WRITTEN QUESTION E-3267/03 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council. Qualified majority voting.
Date: 2003-11-04
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: decision-making, drafting of EU law, qualified majority

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3251/03

by Baroness Sarah Ludford (ELDR) to the Council

(3 November 2003)

Subject: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

The External Relations Council of 13 October, expressing deep concern that certain Western Balkan
countries were still failing to cooperate sufficiently with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia (ICTY), reiterated the need to intensify efforts to bring Radovan Karadzic, General Mladic and
General Gotovina to the ICTY.

In its Common Position 2003/280/CFSP (1) of 16 April 2003 the Council imposed an EU travel ban on
some persons obstructing the mandate of the ICTY, and this has had a positive impact, especially in Bosnia
and Herzegovina (BiH).

What steps is the Council taking to broaden the list of persons named in that Common Position to include
those helping ICTY indictees elsewhere in the region to evade justice?

Specifically, will those sheltering Karadzic, Mladic and Gotovina, whose respective support networks in
Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro are reported by ICTY to be significant, now be subject to the travel
ban?

(1) OJ L 101, 23.4.2003, p. 22.

Reply

(9 March 2004)

The Council Common Position 2003/280/CFSP of 16 April has been updated by Council Decision
1.
the High
2003/484/CFSP of 27 June 2003, when,
Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 12 additional names have been added to the list of persons set
out in the Annex to Common Position 2003/280/CFSP.

following recommendations from the Office of

The Common Position is kept under constant review and the Council can adopt modifications to the

2.
list contained in the Annex as required in order to assist the ICTY.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3267/03

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(4 November 2003)

Subject: Qualified majority voting

Can the Council state on how many occasions each year for the last five years each Member State has been
outvoted in the Council when a decision on a legislative proposal (directive, regulation, decision) has been
taken by qualified majority voting?

Reply

(9 March 2004)

The Council
concerning the same subject and relating to the years 1995-2000.

invites the Honourable Member to refer to the Council’s reply to question E-3938/00

The Honourable Member’s attention is drawn to the fact that, since January 2001, the General Secretariat
of the Council has published monthly records of the Council’s activities,
including voting results and
explanations, on the Council’s Internet site (http://ue.eu.int).

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The Council would in any case invite the Honourable Member to consult the tables set out in the annex to
this reply.

Annex

1998

219

56

60

34

1999

199

31

30

9

2000

191

21

22

12

2001

187

31

27

25

2002

195

37

26

31

Total number of final legislative acts

Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in
2002

Abstentions

Abstentions

A. VOTES AGAINST BY MEMBER STATE

Votes against on adoption of a final legislative act in 1998

AU

BE

DE

DA

EL

ES

FR

FI

IT

IR

LU

NL

PT

SV

UK

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1

1

1

Total

3

1

1

2

2

2

1

2

11

1

1

1

2

1

1

7

1

1

1

1

4

1

1

2

1

1

1

3

1

1

0

2

1

2

3

8

1

1

2

0

Votes against on adoption of a final legislative act in 1999

AU

BE

DE

1

DA

EL

ES

FR

FI

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1

1

1

Total

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

4

1

1

1

1

1

2

3

0

IT

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

8

IR

LU

1

1

1

2

1

3

2

1

1

2

PT

SV

UK

1

1

2

7

1

12

NL

1

1

1

1

1

1

4

1

1

0

0

1

2

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Votes against on adoption of a final legislative act in 2000

AU

BE

DE

DA

EL

ES

FR

FI

IT

IR

LU

NL

PT

SV

UK

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

1

October

November

December

Total

2

1

2

4

1

3

1

2

3

1

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

2

0

1

2

Votes against on adoption of a final legislative act in 2001

AU

BE

DE

DA

EL

ES

FR

FI

IT

IR

LU

NL

PT

SV

1

1

1

3

1

2

3

1

1

1

1

1

3

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

3

1

0

1

0

Votes against on adoption of a final legislative act in 2002

IT

IR

LU

PT

NL

1

AU

BE

DE

DA

EL

ES

FR

1

1

1

1

1

FI

1

1

1

2

UK

1

1

2

UK

1

1

1

1

4

SV

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Total

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

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AU

BE

DE

DA

EL

ES

FR

FI

IT

IR

LU

NL

November

December

Total

1

0

2

2

2

2

1

0

2

2

0

1

5

1

PT

1

SV

UK

2

6

1

B. ABSTENTIONS BY MEMBER STATE

Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in 1998

AU

BE

DE

DA

EL

ES

FR

FI

IT

IR

LU

NL

PT

SV

UK

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Total

0

1

1

1

1

1

2

7

1

1

1

3

2

2

1

1

1

7

1

2

2

5

1

1

2

0

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

0

2

1

1

1

2

4

0

0

Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in 1999

AU

BE

DE

DA

EL

FR

FI

IT

IR

LU

NL

PT

SV

UK

1

1

1

ES

1

1

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Total

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

1

2

3

0

Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in 2000

DE

DA

EL

ES

FR

FI

AU

BE

1

IT

1

IR

LU

NL

PT

SV

UK

1

1

1

January

February

March

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AU

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Total

0

BE

1

1

1

1

5

DE

DA

EL

ES

FR

FI

IT

IR

LU

NL

PT

SV

1

UK

1

0

2

0

0

0

1

1

2

0

0

1

0

0

1

Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in 2001

AU

BE

DE

DA

EL

ES

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Total

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1

1

NL

PT

SV

UK

LU

1

1

FR

1

1

1

FI

IT

IR

1

1

1

1

1

0

2

3

0

3

0

2

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

4

1

1

1

1

1

2

5

Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in 2002

AU

BE

DE

DA

EL

ES

FR

FI

IT

IR

LU

NL

PT

SV

UK

1

1

1

1

1

4

1

1

1

3

1

0

1

2

3

1

6

1

1

2

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

3

1

1

1

1

1

5

1

1

1

1

4

Total

0

1