European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision establishing a training, exchange and assistance programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting ('Pericles' programme) (COM(2001) 248 — C5-0303/2001 — 2001/0105(CNS))
Date: 2001-11-13
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, economic offence, euro, fraud, industrial counterfeiting

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 21
Article 7, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1a (new)

1a.
Any expenditure of an administrative nature within
the meaning of Article 19 of the Financial Regulation shall
be financed under line B … A relating to the programme.

Amendment 22
Article 7, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1b (new)

1b.
The amounts allocated to this programme shall be
decided annually by the budgetary authority and shall take
account of the evaluation criteria set out in Article 8.

Amendment 23
Article 8, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2, indent 3

(cid:10) complementarity with other previous, current or future

projects;

(cid:10) complementarity with other previous, current or future
projects, in particular those related to law enforcement
measures under the third pillar;

Amendment 24
Article 8, paragraph 4

4.
The Commission shall send to Parliament and the Council
by 31 December 2004 an outside report evaluating the rel-
evance, the efficiency and the effectiveness of the programme.

4.
The Commission shall send to Parliament and the Council
by 31 December 2004 an outside report evaluating the rel-
evance, the efficiency and the effectiveness of the programme.
When the Commission submits the preliminary draft budget,
it shall forward to the budgetary authority the result of the
quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the measure based
on the annual programme and on the performance indicators.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision establishing a
training, exchange and assistance programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting
(‘Pericles’ programme) (COM(2001) 248 $ C5-0303/2001 $ 2001/0105(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:10) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2001) 248) (1),

(cid:10) having been consulted by the Council (C5-0303/2001),

(cid:10) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:10) having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home
Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary
Affairs (A5-0362/2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC

2.
Treaty;

(1) OJ C 240 E, 28.8.2001, p. 120.

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Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by

3.
Parliament;

4.

5.

Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

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

2.
Proposal for a Council decision extending the effects of the Decision establishing a training,
exchange and assistance programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (‘Pericles’
programme) to the Member States which have not adopted the euro as the single currency
(COM(2001) 248 $ C5-0304/2001 $ 2001/0106(CNS))

The proposal was approved.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision extending the
effects of the Decision establishing a training, exchange and assistance programme for the protec-
tion of the euro against counterfeiting (‘Pericles’ programme) to the Member States which have
not adopted the euro as the single currency (COM(2001) 248 $ C5-0304/2001 $ 2001/0106(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:10) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2001) 248) (1),

(cid:10) having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 308 of the EC Treaty (C5-0304/2001),

(cid:10) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:10) having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home
Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary
Affairs (A5-0362/2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by

2.
Parliament;

3.

4.

Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

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

(1) OJ C 240 E, 28.8.2001, p. 124.