European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction (COM(2004)0451 — C6-0075/2004 — 2004/0133(CNS))
Date: 2004-11-17
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU aid, European Agency for Reconstruction, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

The following paragraph shall be added at the end of Article 6 of Directive 94/62/EC:

‘11. Member States having acceded to the European Union by virtue of the Accession Treaty of
16 April 2003 may postpone the attainment of the targets referred to in paragraph 1(b), (d) and (e)
until a date of their own choosing which shall not be later than 31 December 2012 for the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia; 31 December 2013 for Malta;
31 December 2014 for Poland; and 31 December 2015 for Latvia.’

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
comply with this Directive by … (*). They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those
provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accom-
panied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how
such reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law
which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Union.

Article 3

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at …, on …

For the European Parliament
The President

For the Council
The President

(*) 18 months after the date of adoption of this Directive.

P6_TA(2004)0056

European Agency for Reconstruction *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Coun-
cil Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction (COM(2004)0451 —
C6-0075/2004 — 2004/0133(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0451) (1),

— having regard to Article 181a, second paragraph, first sentence of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the

Council consulted Parliament (C6-0075/2004),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0031/2004),

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;

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

1.

2.

3.

4.
tially;

5.

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

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
RECITAL 7a (new)

(7a) Any changes to the Agency's remit, beyond what is cur-
rently stated in Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000, particularly
Articles 1, 2 and 15 thereof, should also be subject to the rel-
evant budgetary procedures.

Amendment 2
ARTICLE 1, Point 4
Article 14 (Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000)

4.

Article 14 is repealed.

4.

Article 14 shall be replaced by the following:

The Commission shall, by June 2005, submit
to the
Council a report dealing with the future of the Agency
after 31 December 2006.

Amendment 3
ARTICLE 1, Point 5
Article 15 (Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000)

5.

Article 15 is replaced by:

5.

Article 15 shall be replaced by the following:

The Commission may delegate to the Agency the execution
of the Community assistance decided upon for Serbia and
Montenegro and for
the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia under Regulation (EC) No 1628/96.

The Commission may delegate to the Agency the execution
of the Community assistance decided upon for Serbia and
Montenegro and for
the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia under Regulation (EC) No 1628/96.

The Commission may entrust the Agency with the imple-
mentation of assistance for encouraging the economic
development of the Turkish Cypriot community within
the framework of Council Regulation (EC) No …/2004.

Amendment 4
ARTICLE 1, POINT 5a (new)
Article 15a (new) (Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000)

5a.

The following Article 15a shall be inserted:

Article 15a

In the interests of further clarity and transparency, the
Commission shall, by 31 December 2004, provide a

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

detailed report to the European Parliament and the Coun-
cil, setting out the distribution of tasks between the oper-
ational centres of the Agency and the ‘deconcentrated’
Commission delegations in the respective regions, explain-
ing the rationale behind this allocation and giving an
analysis of how the allocation is working in practice for
all the countries concerned and,
in particular, for the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the light of
its application for EU membership.

P6_TA(2004)0057

Instrument of financial support (Cyprus) *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing an
instrument of financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot
community (COM(2004)0465 — COM(2004)0696 — 13195/2004 — C6-0098/2004 — 2004/0145
(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0465) (1) and the amended pro-

posal (COM(2004)0696) (1),

— having regard to the draft Council regulation (13195/2004),

— having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0098/2004),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on

Budgets (A6-0032/2004),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.
Considers that the financial statement accompanying the Commission proposal will be compatible
with the ceiling of the Financial Perspective without restricting other policies, once the budgetary authority
has decided on the financing of the proposal;

Requires the Council to reach a fair and just decision on the issue of trade relations as soon as

3.
possible;

4.

5.

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;

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if

6.
substantially;

it intends to amend the Commission proposal

7.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.