European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the extension of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros for the period from 28 February 2004 to 31 December 2004 (COM(2004)0540 — C6-0115/2004 — 2004/0185(CNS))
Date: 2004-12-16
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Comoros, common fisheries policy, fishing agreement, renewal of an agreement

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Instructs its President to declare that the budget has been finally adopted and arrange for its pub-

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lication in the Official Journal;

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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice,
the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the
European Ombudsman, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the other institutions and bodies
concerned.

ANNEX

Joint declarations

1.

‘The Budgetary Authority invites the Commission to present each year, together with its PDB, an
updated situation of those posts that cannot be occupied or have been redeployed as a result of the
creation of Executive Agencies.’

Amending Budget for 2005 on administrative expenditure

2.

‘The Budgetary Authority invites the Commission to submit not later than March 2005 an Amending
Budget containing exclusively the reductions of appropriations for administrative expenditure of the
institutions resulting from the annual adaptation of the salaries and pensions.’

Payment appropriations for Heading 2

3.

‘If the execution of payment appropriations for Structural Funds exceeds 40 % by the end of July 2005,
or if the Commission becomes otherwise convinced of a shortage in payment appropriations, the
Commission will, after having examined the possibilities of redeployment of payment appropriations
within the totality of the budget, including Heading 2, and evaluated possible sources of additional
revenue, present as soon as possible a PDAB to the budgetary authority. The European Parliament and
the Council will decide in one single reading on the PDAB in order to have additional appropriations
needed available at the latest in early November 2005. This PDAB to be presented and decided in one
single reading is exclusively meant for the appropriations needed under Heading 2.’

P6_TA(2004)0104

Extension of the EC-Comoros Fisheries Protocol *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclu-
sion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the extension of the Proto-
col setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on
fishing off the Comoros for the period from 28 February 2004 to 31 December 2004 (COM(2004)
0540 — C6-0115/2004 — 2004/0185(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (COM(2004)0540) (1),

— having regard to Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council

consulted Parliament (C6-0115/2004),

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

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— having regard to Rules 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on

Budgets (A6-0040/2004),

Thursday 16 December 2004

Approves the proposal for a Council regulation as amended and approves conclusion of the agree-

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ment;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission, and the governments

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and parliaments of the Member States and the Union of the Comoros.

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Article 3a (new)

Article 3a

Before the extension of the Protocol expires and before any
agreement on the renewal thereof is concluded, the Commis-
sion shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council
a report on its application, including an analysis of the use of
funds earmarked for targeted measures, in order to assess the
economic, social and environmental impact of the agreement.

Amendment 2
Article 3b (new)

Article 3b

1. On the basis of the report referred to in Article 3a and
after consulting the European Parliament, the Council shall, if
appropriate, authorise the Commission to enter into negoti-
ations with a view to concluding a new protocol.

2.
The Commission shall produce a discussion paper outlin-
ing the options that are available for improving transparency
and accountability as regards the implementation of targeted
measures in fisheries agreements.

P6_TA(2004)0105

Application of Article 251 of the EC Treaty *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision providing for
certain areas covered by Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community
to be governed by the procedure referred to in Article 251 of that Treaty (15130/2004 — C6-0208/
2004 — 2004/0816(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council proposal (15130/2004) (1),

— having regard to Article 67(2), second indent, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted

Parliament (C6-0208/2004),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.