European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2004/465/EC on a Community financial contribution towards Member States' fisheries control programmes (COM(2005)0328 - C6-0273/2005 - 2005/0136(CNS))
Date: 2005-12-15
Institutions: Committee on Fisheries, European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, common fisheries policy, conservation of fish stocks, financial aid, fishery resources, fishing controls

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3.

CFSP and co-decided programmes

The European Parliament and the Council invite the Commission to take the appropriate measures for the
relevant transfers, as soon as possible in 2006, in order to put into effect this agreement reached on CFSP
and co-decided programmes.

P6_TA(2005)0515

Fisheries control programmes *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Deci-
sion 2004/465/EC on a Community financial contribution towards Member States' fisheries control
programmes (COM(2005)0328 — C6-0273/2005 — 2005/0136(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0328) (1),

— having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0273/2005),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries (A6-0339/2005),

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 Commission.

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
RECITAL 6

It is appropriate to include in Decision 2004/465/EC
(6)
studies on fisheries control as well as arrangements designed
to facilitate the implementation of new technologies on
control.

Deleted

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 2

ARTICLE 1, POINT 1
Article 3, paragraph 2 (Decision 2004/465/EC)

All Member States shall submit their annual fisheries con-
2.
trol programme by 1 June 2004 for 2004, and by 31 January
for 2005 and for 2006.

All Member States shall submit their annual fisheries con-
2.
trol programme by 1 June 2004 for 2004, and by 31 January
2005 for 2005. The annual programmes for 2006 shall be
submitted not later than … (*).

(*) 45 days after the entry into force of this Decision.

Amendment 3

ARTICLE 1, POINT 2
Article 4, paragraph 1, points (i) and (j) (Decision 2004/465/EC)

In Article 4, paragraph 1 the following points are

Deleted

(2)
added:

(i) Administrative arrangements with the Joint Research
Centre aimed at implementing new technologies on con-
trol;

(j) Studies on control related areas carried out at the initi-

ative of the Commission.

Amendment 4

ARTICLE 1, POINT 3A (new)
Article 5, paragraph 2a (new) (Decision 2004/465/EC)

(3a)

In Article 5, the following paragraph is added:

2a. Where the appropriations provided for in paragraph 1
are not sufficient to finance all the contributions required by
the annual
the Member
fisheries control programmes of
States, the Commission shall base the decision referred to in
Article 6 on objective criteria which take account of shortcom-
ings in existing control systems, the size of Exclusive Econ-
omic Zones and all zones which are to be monitored by the
Member States, and the number of fishermen subject to con-
trols.

Amendment 5

ARTICLE 1, POINT 3B (new)
Article 6, paragraph 2, point (c) (Decision 2004/465/EC)

(3b)

In Article 6, paragraph 2, point (c) is replaced by:

(c)

for the actions referred to in Article 4(1)(h), the rate may
not exceed 75 % of the eligible expenditure for the new
Member States.

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Thursday 15 December 2005

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 6
ARTICLE 1, POINT 4
Article 6, paragraph 2, point (d) (Decision 2004/465/EC)

(4)

In Article 6, paragraph 2 the following point is added:

Deleted

(d) for the actions referred to in Article 4(1)(i) and 4(1)(j),

the rate may be 100 % of the eligible expenditure;

Amendment 7
ARTICLE 1, POINT 8A (new)
Article 17, paragraph 1a (new) (Decision 2004/465/EC)

(8a)

In Article 17, the following paragraph is added:

By 31 December 2006 at the latest and on the basis of the
information provided by the Member States pursuant to Arti-
cle 16, the Commission shall submit to the European Parlia-
ment and to the Council an interim report on the application
of this Decision.

P6_TA(2005)0516

Charging of heavy goods vehicles ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive
of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of
heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (9856/2005 — C6-0274/2005 — 2003/
0175(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (9856/2005 — C6-0274/2005),

— having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2003)0448) (2),

— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism

(A6-0377/2005),

1.

2.

Approves the common position as amended;

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

(1) OJ C 104 E, 30.4.2004, p. 371.
(2) Not yet published in OJ.