European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning the conclusion of the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Solomon Islands on fishing off Solomon Islands (COM(2005)0404 - C6-0320/2005 - 2005/0168(CNS))
Date: 2006-02-14
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Development, European Parliament
Subjects: European Community, Solomon Islands, cooperation agreement, economic development, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing controls, fishing regulations

C 290 E/82

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

29.11.2006

Tuesday 14 February 2006

P6_TA(2006)0050

EC-Solomon Islands fishing agreement *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning the
conclusion of the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Solomon Islands
on fishing off Solomon Islands (COM(2005)0404 — C6-0320/2005 — 2005/0168(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (COM(2005)0404) (1),

— having regard to Article 37 and Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

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

consulted Parliament (C6-0320/2005),

— 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 and the Committee on Development (A6-0018/2006),

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

1.
ment;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the govern-

2.
ments and parliaments of the Member States and the Solomon Islands.

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Recital 2a (new)

(2a)
It is important to improve the information provided to
the European Parliament; to this end, the Commission should
draw up an annual report on the implementation of the
Agreement.

Amendment 2
Article 2a (new)

Article 2a

During the final year of the Protocol's validity and before
another agreement is concluded on its renewal, the Commis-
sion shall submit to Parliament and the Council a report on
the application of the Agreement.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 3
Article 2b (new)

Article 2b

On the basis of the report referred to in Article 2a and after
consulting the European Parliament, the Council shall, where
appropriate, grant the Commission a negotiating mandate
with a view to the adoption of a new protocol.

Amendment 4
Article 2c (new)

Article 2c

The Commission shall forward to the European Parliament
and to the Council a copy of the multiannual sectoral pro-
gramme and its implementing rules referred to in Article 5 of
the Protocol.

Amendment 5
Article 2d (new)

Article 2d

When the first meeting of the Joint Committee provided for in
Article 9 of the Agreement is held, the Commission shall
inform the Solomon Islands authorities of the attendance of
shipowners' representatives at subsequent meetings of the
Joint Committee.

P6_TA(2006)0051

Confiscation of automobiles by the Greek authorities

European Parliament

resolution on confiscation of automobiles by the Greek authorities

(2005/2005(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the numerous petitions submitted to the European Parliament on confiscation of
vehicles by the Greek authorities as well as a very considerable number of official complaints registered
by the Commission,

— having regard to Article 21 of the EC Treaty, which confers on every citizen of the Union the right to

petition the European Parliament in accordance with Article 194 thereof,

— having regard to Article 194 of the EC Treaty, which confers on any citizen of the Union, and any
natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State, the right to address,
individually or in association with other citizens or persons, a petition to the European Parliament on a
matter which comes within the Community's fields of activity and which affects him, her or it directly,

— having regard to Council Directive 83/182/EEC of 28 March 1983 on tax exemptions within the Com-
munity for certain means of transport temporarily imported into one Member State from another (1),

(1) OJ L 105, 23.4.1983, p. 59. Directive as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.