European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative by the Republic of Austria with a view to the adoption of a Council Act amending Europol's Staff Regulations (5428/2006 - C6-0073/2006 - 2006/0804(CNS))
Date: 2006-10-12
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Europol, parliamentary scrutiny, personnel administration, staff regulations (EU)

16.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 308 E/91

Thursday 12 October 2006

— having regard to its position of 7 July 2005 on the initiative by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with
a view to adopting a Council decision adjusting the basic salaries and allowances applicable to Europol
staff (1),

— 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

(A6-0278/2006)

A. whereas Parliament has not been consulted on, or informed of, any of the operational and organisa-
tional measures concerning Europol or Europol's current activities and future programmes in response
to the needs of the EU and the Member States; whereas this lack of information makes it impossible for
Parliament to assess the relevance and adequacy of the proposed decision; whereas the conversion of
Europol into an EU agency is urgently necessary in order to improve transparency and supervision and
by blocking progress in this regard, the Council is failing to shoulder its responsibilities,

1.

2.

Rejects the initiative by the Republic of Austria;

Calls on the Republic of Austria to withdraw its initiative;

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

3.
the Republic of Austria.

(1) OJ C 157 E, 6.7.2006, p. 450.

P6_TA(2006)0410

Europol's Staff Regulations *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative by the Republic of Austria with a view
to the adoption of a Council Act amending Europol's Staff Regulations (5428/2006 — C6-0073/2006
— 2006/0804(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the initiative by the Republic of Austria (5428/2006) (1),

— having regard to Article 44 of the Council Act of 3 December 1998 laying down the staff regulations

applicable to Europol employees (hereinafter referred to as the ‘staff regulations’),

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

(C6-0073/2006),

— having regard to the Commission Communication to the European Parliament and the Council —

Democratic Control over Europol (COM(2002)0095),

— having regard to its recommendation to the Council of 30 May 2002 on the future development of
Europol and its automatic incorporation into the institutional system of the European Union (2),

— having regard to its recommendation to the Council of 10 April 2003 on the future development of

Europol (3),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.
(2) OJ C 187 E, 7.8.2003, p. 144.
(3) OJ C 64 E, 12.3.2004, p. 588.

C 308 E/92

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

16.12.2006

Thursday 12 October 2006

— having regard to its position of 7 July 2005 on the initiative by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with
a view to adopting a Council decision adjusting the basic salaries and allowances applicable to Europol
staff (1),

— 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

(A6-0279/2006),

A. whereas Parliament has not been consulted on, or informed of, any of the operational and organisa-
tional measures concerning Europol or Europol's current activities and future programmes in response
to the needs of the EU and the Member States; whereas this lack of information makes it impossible for
Parliament to assess the relevance and adequacy of the proposed decision; whereas the conversion of
Europol into an EU agency is urgently necessary in order to improve transparency and supervision and
by blocking progress in this regard, the Council is failing to shoulder its responsibilities;

1.

2.

Rejects the initiative by the Republic of Austria;

Calls on the Republic of Austria to withdraw its initiative;

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

3.
the Republic of Austria.

(1) OJ C 157 E, 6.7.2006, p. 450.

P6_TA(2006)0411

Statistical classification of economic activities — NACE Rev. 2 ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European
Parliament and of the Council establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE
Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations
on specific statistical domains (COM(2006)0039 — C6-0041/2006 — 2006/0011(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2006)0039) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 285(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0041/2006),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0247/2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.