European Parliament legislative resolution on the Commission proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2002/463/EC adopting an action programme for administrative cooperation in the fields of external borders, visas, asylum and immigration (ARGO programme) (COM(2004)0384 — C6-0049/2004 — 2004/0122(CNS))
Date: 2004-11-17
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, action programme, administrative cooperation, admission of aliens, border control, migration policy, right of asylum

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Official Journal of the European Union

EN

18.8.2005

Wednesday 17 November 2004

P6_TA(2004)0054

ARGO Programme *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Commission proposal for a Council decision
amending Decision 2002/463/EC adopting an action programme for administrative cooperation in
the fields of external borders, visas, asylum and immigration (ARGO programme) (COM(2004)0384
— C6-0049/2004 — 2004/0122(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal (COM(2004)0384) (1),

— having regard to Article 66 of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Article 67 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0049/2004),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0019/

2004),

1.

2.

3.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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

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

4.
Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Calls on the Council to consult Parliament if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substan-

5.
tially;

6.

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

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(4) The budgetary authority has substantially increased the
appropriations allocated to the ARGO programme for 2004,
with a view to better management of the external borders.

Deleted

Amendment 1
Recital 4

Amendment 2
Recital 5

(5)
In order to promote the general objectives of the ARGO
programme it is appropriate to increase the number of actions
to be proposed in the area of external borders and to envisage
new types of action.

(5)
In order to promote the general objectives of the ARGO
programme and to make it more accessible to national admin-
istrations it is appropriate to increase the number of actions to
be proposed in the area of external borders and to envisage new
types of action.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 3
Recital 6a (new)

(6a)
In order to guarantee European added value for all the
Member States, it should be possible to verify and assess what
contribution they make to the European network for the con-
trol and surveillance of the external borders. For the same
reason, a ceiling should be set on the available appropriations
earmarked for actions by a single Member State.

Amendment 4
Article 1, Point 1
Article 10, paragraph 1a, point (ba) (new) (Decision 2002/463/EC)

(ba)

create added value for all Member States, so that pro-
jects of individual Member States enable better-coor-
dinated actions between Member States to be imple-
mented and consequently a more uniform level of
security at all the external borders to be established.

Amendment 5
Article 1, Point 3, Point (a)
Article 12, paragraph 3, point (a) (Decision 2002/463/EC)

(a) prepare an annual work programme comprising specific
objectives, thematic priorities, the objective criteria referred
to in Article 10(1a)(b), a description of the actions referred
to in Article 10(3) which the Commission intends to under-
take and, if necessary, a list of other actions.

(a) prepare an annual work programme comprising specific
objectives, thematic priorities, the objective criteria referred
to in Article 10(1a)(b), the definition of the maximum
share of the annual budget available for the actions ref-
erred to in Article 10(1a), a description of the actions ref-
erred to in Article 10(3) which the Commission intends to
undertake and, if necessary, a list of other actions.

P6_TA(2004)0055

Packaging and packaging waste ***I

the European
European Parliament
Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste
(COM(2004)0127 — C5-0100/2004 — 2004/0045(COD))

legislative resolution on the proposal

for a directive of

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2004)

0127) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0100/2004),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

(A6-0027/2004),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.