European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2003/49/EC as regards the possibility for certain Member States to apply transitional periods for the application of a common system of taxation applicable to interest and royalty payments made between associated companies of different Member States (COM(2004) 243 — C5-0187/2004 — 2004/0076(CNS))
Date: 2004-04-21
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: group of companies, tax, tax harmonisation, tax system

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1.

2.

Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council decision;

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

P5_TA(2004)0315

Re-exportation and re-dispatch of products covered by the specific supply
arrangements *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001 as regards the con-
ditions for the re-exportation and re-dispatch of products covered by the specific supply arrange-
ments (COM(2004) 155 (cid:1) C5-0129/2004 (cid:1) 2004/0051(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004) 155) (1),

(cid:1) having regard to Articles 36, 37(2) and 299(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council con-

sulted Parliament (C5-0129/2004),

(cid:1) having regard to Rules 67 and 158(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A5-0231/

2004),

Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

1.

2.

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal sub-

3.
stantially;

4.

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

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TA(2004)0316

Interest and royalty payments made between associated companies of different
Member States *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Direc-
tive 2003/49/EC as regards the possibility for certain Member States to apply transitional periods
for the application of a common system of taxation applicable to interest and royalty payments
made between associated companies of different Member States (COM(2004) 243 (cid:1) C5-0187/2004
(cid:1) 2004/0076(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004) 243) (1),

(cid:1) having regard to Article 94 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C5-0187/2004),

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

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(cid:1) having regard to Rules 67 and 158(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A5-0276/2004),

Wednesday 21 April 2004

1.

2.

Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Calls for initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the

3.
Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal sub-

4.
stantially;

5.

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

P5_TA(2004)0317

Community participation in the European Audiovisual Observatory ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
decision amending Council Decision 1999/784/EC concerning Community participation in the
European Audiovisual Observatory (COM(2003) 763 (cid:1) C5-0622/2003 (cid:1) 2003/0293(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(2003) 763) (1),

(cid:1) having regard to Articles 251(2) and 157(3) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0622/2003),

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the report of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport and

the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0241/2004),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Considers that the financial statement of the Commission proposal is compatible with the ceiling of

2.
heading 3 of the Financial Perspective without restricting other policies;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

3.
substantially or replace it with another text;

4.

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

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.