European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - Progress (6282/3/2006 - C6-0272/2006 - 2004/0158(COD))
Date: 2006-09-27
Institutions: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, anti-discriminatory measure, employment policy, gender equality, social security, working conditions

15.12.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 306 E/275

— having regard to Draft amending budget No 4/2006, which the Council established on 17 July 2006

(11298/2006 — C6-0247/2006),

Wednesday 27 September 2006

— having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0284/2006),

A. whereas Draft amending budget No 4/2006 relates to the revenue side of the budget and comprises a
number of elements affecting the level of contributions from Member States to the Community's own
resources,

B. whereas these elements relate to the annual revision of the forecasts for traditional own resources, VAT
bases, GNI bases and a technical re-calculation of the contributions necessary to finance the UK rebate
repayment as well as to the surplus from the Guarantee Fund for external measures from 2005,

C. whereas the Brussels European Council of December 2005 invited the Commission to undertake a full
and wide-ranging review of all areas of EU expenditure and revenue, including the British rebate, with a
view to presenting a report, accompanied by appropriate proposals, in 2008/2009,

D. whereas in undertaking this review and in drawing up its proposals, the Commission shall take into
account the work and recommendations of the European Parliament, in accordance with the terms of
Declaration No 3 annexed to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline
and sound financial management (1),

E. whereas Parliament has entered into a dialogue with the national parliaments with the aim of jointly
contributing to this planned comprehensive review of the own resources system in full respect of its
established rights,

1.

2.

Approves Draft amending budget No 4/2006 unamended;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

P6_TA(2006)0378

Progress ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a decision
of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Programme for Employ-
ment and Social Solidarity — Progress (6282/3/2006 — C6-0272/2006 — 2004/0158(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (6282/3/2006 — C6-0272/2006),

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

Council (COM(2004)0488) (2),

— having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2005)0536) (2),

(1) OJ C 193 E, 17.8.2006, p. 99.
(2) Not yet published in OJ.

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15.12.2006

Wednesday 27 September 2006

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

— having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Employment and Social

Affairs (A6-0300/2006),

Approves the common position;

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

1.

2.

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

3.
the EC Treaty;

4.
Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have
been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in
the Official Journal of the European Union;

5.

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

P6_TA(2006)0379

Strategic guidelines on cohesion ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on Community
strategic guidelines on cohesion (11807/2006 — C6-0266/2006 — 2006/0131(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (11807/2006),

— having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 161 of the EC

Treaty (C6-0266/2006),

— having regard to its resolution of 18 May 2006 on preparing for the assent procedure for the Commu-
nity's strategic guidelines for the period 2007-2013 (Cohesion Policy in Support of Growth and
Jobs) (1), which occasioned an early dialogue between the European Commission and the European
Parliament which should be repeated prior to the mid-term review of the Community strategic guide-
lines provided for by Article 26 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying
down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and
the Cohesion Fund (2),

— having regard to Rule 75(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0281/2006),

1.

2.

Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council decision;

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

(1) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0216.
(2) OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.