European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative by the Kingdom of the Netherlands with a view to the adoption of a Council Decision on strengthening cross-border police cooperation with regard to meetings attended by large numbers of people from more than one Member State, at which policing is primarily aimed at maintaining law and order and security and preventing and combating criminal offences (6930/2005 - C6-0117/2005 - 2005/0804(CNS))
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU police cooperation, cross-border cooperation, public order, public safety

13.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 303 E/155

TEXTS ADOPTED

Wednesday, 5 July 2006

P6_TA(2006)0297

Strengthening cross-border police cooperation *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative by the Kingdom of the Netherlands with
a view to the adoption of a Council Decision on strengthening cross-border police cooperation
with regard to meetings attended by large numbers of people from more than one Member State, at
which policing is primarily aimed at maintaining law and order and security and preventing and
combating criminal offences (6930/2005 — C6-0117/2005 — 2005/0804(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the initiative by the Kingdom of the Netherlands (6930/2005) (1),

— having regard to Article 34(2)(c) of the EU Treaty,

— having regard to Article 39(1) of the EU Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0117/2005),

— having regard to Rules 93 and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of

the Committee on Civil Liberties,

Justice and Home Affairs

(A6-0222/2006);

1. Approves the initiative by the Kingdom of the Netherlands as amended;

2. Calls on the Council to amend the text accordingly;

3. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

4. Calls on the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the initiative by the Kingdom of
the Netherlands substantially;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission, and the government of

5.
the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

TEXT PROPOSED BY
THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 3 a (new)

(3a)
The basis for this Decision is the Council Conclusions
of 13 July 2001 on security at European Council meetings
and other comparable events.

(1) OJ C 101, 27.4.2005, p. 36.

C 303 E/156

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2006

Wednesday, 5 July 2006

TEXT PROPOSED BY
THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 2

Recital 3 b (new)

(3b)
This Decision builds on the arrangements provided
for in Joint Action 97/339/JHA of 26 May 1997 adopted by
the Council on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on
European Union with regard to cooperation on law and order
and security (1) and the Council Resolution of 29 April 2004
on security at European Council meetings and other compar-
able events (2).

(1) OJ L 147, 5.6.1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 116, 30.4.2004, p. 18.

Amendment 3

Recital 4

In the light of that trend, and following on from earlier
it is necessary to step up international police

(4)
initiatives (3),
cooperation in this area.

(3) Council Resolution of 29 April 2004 on security at European
Council meetings and other comparable events (OJ C 116,
30.4.2004, p. 18).

(4)
In the light of that trend, and following on from earlier
initiatives, it is necessary to step up international police coop-
in accordance with the principles of
eration in this area,
proportionality and subsidiarity and in compliance with
European rules on the protection of privacy.

Amendment 4

Recital 5

The possibilities afforded by the Schengen acquis are

(5)
insufficient to ensure effective cross border assistance,

deleted

Amendment 5

Article 3, paragraph 1

1.

In the last quarter of each calendar year the Presidency of
the Council shall present an overview of the international
assistance expected to be required in the following calendar
year.

1.

In the last quarter of each calendar year the Presidency of
the Council shall present an overview of the international
assistance expected to be required in the following calendar
year. If, following the expiry of that period, a Member
State requests assistance in connection with an unantici-
pated event, the Presidency shall
immediately add that
event to the overview and notify the Council thereof in
confidence.

Amendment 6

Article 3, paragraph 4 a (new)

This mechanism shall be complementary to the one

4a.
established in Joint Action 97/339/JHA.

Amendment 7

Article 4, paragraph 5

The Presidency shall send the review referred to in para-

5.
graph 1 to the Council for confidential perusal.

deleted

13.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 303 E/157

TEXT PROPOSED BY
THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Wednesday, 5 July 2006

Amendment 8

Article 5

The General Secretariat of

shall assist
1.
the Member States by researching existing agreements on
cross-border assistance.

the Council

The General Secretariat of

shall assist
1.
the Member States by researching existing agreements on
cross-border assistance.

the Council

2. Member States shall forward the texts of such agreements
to the General Secretariat of the Council no later than six
months after the entry into force of this Decision.

2. Member States shall forward the texts of existing agree-
ments and of new initiatives or those in the process of being
developed to the General Secretariat of the Council.

3. Within one year at the latest, the Council shall discuss,
on the basis of the results of the research referred to in the
first paragraph, whether the main difficulties observed can be
resolved by adapting the relevant European legislation, and in
particular the Schengen Convention.

3. On the basis of the information obtained, the Council
shall discuss
difficulties observed
and whether it is necessary to adapt the relevant European
legislation.

the bottlenecks

and

P6_TA(2006)0298

Technical requirements for inland waterway vessels ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive
of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland
waterway vessels and repealing Council Directive 82/714/EEC (13274/1/2005 — C6-0091/2006 —
1997/0335(COD))

(Codecision procedure: Second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (13274/1/2005 — C6-0091/2006),

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

Council (COM(1997)0644) (2),

— having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2000)0419) (3),

— 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

(A6-0208/2006);

1. Approves the common position as amended;

2.

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

(1) OJ C 341, 9.11.1998, p. 34 and OJ C 54, 25.2.2000, p. 79.
(2) OJ C 105, 6.4.1998, p. 1.
(3) Not yet published in OJ.