensate  for  the  additional  costs
incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from the
Azores,  Madeira,  the  Canary  Islands  and  the  French  depart-
ment  of  Guiana  as  a  result  of  those  regions(cid:146)  remoteness
(COM(97)0389 › C4-0451/97 › 97/0200(CNS)) › Committee
on Fisheries

Rapporteur: Mr Medina Ortega
(A4-0385/97)

› Report on the communication from the Commission to the
Council,  the  European  Parliament,  the  Economic  and  Social
Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Benchmark-
ing  ›  the  implementation  of  an  instrument  available  to
economic  actors  and  public  authorities  (COM(97)0153  ›
C4-0387/97) › Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
and Industrial Policy

Rapporteur: Mr Murphy
(A4-0387/97)

› *  Report  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control
fisheries  policy
system  applicable 
(COM(97)0341 › C4-0416/97 › 97/0189(CNS)) › Committee
on Fisheries

the  common 

to 

Rapporteur: Mr Wijsenbeek
(A4-0375/97)

Rapporteur: Mr Eisma
(A4-0389/97)

› Report on the Commission report on the implementation
of measures intended to promote observance of Human Rights
and  Democratic  principles  (for  1995)  (COM(96)0672  ›  C4-
0095/97)  ›  Committee  on  Foreign  Affairs,  Security  and
Defence Policy

› Report on the draft budget of the European Union for the
financial year 1998 as modified by the Council (all sections)
(C4-0600/97)  and  on  Letter  of  Amendment  No  1/98  to  the
preliminary draft budget for 1998, Section III › Commission
(12973/97 › C4-0645/97) › Committee on Budgets

Rapporteur: Mr Imbeni
(A4-0381/97)

Rapporteurs: Mr Tillich and Mr Tomlinson
(A4-0390/97)

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› Report on the Court of Auditors(cid:146) Special Report No 2/97
concerning  humanitarian  aid  from  the  European  Union
between 1992 and 1995 (C4-0219/97) › Committee on Bud-
getary Control

Rapporteur: Mr Fabra Valle·s
(A4-0391/97)

› Report on setting up a single coordinating structure within
the  European  Commission  responsible  for  human  rights  and
democratisation › Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and
Defence Policy

Rapporteur: Mrs Lenz
(A4-0393/97)

› * Report on the draft Council and Commission Decision
on  the  position  to  be  taken  by  the  Community  within  the
Association  Council  Agreement  established  by  the  Europe
Agreement  between  the  European  Communities  and  their
Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the
other part, with regard to the adoption of the necessary rules for
the implementation of Articles 64(1)(iii) and (2) of the Europe
Agreement and Article 8(1)(iii) and (2) of Protocol 2 to the said
Agreement  on  ECSC  products  (1706/97  ›  C4-0383/97  ›
96/0237(CNS)) › Committee on External Economic Relations

Monday 15 December 1997

› Report  on  the  Commission  communication  on  cohesion
and the information society (COM(97)0007 › C4-0044/97) ›
Committee on Regional Policy

Rapporteur: Mrs Sierra Gonza·lez
(A4-0399/97)

› Report  on  the  amendment  of  Rule  75  of  Parliament(cid:146)s
Rules of Procedure (Delegation to Conciliation Committee) ›
Committee  on  the  Rules  of  Procedure,  the  Verification  of
Credentials and Immunities

Rapporteur: Mr Ford
(A4-0400/97)

› *  Report  on  the  draft  Council  Act  drawing  up  the
Convention concerning the establishment of (cid:145)Eurodac’ for the
comparison  of  fingerprints  of  applicants  for  asylum  and  the
Convention drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty
on European Union, concerning the establishment of (cid:145)Eurodac’
for  the  comparison  of  fingerprints  of  applicants  for  asylum
(11079/97 › C4-0506/97 › 97/0915(CNS)) › Committee on
Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs

Rapporteur: Mrs d(cid:146)Ancona
(A4-0402/97)

› Report on the Commission(cid:146)s report on access to continu-
ing  training  in  the  Union  (COM(97)0180  ›  C4-0208/97)  ›
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Rapporteur: Mr Schwaiger
(A4-0394/97)

Rapporteur: Mrs Waddington
(A4-0405/97)

› * Report on the proposal for a Council Decision concern-
ing  the  fifth  framework  programme  of  the  European  Atomic
Energy Community (Euratom) for research and training (1998-
2002)  (COM(97)0142  ›  C4-0234/97  ›  COM(97)0439  ›
C4-0410/97  ›  97/0120(CNS))  ›  Committee  on  Research,
Technological Development and Energy

Rapporteur: Mrs Quisthoudt-Rowohl
(A4-0395/97)

› ***I Report on the proposal and the modified proposal for
a  European  Parliament  and  Council  Decision  concerning  the
fifth framework programme of the European Community for
research, technological development and demonstration activ-
ities 
C4-0186/97
COM(97)0439 › C4-0410/97 › 97/0119(COD)) › Committee
on Research, Technological Development and Energy

(COM(97)0142  › 

(1998-2002) 

Rapporteur: Mrs Quisthoudt-Rowohl
(A4-0396/97)

› * Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the
conclusion  of  Protocol  I  to  the  Agreement  on  Fisheries
Relations between the European Community and the Republic
of  Latvia,  laying  down  the  conditions  relating  to  joint  enter-
prises  provided  for  in  the  said  agreement  (COM(97)0323  ›
C4-0364/97 › 97/0177(CNS)) › Committee on Fisheries

› **I  Report  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Directive  on
limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to
the  use  of  organic  solvents  in  certain  industrial  activities
(COM(96)0538 › C4-0139/97 › 96/0276(SYN)) › Committee
on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection

Rapporteur: Mr Cabrol
(A4-0406/97)

› Report  on  the  draft  ECSC  operating  budget  for  1998
(SEC(97)0933 › C4-0270/97) › Committee on Budgets

Rapporteur: Mr Giansily
(A4-0409/97)

› Report on the Commission communication: (cid:145)Europe and
the  US:  the  way  forward(cid:146)  (COM(95)0411  ›  C4-0411/95)  ›
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy

Rapporteur: Mr Souchet
(A4-0410/97)

(cb)  recommendations for second reading:

› **II Recommendation for second reading on the common
position  adopted  by  the  Council  with  a  view  to  adoping  a
Council Regulation on denominations and technical specifica-
tions  of  euro  coins  intended  for  circulation  (C4-0598/97  ›
97/0154(SYN))  ›  Committee  on  Economic  and  Monetary
Affairs and Industrial Policy

Rapporteur: Mr Macartney
(A4-0397/97)

Rapporteur: Mrs Soltwedel-Scha¤fer
(A4-0386/97)

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› **II Recommendation for second reading on the common
position  adopted  by  the  Council  with  a  view  to  adopting  a
Council  Directive  amending  Directive  92/14/EEC  on  the
limitation  of  the  operation  of  aeroplanes  covered  by  Part  II,
Chapter  2,  Volume  I  of  Annex  16  to  the  Convention  on
International Civil Aviation, second edition (1988) (C4-0530/
97 › 96/0209(SYN)) › Committee on Transport and Tourism

Lo·pez, Gahrton, Habsburg-Lothringen, Cushnahan, Kestelijn-
Sierens, Sandb(cid:230)k, Valdivielso de Cue·, Macartney, Trakatellis,
Ephremidis,  Imaz  San  Miguel,  Berthu,  David  W.  Martin,
Crowley,  Eriksson,  Smith,  Anttila,  Scho¤rling,  Cederschio¤ld,
Andrews,  Colino  Salamanca,  Malone,  Riis-Jłrgensen,  Oddy,
Hyland, Gallagher, Ferrer, Howitt, Ferri, McIntosh

Rapporteur: Mr Van Dam
(A4-0404/97)

(d)  Members:

(da) oral questions (Rule 40):

› Naussauer, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties
and Internal Affairs, to the Council: Annual debate pursuant to
Article  K.6,  last  sentence,  on  progress  in  implementing
measures in the field of justice and home affairs (B4-0915/97);

› Naussauer,  Committee  on  Civil  Liberties  and  Internal
Affairs, to the Commission: Annual debate pursuant to Article
K.6,  last  sentence,  on  progress  in  implementing  measures  in
the field of justice and home affairs (B4-0916/97);

› Papayannakis  and  Gonza·lez  A· lvarez,  on  behalf  of  the
GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Labelling for genetical-
ly engineered soya and maize (B4-1003/97);

› Schmidbauer and Simpson, on behalf of the PSE Group, to
the  Commission:  Further  development  of  postal  services
(B4-1004/97);

(e)  Conciliation Committee

› Joint texts approved by the Conciliation Committee for a
European  Parliament  and  Council  Directive  on  consumer
protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to
consumers (3631/97 › C4-0643/97 › 95/0148(COD))

(f)  Parliament(cid:146)s Delegation to the Conciliation Committee

› ***III Report on the joint text, approved by the Concilia-
tion  Committee,  for  a  European  Parliament  and  Council
Directive  amending  Directive  93/38/EEC  coordinating  the
procurement  procedures  of  entities  operating  in  the  water,
energy, transport and telecommunications sectors (C4-0619/97
› 95/0080(COD))

Rapporteur: Mr Langen
(A4-0398/97)

› ***III Report on the joint text, approved by the Concilia-
tion  Committee,  for  a  European  Parliament  and  Council
Directive  on  the  approximation  of  the  laws  of  the  Member
States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and
particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be
installed  in  non-road  mobile  machinery  (C4-0627/97  ›  95/
0209(COD))

› Donnay, on behalf of the UPE Group, to the Commission:
Postal services (B4-1005/97);

Rapporteur: Mr Kenneth D. Collins
(A4-0413/97)

› Souchet and Nicholson, on behalf of the I-EDN Group, to
the Commission: Labelling of products made from genetically
modified soya and maize (B4-1006/97);

› ***III Report on the joint text, approved by the Concilia-
tion  Committee,  for  a  European  Parliament  and  Council
Directive on consumer protection in the indication of the prices
of  products  offered 
to  consumers  (C4-0643/97  ›  95/
0148(COD))

› Scarbonchi, on behalf of the ARE Group, to the Commis-
sion: Postal services and terminal dues (B4-1007/97);

Rapporteur: Mrs Oomen-Ruijten
(A4-0414/97)

› Moreau,  on  behalf  of  the  GUE/NGL  Group  to  the  Com-
mission: Future of postal services in the EU (B4-1008/97).

(db) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 41) (B4-1002/97):

cil

7.  Texts of agreements forwarded by the Coun-

› Ru¤big,  Bonde,  Izquierdo  Rojo,  Gerard  Collins,  Wibe,
Habsburg-Lothringen,  Watts,  Cushnahan,  Robles  Piquer,
Alavanos,  Posselt,  Sjo¤stedt,  Gu¤nther,  Smith,  Kaklamanis,
Gallagher,  Andrews,  Fitzsimons,  Howitt,  Ephremidis,  Oddy,
Crowley,  Hyland,  McIntosh,  Cars,  Robles  Piquer,  Hardstaff,
Van Putten, Fitzsimons, McMahon, Cassidy, Plooij-van Gor-
sel,  Sjo¤stedt,  Truscott,  Waidelich,  Wijsenbeek,  Wibe,  Watts,
Schmid, Papayannakis, Svensson, Andersson, Ahern, Hautala,
Holm, Breyer, Posselt, Theorin, Ahlqvist, Thors, Titley, Alav-
anos,  Kjer  Hansen,  D(cid:14)·ez  de  Rivera  Icaza,  Striby,  Dybkj(cid:230)r,
Piha,  McKenna,  Izquierdo  Rojo,  Gerard  Collins,  Valverde

The  President  announced  that  he  had  received  from  the
Council certified true copies of the the following documents:

› Protocol  to  the  agreement  on  cooperation  and  customs
union  between  the  European  Economic  Community  and  the
Republic of San Marino consequent upon the accession of the
Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom
of Sweden to the European Union and the Final Act;

› Cooperation agreement between the European Comunity
and the Republic of Yemen and the Final Act.

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8.  Petitions

Pursuant  to  Rule  156(5),  the  President  had  forwarded  to  the
Committee on Petitions the following petitions which had been
entered in the register on the dates shown below:

26 November 1997

by Mr Konstantinos Bourboulas (No 1158/97);

by Mr Dimitrios Antoniou (No 1159/97);

by Mr Engelber van den Burg (No 1160/97);

by Mr Mario Lipovsek (No 1161/97);

by Mr K. Klont (No 1162/97);

by Mrs Katharina Scha¤fer (No 1163/97);

by Mr J. Bringmann (No 1164/97);

by Mrs Tina Greggila¤-Jouini (No 1165/97);

by Mr Svante Thunberg (No 1166/97);

by Mr Leo Jans (No 1167/97);

by Mr Rudolf Karsdorf (No 1168/97);

by Mr Adolf Stollorz (No 1169/97);

by Mr Otto Dickgie(cid:223)er (No 1170/97);

by Mrs Manuela Trottmann (No 1171/97);

by Mrs Roswitha Pullmer (No 1172/97);

by Mrs Erna Pullmer (No 1173/97);

by P. Bieber (UNIAT) (No 1174/97);

by Mr T. Appelyard (No 1175/97);

by Mr T. Appelyard (No 1176/97);

by Mr T. Appelyard (No 1177/97);

by Mr Jack Healy (No 1178/97);

by Mr Richard Barber (No 1179/97);

by Mr Michael Byrne (No 1180/97);

by Mr Florin Marinescu-Firica (No 1181/97);

by Mr Norman Berdichevsky (No 1182/97);

by Mrs Irene Neira Dopazo (No 1183/97);

by Mr George Alan Gibson (No 1184/97);

by Mr Jim Fitzpatrick (and 3 signatories) (No 1185/97);

by Mr Vassiliki Papakyriakou (No 1186/97);

by Mr Alvaro Ortega Santos (No 1187/97);

by Mr Ramon Luis Valcarcel Siso (Comunidad Autonoma by
de Region de Murcia) (No 1188/97);

by Mr Tomas Hernandez Velasco (No 1189/97);

by  Mr  Alfonso  Quintana  Bouzas  (and  840  signatories)
(No 1190/97);

by  Mr  Emilio  Beceiro  Mosquera  (AFDPT  ›  Asociacion
Ferrolana do deporte para Todos) (No 1191/97);

Monday 15 December 1997

by Mr Thierry Gallienne (No 1195/97);

by  Mr  Georges  Esquerre  (MrAP/ARAC  Fe·de·ration  du  Tarn)
(and 21 signatories) (No 1196/97);

by Mr Mohanaraj Kandasamy (No 1197/97);

by  Mr  R.  Petri-Guasco  (Conseil  Superieur  des  Fran(cid:231)ais  de
l(cid:146)Etranger) (No 1198/97);

by Mrs Agatha Witteman (No 1199/97);

by  Mr  Alain  Bournet  (Deux  Mains  Pour  Demain)  (No  1200/
97);

by Mr Alessandro Roveri (No 1201/97);

by Mr Marini Pietro (No 1202/97);

by  Mr  Giuseppe  Vesca  (Comitato  Promotore  per  (cid:145)Dire  no
all(cid:146)Inceneritore(cid:146)) (and 4 518 signatories) (No 1203/97);

by Mrs Maria Antonietta Bezzi (No 1204/97);

by Mrs Giuseppa Papa (No 1205/97);

by Mrs Elena Crostoni (No 1206/97);

by  Mr  Virgilio  Bettini  (Coordinamento  Nazionale  delle
Administrazioni  Locali  dei  Comitati  Cittadini  delle  Associa-
zioni  Ambientaliste  in  Tutela  dei  Territori  Interessati  dalla
Realizzazione  delle  Linee  Ferroviarie  ad  Alta  Velocita  in
Italia) (and 35000 signatories) (No 1207/97);

by  Mrs  Maria  Pia  Colmano  (Comiatto  Civico  Ecologico
Fornese) (No 1208/97);

by Mr Abel Gardete Caba(cid:231)o (No 1209/97);

by Mr Al(cid:14)·rio Lu(cid:14)·s Pereira da Silva (No 1210/97);

by  Mrs  Anne-Marie  Bauer  (Comite· d(cid:146)Entreprise  ›  Ho(cid:136)pital
Saint-Joseph) (and 9 200 signatories) (No 1211/97);

by Mrs Annemarie Zimmerer (No 1212/97);

15 December 1997

by Mr Elias Gutierrez Juarez (No 1213/97);

by Mr Tony Barrientos (and 50 signatories) (No 1214/97);

by Mr Alberto Alfalla Maqueda (No 1215/97);

by Mr Carlos Sol(cid:14)·s Carini (No 1216/97);

by Mr Marcelino Valle Fernandez (No 1217/97);

by  Mr  Silvestre  Iranzo  (Asociacion  de  Vecinos  de  Can
Domenech) (and 2 signatories) (No 1218/97);

by Mr Felicisimo Garcia Lopez (No 1219/97);

by Mr Uwe Umbach Schumm (No 1220/97);

by Mrs Yolanda Menor de Gaspar Rodr(cid:14)·guez (Confederacion
Ecologista Pacifista Andaluza › CEPA) (No 1221/97);

by  Mrs  Francisca  Chopo  Comin  (Federacion  Espan(cid:152)ola  de
Sociedades Protectoras de Animales y Plantas) (No 1222/97);

by Mr Fernando Lago Lo·pez (Coordinadora Nacional Asocia-
ciones Afectados Sindrome Aceite Toxico) (and 2 signatories)
(No 1223/97);

by Mr Daniel Zanone (No 1224/97);

by Mr Francisco Javier Echavarren Lezaun (No 1192/97);

by Mr Robert Marcelin (No 1225/97);

by  Mr  Laurent  D.  Faure  (Neuromedia  International)  (and  5
signatories) (No 1193/97);

by  Mr  Mohamed  Mohamed-Abdi  (Somali  Peace  Line)
(No 1226/97);

by Mrs Arlette Farina (No 1194/97);

by Mrs Isabelle Molinaro (No 1227/97);

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by  Mr  Mavoungou  Nombo-Li  (Collectif  des  e·tudiants  et
stagiaires  congolais  en  Belgique)  (and  39  signatories)
(No 1228/97);

by Mr Cugini Paris (No 1229/97);

by Mrs Anastasia Serban (No 1230/97);

by Mrs Sabine Lehr (Terra Vacanzia) (No 1231/97);

by Mr Pierre Walhain (Mouvement Demographie › Ecologie)
(and 103 signatories) (No 1232/97);

by Mr T. Priem (No 1233/97);

by Mr Alain Rillet (and 2 signatories) (No 1234/97);

by  Mr  I.C.  Ulagaratnam  (Tamils  of  Kreis  Neuss)  (and  163
signatories) (No 1267/97);

by Mr Douglas McLaughlin (No 1268/97);

by Mrs Joan Marjorie Martin McKetty (No 1269/97);

by Mr Malcolm Coxall and Conny Feij (No 1270/97);

by Mrs Josephine Mary Turner (No 1271/97);

by Mr Frank Harvey (No 1272/97);

by Mrs Pricilla Stewart-Smith (No 1273/97);

by Mr Richard Sabban (Association Maccabi-Inter) (No 1235/
97);

9.  Order of business

by  Mr  J.P.  Verspieren  (Vivre  dans  la  presqu(cid:146)(cid:14)(cid:136)le  de  Saint
Tropez) (No 1236/97);

by Mrs Isabella Salerno (Revisioni Consulenze Progettazioni
› RCP Srl) (No 1237/97);

by Mr G. Butolino (Comune di Foglizzo) (No 1238/97);

by Mr Gerardo Corrado (No 1239/97);

The next item was the order of business.

The  President  announced  that  the  final  draft  agenda  for  the
December  II  1997  sittings  had  been  distributed  (PE  264.937
PdOJ) and that a number of changes had been proposed (Rule
96).

by Mr Luigi Lovato (Comune di Bovolone) (No 1240/97);

Monday › Thursday

by Mr Vincenzo Cerceo (No 1241/97);

by Mr Paolo Badiale (No 1242/97);

by Mr Giorgio Gambarotto (No 1243/97);

by Mr Rosario Musumeci (No 1244/97);

by  Mr  Andras  Bereny  (European  Pro  Democracy  Petition)
(and 200 signatories) (No 1245/97);

by Mrs Helena Mota (No 1246/97);

by Mr Anto·nio Diogo de Andrade (No 1247/97);

by Mrs Inger Andersson (No 1248/97);

by Mrs Tarja Lehtela¤ (No 1249/97);

by Mr Axel Jłrgensen (No 1250/97);

by Mr F.-Harry Lennicke (No 1251/97);

by Mrs Barbara Witt (No 1252/97);

by Mr Erwin Seel (No 1253/97);

by Mr Guy Gerome (No 1254/97);

by Mr Gu¤nther Alois Wagner (No 1255/97);

by Mrs Hannelore Lemanczyk (No 1256/97);

No change

Friday

› Mrs Redondo Jime·nez, with the agreement of the Agricul-
ture Committee which was  responsible, asked  for her  report,
A4-0370/97  ›  Item  484,  to  be  taken  without  debate  under
Rule 99.

Mr Colino Salamanca, chairman of the Agriculture Committee,
spoke.

Parliament approved the request by Mrs Redondo Jime·nez.

The vote on this report would be at 12 noon on Tuesday.

› Mr Ford and 28 other Members asked for the inclusion in
the agenda of a Commission statement on UEFA(cid:146)s decision not
to allow the Coca-Cola Cup Winners to participate in European
cup competitions.

(The  President  said  that,  if  this  request  was  approved,  the
statement could only be taken at the end of Friday(cid:146)s sitting.)

by Mr Henrique Ko¤hler (No 1257/97);

Mr Ford said he could agree with this proposed timing.

by Mr Hans Offenhaus (and 10 signatories) (No 1258/97);

by Mr Abdelghani Moussadak (No 1259/97);

by Mr Ludolf Lange (and 3 signatories) (No 1260/97);

by Mr Edeltraud Blanz (Internationale Gesamtschule (cid:145)Initiativ-
gruppe Neshe(cid:146)) (No 1261/97);

by  Mrs  Loretta  Grego-Burkhardt  (Anwaltskanzlei  Grego-
Burkhardt & Coll.) (No 1262/97);

by Mrs Nesa Premakumaran (No 1263/97);

by Mr Patrick O(cid:146)Donnell (No 1264/97);

Parliament approved the request.

*

*

*

The order of business was thus established.

10. Speaking time

by Mr J.B. Mortell (Rochestown Action Group) (No 1265/97);

by Sports Car Centre Ltd. (No 1266/97);

Speaking  time  for  debates  on  the  agenda  for  the  sittings  of
15-19  December  would  be  allocated  pursuant  to  Rule  106
(see separate Agenda PE 264.937OJ).

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11. Topical  and  urgent  debate  (subjects  pro-

14. Pollutants  from  internal  combustion  en-

posed)

gines

***III (debate)

The  President  proposed  the  following  three  subjects  for  the
next topical and urgent debate to be held on Thursday, bearing
in  mind  that  one  hour  had  been  set  aside  for  a  Commission
statement on the Kyoto Conference followed by a debate.

›  Anti-personnel mines

›  Burundi

›  Human rights

Mr Kenneth D. Collins, chairman of the Environment Commit-
tee, introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of Parliament(cid:146)s
delegation  to  the  Conciliation  Committee,  on  the  joint  text,
approved  by  the  Conciliation  Committee,  for  a  European
Parliament and Council Directive on the approximation of the
laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken
against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from
internal  combustion  engines  to  be  installed  in  non-road
machinery (C4-0627/97 › 95/0209(COD)) (A4-0413/97).

12. Organisation of work (debate)

Mr Andersson introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the
Committee  on  Employment  and  Social  Affairs,  on  the  Com-
mission  Green  Paper  (cid:145)Partnership  for  a  new  organisation  of
work(cid:146) (COM(97)0128 › C4-0187/97) (A4-0313/97).

The following spoke: Mr Hughes, chairman of the Committee
on Employment and Social Affairs, who spoke on behalf of the
PSE  Group,  Mr  Chanterie,  on  behalf  of  the  PPE  Group,
Mr  Crowley,  on  behalf  of  the  UPE  Group,  Mrs  Boogerd-
Quaak, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mrs Ojala, on behalf of
the  GUE/NGL  Group,  Mrs  Scho¤rling,  on  behalf  of  the
V Group, Mr Sainjon, on behalf of the ARE Group, Mrs Weil-
er, Mr Santini and Mr Menrad.

IN THE CHAIR: Mr HAARDER

Vice-President

The  following  spoke:  Mrs  Dybkj(cid:230)r,  Mr  Theonas,  Mr  Blak,
Mrs  Carlsson,  Mr  Olsson,  and  Mrs  Gradin,  Member  of  the
Commission.

The President closed the debate.

Vote: Minutes of 16.12.1997, Part I, Item 16.

13. Trafficking in women for sexual exploitation

(debate)

Mrs Waddington introduced her report, drawn up on behalf of
the  Committee  on  Women(cid:146)s  Rights,  on  the  communication
from  the  Commission  to  the  Council  and  the  European
Parliament on trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual
exploitation (COM(96)0567 › C4-0638/96) (A4-0372/97)
(Hughes procedure: CIVI).

The following spoke: Mrs Colombo Svevo, draftsperson of the
opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Mrs Van Lancker,
on behalf of the PSE Group, Mrs Banotti, on behalf of the PPE
Group, Mrs Larive, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mrs Eriks-
son,  on  behalf  of  the  GUE/NGL  Group,  Mrs  Van  Dijk,
chairman of the Committee on Women(cid:146)s Rights, who spoke on
behalf of the V Group, Mrs Leperre-Verrier, on behalf of the
ARE Group, Mr Antony, Non-attached Member, Mrs Karama-
nou,  Mr  Mann,  Mrs  Anttila,  Mrs  Gro¤ner,  and  Mrs  Gradin,
Member of the Commission.

The President closed the debate.

IN THE CHAIR: Mr AVGERINOS

Vice-President

Mrs Gradin, Member of the Commission, spoke.

The President closed the debate.

Vote: Minutes of 16.12.1997, Part I, Item 7.

15. Consumer  protection 
***III (debate)

prices

in 

indication  of

Mrs Oomen-Ruijten introduced her report, drawn up on behalf
of  Parliament(cid:146)s  delegation  to  the  Conciliation  Committee  on
the joint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, for a
European  Parliament  and  Council  Directive  on  consumer
protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to
consumers (C4-0643/97 › 95/0148(COD)) (A4-0414/97).

The  following  spoke:  Mr  Whitehead,  on  behalf  of  the  PSE
Group, Mrs Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mrs Hau-
tala, on behalf of the V Group, Mr Souchet, on behalf of the
I-EDN Group, Mr Fitzsimons and Mrs Gradin, Member of the
Commission.

The President closed the debate.

Vote: Minutes of 16.12.1997, Part I, Item 8.

16. Postal services (debate)

The next item was a joint debate on six oral questions to the
Commission by the following Members:

›  Ferber, on behalf of the PPE Group, on further develop-

ment of postal services in the EU (B4-0911/97).

›  Wijsenbeek,  on  behalf  of  the  ELDR  Group,  on  the
reimbursement  of  terminal  dues  between  postal  services
(B4-0914/97).

›  Schmidbauer and Simpson, on behalf of the PSE Group,

on the future of postal services (B4-1004/97).

›  Donnay, on behalf of the UPE Group, on postal services

Vote: Minutes of 16.12.1997, Part I, Item 17.

(B4-1005/97).

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›  Scarbonchi,  on  behalf  of  the  ARE  Group,  on  postal

services and terminal dues (B4-1007/97).

›  Moreau, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the future

The following spoke: Mr Tappin, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Mr Giansily, on behalf of the UPE Group, and Mr Bangemann,
Member of the Commission.

of postal services in the European Union (B4-1008/97).

The President closed the debate.

Mr Ferber moved oral question B4-0911/97.

Vote: Minutes of 16.12.1997, Part I, Item 9.

Mr Simpson moved oral question B4-1004/97.

Mrs Schaffner, deputizing for the author, moved oral question
B4-1005/97.

Mr Scarbonchi moved oral question B4-1007/97.

Mrs Moreau moved oral question B4-1008/97.

18. Agenda for next sitting

The President announced the following agenda for the sitting
of Tuesday 16 December 1997:

9 a.m. › 1 p.m., 3 › 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. › 12 midnight:

Mr  Bangemann,  Member  of  the  Commission,  answered  the
questions.

9 › 9.15 a.m.:

The following spoke: Mrs Schmidbauer, on behalf of the PSE
Group, Mr Stenmarck, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Wolf,
on behalf of the V Group, Mr Van Dam, on behalf of the I-EDN
Group, Mrs Moreau and Mr Bangemann.

The  President  announced  that  he  had  received  motions  for
resolutions  pursuant  to  Rule  40(5)  from  the  following  Mem-
bers:

›  Simpson and Schmidbauer, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Ferber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Wijsenbeek, on behalf
of  the  ELDR  Group,  and  Van  Dijk,  on  behalf  of  the
V Group, on terminal dues (B4-1033/97);

›  Donnay, Kaklamanis and Danesin, on behalf of the UPE
Group,  on  terminal  dues  in  the  postal  services  (B4-
1034/97);

›  Scarbonchi  and  Dary,  on  behalf  of  the  ARE  Group,  on

postal services and terminal dues (B4-1035/97).

The President closed the debate.

Vote: Minutes of 17.12.1997, Part I, Item 14.

17. Procurement  procedures  in  water,  energy,
***III

transport  and  telecommunications
(debate)

Mr  Langen  introduced  his  report,  drawn  up  on  behalf  of
Parliament(cid:146)s delegation to the Conciliation Committee on the
joint  text,  approved  by  the  Conciliation  Committee,  for  a
European Parliament and Council Directive amending Direc-
tive  93/38/EEC  coordinating  the  procurement  procedures  of
entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecom-
munications sectors (C4-0619/97 › 95/0080(COD)) (A4-0398/
97).

› 

topical  and  urgent  debate  (announcement  of  motions
tabled)

9.15 a.m. › 12 noon, 3 › 5.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. › 12 midnight:

› 

joint  debate  on  two  reports  by  Mr  Tillich/Mr  Tomlinson
and Mr Giansily on the 1998 draft general budget

›  oral questions on justice and home affairs

› 

joint debate on two reports by Mrs Quisthoudt-Rowohl on
the fifth framework programme for research ***I/*

›  Scapagnini report on energy policy

›  Sindal report on aid to shipbuilding *

›  Billingham report on services of general interest in Europe

›  Soltwedel-Scha¤fer recommendation for second reading on

denominations of euro coins

**II

12 noon:

›  voting time

› 

topical and urgent debate (subjects selected)

5.30 › 7 p.m.:

›  Question Time to the Commission

9 p.m.

›  Commission  statement  on  beef  and  veal  products  (fol-

lowed by debate)

(The sitting closed at 8.15 p.m.)

Julian PRIESTLEY
Secretary-General

Nicole FONTAINE
Vice-President

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

15 December 1997

The following signed:

d(cid:146)Aboville,  Adam,  Aelvoet,  Ahern,  Ahlqvist,  Ainardi,  Aldo,  Amadeo,  Anastassopoulos,  Andersson,
Andre·-Le·onard,  Andrews,  Antony,  Anttila,  Aparicio  Sa·nchez,  Areitio  Toledo,  Argyros,  Arias  Can(cid:152)ete,
Augias, Avgerinos, Azzolini, Baldarelli, Baldi, Balfe, Banotti, Bardong, Baro·n Crespo, Barthet-Mayer,
Barton, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bere‘s, Bernard-Reymond, Bertens, Berthu, Billingham, van Bladel, Blak,
Bloch von Blottnitz, Blokland, Blot, Bo¤ge, Bo¤sch, Bonde, Bontempi, Boogerd-Quaak, Botz, Bourlanges,
Bowe,  de  Bre·mond  d(cid:146)Ars,  Breyer,  Brinkhorst,  Brok,  Buffetaut,  Burenstam  Linder,  Cabezo·n  Alonso,
Caccavale, Camiso·n Asensio, Campos, Carlotti, Carlsson, Carnero Gonza·lez, Carniti, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse,
Casini  Carlo,  Cassidy,  Castagne‘de,  Castellina,  Castricum,  Caudron,  Cederschio¤ld,  Chanterie,  Chesa,
Chichester, Christodoulou, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Gerard, Collins Kenneth D., Colombo
Svevo,  Colom  i  Naval,  Corbett,  Cornelissen,  Correia,  Cot,  Cottigny,  Cox,  Crawley,  Crowley,  Cunha,
Cunningham, Cushnahan, van Dam, Dankert, Dary, David, De Coene, De Esteban Martin, De Giovanni,
Dell(cid:146)Alba, De Melo, Deprez, Desama, de Vries, D(cid:14)·ez de Rivera Icaza, van Dijk, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos,
Donnay,  Du¤hrkop  Du¤hrkop,  Duhamel,  Dupuis,  Dury,  Dybkj(cid:230)r,  Elchlepp,  Elles,  Elliott,  Eriksson,
Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Ettl, Evans, Ewing, Fabra Valle·s, Fabre-Aubrespy, Falconer, Farassino, Fassa,
Ferber, Fe·ret, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Ferna·ndez Mart(cid:14)·n, Ferrer, Fitzsimons, Florenz, Fontaine, Ford, Four(cid:231)ans,
Funk,  Gahrton,  Galeote  Quecedo,  Gallagher,  Garc(cid:14)·a  Arias,  Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo  y  Marfil,  Garosci,  Garot,
Garriga  Polledo,  Gaso‘liba  i  Bo¤hm,  de  Gaulle,  Gebhardt,  Ghilardotti,  Giansily,  Gillis,  Gil-Robles
Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Goerens, Go¤rlach, Gomolka, Gonza·lez Trivin(cid:152)o, Graziani, Gro¤ner, Grossete(cid:136)te,
Gu¤nther,  Gutie·rrez  D(cid:14)·az,  Haarder,  von  Habsburg,  Habsburg-Lothringen,  Ha¤nsch,  Hager,  Hallam,
Hardstaff,  Harrison,  Hatzidakis,  Haug,  Hautala,  Hawlicek,  Heinisch,  Hendrick,  Herman,  Hernandez
Mollar, Herzog, Hoff, Holm, Hoppenstedt, Hory, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Hyland, Ilaskivi, Imaz San
Miguel, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Rojo, Janssen van Raay, Jensen Kirsten M., Jensen Lis, Jo¤ns,  Jove·
Peres,  Kaklamanis,  Karamanou,  Karoutchi,  Kellett-Bowman,  Keppelhoff-Wiechert,  Kerr,  Killilea,
Kindermann,  Kinnock,  Kjer  Hansen,  Kla(cid:223),  Kofoed,  Kokkola,  Konrad,  Kreissl-Do¤rfler,  Kristoffersen,
Kuckelkorn,  Kuhne,  Laignel,  Lalumie‘re,  Lambraki,  Lambrias,  Lang,  Lange,  Langen,  Langenhagen,
Lannoye,  Larive,  de  Lassus  Saint  Genie‘s,  Lehne,  Lenz,  Leperre-Verrier,  Lienemann,  Lindeperg,
Lindholm,  Linkohr,  Lo¤o¤w,  Lukas,  Lulling,  Macartney,  McCarthy,  McCartin,  McGowan,  McKenna,
McMillan-Scott,  McNally,  Maij-Weggen,  Malangre·,  Malerba,  Manisco,  Mann  Erika,  Mann  Thomas,
Manzella,  Marinho,  Marinucci,  Martens,  Martin  David  W.,  Martin  Philippe-Armand,  Mather,  Mayer,
Medina Ortega, Megahy, Me·ndez de Vigo, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menrad, Mezzaroma, Miller, Miranda de
Lage, Mohamed Ali, Mombaur, Monfils, Moorhouse, Moreau, Moretti, Morgan, Morris, Mosiek-Urbahn,
Mouskouri,  Mu¤ller,  Mulder,  Murphy,  Muscardini,  Mutin,  Musumeci,  Myller,  Napoletano,  Nassauer,
Needle,  Newens,  Newman,  Nicholson,  Nordmann,  Ojala,  Olsson,  Oomen-Ruijten,  Otila,  Paasilinna,
Paasio, Pack, Papakyriazis, Papayannakis, Parodi, Pasty, Peijs, Pe·rez Royo, Perry, Peter, Pettinari, Piecyk,
Piha,  Pimenta,  Pinel,  Pirker,  des  Places,  Plooij-van  Gorsel,  Plumb,  Podesta‘,  Poettering,  Poggiolini,
Poisson,  Pome·s  Ruiz,  Pompidou,  Posselt,  Pronk,  Provan,  Puerta,  Querbes,  Quisthoudt-Rowohl,  Rack,
Rapkay, Raschhofer, Rauti, Read, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Rehder, Ribeiro, Riis-Jłrgensen, Rinsche,
Ripa di Meana, Rosado Fernandes, Roth, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Ryyna¤nen,
Sainjon,  Sakellariou,  Salafranca  Sa·nchez-Neyra,  Samland,  Sandb(cid:230)k,  Santini,  Sarlis,  Scarbonchi,
Schaffner,  Schiedermeier,  Schierhuber,  Schlechter,  Schleicher,  Schmid,  Schmidbauer,  Schnellhardt,
Scho¤rling,  Schro¤der,  Schroedter,  Schulz,  Schwaiger,  Seal,  Secchi,  Seppa¤nen,  Sichrovsky,  Simpson,
Sindal, Siso· Cruellas, Sjo¤stedt, Skinner, Smith, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Sonneveld, Souchet, Spaak, Spencer,
Spiers,  Stenmarck,  Stevens,  Stockmann,  Striby,  Sturdy,  Svensson,  Tajani,  Tamino,  Tappin,  Tatarella,
Taubira-Delannon,  Telka¤mper,  Terro·n  i  Cus(cid:14)·,  Teverson,  Theato,  Theonas,  Theorin,  Thomas,  Thyssen,
Tillich, Tindemans, Titley, Tomlinson, Torres Couto, Trakatellis, Trizza, Truscott, Ullmann, Va¤yrynen,
Valdivielso  de  Cue·,  Vandemeulebroucke,  Vanhecke,  Van  Lancker,  Varela  Suanzes-Carpegna,  Vaz  da
Silva,  Vecchi,  van  Velzen  W.G.,  Verde  i  Aldea,  Verwaerde,  Viceconte,  Vinci,  Virgin,  Virrankoski,
Waddington,  Waidelich,  Walter,  Watts,  Weber,  Weiler,  Wemheuer,  West,  White,  Whitehead,  Wibe,
Wiebenga, Wieland, Willockx, Wilson, von Wogau, Wolf, Wurtz, Wynn, Zimmermann

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

19. 1. 98

Monday 15 December 1997

Dear Mr President,

ANNEX

The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament has taken good notice of
the draft resolution presented by the Commission on the 1998 Employment Guidelines which conforms
with the relevant conclusions of the Extraordinary European Council of Luxembourg (20-21/11/97).

The European Parliament adopted on 21 October 1997 (1) its contribution to the extraordinary European
Council supporting the overall strategy proposed by the Commission. Furthermore, on 19 November 1997
it adopted its resolution on the Commission report (cid:145)Employment in Europe › 1997(cid:146) (2) pointing out the
political priority of implementing the close matching of economic and employment guidelines, as well as,
targeting structural policies and community instruments towards employment creation. Parliament(cid:146)s view
of  the  outcome  of  the  Extraordinary  European  Council  of  Luxembourg  and  the  final  version  of  the
Commission(cid:146)s employment guidelines for 1998 should be judged against the content of these resolutions.

In accordance with the timetable set by the European Council, and the exceptional circumstances of the
anticipated  implementation  of  the  new  provisions  of  the  Title  VIII  on  Employment  of  the  Treaty  of
Amsterdam, the European Parliament, without prejudice to its right to be consulted in conformity with
Article 128, paragraph 2 of the consolidated version of the Treaties, reaffirms its position as expressed in
the abovementioned resolutions.

The European Parliament extends its appreciation to you for fully involving the European Parliament in
the preparation of the Luxembourg Extraordinary European Council and wishes the continuation for the
close cooperation in this policy area. In this spirit, the European Parliament expects the Presidency of the
Council to keep it officially informed of the implementation of the guidelines by the Member States in the
framework of Article 128, paragraph 4 of the consolidated version of the Treaties.

The European Parliament attaches particular importance to its proper consultation in the course of the
preparation by the Commission of the employment guidelines for 1998. Therefore, for it to be able to
consider in useful time the employment guidelines for 1998 invites the Commission to submit them at the
latest by 1 October 1998.

Yours sincerely,

Jose· Mar(cid:14)·a GIL-ROBLES GIL-DELGADO

(1) 
(2) 

(A4-0307/97) van Velzen report.
(A4-0353/97) Hernandez Mollar report.