European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a European Parliament and Council decision amending Decision No 1692/96/EC on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (5762/1/2004 — C5-0184/2004 — 2001/0229(COD))
Date: 2004-04-21
Institutions: Committee on Regional Development, European Parliament
Subjects: common transport policy, environmental impact, rail network, trans-European network, transport network

30.4.2004

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10. Welcomes the successful conclusion of the negotiations with the accession countries on the con-
ditions for their participation in the new Research Fund for Coal and Steel, whereby the payment of their
contributions, determined in accordance with the size of their mineral resources, will be staggered to take
account of their respective economic situations, and calls on the Commission to give it regular progress
reports on the implementation of the decisions taken as a result of those negotiations;

11.
Calls on the Commission to continue to conduct a regular review of all outstanding dormant com-
mitments and to cancel only amounts in respect of which it is unlikely that there will be any movement in
the future;

Notes that the financial statements for the ECSC in liquidation as at 31 December 2002 were not
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published in the Official
Journal until 11 October 2003; nonetheless welcomes the detailed and
informative way in which they are set out, which should be the benchmark for subsequently published
financial statements for the ECSC in liquidation, and calls on the Commission to ensure maximum trans-
parency with regard to figures on trends in, and use of, ECSC assets and on revenue from them;

13.
Expects the Court of Auditors, which has submitted no specific report on the financial statements
for the ECSC in liquidation as at 31 December 2002, to carry out the necessary audits each year and to
publish the results in the Official Journal;

Stresses that it will continue to keep an eye on the mandatory use of revenues from ECSC assets for

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the benefit of research in the coal and steel sector.

P5_TA(2004)0332

Development of the trans-European transport network ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a Euro-
pean Parliament and Council decision amending Decision No 1692/96/EC on Community guide-
lines for the development of the trans-European transport network (5762/1/2004 (cid:1) C5-0184/2004
(cid:1) 2001/0229(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the Council common position (5762/1/2004 (cid:1) C5-0184/2004) (1),

(cid:1) having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposals to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2001) 544 (3) and COM(2003) 564 (4)),

(cid:1) having regard to the amended proposal (COM(2002) 542) (5),

(cid:1) having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 78 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Regional Policy, Trans-

port and Tourism (A5-0278/2004),

1.

2.

Approves the common position;

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.
(2) OJ C 187 E, 7.8.2003, p. 130 and Texts Adopted, 11.3.2004, P5_TA(2004)0173.
(3) OJ C 362 E, 18.12.2001, p. 205.
(4) Not yet published in the OJ.
(5) OJ C 20 E, 28.1.2003, p. 274.

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Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

3.
the EC Treaty;

Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of

4.
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5.

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

P5_TA(2004)0333

Community surveys on agricultural holdings after enlargement ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 on the organisation of Community sur-
veys on the structure of agricultural holdings after enlargement (COM(2003) 605 (cid:1) C5-0477/2003
(cid:1) 2003/0234(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) 605) (1),

(cid:1) having regard to Articles 251(2) and 285(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0477/2003),

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

(cid:1) having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0194/2004),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

Considers that the financial statement of the Commission, as amended, is compatible with the ceiling

3.
of heading 3 of the Financial Perspective 2000-2006, without restricting existing policies,

4.

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

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.