European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the First Instalment of the Third Community Contribution to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the Chernobyl Shelter Fund (COM(2006)0305 - C6-0251/2006 - 2006/0102(CNS))
Date: 2006-11-14
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: EBRD, EU aid, Ukraine, nuclear accident, nuclear safety, sensitive area

21.12.2006

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Tuesday 14 November 2006

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Exemptions under Articles 9 or 10 shall not apply in the case of
travellers under 17 years of age.

Exemptions under Articles 9 or 10 shall not apply in the case of
travellers under the age of eighteen.

Amendment 7
Article 11

Amendment 8
Article 12

Member States shall exempt from VAT and excise duty, in the
case of any one means of motor transport, the fuel contained
in the tank and a quantity of fuel not exceeding 10 litres con-
tained in a portable container, without prejudice to national
provisions governing possession and transport of fuel.

Member States shall exempt from VAT and excise duty a quan-
tity of fuel not exceeding 10 litres contained in a portable con-
tainer, transported in a motor vehicle without prejudice to
national provisions governing possession and transport of fuel.
Member States shall, however, have the right to monitor the
rate of and take measures necessary to counteract petrol tour-
ism for the purposes of tax avoidance in their border regions.

(a) persons resident in the frontier zone;

deleted

Amendment 9
Article 14, paragraph 1, point (a)

Amendment 10
Article 16, paragraph 3a (new)

3a.
The monetary thresholds indicated in Article 8(1) and
(2) shall be revised at least every five years, by no less than
the harmonised index of consumer prices or the official data
from Eurostat on the average inflation rate of the Member
States, whichever the higher, unless the Council unanimously
decides otherwise.

P6_TA(2006)0476

Third Community Contribution for the Chernobyl Shelter Fund *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the First Instal-
ment of the Third Community Contribution to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Devel-
opment for the Chernobyl Shelter Fund (COM(2006)0305 — C6-0251/2006 — 2006/0102(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2006)0305) (1),

— having regard to Article 203 of the Euratom Treaty,

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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— having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0251/2006),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0374/2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty

2.
and Article 119, second paragraph, of the Euratom Treaty;

3.

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

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if

4.
substantially;

it intends to amend the Commission proposal

5.

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

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Article 1, paragraph 2

The appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary auth-
ority within the limits of the financial perspective.

The appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary auth-
ority within the limits of the financial perspective. The contri-
bution shall be financed against available annual budgetary
appropriations.

Amendment 2
Article 2, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2

The Commission shall forward all relevant information to the
Court of Auditors and shall request from the EBRD any supple-
mentary information that the Court of Auditors may wish to
receive, as regards the aspects of the operation of the Chernobyl
Shelter Fund that relate to the Community's contribution.

The Commission shall forward all relevant information to the
budgetary authority and the Court of Auditors and shall pro-
vide any supplementary information that they may wish to
receive, as regards the aspects of the operation of the Chernobyl
Shelter Fund that relate to the Community's contribution.

P6_TA(2006)0477

United Nations Convention against corruption *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion,
on behalf of the European Community, of the United Nations Convention against Corruption
(COM(2006)0082 — C6-0105/2006 — 2006/0023(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2006)0082) (1),

— having regard to the UN Convention against Corruption of 31 October 2003,

(1) Not yet published in OJ.