European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality (COM(2005)0081 - C6-0083/2005 - 2005/0017(COD))
Date: 2006-03-14
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: European organisation, gender equality, human rights, women's rights

30.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 291 E/91

Tuesday, 14 March 2006

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts 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

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at …, on …

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

P6_TA(2006)0074

European Institute for Gender Equality ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality (COM(2005)0081 —
C6-0083/2005 — 2005/0017(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2005)0081) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 13(2) and 141(3) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the

Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0083/2005),

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

— having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the opinions

of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0043/2006),

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Specifies that the appropriations indicated in the legislative proposal are purely for guidance until agree-

2.
ment is reached on the financial perspective for the period 2007 and the following years;

3. Calls on the Commission to confirm, once the next financial perspective has been adopted, the
amounts indicated in the proposal for a regulation or, should the case arise, to submit the adjusted amounts
for approval by the European Parliament and the Council, thereby ensuring their compatibility with the
ceiling;

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4. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal
substantially or replace it with another text;

5.

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

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0017

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 March 2006 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing
a European Institute for Gender Equality

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 3(2), 13(2)
and 141(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of the European Union. Articles 21 and
23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibit any discrimination on
grounds of sex and require equality between men and women to be ensured in all areas.

Article 2 of the Treaty provides that equality between men and women is one of the Community's
essential tasks. Similarly, Article 3(2) of the Treaty requires the Community to aim to eliminate
inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women in all its activities and thus ensure the
integration of the dimension of equality between men and women in all Community policies.

Article 13 of the Treaty empowers the Council to take appropriate action to combat discrimination
inter alia on grounds of sex in all areas of Community competence.

The principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employ-
ment and occupation is enshrined in Article 141 of the Treaty and a comprehensive body of legisla-
tion on equal treatment of men and women in relation to access to employment and working condi-
tions including equal pay is already in place.

(1) OJ C 24, 31.1.2006, p. 29.
(2) Position of the European Parliament of 14 March 2006.