European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries (COM(2000) 831 — C5-0758/2000 — 2000/0338(COD))
Date: 2001-07-05
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Asia, Latin America, aid to refugees, cooperation policy, developing countries, development aid

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Thursday 5 July 2001

measurable objectives and deadlines for specific actions.
These guidelines shall be drawn up following consultation
with departments responsible, in the field or at headquarters,
for programming, implementation and evaluation.

Amendment 29
Article 19, paragraph 2

2.
After each budget year, the Commission shall submit an
annual report to the European Parliament and to the Council,
summarising the operations financed in the course of that year
and the Commission(cid:146)s conclusions on the implementation of
this Regulation over the previous budget year. The summary
those with
shall
whom contracts have been concluded. The annual report
shall also summarise any independent evaluations of specific
operations.

in particular provide information about

2.
After each budget year, the Commission shall submit, in
its annual report on Community development policy to the
European Parliament and to the Council, information on the
operations financed in the course of that year and the Commis-
sion(cid:146)s conclusions on the implementation of this Regulation
over the previous budget year. The summary shall in particular
provide information about the strengths and weaknesses of
operations, those with whom contracts have been concluded
as well as the results of any independent evaluations of spe-
cific operations.

Amendment 30
Article 19, paragraph 3

Every three years,

the Commission shall submit an
3.
evaluation report on the implementation of this Regulation to
the European Parliament and the Council with a view to estab-
lishing whether its objectives have been achieved and providing
guidelines for improving the effectiveness of future operations.

After three years, the Commission shall submit an inde-
3.
pendent overall assessment report on the implementation of
this Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council
with a view to establishing whether its objectives have been
achieved and providing guidelines for improving the effective-
ness of future operations. The report will assess the effective-
ness of action taken following performance audits and inde-
pendent evaluations.

Amendment 31
Article 20, paragraphs 1a and 1b (new)

It shall apply until 31 December 2004.

The renewal of this Regulation will be dependent on the
results of the independent overall assessment report referred
to in Article 19(3), which shall be available at least one year
before the expiry of this Regulation, and the possibilities for
integrating this Regulation into a single framework Regu-
lation for Asia and Latin America.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
regulation on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries
(COM(2000) 831 (cid:129) C5-0758/2000 (cid:129) 2000/0338(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(2000) 831) (1),

(cid:129) having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 179(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commis-

sion submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0758/2000),

(1) OJ C120 E, 24.4.2001, p. 163.

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(cid:129) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on Development and Cooperation and the opinions of

the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0228/2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend the proposal substantially or

2.
replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

11. Macro financial assistance to Yugoslavia *

A5-0244/2001

Proposal for a Council decision providing macro-financial assistance to the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (COM(2001) 277 (cid:129) C5-0231/2001 (cid:129) 2001/0112(CNS))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Citation 1a (new)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 of
5 December 2000 on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Her-
zegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, repealing Regu-
lation (EC) No 1628/96 and amending Regulations (EEC)
No 3906/89 and (EEC) No 1360/90 and Decisions 97/256/
EC and 1999/311/EC (1) and,
in particular, Article 6(4)
thereof,

(1) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 1.

Amendment 2
Recital 2a (new)

(2a)
It should be possible to provide financial assistance to
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia provided it continues to
take steps to become a properly functioning legal State and
cooperates with the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia in the Hague;

Amendment 3
Recital 3a (new)

(3a) The Community provided an emergency assistance
package of approximately € 200 million comprising food aid
and medical and energy supplies to provide for the basic
needs of the population during the winter of 2000/2001;