#Thursday, 19 January 2006
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: parliamentary debate

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MINUTES

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS

Vice-President

1. Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 9.30.

2. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from the Council and Commission:

— Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on type approval of
motor vehicles with respect to emissions and on access to vehicle repair information, amending
Directive 72/306/EEC and Directive …/…/EC (COM(2005)0683 — C6-0007/2006 —
2005/0282(COD))

referred to responsible ENVI

opinion

ITRE, IMCO, TRAN

— Proposal

the European Parliament
(COM(2005)0667 — C6-0009/2006 — 2005/0281(COD))

a directive of

for

and of

the Council on waste

referred to responsible ENVI

opinion

ITRE

— Proposal for a Council regulation repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3181/78 and Council
area of Monetary Policy (COM(2005)0611 —

Regulation (EEC) No 1736/79 in the
C6-0010/2006 — 2005/0233(CNS))

referred to responsible ECON

opinion

JURI

— Proposal for a Council regulation applying certain rules of competition to production of and trade
(COM(2005)0613 — C6-0019/2006 —
version)

agricultural

products

(codified

in
2005/0231(CNS))

referred to responsible JURI

— Proposal for a Council framework decision on the protection of personal data processed in the
(COM(2005)0475 —

framework of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters
C6-0436/2005 — 2005/0202(CNS))

referred to responsible LIBE

2)

from other bodies

— European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training — Final accounts for the financial

year 2004 (N6-0001/2005 — C6-0158/2005 — 2005/2106(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

EMPL

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— European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions — Final accounts

for the financial year 2004 (N6-0002/2005 — C6-0159/2005 — 2005/2107(DEC))

Thursday, 19 January 2006

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

EMPL

— European Agency for Reconstruction — Finals accounts
(N6-0003/2005 — C6-0160/2005 — 2005/2108(DEC))

for

the

financial year 2004

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

AFET

— European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia — Final accounts for the financial year

2004 (N6-0004/2005 — C6-0161/2005 — 2005/2109(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

LIBE

— European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction — Final accounts for the financial

year 2004 (N6-0005/2005 — C6-0162/2005 — 2005/2110(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

LIBE

— European Environment Agency — Final accounts for the financial year 2004 (N6-0006/2005 —

C6-0163/2005 — 2005/2111(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

ENVI

— European Agency for Safety and Health at Work — Final accounts for the financial year 2004

(N6-0007/2005 — C6-0164/2005 — 2005/2112(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

EMPL

— Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union — Final accounts for the financial year

2004 (N6-0008/2005 — C6-0165/2005 — 2005/2113(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

— European Medicines Agency — Final accounts for the financial year 2004 (N6-0009/2005 —

C6-0166/2005 — 2005/2114(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

ENVI

— Eurojust — Final accounts for the financial year 2004 (N6-0010/2005 — C6-0167/2005 —

2005/2115(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

LIBE

— European Training Foundation — Final accounts for the financial year 2004 (N6-0011/2005 —

C6-0168/2005 — 2005/2116(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

EMPL

— European Maritime

Safety Agency — Final

accounts

for

the

financial

year 2004

(N6-0012/2005 — C6-0169/2005 — 2005/2117(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

TRAN

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— European Aviation Safety Agency — Final

accounts

for

the

financial

year 2004

(N6-0013/2005 — C6-0170/2005 — 2005/2118(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

TRAN

— European Food Safety Authority — Final accounts for the financial year 2004 (N6-0014/2005 —

C6-0171/2005 — 2005/2119(DEC))

referred to responsible CONT

opinion

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3)

from Members

3.1) motions for resolutions (Rule 113)

— Vanhecke Frank, Claeys Philip, Dillen Koenraad — Motion for a resolution on the concordat

between the Slovak Republic and the Vatican (B6-0052/2006)

referred to responsible LIBE

opinion

JURI

— Vanhecke Frank, Claeys Philip, Dillen Koenraad — Motion for a resolution on the attitude of the

Arab League and Islamic Conference towards Denmark (B6-0053/2006)

referred to responsible AFET

opinion

LIBE

3. Situation in the Middle East (debate)

Commission statement: Situation in the Middle East

Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Edward McMillan-Scott, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Pasqualina Napoletano, on
behalf of the PSE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group, David Hammerstein Mintz, on behalf
of the Verts/ALE Group, Adamos Adamou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of
the IND/DEM Group, Luca Romagnoli, Non-attached Member, Jana Hybášková, Michel Rocard, Margrete
Auken, Andreas Mölzer, Edward McMillan-Scott in response to Michel Rocard's remarks, Ioannis Kasou-
lides, Panagiotis Beglitis, Proinsias De Rossa and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

The debate closed.

4. Equitable Life Committee of Inquiry — Temporary Committee on extraor-

dinary rendition (deadline for tabling amendments)

The Conference of Presidents had approved and forwarded to Members the proposal on the membership
of the Committee of Inquiry into the collapse of the Equitable Life Assurance Society and the Temporary
Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of
prisoners (see Annex).

Deadline for tabling amendments: 10.30.

Vote: Minutes of 19.01.2006, Item 8.1 and Minutes of 19.01.2006, Item 8.2

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5. The future of the Lisbon strategy from a gender perspective (debate)

Report on the future of the Lisbon strategy from a gender perspective [2004/2219(INI)] — Committee on
Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
Rapporteur: Edite Estrela (A6-0402/2005)

Thursday, 19 January 2006

Edite Estrela introduced the report.

Louis Michel (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Lissy Gröner, on behalf of the PSE
Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bairbre de Brún, on behalf of the GUE/
NGL Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Lydia Schenardi, Non-attached Member,
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou and Bernadette Vergnaud.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Hiltrud Breyer, Ilda Figueiredo, Gerard Batten, Irena Belohorská, Anna Záborská, Zita
Gurmai, Athanasios Pafilis, Zita Pleštinská, Britta Thomsen, Christa Klaß, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oeden-
berg, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Teresa Riera Madurell, Ljudmila Novak and Louis Michel.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.01.2006, Item 8.11.

6. Disability and development (debate)

Oral question (O-0080/2005) by John Bowis, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission:
Disability and development (B6-0345/2005)

John Bowis moved the oral question.

Louis Michel (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Maria Martens, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, on
behalf of the PSE Group, Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of
the IND/DEM Group.

The debate was suspended at that point for voting time.

It would resume that afternoon (Minutes of 19.01.2006, Item 16).

IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS

Vice-President

7. Communication of Council common positions

The President announced, pursuant to Rule 57(1), that the following common positions had been received
from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to their adoption, and the Commission's posi-
tion on:

— Common position adopted by the Council on 1 December 2005 with a view to the adoption of a deci-
sion of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down guidelines for trans European energy
networks and repealing Decision 96/391/EC and Decision No 1229/2003/EC (10720/1/2005 —
13336/2005 — COM(2005)0716 — C6-0016/2006 — 2003/0297(COD))

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— Common Position adopted by the Council on 8 December 2005 with a view to the adoption of a regu-
lation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of
(09857/3/2005 — 14793/2005 — COM(2006)0001 —
certain
C6-0017/2006 — 2003/0262(COD))

substances

foods

other

to

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— Common position adopted by the Council on 8 December 2005 with a view to the adoption of a regu-
lation of the European Parliament and of the Council on nutrition and health claims made on foods
(09858/3/2005 — 14795/2005 — COM(2006)0002 — C6-0018/2006 — 2003/0165(COD))

referred to responsible: ENVI

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following
day, 20.01.2006.

8. Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex to the
Minutes.

8.1. Equitable Life Committee of Inquiry (appointment of members)

Proposal by the Conference of Presidents on the appointment of members to the Committee of Inquiry
into the collapse of the Equitable Life Assurance Society

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 1)

PROPOSAL BY THE CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS
Adopted (see Conference of Presidents' proposal published (unchanged) as an annex to the Minutes of 19.01.2006)

8.2. Temporary Committee on extraordinary rendition (appointment of members)

Proposal by the Conference of Presidents on the appointment of members to the Temporary Committee
on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 2)

PROPOSAL BY THE CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS
Adopted (see Conference of Presidents' proposal published (unchanged) as an annex to the Minutes of 19.01.2006)

8.3. Standards of conduct of Members (Amendment of the Rules of Procedure) (Rule

131) (vote)

Report on the amendments to be made to the European Parliament's Rules of Procedure relating to stan-
dards of good conduct for Members of the European Parliament [2005/2075(REG)] — Committee on
Constitutional Affairs.
Rapporteur: Gérard Onesta (A6-0413/2005)

Qualified majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 3)

TEXT OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0021)

The new provisions would enter into force on the first day of the next part-session.

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8.4. Implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises (Rule 131)

(vote)

Report on implementing the European Charter for Small Enterprises [2005/2123(INI)] — Committee on
Industry, Research and Energy.
Rapporteur: Dominique Vlasto (A6-0405/2005)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 4)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0022)

8.5. Common organisation of the market in sugar * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar
sector [COM(2005)0263 — C6-0243/2005 — 2005/0118(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and
Rural Development.
Rapporteur: Jean-Claude Fruteau (A6-0391/2005)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 5)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0023)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0023)

8.6. Support schemes for farmers (sugar) * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing
common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain
support schemes for farmers [COM(2005)0263 — C6-0244/2005 — 2005/0119(CNS)] — Committee
on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Rapporteur: Jean-Claude Fruteau (A6-0392/2005)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 6)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0024)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0024)

8.7. Restructuring the sugar industry * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of
the sugar industry in the European Community and amending Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 on the
financing of the common agricultural policy [COM(2005)0263 — C6-0245/2005 — 2005/0120(CNS)]
— Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Rapporteur: Jean-Claude Fruteau (A6-0393/2005)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 7)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0025)

The following spoke: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who
asked that the Commission give its position on the amendments that had been adopted (in particular
amendments 10, 11 and 14), and Louis Michel (Member of the Commission), who outlined the Commis-
sion's position.

Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf requested that the report be referred back to committee under
Rule 53, and asked for a roll-call vote on his request.

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The following spoke on the request: Lutz Goepel, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Jean-Claude Fruteau
(rapporteur).

Parliament rejected the request by roll-call vote (176 in favour, 386 against, 13 abstentions).

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0025)

The following spoke on the vote:

— Christopher Beazley, on the conduct of the vote, and Derek Roland Clark, on Mr Beazley's remarks.

8.8. Chechnya after the elections and civil society in Russia (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0028/2006, B6-0029/2006, B6-0032/2006, B6-0037/2006, B6-0041/2006 and
B6-0044/2006

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 8)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0028/2006
(replacing
B6-0044/2006):

B6-0028/2006,

B6-0029/2006,

B6-0032/2006,

B6-0037/2006,

B6-0041/2006

and

tabled by the following Members:

Charles Tannock, Bogdan Klich and Ari Vatanen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Janusz Onyszkiewicz, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Hélène Flautre and Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0026)

8.9. The period of reflection: structure, subjects and context for an assessment

of the debate on the EU (vote)

Report on the period of reflection: the structure, subjects and context for an assessment of the debate on
the European Union [2005/2146(INI)] — Committee on Constitutional Affairs.
Co-rapporteurs: Johannes Voggenhuber and Andrew Duff (A6-0414/2005)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0027)

The following spoke on the vote:

— Patrick Louis, who pointed out that the French version of amendment 1 was the authentic text, and

Johannes Voggenhuber, co-rapporteur, on Mr Louis' remarks.

— Jo Leinen, Chairman of the AFCO Committee, pointed out that he would be submitting some correc-

tions to be made to the German version of the text.

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8.10. European Neighbourhood Policy (vote)

Report on the European Neighbourhood Policy [2004/2166(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Rapporteur: Charles Tannock (A6-0399/2005)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0028)

The following spoke on the vote:

— Charles Tannock (rapporteur), who moved oral amendments to amendment 38, amendment 4 and
paragraph 58 (all three were incorporated) and pointed out that the PPE-DE Group did not accept the
ALDE Group's proposal to insert paragraph 33 after the ‘Maghreb’ sub-heading;

— Cem Özdemir, on the voting procedure;

— Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, who moved an oral amendment to amendment 50

that was not incorporated as more than 37 Members objected.

8.11. The future of the Lisbon strategy from a gender perspective (vote)

Report on the future of the Lisbon strategy from a gender perspective [2004/2219(INI)] — Committee on
Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
Rapporteur: Edite Estrela (A6-0402/2005)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 11)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0029)

9. Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the verbatim report of proceedings
for the sitting.

Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Gérard Onesta — A6-0413/2005

— Bruno Gollnisch, Christopher Heaton-Harris

Report: Jean-Claude Fruteau — A6-0391/2005, Report: Jean-Claude Fruteau — A6-0392/2005, Report:
Jean-Claude Fruteau — A6-0393/2005

— Anja Weisgerber, Avril Doyle

Report: Johannes Voggenhuber and Andrew Duff — A6-0414/2005

— Frank Vanhecke, Christopher Heaton-Harris, Gérard Onesta, Camiel Eurlings, Philip Claeys

Report: Charles Tannock — A6-0399/2005

— Christopher Heaton-Harris, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, Gyula Hegyi

Report: Edite Estrela — A6-0402/2005

— Frank Vanhecke

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10. Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes appear on the ‘Séance en direct’ website under ‘Votes’/‘Results of votes’/‘Roll-call votes’.
They are published in hard copy in the ‘Result of roll-call votes’ annex.

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of
the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes will be finalised so that it can be
translated and published in the Official Journal.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS

Vice-President

(The sitting was suspended at 13.35 and resumed at 15.00.)

11. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

12. Agenda for next part-session

The President announced that, at its meeting of 19.01.2006, the Conference of Presidents had decided to
propose the following change to the agenda of the sitting of Wednesday 01.02.2006:

The title of the Council statement on the ‘Council decision not to publish the report on Israeli policy in
East-Jerusalem sent to it by European diplomats stationed there’ (Item 75 on the agenda) would be changed
to: ‘Results of the elections in Palestine and situation in the Middle East, and the Council's decision not to
publish the report on East Jerusalem’.

The following changes had been made to tabling deadlines:

— motions for resolution: Monday 30.01.2006, 17.00

— amendments and joint motions for resolutions: Tuesday 31.01.2006, 17.00

The agenda was thus amended.

13. Membership of Parliament

Ursula Stenzel had given notice in writing of her resignation as Member of Parliament, with effect from
01.02.2006.

Under Rule 4(1) and (7), Parliament established the vacancy and informed the Member State concerned
thereof.

14. Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka and
Roland Gewalt.

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15. Membership of committees and delegations

At the request of the PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

ITRE Committee:

Erna Hennicot-Schoepges to replace Ivo Belet

IMCO Committee:

Charlotte Cederschiöld

CULT Committee:

Ivo Belet to replace Erna Hennicot-Schoepges

Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly:

Jürgen Schröder to replace Andreas Schwab

16. Disability and development (continuation of debate)

The following spoke: Filip Kaczmarek, Marios Matsakis and Louis Michel (Member of the Commission).

Motions for resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 108(5):

— John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on disability and development (B6-0031/2006);

— Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, on behalf of

the PSE Group, on disability and development

(B6-0035/2006);

— Margrete Auken and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on disability and development

(B6-0036/2006);

— Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on disability and development (B6-0038/2006);

— Luisa Morgantini and Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on disability and develop-

ment (B6-0045/2006);

— Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis and Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, on Disability and Development

(B6-0046/2006).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.01.2006, Item 18.4.

17. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

(debate)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolutions, see Minutes of 17.01.2006, Item 4)

17.1. Extradition to Peru and trial of former President Alberto Fujimori

Motions for resolution B6-0055/2006, B6-0059/2006, B6-0062/2006, B6-0066/2006 and B6-0070/2006

Marios Matsakis, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Erik Meijer and Raül
Romeva i Rueda introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Karin Scheele, on behalf of the PSE
Group, and Louis Michel (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.01.2006, Item 18.1

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17.2. Egypt: Violence against Sudanese refugees

Motions for resolution B6-0056/2006, B6-0061/2006, B6-0063/2006, B6-0065/2006, B6-0068/2006 and
B6-0070/2006

Karin Scheele, Marios Matsakis, Simon Coveney, Jaromír Kohlíček and Hélène Flautre introduced motions
for resolutions.

The following spoke: Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, on behalf of the PSE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of
the Verts/ALE Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Louis Michel (Member of the
Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.01.2006, Item 18.2

17.3. Cambodia: political repression

Motions for resolution B6-0057/2006, B6-0058/2006, B6-0060/2006, B6-0064/2006, B6-0067/2006 and
B4-0071/2006

Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Jules Maaten, Bernd Posselt, Erik Meijer and Alyn Smith introduced
motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Ari Vatanen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, on behalf
of the PSE Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached
Member, and Louis Michel (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.01.2006, Item 18.3

18. Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex to the
Minutes.

18.1. Extradition to Peru and trial of former President Alberto Fujimori (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0055/2006, B6-0059/2006, B6-0062/2006, B6-0066/2006 and B6-0070/2006

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0055/2006
(replacing B6-0055/2006, B6-0059/2006, B6-0062/2006, B6-0066/2006 and B6-0070/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Charles Tannock and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Pasqualina Napoletano and Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Danutė Budreikaitė and Arūnas Degutis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Alain Lipietz, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Monica Frassoni, Eva Lichtenberger and Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu
Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
André Brie and Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0030)

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18.2. Egypt: Violence against Sudanese refugees (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0056/2006, B6-0061/2006, B6-0063/2006, B6-0065/2006, B6-0068/2006 and
B6-0069/2006

Thursday, 19 January 2006

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 13)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0056/2006
(replacing
B6-0069/2006):

B6-0056/2006,

B6-0061/2006,

B6-0063/2006,

B6-0065/2006,

B6-0068/2006

and

tabled by the following Members:

Simon Coveney, Edward McMillan-Scott and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Pasqualina Napoletano, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco and Carlos Carnero González, on behalf of the
PSE Group,
Emma Bonino and Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Hélène Flautre and Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Luisa Morgantini, Jonas Sjöstedt and Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0031)

The following spoke on the vote:

— Karin Scheele, who moved an oral amendment to recital F, which was incorporated.

18.3. Cambodia: political repression (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0057/2006, B6-0058/2006, B6-0060/2006, B6-0064/2006, B6-0067/2006 and
B6-0071/2006

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 14)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0057/2006
(replacing
B6-0071/2006):

B6-0057/2006,

B6-0058/2006,

B6-0060/2006,

B6-0064/2006,

B6-0067/2006

and

tabled by the following Members:

Bernd Posselt and Simon Coveney, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Pasqualina Napoletano and Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Graham Watson, Jules Maaten, Emma Bonino, Marco Pannella, Frédérique Ries and Johan Van Hecke, on
behalf of the ALDE Group,
Frithjof Schmidt, Alyn Smith, Hélène Flautre and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Esko Seppänen and Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Gintaras Didžiokas and Marcin Libicki, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0032)

The following spoke on the vote:

— Jules Maaten, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 3, which was incorporated;

— Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 8, and
Marios Matsakis, who suggested a change of wording to the oral amendment, to which Charles
Tannock agreed (the oral amendment was incorporated).

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18.4. Disability and development (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0031/2006, B6-0035/2006, B6-0036/2006, B6-0038/2006, B6-0045/2006 and
B6-0046/2006

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 15)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0031/2006
(replacing
B6-0046/2006):

B6-0031/2006,

B6-0035/2006,

B6-0036/2006,

B6-0038/2006,

B6-0045/2006

and

tabled by the following Members:

John Bowis and Maria Martens, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Frithjof Schmidt and Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Gabriele Zimmer, Luisa Morgantini and Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis and Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0033)

19. Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the verbatim report of proceedings
for the sitting.

20. Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes appear on the ‘Séance en direct’ website under ‘Votes’/‘Results of votes’/‘Roll-call votes’.
They are published in hard copy in the ‘Result of roll-call votes’ annex.

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of
the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes will be finalised so that it can be
translated and published in the Official Journal.

21. Decisions concerning certain documents

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 39)

EMPL Committee:

— Protection of health workers against blood-transmitted infections caused by wounds from syringes

(2006/2015(INI))

(opinion: ENVI)

JURI Committee:

— The European private company statute (2006/2013(INI))

(opinion: EMPL)

— The limitation periods in cross-border disputes involving injuries and fatal accidents (2006/2014(INI))

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Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 45)

CONT Committee:

— Court of Auditors Special Report No 5/2005 on interpretation expenditure incurred by the Parliament,

the Commission and the Council (2006/2001(INI))

Thursday, 19 January 2006

EMPL Committee:

— Creation of a European Qualifications Framework (2006/2002(INI))

(opinion: IMCO, CULT)

ITRE Committee:

— Implementing the Community Lisbon Programme: more research and Innovation — investing for

growth and employment (2006/2005(INI))

(opinion: ECON, EMPL, IMCO, REGI, CULT)

— A policy framework to strengthen EU manufacturing — towards a more integrated approach for indus-

trial policy (2006/2003(INI))

(opinion: ECON, EMPL, ENVI, IMCO, JURI)

— Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: an action plan for Europe 2005-2009 (2006/2004(INI))

(opinion: ENVI, IMCO, JURI)

JURI Committee:

— A strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment (2006/2006(INI))

(opinion: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, CONT, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI,
PECH, CULT, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI)

— Commission Recommendation of 18 May 2005 on collective cross-border management of copyright

and related rights for legitimate online music services (2005/737/EC) (2006/2008(INI))

(opinion: CULT)

— The implications of the Court's judgment of 13 September 2005 (Case C-176/03 — Commission v

Council) (2006/2007(INI))

(opinion: CONT, ENVI, TRAN, LIBE)

FEMM Committee:

— The role and prospects of women in international

trade organisations and international policy

(2006/2009(INI))

— Women's immigration: the role and place of immigrant women in the EU (2006/2010(INI))

— Women with low skill levels — a new policy (2006/2011(INI))

(opinion: EMPL)

PETI Committee:

— Environmental protection from radiation following the crash of a military aircraft in Greenland (Petition

No 720/2002) (2006/2012(INI))

Referral to committees

FEMM Committee:

— A European social model for the future (2005/2248(INI))

responsible: EMPL

(opinion: ITRE, FEMM)

— Improvement

portability
C6-0331/2005 — 2005/0214(COD))

the

of

referred to responsible: EMPL

opinion: ECON, IMCO, FEMM

of

supplementary

pension

rights

(COM(2005)0507 —

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— Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2005 and the EU's policy on the matter

(2005/2203(INI))

responsible: AFET

(opinion: FEMM)

DEVE Committee:

— A stronger partnership between the European Union and Latin America (2005/2241(INI))

responsible: AFET

(opinion: DEVE, INTA)

AFET Committee:

— The situation of women in armed conflicts and their role in the reconstruction and the democratic

process in countries after a conflict (2005/2215(INI))

responsible: FEMM

(opinion: AFET)

Enhanced cooperation between committees

EMPL Committee:

— Creation of a European Qualifications Framework (2006/2002(INI))

(opinion: IMCO)

Enhanced cooperation between committees: EMPL, CULT

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 12.01.2006)

CULT Committee:

— Proposal for a Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on transnational mobi-
lity within the Community for education and training purposes: European Quality Charter for Mobility
(COM(2005)0450 — C6-0291/2005 — 2005/0179(COD))

Enhanced cooperation between committees: CULT, EMPL

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 12.01.2006)

JURI Committee:

— The implications of the Court's judgment of 13 September 2005 (Case C-176/03 — Commission v

Council) (2006/2007(INI))

(opinion: CONT, ENVI, TRAN)

Enhanced cooperation between committees: JURI, LIBE

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 12.01.2006)

— A strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment (2006/2006(INI))

(opinion: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, CONT, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI,
PECH, CULT, LIBE, FEMM, PETI)

Enhanced cooperation between committees: JURI, AFCO

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 12.01.2006)

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22. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)

Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations in the register (Rule 116(3)):

Author

Signatures

Document

59/2005

60/2005

61/2005

Daniel Strož, Miloslav Ransdorf and Jaromír Kohlíček

Marie-Line Reynaud and Marie-Noëlle Lienemann

Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Ilda Figueiredo, Bronisław Geremek, Jean Lambert and
Martine Roure

62/2005

Elizabeth Lynne, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco and Anna Záborská

63/2005

Terence Wynn, Catherine Stihler, Neil Parish, Paulo Casaca and Elspeth Attwooll

64/2005

65/2005

66/2005

67/2005

68/2005

69/2005

70/2005

71/2005

72/2005

73/2005

74/2005

75/2005

76/2005

77/2005

78/2005

79/2005

80/2005

81/2005

82/2005

83/2005

1/2006

2/2006

3/2006

4/2006

Sylwester Chruszcz and Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski

Bruno Gollnisch

Philip Claeys, Frank Vanhecke, Koenraad Dillen and Carl Lang

Bruno Gollnisch, Andreas Mölzer and Luca Romagnoli

Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, José Ribeiro e Castro, Kathy Sinnott, Nathalie
Griesbeck and Konrad Szymański

Emine Bozkurt, Claude Moraes, Christopher Heaton-Harris, Cem Özdemir and
Alexander Alvaro

Roberta Angelilli, Cristiana Muscardini, Romano Maria La Russa, Alessandro
Foglietta and Sergio Berlato

Nathalie Griesbeckk

Monika Beňová, Miloš Koterec and Vladimír Maňka

Raül Romeva i Rueda and Gérard Onesta

Michael Cashman, Emine Bozkurt and Thijs Berman

Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Philippe Busquin, Joseph Daul, Mario Mauro and
Bogusław Sonik

Alyn Smith

Alfredo Antoniozzi, Mario Mantovani, Marie-Line Reynaud and Jan Jerzy
Kułakowski

Daniel Strož

Katalin Lévai, Martine Roure, Anne Van Lancker, Eva-Britt Svensson and Lissy
Gröner

Mario Borghezio

Luca Romagnoli, Carlo Fatuzzo and Marco Pannella

Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Feleknas Uca and Panagiotis Beglitis

Yannick Vaugrenard, Harlem Désir, Kader Arif, Françoise Castex and Jean Louis
Cottigny

John Bowis, Georgs Andrejevs, Dorette Corbey and Karin Scheele

Vittorio Agnoletto, Giovanni Berlinguer, Patrizia Toia, Pier Antonio Panzeri and
Pia Elda Locatelli

Andreas Mölzer

Andreas Mölzer

19

72

210

265

61

58

7

12

5

102

239

32

55

59

42

74

75

19

115

8

56

2

17

38

28

125

31

9

5

23. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Pursuant to Rule 172(2), the Minutes of that day's sitting would be submitted to Parliament for its approval
at the beginning of the next sitting.

With Parliament's agreement, the texts that had been adopted would be forwarded forthwith to the bodies
named therein.

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24. Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held on 01.02.2006 and 02.02.2006.

25. Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 16.25.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Josep Borrell Fontelles

President

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The following signed:

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

Adamou, Agnoletto, Albertini, Allister, Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Arif, Arnaoutakis,
Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badia I
Cutchet, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet,
Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Berman, Bielan, Birutis,
Blokland, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bono, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles,
Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Budreikaitė, Buitenweg,
Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busquin, Busuttil, Buzek, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre,
Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, Castiglione, del
Castillo Vera, Catania, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen,
Chruszcz, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Costa, Cottigny,
Coveney, Cramer, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, D'Alema, Daul, Davies, de
Brún, Dehaene, Demetriou, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits,
Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Di Pietro,
Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Duquesne,
Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jill Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage,
Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo,
Fjellner, Flasarová, Flautre, Florenz, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni,
Freitas, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gaubert,
Gauzès, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis,
Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Goudin, Grabowska, Grabowski,
Graça Moura, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote,
Grossetête, Gruber, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint,
Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein Mintz, Hamon, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hassi, Hatzidakis,
Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-
Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball,
Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Ilves, in 't Veld, Isler
Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle,
Jensen, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Kamiński, Karas,
Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Kindermann, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klinz, Knapman, Koch,
Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl,
Kristensen, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kudrycka, Kuhne, Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk,
Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze,
Lax, Lechner, Le Foll, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Le Rachinel, Lewandowski, Libicki,
Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liese, Liotard, Lipietz, Locatelli, López-Istúriz White, Louis, Lucas, Ludford,
Lulling, Lundgren, Lynne, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Malmström,
Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin,
Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastenbroek, Mato Adrover, Matsakis,
Matsis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo,
Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mölzer, Montoro
Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morillon, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat,
Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Navarro, Newton Dunn, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson,
Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó
Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Pahor, Paleckis,
Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Patrie, Pavilionis, Peillon, Pęk, Alojz
Peterle, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piskorski, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská,
Podkański, Poettering, Poignant, Polfer, Poli Bortone, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Prets, Prodi,
Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek,
Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Ribeiro e Castro, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rizzo, Rocard,
Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi
Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García,
Salvini, Samaras, Samuelsen, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Sbarbati, Schapira,
Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter,
Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sinnott, Skinner,
Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė,
Šťastný, Stevenson, Stockmann, Strejček, Strož, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Swoboda, Szájer, Szent-Iványi,
Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Thyssen, Titley, Toia, Tomczak,
Toubon, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen,
Vakalis, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-
Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Verges, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vincenzi,
Virrankoski, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber,

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von Wogau, Wohlin, Bernard Piotr
Weiler, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijkman, Wise,
Wojciechowski,
Janusz Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-
Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zani, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Železný,
Zieleniec, Zīle, Zingaretti, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

Observers:

Anastase Roberta Alma, Athanasiu Alexandru, Bărbuleţiu Tiberiu, Becşenescu Dumitru, Bliznashki Georgi,
Buruiană Aprodu Daniela, Cappone Maria, Cioroianu Adrian Mihai, Corlăţean Titus, Coşea Dumitru
Gheorghe Mircea, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, Dimitrov Martin, Dîncu Vasile, Duca Viorel, Ganţ Ovidiu
Victor, Hogea Vlad Gabriel, Husmenova Filiz, Iacob Ridzi Monica Maria, Ilchev Stanimir, Ivanova Iglika,
Kazak Tchetin, Kirilov Evgeni, Marinescu Marian-Jean, Mihăescu Eugen, Morţun Alexandru Ioan, Nicolae
Şerban, Parvanova Antonyia, Paşcu Ioan Mircea, Petre Maria, Podgorean Radu, Popa Nicolae Vlad,
Popeangă Petre, Sârbu Daciana Octavia, Severin Adrian, Sofianski Stefan, Stoyanov Dimitar, Szabó Károly
Ferenc, Tîrle Radu, Vigenin Kristian, Zgonea Valeriu Ştefan

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ANNEX I

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APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO THE COLLAPSE OF
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY AND THE TEMPORARY COMMITTEE ON THE
ALLEGED USE OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES BY THE CIA FOR THE TRANSPORT AND ILLEGAL
DETENTION OF PRISONERS

CT02 Committee of Inquiry into the collapse of the Equitable Life Assurance Society

PPE-DE

PSE

ALDE

(22 members)

Full members

ATKINS Sir Robert
DOORN Bert
GARGANI Giuseppe
GAUZÈS Jean-Paul
GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES Cristina
McGUINNESS Mairead
PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU Marie
WIELAND Rainer

CASHMAN Michael
DE ROSSA Proinsias
ETTL Harald
MEDINA ORTEGA Manuel
SKINNER Peter
VAN LANCKER Anne

BOWLES Sharon Margaret
KLINZ Wolf
WALLIS Diana

Verts/ALE RÜHLE Heide

GUE/NGL MEYER PLEITE Willy

IND/DEM BLOOM Godfrey

UEN

NI

Ó NEACHTAIN Seán

MOTE Ashley

CT03 Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and

illegal detention of prisoners

(46 members)

Full members

PPE-DE

BREPOELS Frederika
COELHO Carlos
COVENEY Simon
DIMITRAKOPOULOS Giorgos
EURLINGS Camiel
GAUBERT Patrick
GAWRONSKI Jas
KLAMT Ewa
KUDRYCKA Barbara
MIKOLÁŠIK Miroslav

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PSE

SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA José Ignacio
SCHÖPFLIN György
STENZEL Ursula
TANNOCK Charles
WIJKMAN Anders
von WOGAU Karl
ZAHRADIL Jan

BEŇOVÁ Monika
FAVA Giovanni Claudio
ILVES Toomas Hendrik
KÓSÁNÉ KOVÁCS Magda
KREISSL-DÖRFLER Wolfgang
LAMBRINIDIS Stavros
MORAES Claude
PINIOR Józef
ROURE Martine
SEGELSTRÖM Inger
SWOBODA Hannes
VALENCIANO MARTÍNEZ-OROZCO María Elena
WIERSMA Jan Marinus

ALDE

ALVARO Alexander Nuno
GUARDANS CAMBÓ Ignasi
in 't VELD Sophia
LUDFORD Baroness Sarah
MALMSTRÖM Cecilia
ONYSZKIEWICZ Janusz

Verts/ALE

BUITENWEG Kathalijne Maria
ÖZDEMIR Cem

GUE/NGL CATANIA Giusto

KAUFMANN Sylvia-Yvonne

IND/DEM PIOTROWSKI Mirosław Mariusz
ROGALSKI Bogusław

UEN

NI

RYAN Eoin
SZYMAŃSKI Konrad

CLAEYS Philip
DE MICHELIS Gianni

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ANNEX II

RESULTS OF VOTES

Abbreviations and symbols

+

-

)

W

adopted

rejected

lapsed

withdrawn

RCV (…, …, …)

roll-call vote (for, against, abstentions)

EV (…, …, …)

electronic vote (for, against, abstentions)

split

split vote

sep

am

CA

CP

D

=

§

art

rec

separate vote

amendment

compromise amendment

corresponding part

deleting amendment

identical amendments

paragraph

article

recital

MOT

motion for a resolution

JT MOT

joint motion for a resolution

SEC

secret ballot

1. Equitable Life Committee of Inquiry

Proposal by the Conference of Presidents on appointment of members to the Committee of Inquiry

Subject

RCV, etc.

Approval without vote

Vote

+

RCV/EV — remarks

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2. Temporary Committee on extraordinary rendition

Proposal by the Conference of Presidents on appointment of members to the Temporary Committee

Subject

RCV, etc.

Approval without vote

Vote

+

RCV/EV — remarks

3. Standards of conduct of Members (Amendment of the Rules of Procedure)

Report: Gérard ONESTA (A6-0413/2005)

Subject

Single vote

RCV, etc.

EV

Vote

+

RCV/EV — remarks

399, 90, 35

4. Implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises

Report: Dominique VLASTO (A6-0405/2005)

Subject

Single vote

RCV, etc.

RCV

Vote

+

RCV/EV — remarks

503, 10, 38

Request for roll-call vote

PPE-DE: final vote

5. Common organisation of the market in sugar *

Report: Jean-Claude FRUTEAU (A6-0391/2005)

Subject

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Proposal for a regulation

UEN

EV

Committee

128, 413, 17

-

+

Proposal to reject the Commis-
sion proposal

Amendments by the committee
responsible — block vote

77

1-3
6
8
11-13
15
17-18
20-22
24-32
38-55
57-59
61-64
66-68

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Subject

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Thursday, 19 January 2006

Amendments by the committee
responsible — separate vote

4

5

7

9

10

14

16

19

23

33

34

36

56

60

69

37

75

76

72

65

74

78

80

79

sep

sep

sep

sep

sep

sep

sep

sep

sep

sep

sep

sep

sep

sep

sep

EV

EV

EV

EV

split

1

2/EV

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

SIEKIERSKI et al

UEN

PSE

Committee

SIEKIERSKI et al

PSE

KINNOCK et al

KINNOCK et al

Article 9

Article 10, § 3

Article 29, § 2, subpara 2

Article 37, after § 3

After rec 9

After rec 27

After § 1

After § 2

Vote: amended proposal

Draft legislative resolution

70

71

73

PSE

PSE

PPE-DE

Vote: legislative resolution

EV

Requests for separate votes

PPE-DE ams 10, 19 and 36

UEN ams 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 19, 23, 33, 34, 56, 60 and 69

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

)

-

+

)

-

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

+

+

299, 234, 33

79, 470, 29

373, 142, 65

262, 272, 47

294, 284, 6

391, 155, 37

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Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

am 78

First part: Text as a whole without the words ‘as soon as possible, and’

Second part: those words

6. Support schemes for farmers (sugar) *

Report: Jean-Claude FRUTEAU (A6-0392/2005)

Subject

Proposal to reject the Commis-
sion proposal

Amendments by the committee
responsible — block vote

Amendments by the committee
responsible — separate vote

After rec 2

Am. No

19/rev

1-3
6-7
9-10
12
14-16

4

5

8

11

13

17

Author

UEN

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

PSE

Vote: amended proposal

Draft legislative resolution

After § 2

18/rev

PPE-DE

Vote: legislative resolution

Requests for separate votes

UEN ams 4, 5, 8, 11 and 13

7. Restructuring the sugar industry *

Report: Jean-Claude FRUTEAU (A6-0393/2005)

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

sep

sep

sep/EV

sep

sep/EV

-

+

-

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

382, 147, 51

279, 280, 24

Subject

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Proposal to reject the Commis-
sion proposal

Amendments by the committee
responsible — block vote

Amendments by the committee
responsible — separate vote

25

1-2
4-12
14
16

3

13

15

Proposal for a regulation

UEN

EV

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

sep

sep

sep

-

+

+

+

+

138, 402, 18

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Subject

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Thursday, 19 January 2006

Article 1, after § 3

Article 3, after § 3

Article 3, after § 5

After Article 3

After Article 4

After Article 6

23

22

19

20

21

17

24

SIEKIERSKI et al

SIEKIERSKI et al

SIEKIERSKI et al

SIEKIERSKI et al

SIEKIERSKI et al

PSE

SIEKIERSKI et al

Vote: amended proposal

Draft legislative resolution

After § 2

18

PPE-DE

Vote: legislative resolution

EV

EV

EV

-

+

-

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

304, 249, 20

282, 244, 45

280, 241, 38

Requests for separate votes

UEN ams 3, 13 and 15

8. Chechnya after the elections and civil society in Russia

Motions for resolutions: B6-0028/2006, B6-0029/2006, B6-0032/2006, B6-0037/2006, B6-0041/2006,
B6-0044/2006

Subject

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0028/2006
(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

§ 6

After § 18

After rec P

3

2

1

Verts/ALE

ALDE

ALDE

Vote: resolution (as a whole)

Motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0028/2006

B6-0029/2006

B6-0032/2006

B6-0037/2006

B6-0041/2006

B6-0044/2006

Miscellaneous

UEN

PSE

ALDE

Verts/ALE

PPE-DE

GUE/NGL

+

+

+

+

)

)

)

)

)

)

Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Hélène Flautre and Bart Staes had also signed the joint motion for a resolution
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

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9. The period of reflection: structure, subjects and context for an assessment of

the debate on the EU

Report: Johannes VOGGENHUBBER/Andrew DUFF (A6-0414/2005)

Subject

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Alternative motion for a resolu-
tion

§ 1

§ 2

1

§

4

IND/DEM

original text

GUE/NGL

After § 2

18

ALDE, Verts/ALE, Moscovici, Berès

GUE/NGL

original text

GUE/NGL

GUE/NGL

original text

original text

RCV

RCV

EV

EV

split

1

2

split

1

2

split

1

2

ALDE, Verts/ALE, PPE-DE, PSE

PSE

PSE, PPE-DE

ALDE, Verts/ALE

ALDE, Verts/ALE, PPE-DE, PSE,
Moscovici, Berès

original text

RCV

ALDE, Verts/ALE, PPE-DE, PSE

original text

PPE-DE

original text

GUE/NGL

EV

split

1

2

RCV

ALDE, Verts/ALE, Berès

W

-

+

-

+

-

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

)

+

+

+

)

+

+

+

-

468, 83, 21

73, 483, 12

280, 270, 17

183, 363, 24

459, 98, 16

316, 232, 12

179, 377, 15

§ 5

§ 6

§ 7

§ 9

§ 12

§ 13

§ 14

§ 16

§ 17, after point (v)

§ 23

§ 24

After § 25

§ 26

§ 27

5

§

6

7

§

§

19

13

12

20

21

§

22

§

29

§

8D

23

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Subject

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Thursday, 19 January 2006

-

-

+

-

-

-

-

-

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

)

+

147, 416, 9

131, 428, 11

159, 390, 14

158, 388, 24

107, 452, 7

313, 235, 12

476, 79, 12

90, 444, 30

385, 125, 51

After § 27

§ 28

§ 31

§ 32

After citation 6

Rec A

Rec F

Rec I

Rec J

Rec N

Rec O

Rec Q

27

24

28

9D

25

10D

26

15

§

2

14

§

3

§

16

§

11

17

ALDE, Verts/ALE, Moscovici, Berès

RCV

ALDE, Verts/ALE, Moscovici, Berès

PPE-DE

GUE/NGL

ALDE, Verts/ALE, Moscovici, Berès

GUE/NGL

RCV

ALDE, Verts/ALE, Moscovici, Berès

split/RCV

ALDE, Verts/ALE, PPE-DE, PSE,
Moscovici, Berès

original text

GUE/NGL

PSE

original text

GUE/NGL

original text

ALDE, Verts/ALE, PPE-DE, PSE,
Moscovici, Berès

original text

PSE

ALDE, Verts/ALE

1

2

split

1

2

RCV

EV

split

1

2/RCV

RCV

split

1

2

split

1

2

RCV

Vote: resolution (as a whole)

Requests for roll-call votes

IND/DEM § 23, am 27 and final vote

PSE § 1, am 8 and final vote

GUE/NGL ams 2, 3, 4, 8 and 10

PPE-DE am 27 and final vote

Verts/ALE ams 26, 27 and final vote

ALDE ams 26, 27 and final vote

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Requests for split votes

IND/DEM

am 26

First part: ‘Demands in any case … during 2009’

Second part: ‘and suggests … European Parliamentary elections’

PSE, GUE/NGL

§ 6

First part: ‘Resists proposals … outside the EU system’

Second part: ‘points out that … without undue delay’

§ 26

First part: Text as a whole without the words ‘in theory’

Second part: those words

§ 12

First part: ‘Insists that the public debate … the national framework’

Second part: ‘warns that … European citizens’

PSE

§ 9

First part: Text as a whole without the words ‘clarify, deepen and democratise the consensus around the
Constitution and’

Second part: those words

Recital J

First part: ‘The No votes appear … the constitutional reforms’

Second part: ‘but, paradoxically … status quo and block reform’

Recital A

First part: ‘The Treaty establishing … on 29 October 2004’

Second part: ‘and confirmed again … Declaration of 18 June 2005’

Recital I

First part: Text as a whole without the word ‘negative’

Second part: that word

Recital O

First part: Text as a whole without the words ‘the context rather than the text, with issues such as’

Second part: those words

Miscellaneous

The ALDE and VERTS/ALE Groups had withdrawn amendment 23.

Carl Schlyter had also signed amendment 1.

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10. European Neighbourhood Policy

Report: Charles TANNOCK (A6-0399/2005)

Subject

§ 1

After § 3

§ 5

After § 6

§ 7

After § 7

After § 8

After § 14

§ 16

After § 18

§ 20

§ 21

After § 22

§ 25

§ 27

§§ 29 and 30

§ 29

Before § 31

§ 33

After § 35

§ 36

After § 36

§ 37

§ 43

§ 44

Am. No

37

13

55

38

39

18

19

20

40

21

41

54

22

35

42

43

12

§

17

-

44

5

-

45

14

6

15

4

46

16

47

Author

PPE-DE

PSE

PPE-DE

PPE-DE

PPE-DE

Verts/ALE

Verts/ALE

Verts/ALE

PPE-DE

Verts/ALE

PPE-DE

PPE-DE

Verts/ALE

PPE-DE

PPE-DE

PPE-DE

PSE

original text

PSE

original text

PPE-DE

ALDE

original text

PPE-DE

PSE

ALDE

PSE

ALDE

PPE-DE

PSE

PPE-DE

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

EV

EV

sep

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

W

+

+

+

W

+

+

)

+

W

oral amendment

239, 29, 183

146, 300, 5

inserted after § 35

oral amendment

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Subject

After § 45

Am. No

7

8/rev

§ 46

§ 48

§ 49

§ 51

§ 52

§ 53

§ 54

§ 55

§ 56

§ 58

After § 58

After citation 1

Citation 6

After citation 6

Rec D

After rec F

48

23

49

24

2

25

26

50

27

51

53

52

§

28

29

30

31

34

3

9

10

32

36

Author

ALDE

ALDE

PPE-DE

Verts/ALE

PPE-DE

Verts/ALE

PPE-DE

Verts/ALE

Verts/ALE

PPE-DE

Verts/ALE

PPE-DE

PPE-DE

PPE-DE

original text

Verts/ALE

Verts/ALE

Verts/ALE

Verts/ALE

PPE-DE

ALDE

ALDE

ALDE

Verts/ALE

PPE-DE

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

split

1

2

split

1

2/EV

split

1

2

split

1

2/EV

+

W

+

-

-

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

W

+

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

254, 156, 10

oral amendment

244, 153, 6

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Subject

Rec K

After rec O

After rec P

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

33

11

1

Verts/ALE

PSE

PPE-DE

EV

EV

Vote: resolution (as a whole)

167, 189, 3

177, 206, 11

-

-

-

+

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

am 29

First part: ‘Urges Russia and Turkey to play … of regional cooperation;’

Second part: ‘calls on Turkey, … with Armenia’

Verts/ALE

am 50

First part: ‘Welcomes the withdrawal … UNSCR 1559’

Second part: ‘including the disarmament of Hezbollah’

am 28

First part: Text as a whole without the word ‘ongoing’

Second part: that word

PSE

am 23

First part: ‘Notes that … fundamental freedoms in Tunisia’

Second part: (deletion)

Requests for separate votes

Verts/ALE § 25

Miscellaneous

The ALDE Group had proposed:

— that §§ 29 and 30 be inserted after § 35

— that § 33 be inserted after the ‘Maghreb’ subheading (the proposal was not accepted)

The PPE-DE Group had withdrawn its amendments 47 and 51.

The ALDE Group had withdrawn its amendments 5, 6 and 8/rev.

Charles Tannock (rapporteur) moved the following oral amendments on behalf of the PPE-DE Group:

Oral amendment to amendment 4 (tabled by the ALDE Group on § 43):

Draws attention to the need to pay special attention to the sovereign states of the European continent that
are not members of the European Union, specifically Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein as members of the
EEA/EFTA and Switzerland as a member of EFTA having its own bilateral agreements with the EU;
considers that these close political and economic ties should be the basis for further developments and
closer cooperation, as with Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican State, all of which as appro-
priate should be allowed to participate in the new neighbourhood process as well;

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Oral amendment to amendment 38 (tabled by the PPE-DE Group on § 5):

Calls on the Commission to define the purpose and clear priorities of the European neighbourhood policy,
thus setting criteria for the evaluation of achievements, and welcomes the idea of providing for a European
neighbourhood agreement at the end of the ENP process for those countries which are not applying for EU
membership but which have come closer to the European Union's body of law; asks the Commission to
propose and develop specific policies to extend the ENP where feasible to Atlantic island countries neigh-
bouring EU outermost regions adjacent to the European continent, where special questions of geographical
proximity, cultural and historical affinity and mutual security may be relevant;

Oral amendment to § 58 (original text):

Takes the view that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is impeding the development of Armenia and Azer-
baijan and regional cooperation as well as the effective implementation of the European neighbourhood
policy as such; calls on both parties to refrain from unilateral actions and aggressive statements and to
work for settlement of the conflict in a constructive dialogue with all the forces concerned, on the basis of
respect for minority rights and on the basis of the principles of international law; emphasises the impor-
tance of continuing democratic reforms for the development of the region and its relations with the EU;
urges all parties concerned to find ways to permit the gradual return of refugees on the basis of minority
rights,
in particular with regard to the return of Azerbaijanis to the occupied territories; calls on the
member countries of the OSCE Minsk group to coordinate more effectively their action with the EU
Special Representative for South Caucasus in order to move forward with negotiations;

11. The future of the Lisbon Strategy from a gender perspective

Report: Edite ESTRELA (A6-0402/2005)

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Author

PPE-DE

original text

sep

PSE

ALDE

original text

original text

Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL
PSE

split

1

2

sep

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

Subject

§ 18

§ 19

After § 23

§ 26

§ 28

§ 34

Before citation 1

Am. No

5

§

4

1

§

§

2=
3=

Vote: resolution (as a whole)

Requests for split votes

ALDE, PPE-DE, PSE

§ 28

First part: Text as a whole without the words ‘provision of care and financial resources … as well as on,’

Second part: those words

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Requests for separate votes

ALDE §§ 19 and 34

PPE-DE §§ 19 and 34

12. Extradition to Peru and trial of former President Alberto Fujimori

Motions for resolutions: B6-0055/2006, B6-0059/2006, B6-0062/2006, B6-0066/2006, B6-0070/2006

Subject

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0055/2006
(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL)

Vote: resolution (as a whole)

Motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0055/2006

B6-0059/2006

B6-0062/2006

B6-0066/2006

B6-0070/2006

PSE

ALDE

PPE-DE

GUE/NGL

Verts/ALE

+

)

)

)

)

)

13. Egypt: Violence against Sudanese refugees

Motions for resolutions: B6-0056/2006, B6-0061/2006, B6-0063/2006, B6-0065/2006, B6-0068/2006,
B6-0069/2006

Subject

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0056/2006
(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

1D

original text

PPE-DE

original text

EV

Vote: resolution (as a whole)

Motions for resolutions by political groups

PSE

ALDE

PPE-DE

GUE/NGL

UEN

Verts/ALE

Recital F

Recital G

§ 5

B6-0056/2006

B6-0061/2006

B6-0063/2006

B6-0065/2006

B6-0068/2006

B6-0069/2006

Miscellaneous

oral amendment

50, 29, 0

+

+

+

+

)

)

)

)

)

)

Karin Scheele pointed out that in recital F ‘650 Sudanese nationals’ should be mentioned and that para-
graph 5 should refer to ‘the remaining 462 Sudanese nationals’.

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14. Cambodia: political repression

Motions for resolutions: B6-0057/2006, B6-0058/2006, B6-0060/2006, B6-0064/2006, B6-0067/2006,
B6-0071/2006

Subject

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0057/2006
(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

correction (see
‘Miscellaneous’)

oral amendment

oral amendment

80, 0, 1

split

1

2

RCV

+

+

+

+

-

+

)

)

)

)

)

)

§ 2

§ 3

§ 8

Recital B

1

§

§

§

ALDE

original text

original text

original text

Vote: resolution (as a whole)

Motions for resolutions by political groups

PSE

UEN

ALDE

PPE-DE

GUE/NGL

Verts/ALE

B6-0057/2006

B6-0058/2006

B6-0060/2006

B6-0064/2006

B6-0067/2006

B6-0071/2006

Request for roll-call vote

PPE-DE final vote

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

Recital B

First part: Text as a whole without the words ‘have been arrested and’

Second part: those words

Miscellaneous

Amendment 1 should read as follows:

‘2. … against them, and asks for the annulment of all charges and arrest warrants issued against

human rights defenders who are not currently detained; requests moreover …’

Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, moved an oral amendment as an addition to paragraph
8, to which Marios Matsakis suggested a correction:

and questions the need for defamation of the Office of the Prime Minister to be a criminal offence;

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Jules Maaten moved the following oral amendment to paragraph 3:

‘3. Urges Cambodia to stop breaching its obligations under international law, and in particular the
International Covenant on Civil and Political rights and immediately release Cheam Channy; also
requests that the judgment against Sam Rainsy and Chea Poch is overturned and their parliamen-
tary immunity restored;’

15. Disability and development

Motions for resolutions: B6-0031/2006, B6-0035/2006, B6-0036/2006, B6-0038/2006, B6-0045/2006,
B6-0046/2006

Subject

Am. No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0031/2006
(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

Vote: resolution (as a whole)

Motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0031/2006

B6-0035/2006

B6-0036/2006

B6-0038/2006

B6-0045/2006

B6-0046/2006

PPE-DE

PSE

Verts/ALE

ALDE

GUE/NGL

UEN

+

)

)

)

)

)

)

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ANNEX III

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1. Report: Vlasto A6-0405/2005

Resolution

For: 503

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek,
Fourtou, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
in 't Veld,
Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten,
Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-
Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen,
Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann,
Kohlíček, Liotard, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Strož, Uca,
Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni,
Tomczak, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter,
Masiel, Rivera, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey,
Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Caspary,
Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Dehaene, Demetriou,
Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn,
Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine,
Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert,
Gauzès, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Harbour,
Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark,
Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides,
Kelam, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis,
Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann
Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo,
Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht,
Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro,
Piskorski, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e
Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski,
Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer,
Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer,
Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber,
Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg,
Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Carlotti, Carnero
González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Rossa, Désir, De
Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferreira Anne,
Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik,
Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira,
Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann,
Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen,
Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David,
Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes,
Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard,

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Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele,
Segelström, Skinner, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Valenciano Martínez-
Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Wiersma, Wynn,
Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas,
Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis,
Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere,
Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu
Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin,
Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i
Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Staes, Trüpel, Voggenhuber

IND/DEM: Batten, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Lundgren, Nattrass, Wise, Wohlin

Against: 10

PPE-DE: Tannock

GUE/NGL: Pafilis

IND/DEM: Louis

Abstention: 38

NI: Allister, Baco, Claeys, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Romagnoli,
Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Bradbourn, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Fajmon, Heaton-
Harris, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Parish, Purvis, Škottová, Strejček, Sturdy, Van Orden, Vlasák, Zahradil,
Zvěřina

Verts/ALE: Schlyter, Ždanoka

2. Report: Fruteau A6-0393/2005

Request for referral back to committee

For: 176

ALDE: Andrejevs, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Costa, Di Pietro, Geremek, Harkin, Onyszkiewicz, Resetarits,
Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Takkula, Virrankoski

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann,
Kohlíček, Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo,
Seppänen, Strož, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Batten, Bonde, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Nattrass, Pęk,
Rogalski, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych,
Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski
Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ayuso González, Buzek, Callanan, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Deva, Díaz de Mera García
Consuegra, Doyle, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Freitas, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gklavakis, Herranz García,
Herrero-Tejedor, Higgins, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Kaczmarek, Kudrycka, Landsbergis, Lewandowski,
López-Istúriz White, McGuinness, Marques, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Olbrycht,
Peterle, Piskorski, Pomés Ruiz, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Rudi Ubeda, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Saryusz-
Wolski, Siekierski, Sonik, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Zaleski

PSE: Golik

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UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas,
Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts,
Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan,
Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Beer, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu
Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton,
Jonckheer,
Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i
Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Isler Béguin,

Against: 386

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet,
Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans
Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert,
Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer,
Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-
Uyttebroeck, Oviir, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Van
Hecke, Wallis, Watson

Jäätteenmäki,

in 't Veld,

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Lundgren, Wohlin

NI: Allister, Claeys, Dillen, Helmer, Mote, Rivera, Romagnoli, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews,
Busuttil, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Chichester, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac,
Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings,
Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Gaubert, Gauzès,
Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Harbour,
Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková,
Jeggle, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-
Ibrisagic,
Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, Mann Thomas,
Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mikolášik, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos,
Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro,
Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori,
Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Škottová,
Sommer, Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock,
Thyssen, Toubon, Ulmer, Vakalis, Vatanen, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman,
von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

Járóka,

Itälä,

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg,
Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos,
Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Cottigny, D'Alema, De
Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas,
Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes,
Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan,
Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes,
Jørgensen, Kindermann,
Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leinen,
Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez
Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes,
Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis,
Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard,
Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele,
Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley,
Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Wiersma, Wynn,
Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Ilves,

UEN: Muscardini

Verts/ALE: Auken, Bennahmias

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Abstention: 13

ALDE: Kułakowski, Matsakis

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni

PPE-DE: Kamall, Konrad, Pleštinská

PSE: Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gröner, Leichtfried

Corrections to votes

For

Carmen Fraga Estévez, Robert Sturdy, Hélène Goudin

3. Report: Duff/Voggenhuber A6-0414/2005

Paragraph 1

For: 468

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chiesa,
Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek,
Fourtou, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki,
Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström,
Manders, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries,
Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van Hecke, Virrankoski,
Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček,
Maštálka, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht

NI: Belohorská, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Caspary,
Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De
Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi,
Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez,
Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis,
Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Hatzidakis,
Hennicot-Schoepges, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková,
Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki,
Járóka, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß,
Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen,
Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques,
Martens, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero,
Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-
Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf,
Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi,
Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin,
Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Sudre,
Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis,
Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool,
Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg,
Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas
Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Cottigny, D'Alema, De
Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes,
Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante,
Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon,
Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Ilves,

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Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis,
Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin
David, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos,
Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis,
Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček,
Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner,
Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker,
Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani,
Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Didžiokas, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone,
Ryan

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe
zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček,
Jonckheer, Kallenbach,
Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle,
Schmidt, Schroedter, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Isler Béguin,

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Liotard, Meijer, Seppänen

Against: 83

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Goudin, Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Pęk, Rogalski,
Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wohlin, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Chruszcz, Claeys, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mote,
Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover,
Duchoň, Fajmon, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Parish, Škottová, Stevenson,
Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, Wijkman, Záborská, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: Corbey, Lienemann

UEN: Bielan, Camre,
Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz

Janowski, Kamiński, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Podkański, Roszkowski,

Verts/ALE: Evans Jillian, Hudghton, Lucas, Schlyter, Smith

Abstention: 21

ALDE: Chatzimarkakis, Harkin, Matsakis, Polfer, Takkula, Väyrynen

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Batten, Bonde, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise

NI: Baco, Bobošíková

PPE-DE: Lewandowski

UEN: Krasts, Vaidere, Zīle

Anders Wijkman, Francis Wurtz

Corrections to votes

For

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Amendment 4

For: 73

ALDE: Alvaro, Harkin

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kohlíček,
Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Strož, Uca,
Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Goudin, Grabowski, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wohlin, Zapałowski

NI: Bobošíková, Martin Hans-Peter

PSE: Arif, Berès, Bono, Bourzai, Carlotti, Casaca, Castex, Cottigny, Désir, Douay, Ferreira Anne, Fruteau,
Hamon, Hazan, Hedh, Laignel, Le Foll, Lienemann, Moscovici, Peillon, Poignant, Reynaud, Roure, Schapira,
Trautmann, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Weber Henri

Verts/ALE: Evans Jillian, Hudghton, Lucas, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Smith, Staes

Against: 483

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis,
Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Geremek, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz,
Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon,
Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-
Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis,
Watson

GUE/NGL: Kaufmann

IND/DEM: Batten, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Wise,
Železný

NI: Allister, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang,
Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mote, Rivera, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky,
Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Bushill-
Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski,
Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García
Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves,
Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas,
Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder,
Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris,
Hennicot-Schoepges, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková,
Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam,
Kirkhope, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis,
Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens,
Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Nassauer,
Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Panayotopoulos-
Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz,
Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi,
Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin,
Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný,
Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis,
Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto,
Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski,
Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

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PSE: Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berman,
Bösch, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González,
Cashman, Christensen, Corbett, D'Alema, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, El Khadraoui, Estrela,
Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill,
Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch,
Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen,
Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried,
Leinen, Liberadzki, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez,
Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno
Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Piecyk, Pinior,
Pittella, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García,
Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi,
Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-
Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas,
Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts,
Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski,
Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe
zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher,
Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Trüpel, Turmes,
Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 12

ALDE: Chiesa, Takkula, Väyrynen

GUE/NGL: Pafilis

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde

NI: Baco

PPE-DE: Brepoels, McGuinness

PSE: Corbey

Verts/ALE: Jonckheer

5. Report: Duff/Voggenhuber A6-0414/2005

Paragraph 23

For: 459

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa,
Deprez, De Sarnez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Fourtou, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck,
Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz,
Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-
Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth,
Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

Jäätteenmäki,

in 't Veld,

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Ransdorf,
Rizzo, Verges, Wurtz

NI: Belohorská, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Caspary,
Castiglione, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz
de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves,
Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa,
García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura,

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Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi,
Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß,
Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen,
Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann
Thomas, Marques, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero,
Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-
Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf,
Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi,
Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin,
Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Sudre,
Surján, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis,
Vatanen, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Zaleski,
Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg,
Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas
Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Cottigny,
D'Alema, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava,
Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de
Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber,
Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog,
Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl,
Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan,
McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina
Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller,
Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Poignant,
Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas
García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Stockmann, Swoboda,
Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud,
Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Didžiokas, Krasts, Kristovskis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain,
Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Ryan, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre,
Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin,
Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva
i Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

ALDE: Bowles, Davies, Hall, Lynne, Malmström

Against: 98

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Kohlíček, Liotard, Meijer, Seppänen, Strož

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Grabowski, Knapman,
Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wise, Wohlin,
Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel,
Martinez, Mote, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Deva,
Dover, Duchoň, Fajmon, Fjellner, Freitas, Heaton-Harris, Hökmark, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Iturgaiz Angulo,
Kamall, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Parish, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák,
Záborská, Zahradil, Zvěřina

UEN: Bielan, Camre, Janowski, Kamiński, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański

Verts/ALE: Lucas, Schlyter

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ALDE: Chatzimarkakis, Ek, Takkula, Väyrynen

GUE/NGL: Flasarová, Maštálka, Pafilis, Pflüger, Remek, Uca, Wagenknecht

Abstention: 16

NI: Baco

PPE-DE: Martens, Mauro, Pieper

PSE: Hedh

Maria Martens

Corrections to votes

For

6. Report: Duff/Voggenhuber A6-0414/2005

Amendment 8

For: 179

ALDE: Bowles, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Davies, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Lax, Ludford,
Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Mulder, Resetarits

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kohlíček,
Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen,
Strož, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Grabowski, Knapman,
Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wise, Wohlin,
Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le
Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski
Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Doorn,
Dover, Duchoň, Eurlings, Fajmon, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Kirkhope, van Nistelrooij, Parish,
Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Van Orden, Vlasák, Wortmann-Kool, Zvěřina

PSE: Arif, Berès, van den Berg, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Carlotti, Casaca, Castex, Christensen,
Corbey, Cottigny, Désir, Douay, Ferreira Anne, Fruteau, Gröner, Hamon, Hazan, Hedh, Jørgensen, Laignel,
Le Foll, Lienemann, Mastenbroek, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Peillon, Poignant, Rasmussen,
Reynaud, Roure, dos Santos, Schapira, Segelström, Thomsen, Trautmann, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Weber
Henri

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Janowski, Kamiński, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Podkański, Poli
Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Buitenweg, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lucas, Romeva i Rueda,
Schlyter, Smith, Staes

Against: 377

ALDE: Andrejevs, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Deprez, De
Sarnez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Geremek, Gibault, Guardans Cambó, in 't Veld,
Jäätteenmäki,
Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Morillon, Newton Dunn, Neyts-
Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė,
Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Kaufmann

NI: Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Masiel, Rivera

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PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione,
Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz
de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves, Fatuzzo,
Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa,
García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura,
Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi,
Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka,
Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou,
Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese,
López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez
de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht,
Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering,
Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda,
Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra,
Schmitt,
Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik,
Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis,
Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber,
Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber,

PSE: Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Busquin,
Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González, Cashman, Corbett, D'Alema, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez
González, Dobolyi, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García
Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech,
Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball,
Jöns, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne,
Howitt, Hughes,
Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika,
Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes,
Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Piecyk, Pittella, Rapkay,
Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Scheele, Schulz,
Skinner, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler,
Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Ilves,

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cramer, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven,
Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir,
Onesta, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

ALDE: Malmström, Matsakis, Polfer, Takkula, Väyrynen

Abstention: 15

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Mote

PPE-DE: Brepoels, Pieper

PSE: Wiersma

UEN: Didžiokas, Krasts

Verts/ALE: Cohn-Bendit, Frassoni

Charles Tannock

Corrections to votes

For

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Amendment 27

For: 147

ALDE: Andrejevs, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet,
Costa, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Geremek, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Kułakowski,
Laperrouze, Ludford, Malmström, Morillon, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Polfer,
Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van
Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Bonde

NI: Belohorská, Bobošíková

PPE-DE: De Veyrac, Zieleniec

PSE: Arif, Berès, van den Berg, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Busquin, Carlotti, Casaca, Castex, Corbey, Cottigny,
D'Alema, Désir, Douay, Fava, Ferreira Anne, Fruteau, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Hazan, Laignel, Le Foll,
Lienemann, Mastenbroek, Moscovici, Napoletano, Panzeri, Peillon, Pittella, Poignant, Reynaud, Roure,
Sacconi, Schapira, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Weber Henri, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Krasts, Kristovskis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli
Bortone, Ryan, Vaidere

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe
zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček,
Jonckheer, Kallenbach,
Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle,
Schmidt, Schroedter, Staes, Trüpel, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Isler Béguin,

Against: 416

ALDE: Andria, Chatzimarkakis, Hennis-Plasschaert, Lax, Maaten, Manders, Mulder, Takkula, Väyrynen

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kohlíček,
Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen,
Strož, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Louis,
Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wise, Wohlin, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch,
Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mote, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi,
Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky,
Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester,
Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García
Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Esteves,
Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas,
Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder,
Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-
Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Hybášková,
Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas,
Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis,
Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White,
Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo,
Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos,
Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks,
Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan,

Iturgaiz Angulo,

Jałowiecki,

Ibrisagic,

Járóka,

Itälä,

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Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori,
Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg,
Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy,
Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela
Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber,
von Wogau, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina

PSE: Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Calabuig
Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González, Cashman, Christensen, Corbett, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez
González, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt,
Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote,
Gruber, Gurmai, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball,
Howitt, Hughes, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne,
Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika,
Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko,
Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Piecyk, Pinior,
Rapkay, Rasmussen, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos
Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen,
Titley, Tzampazi, Walter, Weiler, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Bielan, Camre, Didžiokas, Janowski, Kamiński, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański,
Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Evans Jillian, Hudghton, Lucas, Schlyter, Smith

Abstention: 9

ALDE: Lynne, Matsakis

GUE/NGL: Kaufmann

NI: Rivera

PSE: van den Burg, Dobolyi, Wiersma

UEN: Zīle

Verts/ALE: Turmes

Corrections to votes

For

Anders Wijkman

8. Report: Duff/Voggenhuber A6-0414/2005

Amendment 10

For: 131

ALDE: Bowles, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Davies, Drčar Murko, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Lynne,
Takkula, Väyrynen

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kohlíček,
Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen,
Strož, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Grabowski, Knapman,
Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wise, Wohlin,
Zapałowski, Železný

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NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le
Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski
Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover,
Duchoň, Fajmon, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Parish, Škottová, Stevenson,
Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, Záborská, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: van den Berg, Bozkurt, Corbey, Hedh, Mastenbroek

UEN: Bielan, Camre, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański,
Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Evans Jillian, Hudghton, Lucas, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Smith, Staes

Against: 428

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa,
Deprez, De Sarnez, Di Pietro, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó,
in 't Veld,
Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Maaten,
Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir,
Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi,
Toia, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

Jäätteenmäki,

GUE/NGL: Kaufmann

NI: Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Masiel, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione,
Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera
García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings,
Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál,
Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça
Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herrero-Tejedor,
Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková,
Iturgaiz Angulo,
Járóka, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-
Jałowiecki,
Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne,
Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van
Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos,
Peterle, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Radwan, Reul,
Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski,
Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda,
Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer,
Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Weber Manfred,
Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

Ibrisagic,

Itälä,

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, Berger, Berman,
Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bullmann, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González,
Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez
González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne,
Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels,
Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira,
Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann,
Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen,
Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez
Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno
Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček,
Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Skinner,
Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker,
Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

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UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Didžiokas, Kristovskis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli
Bortone, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček,
Isler Béguin, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk,
Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Trüpel, Turmes,
Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 11

NI: Belohorská, Mote

PPE-DE: Brepoels, Coelho, Pieper, Protasiewicz

PSE: van den Burg, Laignel, Wiersma

Verts/ALE: Bennahmias, Jonckheer

9. Report: Duff/Voggenhuber A6-0414/2005

Amendment 26/1

For: 159

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chiesa, Cocilovo,
Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Fourtou, Geremek,
Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen,
Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Morillon,
Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-
Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van Hecke, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, Guidoni

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland

NI: Belohorská

PPE-DE: De Veyrac, Wijkman

PSE: Arif, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Carlotti, Casaca,
Castex, Corbey, Cottigny, D'Alema, Désir, Douay, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Falbr, Ferreira Anne, Fruteau,
Gebhardt, Gruber, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Laignel, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Lienemann, Mastenbroek,
Moraes, Moscovici, Napoletano, Paleckis, Panzeri, Poignant, Reynaud, Roure, Sacconi, Schapira, Scheele,
Trautmann, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Weber Henri, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Kristovskis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Poli Bortone, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe
zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček,
Jonckheer, Kallenbach,
Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt,
Schroedter, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber

Isler Béguin,

ALDE: Takkula, Väyrynen, Virrankoski

Against: 390

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Henin, Kohlíček, Liotard, Meijer, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek,
Rizzo, Seppänen, Strož, Wagenknecht, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Batten, Bonde, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Louis,
Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wise, Wohlin, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen,
Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mote, Romagnoli,
Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

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PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky,
Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski,
Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra,
Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings,
Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich,
Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel,
Gomolka, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-
Schoepges, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic,
Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß,
Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen,
Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann
Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon,
Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten,
Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski,
Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro,
Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski,
Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda,
Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Tajani,
Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis,
Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau,
Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berman, Bullmann, Busquin,
Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González, Cashman, Christensen, Corbett, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez
González, Dobolyi, Estrela, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Geringer de
Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai,
Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Ilves, Jöns,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Lambrinidis, Leinen,
Liberadzki, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka,
Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Obiols i
Germà, Pahor, Pittella, Rasmussen, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos
Santos, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Stockmann, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Tzampazi,
Walter, Weiler, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Bielan, Camre, Didžiokas,
Roszkowski, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Pavilionis, Podkański,

Verts/ALE: Evans Jillian, Hudghton, Lucas, Schlyter, Smith, Ždanoka

ALDE: Chatzimarkakis, Matsakis

Abstention: 14

GUE/NGL: Flasarová, Kaufmann, Maštálka, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Uca, Verges

NI: Rivera

PPE-DE: Karas

PSE: Hedh, Swoboda, Zani

Erna Hennicot-Schoepges

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Amendment 26/2

For: 158

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo,
Cornillet, Costa, Deprez, De Sarnez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Kacin, Klinz,
Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Ludford, Maaten, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Polfer,
Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van
Hecke, Watson

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, Flasarová, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Meijer, Musacchio,
Papadimoulis, Remek, Rizzo, Strož

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Lundgren, Wohlin

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Coelho

PSE: Arif, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Carlotti, Casaca,
Castex, Corbey, Cottigny, D'Alema, Désir, Douay, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Falbr, Ferreira Anne, Fruteau, Gruber,
Guy-Quint, Hamon, Laignel, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Lienemann, Mastenbroek, Moscovici,
Napoletano, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Pinior, Pittella, Poignant, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Roure, Sacconi,
Schapira, Scheele, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Weber Henri, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe
zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter,
Staes, Trüpel, Voggenhuber

Against: 388

ALDE: Bourlanges, Geremek, Hall, Lax, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Takkula,
Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Henin, Ransdorf, Verges, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Louis,
Nattrass, Pęk, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez,
Masiel, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews,
Busuttil, Buzek, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coveney,
Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos,
Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber,
Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-
Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle,
Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herrero-
Iturgaiz
Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková,
Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Koch,
Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries,
Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques,
Martens, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero,
Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack,
Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská,
Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová,
Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber,

Ibrisagic,

Itälä,

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Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová,
Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock,
Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen,
Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau,
Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Bullmann, Busquin, Calabuig
Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González, Cashman, Christensen, Corbett, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez
González, Dobolyi, Estrela, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg,
Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Hänsch, Hasse
Ferreira, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock,
Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Lambrinidis, Leinen, Liberadzki, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira,
Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle,
Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Piecyk,
Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos,
Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Stockmann, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Tzampazi, Walter,
Weiler, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas,
Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis,
Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan,
Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Evans Jillian, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Smith, Turmes, Ždanoka

ALDE: Davies, Karim, Lynne

Abstention: 24

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Liotard, Maštálka, Pafilis, Pflüger, Seppänen, Uca, Wagenknecht

NI: Claeys, Mote, Rivera, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: De Veyrac

PSE: Ferreira Elisa, Hedh, Hegyi, Herczog, Swoboda, Wiersma, Zani

Verts/ALE: Lambert

Corrections to votes

For

Erna Hennicot-Schoepges

11. Report: Duff/Voggenhuber A6-0414/2005

Amendment 2

For: 107

ALDE: Chiesa, Takkula, Väyrynen

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kohlíček, Liotard,
Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Strož, Uca,
Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Louis,
Lundgren, Nattrass, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wise, Wohlin, Železný

NI: Allister, Chruszcz, Claeys, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter,
Martinez, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

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PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover,
Duchoň, Fajmon, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Parish, Pomés Ruiz, Škottová,
Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, Záborská, Zahradil, Zvěřina

Thursday, 19 January 2006

PSE: Corbey

UEN: Bielan, Camre,
Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kamiński, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Roszkowski, Szymański, Wojciechowski

Verts/ALE: Hudghton, Lipietz, Lucas, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Smith, Staes

Against: 452

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo,
Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou,
Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki,
Jensen, Kacin, Klinz, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis,
Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries,
Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van Hecke, Virrankoski,
Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Kaufmann

IND/DEM: Belder, Bonde, Pęk, Rogalski, Zapałowski

NI: Belohorská, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Masiel, Rivera, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend,
Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld,
Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera
García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings,
Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál,
Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça
Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herrero-Tejedor,
Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková,
Iturgaiz Angulo,
Jałowiecki,
Járóka, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-
Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne,
Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van
Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos,
Peterle, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan,
Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-
Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda,
Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer,
Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber,
Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

Ibrisagic,

Itälä,

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg,
Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas
Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Cottigny, D'Alema, De
Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas,
Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg,
Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-
Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt,
Hughes, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel,
Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira,
Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez
del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano,
Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos,
Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Skinner, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley,
Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Wynn, Yañez-
Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

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UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Didžiokas, Krasts, Kristovskis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain,
Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Ryan, Vaidere

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe
zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher,
Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Trüpel, Turmes,
Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

NI: Baco, Mote

PPE-DE: Pieper

PSE: Hedh, Wiersma

Verts/ALE: Bennahmias, Jonckheer

Abstention: 7

Corrections to votes

For

Pedro Guerreiro, Bastiaan Belder

12. Report: Duff/Voggenhuber A6-0414/2005

Recital I,2

For: 476

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chiesa, Cocilovo,
Cornillet, Costa, Deprez, De Sarnez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Geremek,
Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen,
Kacin, Klinz, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis,
Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries,
Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van Hecke, Virrankoski,
Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Maštálka,
Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Ransdorf, Rizzo, Strož, Verges, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Železný

NI: Belohorská, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez,
Masiel, Rivera, Romagnoli, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Albertini, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge,
Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione,
Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz
de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves,
Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich,
Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel,
Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges,
Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz
Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola,
Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne,
Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van
Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos,
Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró,
Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras,
Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg,
Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen,
Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca,
Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Zaleski, Zappalà,
Zatloukal, Zieleniec

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Jöns,

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg,
Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas
Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Cottigny,
D'Alema, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas,
Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg,
Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint,
Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes,
Ilves,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel,
Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira,
Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez
del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano,
Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud,
Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos
Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand,
Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler,
Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Janowski, Kamiński, Kristovskis, Libicki,
Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe
zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček,
Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher,
Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Staes, Trüpel,
Turmes, Voggenhuber

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Liotard, Meijer, Pafilis, Pflüger, Seppänen, Wagenknecht

Against: 79

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Louis,
Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wise, Wohlin, Zapałowski

NI: Allister, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Helmer, Mote, Rutowicz, Vanhecke,
Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Fajmon,
Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Parish, Pleštinská, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček,
Sturdy, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, Záborská, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: Dobolyi, Paleckis

UEN: Camre, Kuźmiuk, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Evans Jillian, Hudghton, Lucas, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Smith, Ždanoka

Abstention: 12

ALDE: Chatzimarkakis, Takkula, Väyrynen

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček, Remek, Uca

IND/DEM: Bonde

NI: Baco, Bobošíková

PSE: Goebbels, Hedh

UEN: Podkański

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Amendment 3

For: 90

ALDE: Bourlanges, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Takkula, Väyrynen, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kohlíček,
Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Strož, Uca,
Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Bobošíková, Czarnecki Ryszard

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Belet, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover,
Duchoň, Fajmon, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Parish, Škottová, Stevenson,
Strejček, Sturdy, Szájer, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, Záborská, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: Corbey, Hedh, Pahor

UEN: Bielan, Camre,
Wojciechowski Janusz

Janowski, Kamiński, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański,

Verts/ALE: Evans Jillian, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hudghton, Lucas, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Smith

Against: 444

ALDE: Andrejevs, Beaupuy, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa,
Deprez, De Sarnez, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck,
Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Kacin, Klinz, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax,
Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-
Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth,
Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Louis, Salvini, Speroni

NI: Allister, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Giertych, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mote,
Rivera, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend,
Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld,
Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera
García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings,
Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál,
Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça
Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herrero-Tejedor,
Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková,
Iturgaiz Angulo,
Jałowiecki,
Járóka, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-
Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne,
Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van
Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos,
Peterle, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró,
Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras,
Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva
Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer,
Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Weber Manfred,
Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, Wortmann-Kool, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

Ibrisagic,

Itälä,

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PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg,
Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas
Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Christensen, Corbett, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Rossa,
Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes,
Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels,
Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse
Jørgensen,
Ferreira, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes,
Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen,
Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez
Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes,
Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček,
Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström,
Skinner, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van
Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Wiersma, Wynn, Zani, Zingaretti

Ilves,

Jöns,

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Didžiokas, Kristovskis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli
Bortone, Ryan, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz,
Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 30

ALDE: Chiesa

GUE/NGL: Kaufmann, Pafilis

IND/DEM: Batten, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Lundgren, Nattrass, Sinnott, Wise, Wohlin, Železný

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Romagnoli, Rutowicz,
Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Pieper

PSE: Lienemann

Verts/ALE: Bennahmias, Jonckheer

Diana Wallis

Corrections to votes

Against

14. Report: Duff/Voggenhuber A6-0414/2005

Resolution

For: 385

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Costa, Deprez, De Sarnez,
Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki,
Jensen, Kacin, Klinz, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Ludford, Malmström, Matsakis, Morillon, Newton Dunn,
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schuth,
Staniszewska, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Kaufmann

NI: Belohorská, Masiel, Rivera

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PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend,
Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld,
Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera
García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings,
Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál,
Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle,
Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark,
Hoppenstedt, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Járóka, Jeggle, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klaß, Koch, Konrad,
Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne,
Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de
Vigo, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Oomen-Ruijten,
Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés
Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra,
Samaras, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Silva Peneda,
Sommer, Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis,
Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber,
Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berman,
Bösch, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González,
Cashman, Christensen, Corbett, D'Alema, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, El Khadraoui, Estrela,
Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg,
Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-
Quint, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Ilves, Jöns,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen,
Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez
Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes,
Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Piecyk,
Pinior, Pittella, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García,
Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi,
Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weiler,
Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Didžiokas, Kristovskis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli
Bortone, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de
Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lichtenberger, Lipietz,
Özdemir, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 125

ALDE: Bowles, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Lax, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Mulder,
Takkula, Väyrynen

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kohlíček,
Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen,
Strož, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Grabowski, Knapman,
Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wise, Wohlin,
Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen,
Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mote, Romagnoli, Rutowicz,
Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

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PPE-DE: Ashworth, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň,
Fajmon, Harbour, Heaton-Harris,
Iturgaiz Angulo, Kamall, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Parish, Škottová,
Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, Záborská, Zahradil, Zvěřina

Thursday, 19 January 2006

PSE: Hedh

UEN: Bielan, Camre,
Wojciechowski Janusz

Janowski, Kamiński, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański,

Verts/ALE: Hudghton, Lucas, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Smith, Staes

ALDE: Chatzimarkakis, Hall, Starkevičiūtė

Abstention: 51

PPE-DE: Graça Moura, Hudacký, Jałowiecki, Kaczmarek, Kudrycka, Lewandowski, Mikolášik, Olbrycht,
Pieper, Piskorski, Protasiewicz, Saryusz-Wolski, Siekierski, Sonik, Zaleski

PSE: Arif, Berès, Bono, Bourzai, Carlotti, Casaca, Castex, Corbey, Cottigny, Désir, Douay, Ferreira Anne,
Fruteau, Hamon, Laignel, Le Foll, Lienemann, Moscovici, Poignant, Reynaud, Roure, Schapira, Trautmann,
Weber Henri

UEN: Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Bennahmias, Buitenweg, Flautre, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Onesta

Carlos Iturgáiz Angulo

Corrections to votes

For

15. RC — B6-0057/2006 — Cambodia

Resolution

For: 80

ALDE: Geremek, Hall, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Onyszkiewicz, Prodi

GUE/NGL: Brie, Kohlíček, Meijer, Strož

IND/DEM: Bonde, Krupa, Rogalski

NI: Czarnecki Ryszard, Martin Hans-Peter, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Bowis, Caspary, Chichester, Coveney, Daul, Deß, Dimitrakopoulos, Duchoň, Elles,
Fraga Estévez, Gauzès, Gomolka, Grossetête, Hatzidakis, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Mann
Thomas, Mavrommatis, Montoro Romero, Nicholson, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pleštinská,
Posselt, Roithová, Rübig, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Šťastný, Sudre, Surján, Tannock, Trakatellis, Varvitsiotis,
Vatanen, Wieland, Zaleski

PSE: Ayala Sender, Casaca, Ettl, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Haug, Kindermann, Kuc,
Martin David, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, Scheele, Yañez-Barnuevo
García

UEN: Bielan, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Flautre, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Smith

Abstention: 1

GUE/NGL: Pafilis

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P6_TA(2006)0021

Standards of conduct of Members (Amendment of the Rules of Procedure)

European Parliament decision on the amendments to be made to the European Parliament's Rules
of Procedure relating to standards for the conduct of Members of the European Parliament
(2005/2075(REG))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the letter of 18 March 2005 from its President,

— having regard to the amendments to its Rules of Procedure drawn up by the Bureau on 7 March 2005,

— having regard to Rule 202 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0413/2005),

A. whereas it must be possible for the business of the House to be conducted in a dignified atmosphere,

although the vibrancy of plenary debates must also be maintained,

B. whereas the provisions currently included in its Rules of Procedure do not allow for an appropriate
response in the event of disruption of its business or of other activities taking place within its precincts,

C. whereas, as is the case in all parliamentary assemblies, provision must be made for the possibility of
penalties being imposed on any Member or Members not complying with the standards of conduct, for
the definition of the major principles of which, as well as for the devising of an internal appeals proce-
dure that guarantees the right of defence of Members on whom penalties have been imposed, it bears
responsibility,

1. Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as set out below;

2. Decides that these amendments shall enter into force on the first day of the next part-session, pursuant
to Rule 202(3) of its Rules of Procedure;

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, to the Commission and to the parlia-

3.
ments of the Member States, for information.

PRESENT TEXT

AMENDMENTS

Amendment 1

Rule 9, title and paragraph 1, subparagraph 1

Code of conduct

Members'
financial
access to Parliament

interests, standards of conduct and

Parliament may lay down a code of conduct for its
1.
Members. The code shall be adopted pursuant
to Rule
202(2) and attached to these Rules of Procedure as an annex.

Parliament may lay down rules governing the transpar-
interests, which shall be

1.
ency of its Members' financial
attached to these Rules of Procedure as an annex.

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Amendment 2

Rule 9, paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Members' conduct shall be characterised by mutual
respect, be based on the values and principles laid down in
the basic texts on which the European Union is founded,
respect the dignity of Parliament and not compromise the
smooth conduct of parliamentary business or disturb the
peace and quiet of any of Parliament's premises.

Failure to comply with these principles may lead to applica-
tion of the measures provided for in Rules 146, 147 and
148.

Amendment 3

Rule 9, paragraph 1 b (new)

1b.
The application of this Rule shall in no way detract
from the liveliness of parliamentary debates nor undermine
Members' freedom of speech.

It shall be based on full respect for Members' prerogatives,
as laid down in primary law and the Statute applicable to
them.

It shall be based on the principle of transparency and be so
undertaken that the relevant provisions are made clear to
Members, who shall be informed individually of their rights
and obligations.

Amendment 4

Interpretation of Rule 22, paragraph 3

The term 'conduct of sittings' includes the matter of the
conduct of Members within all of Parliament's premises.

Amendment 5

Rule 96, paragraph 3

3.
Committees shall normally meet in public. They may
decide, however, at the latest when the agenda of a meeting is
adopted, to divide the agenda for that meeting into items
open to the public and items closed to the public. However, if
a meeting is held in camera, the committee may, subject to
Article 4(1) to (4) of European Parliament and Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1049/2001, open documents and minutes
from the meeting to public access.

3.
Committees shall normally meet in public. They may
decide, however, at the latest when the agenda of a meeting is
adopted, to divide the agenda for that meeting into items
open to the public and items closed to the public. However, if
a meeting is held in camera, the committee may, subject to
Article 4(1) to (4) of European Parliament and Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1049/2001, open documents and minutes
from the meeting to public access. Rule 147 shall apply in
the event of any breach of the rules governing confidenti-
ality.

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AMENDMENTS

Amendment 6

Title VI, Chapter 3 a (new), title (new)

CHAPTER 3a

MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IN THE EVENT OF NON-
COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT
OF MEMBERS

(to be inserted before Rule 146)

Amendment 7

Rule 146, title and paragraph 1

Order in the Chamber

Immediate measures

The President shall call

1.
creates a disturbance during the proceedings.

to order any Member who

The President shall call

1.
to order any Member who
disrupts the smooth conduct of the proceedings or whose
conduct fails to comply with the relevant provisions of
Rule 9.

Amendment 8

Rule 146, paragraph 3

3.
If a further offence is committed, the President may
exclude the offender from the Chamber for the remainder of
the sitting. The Secretary-General shall see to it that this disci-
plinary measure is carried out immediately, with the assis-
tance of the ushers and, if necessary, of Parliament's Security
Service.

3.
Should the disturbance continue, or if a further offence
is committed, the President may deny the offender the right
to speak and exclude him from the Chamber
the
remainder of the sitting. He may also resort to the latter
measure immediately and without a second call to order in
cases of exceptional seriousness. The Secretary-General shall,
without delay, see to it that such disciplinary measures are
carried out, with the assistance of the ushers and, if necessary,
of Parliament's Security Service.

for

Amendment 9

Rule 146, paragraph 3 a (new)

Should disturbances threaten to obstruct the business
3a.
of the House, the President shall close or suspend the sitting
for a specific period to restore order. If he cannot make
himself heard, he shall leave the Chair; this shall have the
effect of suspending the sitting. The President shall recon-
vene the sitting.

Amendment 10

Rule 146, paragraph 3 b (new)

The powers provided for in paragraphs 1 to 3a shall
3b.
be vested, mutatis mutandis,
in the presiding officers of
bodies, committees and delegations as provided for in the
Rules of Procedure.

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Amendment 11

Rule 146, paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Where appropriate, and bearing in mind the serious-
ness of the breach of the Members' standards of conduct, the
Member in the Chair may, no later than the following part-
session or the following meeting of the body, committee or
delegation concerned, ask the President to apply Rule 147 .

Amendment 12

Rule 147

Exclusion of Members

Penalties

1.
In serious cases of disorder or disruption of Parliament,
the President may after giving formal notice, move, either
immediately or no later than the next part-session, that
Parliament pass a vote of censure which shall automatically
involve immediate exclusion from the Chamber and suspen-
sion for two to five days.

2.
Parliament shall decide whether to take such disci-
plinary action at a time to be decided by the President,
which shall be either at the sitting during which the events
in question occurred or, in the case of disruption outside the
Chamber, when the President was informed, or at the latest
at the next part-session. The Member concerned shall be
entitled to be heard by Parliament before the vote. His
speaking time shall not exceed five minutes.

3.
An electronic vote shall be taken without debate on the
request for disciplinary action. Requests submitted pursuant
to Rule 149(3) or 160(1) shall not be admissible.

1.
In exceptionally serious cases of disorder or disruption
of Parliament in violation of the principles laid down in Rule
9, the President, after hearing the Member concerned, shall
adopt a reasoned decision laying down the appropriate
penalty, which he shall notify to the Member concerned and
to the presiding officers of the bodies, committees and dele-
gations on which the Member serves, before announcing
them to plenary.

2. When assessing the conduct observed account shall be
taken of its exceptional, recurrent or permanent nature and
of its seriousness, on the basis of the guidelines annexed to
these Rules of Procedure. (*)

The penalty may consist of one or more of

3.
following measures:
(a) a reprimand;

the

(b) forfeiture of entitlement to the daily subsistence allow-

ance for a period of between 2 and 10 days;

(c) without prejudice to the right to vote in plenary, and
subject, in this instance, to strict compliance with the
Members' standards of conducts, temporary suspension,
for a period of between 2 and 10 consecutive days on
which Parliament or any of its bodies, committees or
delegations meet, from participation in all or some of
the activities of Parliament;

(d) submission to the Conference of Presidents, pursuant to
Rule 18, of a proposal for the Member's suspension or
removal from one or more of the elected offices held by
the Member in Parliament.

(*) See Annex XVIa.

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AMENDMENTS

Disturbances

Internal appeal procedures

Amendment 13

Rule 148

Should disturbances in Parliament threaten to obstruct the
business of the House, the President shall close or suspend
the sitting for a specific period to restore order. If he cannot
make himself heard, he shall leave the Chair. This shall have
the effect of suspending the sitting. The President shall
reconvene the sitting.

The Member concerned may lodge an internal appeal with
the Bureau within two weeks of notification of the penalty
imposed by the President. Such an appeal shall have the
effect of suspending the application of that penalty. The
Bureau may, not later than four weeks after the lodging of
the appeal, annul, confirm or reduce the penalty imposed,
without prejudice to the external rights of appeal open to
the Member concerned. Should the Bureau fail to take a
decision within the time-limit laid down, the penalty shall be
declared null and void.

Amendment 14

Annex XVI a (new)

ANNEX XVIa

Guidelines for the interpretation of the standards of conduct
of Members

1. A distinction should be drawn between visual actions,
which may be tolerated, provided they are not offensive
and/or defamatory, remain within reasonable bounds and
do not lead to conflict, and those which actively disrupt
any parliamentary activity whatsoever.

2. Members shall be held responsible for any failure by
persons whom they employ or for whom they arrange
access to Parliament to comply on Parliament's premises
with the standards of conduct applicable to Members.

The President or his representatives may exercise disci-
plinary powers over such persons and any other outside
person present on Parliament's premises.

P6_TA(2006)0022

Implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises

European Parliament resolution on implementing the European Charter for Small Enterprises
(2005/2123(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its resolution of 9 March 2005 on the mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy (1),

— having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Lisbon European Council in March 2000;

(1) OJ C 320 E, 15.12.2005, p. 164.

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— having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Barcelona European Council in March 2002;

— having regard to the Report of the High Level Group chaired by Wim Kok, following the meeting of

the Barcelona European Council;

— having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council in March 2005;

— having regard to the Commission Communication of 2 February 2005, entitled ‘Working together for

growth and jobs: A new start for the Lisbon Strategy’ (COM(2005)0024);

— having regard to the Commission's fifth report on the implementation of the European Charter for

Small Enterprises (COM(2005)0030),

— having regard to the European Charter for Small Enterprises, endorsed by the European Council in

Santa Maria da Feira in June 2000,

— having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2005 on strengthening European competitiveness — the

effects of industrial change on policy and the role of SMEs (1),

— having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the opinions of
the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Employment and Social
Affairs (A6-0405/2005),

A. whereas the European Council has adopted the strategy of making Europe the most competitive and

knowledge-based economy in the world,

B. whereas the Commission has launched a policy of ‘think small first’, and proposed new programmes

for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), notably an Entrepreneurship Action Plan,

C. whereas the Commission communication of 2 February 2005 on a new start for the Lisbon Strategy
overlooks small enterprises, even though the Lisbon European Council had declared that small enter-
prises were the backbone of the European economy and job creation,

D. whereas the European Charter for Small Enterprises has been adopted by the Member States of the
European Union, the accession and candidate countries, associated states, and the Commission, raising
to 35 the number of countries in which it applies; whereas the mechanisms for applying the Charter
are based on the open method of coordination,

E. whereas the Commission outlined the key instructions for reforms at EU level by focusing on 8 main
actions accompanied by around 100 regulatory, financing and policy development actions to be carried
out prior to 2008,

F. whereas the European Council has called for faster implementation of the Charter,

G. whereas professional organisations are playing an active role in applying the Charter and whereas they
are anxious to increase their participation; whereas small businesses' assessment of the Charter's
content is positive,

H. whereas there is still a shortage of relevant information on small and micro-businesses and whereas
insufficient knowledge of such businesses is a brake on the development of effective entrepreneurial
policies,

I. whereas, following a Council recommendation, the Commission's fifth implementation report on the
Charter concerns three of its ten lines for action, education for entrepreneurship, better regulation and
overcoming skills shortages,

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J. whereas small enterprises and craft enterprises are two of the main engines for increasing employment
in Europe; whereas they play a vital role in competitiveness and innovation, as well as in professional
training, and are an essential element of social cohesion in urban and rural areas,

K. whereas the High Level Group, the Commission and the European Council proposed and determined a

new start for the Lisbon process,

The European Charter for Small Enterprises

1. Welcomes the application of the Charter beyond the European Union; considers that it is playing a
positive role in the preparation of the accession and candidate countries, and that the Charter's implemen-
tation should be encouraged in the pre-accession strategy;

2. Highlights the responsibility of the Member States and EURO-MED partner countries for more thor-
ough implementation of the Charter and encourages them to learn from each other through the exchange
of good practice in this area;

3. Highlights the importance of small enterprises in delivering the Lisbon objectives of stronger, lasting
growth and more and better jobs;

Supports the principle of applying the Charter in the associated states; considers that it represents an
4.
excellent vehicle for the approximation of legislation between those states and the European Union; wishes
the Charter to have a consistent place in the European Neighbourhood Policy's projects;

5. Considers that the open method of coordination between the states is relevant, but that it should not
exonerate the Commission from active participation in implementing the Charter;

6. Wishes the structure of small businesses' professional organisations, especially at the regional level to
be strengthened, and for those organisations to be better involved; considers that the annual conferences
on the Charter should be complemented by other regular meetings to structure the exchange and dissemi-
nation of best practice; calls for the promotion of cooperation and collaboration projects involving small
enterprises;

7.
Points out that the Charter concerns small businesses and this special purpose is what makes it worth-
while; nevertheless, with due regard for its special purpose, considers that the Charter's actions for small
businesses should be incorporated in, and supplemented by, the general policy for SMEs based on binding
measures not only at Community level but also within Member States, where sharing of best practice
should be specifically encouraged; notes, in particular, that the tenth and final line for action on strength-
ening the representation of the interests of small enterprises requires a review to be completed of how the
interests of small businesses are represented at European Union and national level, including through the
social dialogue; stresses that this is a key requirement, given that the current composition of the social part-
ners is primarily reflective of larger businesses and their employees; calls, while noting that the Commis-
sion's current implementation report focuses on three other key priority areas of the Charter, for early
completion and publication of this review; in the meantime, calls on employers' representatives to repre-
sent the interests of small businesses without delay in their role as social partners;

8.
Points out that the concept of ‘small enterprise’ includes businesses of different sizes, character and
activity, whose situations and requirements vary; calls on the Commission to use the mechanisms of the
Charter and to cooperate with professional organisations representing small enterprises to overcome the
lack of available information and data on such enterprises and on their needs and potential; bearing in
mind the specific nature of craft enterprises, reiterates its request that detailed and accurate economic and
statistical analyses of such enterprises be carried out and that a fresh boost be given to work on craft enter-
prises;

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The content of the Commission's report

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9. Notes that the report does not give a consistent overview of the situation in all Member States; calls
on the Commission, in future reports, not only to analyse individual countries but to carry out a critical,
complete yet concise assessment of all Member States and associated states in order to make specific
comparisons possible;

Is surprised at the rather complex presentation of the report, which varies in density depending on

10.
the version concerned; would have appreciated a more systematic and more critical review;

11. Notes that progress in the area of entrepreneurship is rather patchy and in many cases has little
effect in terms of actual benefits for enterprises; considers that better coordination with the Entrepreneur-
ship Action Plan is required; points out that the involvement of businesses in such actions is an essential
condition for their success; stresses, in particular, the need to enhance the opportunities of small and
micro-businesses to make use of European programmes given the difficulties they encounter in gaining
access to such programmes;

12. Considers that the SME Envoy performs a useful function in externally connecting small enterprises
with the Community environment, and calls therefore on the Commission to promote coordination
between the Envoy and bodies representing small enterprises and craft enterprises in respect of all Com-
munity issues; considers that this role could be more effectively enhanced if the Envoy could also be more
vocal internally, by being invited to attend and contribute to committee discussions in Parliament on
proposed legislation so that the needs of SMEs can be more fully explored in due time;

13. Appreciates the very important role that international collaboration between Chambers of Commerce
can play in improving the competitiveness of small enterprises, particularly at a time in which globalisation
leads to more and more enterprises, concentrations and cartels expanding internationally;

14. Welcomes the Commission's willingness to improve SMEs' access to EU programmes; stresses that it
is important to facilitate their access to structural funds and promote other initiatives to improve access to
private capital flows for the benefit of small enterprises, including the creation of microfinancing facilities
for flexible forms of women or family-run enterprises, by helping to cofinance projects and providing
qualified and financially accessible information, in particular through the Euro Info Centres and the Innova-
tion Relay Centres;

15.
Points out that undertakings in outlying and rural areas are predominantly small in size; stresses
therefore the need for increased funding in the form of special measures and investment programmes and
extension of the innovation network to encompass outlying small businesses, for which access to innova-
tion is of vital importance; recommends simplified procedures for the creation of regional and local funds
of risk capital in cooperation with institutions dealing with technological development and innovation
such as technological incubator centres, high-tech centres, technological parks etc.;

16.
Stresses that the purpose of the report is to strengthen the small-enterprise dimension in Community
policy by drawing up best practices and streamlining the existing policy instruments; given that small
enterprises are recognised as a major motor for creating and increasing employment and innovation in
Europe as well as fostering social and regional development; regards it as vital that both the role and the
needs of SMEs be generally considered when any legislative proposal is being developed, not just proposals
specifically concerning small enterprises;

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innovation;
17. Notes that small and craft enterprises are an irreplaceable source of technological
requests that
research and innovation
the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme and other
programmes, as well as regional policy, should facilitate the development of such innovation and support
the initiatives taken by these enterprises; stresses that innovation should not be confined to technology, but
that it also concerns the modernisation of the activities and services of small and craft enterprises,
including modernisation for social and job creation purposes;

18. Recognises that Member States are best placed to oversee bankruptcy legislation; nevertheless believes
that it is not enough simply to exchange best practice, and calls therefore on the European Union to
encourage further development and fostering of business support networks at regional and local level that
would provide support to small enterprises to relaunch their business;

19. Welcomes the progress made by the Member States in the area of legislation on bankruptcy; points
out that a number of financial obstacles are still hampering the development of small and micro-businesses,
particularly their access to lending, and that measures to this end should therefore be taken at Community
level; repeats its view that the European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund should be better
used to support the growth of such businesses, especially those working in the field of innovation and
technological development; also considers that facilitating the transfer of businesses will significantly boost
the viability of small businesses; calls for more extensive joint European initiatives to promote the establish-
ment of small businesses and use to greater advantage their investment potential; considers that EU
measures should — in accordance with the subsidiarity principle — supplement and underpin national
policies;

20. Calls on the Commission and the Council to strengthen the financial instruments for small and craft
enterprises, particularly mutual guarantee systems;

21. Draws attention once again to persistent fiscal
impediments, particularly as regards investment;
considers that this action area should be a priority, in order to give SMEs easier access to capital; suggests,
for instance, that European subsidies for small businesses should be exempt from corporation tax;

22.
Believes that tax and administration systems relating to the creation and the development of small
businesses should be simplified, that tax obstacles to all forms of cross-border economic activity should be
eliminated, for instance by a common system of value added tax, and that the fight against illegal state aid
in the form of harmful tax competition should continue; supports in particular the Commission proposals
for a pilot scheme for home state taxation for SMEs, which provide a short-term solution for small busi-
nesses and supplement the principal measure in this area — the common consolidated corporate tax base;
urges Member States to reform and simplify their tax systems relating to the creation and the development
of small businesses, to provide incentives for innovative companies and to abolish disadvantages created by
tax systems for equity financing;

23. Calls not only for tax relief for small enterprises but also for a reduction in bureaucratic obstacles,
particularly in the launch phase;

24.
Believes that the Member States and the Commission have failed to grasp the scale of the consider-
able challenge that the European Union will face over the next ten years as millions of small and craft
enterprises cease to operate because of the retirement of those who run them, with the danger that several
million jobs will be lost; considers that it is a priority of major importance for the Union to ensure that
such enterprises are handed on and taken over; calls on the Commission and Council to draw up a strategy
to encourage and facilitate the handing on and taking over of small and craft enterprises;

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25. Notes that, in terms of impact analysis, the Member States' progress is still limited; is still awaiting
the adoption by the Commission of a definitive method for carrying out impact assessments; asks the
Commission and the Member States to define detailed objectives for simplifying the present regulatory
framework, sector by sector; calls for that exercise to pave the way for effective simplification for small
businesses; calls, moreover, on the Commission and the Member States actually to make use of the results
of the impact assessments and incorporate them in their legislative proposals;

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26.
Believes that, to ensure a level playing field for SMEs, the Commission must ensure that all legislation
is implemented uniformly across all Member States and that in the case of non-compliance, rapid infringe-
ment procedures are applied;

27. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the possibility of exempting small businesses from certain
regulatory requirements is effectively implemented, as the Charter proposes; emphasises that the simplifica-
tion of legislation generally and the exemption of SMEs from certain regulatory obligations, as proposed in
the Charter, are useful means of alleviating the burden of administrative expenditure and procedures for
SMEs;

28. Notes the differences which apply in respect of education in entrepreneurship and the nurturing of
the entrepreneurial spirit in schools; recognises that the development of business skills should be an objec-
tive of national secondary education programmes in all the Member States; recognises the importance of
the first line for action in the Charter, relating to ‘education and training for entrepreneurship’, which
emphasises the need to support business innovation and worker training, to develop entrepreneurship
from an early age in lessons and training courses devoted to business in secondary school, university and
technological training, to encourage close cooperation with research centres, to encourage public support
for young entrepreneurs and to establish links between the various sectors of public administration;
considers that the formation of business clusters of small enterprises could be one effective way to foster
job creation;

29. Considers that,
in the case of training, the results are still a long way from meeting the needs
expressed; repeats its wish to see special consideration given to groups of small enterprises within the
framework of the Leonardo da Vinci apprentice exchange programme; expects the Member States to
develop and support a range of performance-oriented training opportunities; repeats its wish to see an
exchange programme set up for workers, from apprentices upwards, to make it possible for them to
complete a vocational training period abroad, thereby encouraging their mobility;

30.
Proposes to strengthen the cooperation between Euro Info Centres, the Commission and the Euro-
pean Union's information offices and to involve associated business structures, as this would give SMEs
better access to information;

31. Calls on the Commission, the Council and Member States to start the process of modernisation of
the Charter and re-launch the implementation process with priorities of the Lisbon agenda; considers that
revision of Charter should be the focus of the next annual conference on the Charter; welcomes the prac-
tice followed hitherto of holding conferences on the Charter, such as those held in Dublin (2004) and
Luxembourg (2005); is in favour of the practice of holding national conferences on the Charter and recom-
mends that the mechanism for submitting reports regarding the Charter be linked to progress reports on
the Entrepreneurship Action Plan;

32. Considers that additional priorities should be introduced into the Charter, such as the promotion of
entrepreneurship as a true value of society, a considerable reduction of the stigma attached to entrepre-
neurial failure, enhanced cooperation between small enterprises, education and research institutions and
support for intensive cooperation between the aforementioned actors, financial institutions and capital
markets;

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Evaluating the Charter's implementation

33. Calls for the countries that have not implemented the lines for action to be identified in the report
and for all the countries to be listed for each line for action, so as to have a complete overview of progress
made;

34.
Stresses that if the Charter had force of law and were binding, as the European Parliament has regu-
larly requested, the involvement of Member States would be greater, making it possible to carry out a fuller
and more detailed analysis; is concerned at the excessive degree of latitude allowed to Member States as to
whether or not to participate in the implementation of the Charter; deplores the fact that some Member
States are not properly implementing all the Charter's action lines and are refusing to undertake the struc-
tural reforms needed for small enterprises; calls on the Council to address this question so as to play a
greater role in monitoring the implementation of the Charter;

35. Wishes best practices to be highlighted, so as to provide models of experience for each line for
action; notes that the Best Procedure projects are working well and considers that their dissemination
needs encouraging;

36. Maintains that the fifth line for action covered by the Charter, ‘Improving online access’, should be
considered more explicitly, especially the role of the public authorities in increasing their electronic
communication with the small business sector;

37.
Points to the need to focus more attention on, and give better guarantees as regards access to,
specific Community support for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises; maintains that it is essential
to do away with the red tape in the procedures for granting Community funds;

Is concerned by the lack of data on small enterprises at national and European level; recalls that reli-
38.
able and more complete statistical information is an essential tool when addressing the problems and
needs of small businesses;

39. Calls on the professional organisations of small businesses to deliver an opinion on the Charter's
implementation at both national and European level; wants to see them more closely involved, both during
the framing of policies and in all the decisions taken at Community level regarding small enterprises, by
setting up standing working groups for this purpose; calls on the Member States and the Commission to
ensure full and independent participation by the organisations representing all these enterprises in the
European social dialogue as a whole; points out that through the Charter, the Commission, in cooperation
with the Member States, could put together data on small and micro-businesses with particular reference
to the needs of small businesses, including data on the productivity and efficiency of micro-businesses
compared with medium-sized businesses, so as to make Community legislation more responsive to their
requirements and better adapt its actions, programmes and policies, including through the identification of
indicators to assess the impact on business activity;

40. Calls for better statistics concerning the situation of small enterprises in the European Union so that
more accurate quantitative comparisons can be drawn and best practices applied more effectively;

41. Calls for a level playing field regarding capital accretion by small businesses, particularly in connec-
tion with the ‘Basel II’ provisions - ensuring them more funds for investment in research and development
so that they can compete effectively;

42. Considers it necessary, for the sake of enhanced innovation and competitiveness, to increase the
contribution of trans-European networks to disseminating technology and new ideas among small busi-
nesses and to encourage staff mobility between small enterprises and higher education and research institu-
tions; also considers it necessary to develop more targeted research programmes focused on the commer-
cial application of knowledge and technology by small enterprises;

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43.
Is disappointed by the deadlock in the Council's negotiations on a Community patent; urges the
Commission to provide a suitable legal framework to protect patent and intellectual property rights
regarding the dissemination of innovatory ideas among small enterprises and all other bodies operating
within the internal market; stresses that patents should be affordable for small businesses;

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44. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to withdraw one third of screened legislative proposals to
ensure that the regulatory framework in which businesses operate is simple and of high quality; calls upon
the Member States to support the Commission in this project with equivalent measures at national level;
welcomes the Commission's proposal that new regulations at national and Community level should be
screened to assess their impact, both positive and negative, on small enterprises and entrepreneurs; requests
that the principle of subsidiarity be more rigorously taken into account and a more systematic use be
made of impact assessments and public consultation in the development of new policy proposals; calls
accordingly on the Commission to ensure that impact assessments of Community legislation are clearly
and specifically extended to small enterprises; believes that this Commission proposal concerning new
regulations should also be formally extended to include existing regulations and that, where legislation is
deemed unnecessary at Community level, it should be revised or repealed; calls on the Commission to
draw up a clear timetable and action plan in order to deliver this objective;

45. Underlines the need to accelerate far-reaching structural reforms in each Member State in order to
strengthen small enterprises' competitiveness, create favourable conditions for businesses, especially small
businesses, and complete the creation of a fully-functioning internal market;

46. Calls, for that reason, for concrete policies and actions to increase investments at national and
regional level; calls urgently for suitable investment incentives to be given to small businesses, such as
simplified procedures for supporting small investments via public development funds, venture capital funds
(especially seed capital funds), business angel finance, investment by private individuals (micro-angels) and
micro-credit funds operating on a public-private partnership basis; encourages the pooling of resources
and information concerning joint projects, greater participation in projects carried out by Member States
and transparency of taxation regarding policies aimed at attracting foreign investments;

47. Recognises the need for special assistance to small enterprises in implementing environmental and
social legislation;

48.
Believes that all the measures laid down in the Charter to stimulate business enterprise should be
equally applicable to the self-employed, especially as regards matters of interest to them, such as social
security systems, prevention of occupational hazards, and unemployment insurance;

The Charter's future

49.
Takes note of the suggestion of linking the progress reports on the Entrepreneurship Action Plan
with the reporting mechanism for the Charter, and revising the content and priorities of the Action Plan, if
need be;

50. With a view to the possible revision of the Charter, calls for craft enterprises to be expressly recog-
nised in the text; with this in view, hopes that the main goal of the Fourth European Conference on Crafts
and Small Businesses will be to help define the common interests of craft sectors at European level and
that it will have the technical, human, financial and political means to enable it to draw up a strategy
better geared to the specific nature, needs and expectations of craft sectors;

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51. Congratulates the new Member States for actively learning from others and on their early results in
implementing the Charter though further progress must be made; draws attention to the particularly
important role played by SMEs in the new Member States, especially in those in which significant institu-
tional and political changes are underway;

52. Regrets the fact that there will be no more annual Charter reports in future, as Charter reporting will
from now on be absorbed into Lisbon reporting; believes that this is certainly a backward step as far as
future focus on SMEs is concerned; further regrets that the process of Charter reporting, which involved
annual bilateral discussions with representatives of business organisations, will now lapse without such
future direct input from SMEs; considers that this decision should be revisited;

53. Considers that while this would make it possible to rationalise follow-up action for the two instru-
ments, it is not acceptable for implementation of the Charter to become merely a subheading of the Action
Plan;

54.

Believes that consideration needs to be given to the special situation of non-profit SMEs;

55.

Therefore considers that this solution would be acceptable only on the following conditions:

— retaining the small and micro-businesses dimension of the Charter, with actions specifically intended

for them;

— setting up a specific follow-up and evaluation mechanism for the accession and candidate countries,

and associated states that are not party to the Action Plan;

— taking account of the participation of the professional organisations, which have a more important role

in implementing the Charter than in the Action Plan;

— maintaining the dissemination of best practices and exchanges between the Charter's signatory states;

56.
Stresses that including the follow-up to the implementation of the Charter as part of the Lisbon
Strategy must not be an end in itself; emphasises that, if this follow-up action is simplified in any way, this
should not be at the expense of the content and substance of the annual reports forwarded by the states
concerning follow-up to the Charter; calls therefore for these national reports to continue to focus on the
introduction of best practice, experimentation,
the presentation of concrete legislative measures and
specific political commitments aimed at small and micro enterprises;

57. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to evaluate the implementation of the Charter in the
contextual framework of the Lisbon process;

58. Calls on the Commission to involve all representatives of small and craft enterprises in any revision
process and to take these conditions into account when it presents to Parliament a proposal for revising
the Charter and improving its follow-up action;

59. Calls on the Council, the Commission, and the Member States to ensure that the annual report on
the Charter remains the key instrument for monitoring the development in the field of entrepreneurship;

*

*

*

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, and the govern-

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P6_TA(2006)0023

Common organisation of the market in sugar *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the
common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (COM(2005)0263 — C6-0243/2005 —
2005/0118(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0263) (1),

— having regard to Articles 36 and 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parlia-

ment (C6-0243/2005),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinions
of the Committee on Development, the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Budgetary Control
and the Committee on International Trade (A6-0391/2005),

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2. Records that the appropriations shown in the proposal for a regulation are for guidance only until
such time as an agreement has been reached on the financial perspective for the period covering 2007
onwards;

3. Asks the Commission, once the next financial perspective has been adopted, to confirm the amounts
shown in the proposal for a regulation or, where appropriate, to submit the adjusted amounts for the
approval of the European Parliament and the Council, thereby ensuring compatibility with the relevant ceil-
ings;

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

5. Considers it unacceptable that the Council should have announced a political agreement on sugar
reform, with far-reaching implications for the future of the industry in many Member States, without first
having obtained the opinion of the European Parliament; the Council may never conclude a final political
agreement before consultation of the European Parliament has been completed;

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

7. Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substan-
tially;

8.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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Amendment 1

Recital 2

(2)
The sugar market in the Community is based on princi-
ples which for other common market organisations have been
substantially reformed in the past. In order to pursue the
objectives set out in Article 33 of the Treaty, and notably in
order to stabilise the markets and to ensure a fair standard of
living for the agricultural community within the sugar sector,
it is necessary to fundamentally review the common organisa-
tion of the market in the sugar sector.

(2)
The sugar market in the Community is based on princi-
ples which for other common market organisations have been
reformed in the past. In order to pursue the objectives set out
in Article 33 of the Treaty, and notably in order to stabilise
the markets and to ensure a fair standard of living for the agri-
cultural community within the sugar sector, it is necessary to
introduce modifications to the common organisation of the
market in the sugar sector.

Amendment 2

Recital 3 a (new)

(3a)
The Community sugar market is likely to be particu-
larly volatile for the first four years of the reform (2006 to
2010), whilst the restructuring scheme is put into operation.
The reference price system has not been successful in other
agricultural sectors in either stabilising markets or estab-
lishing a floor price on the market. It is therefore necessary
to retain the intervention price system for the four-year
period from 2006 to 2010, with provision being made,
where necessary, for sugar being bought in by the interven-
tion agencies. To this end, intervention prices should be set
for both white and raw sugar at a level that ensures a fair
income for sugar beet and sugar cane producers, while
protecting the interests of consumers. Such price guarantees
for sugar in practice also benefit sucrose syrups and isoglu-
cose and inuline syrup, the prices of which are dependent on
the price of sugar. As from the marketing year 2010/2011,
a reference price should be established in place of the inter-
vention system.

Amendment 3

Recital 5 a (new)

(5a)
In order to ensure a fair standard of living for beet
producers, a minimum price should be fixed for quota beet
which takes account of the intervention price for white
sugar and the estimated Community yield of 130 kg of
sugar per tonne of standard quality beet.

Amendment 4

Recital 6 a (new)

(6a) As only a small proportion of the reduction in sugar
prices will be passed on to the European consumer (1,5 %
for white sugar, which accounts for 70 % of sugar produc-
tion; 5 % for raw sugar, which accounts for the remaining
30 %), the reference or intervention price and the minimum
price for beet should be established primarily on the basis of
the trends in quantities produced, imports and consumption,
in such a way as to ensure balance on the Community
market.

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(7)
Specific instruments are needed to ensure a fair balance
of rights and obligations between sugar undertakings and
sugar beet growers. Therefore, standard provisions should be
laid down to govern the contractual relations between buyers
and sellers of sugar beet. The diversity of natural, economic
and technical situations makes it difficult to provide for
uniform purchase terms for sugar beet throughout the Com-
munity. Agreements within the trade already exist between
associations of sugar beet growers and sugar undertakings.
framework provisions should only define the
Therefore,
minimum guarantees required by both sugar beet growers
and the sugar industry to ensure a smooth functioning of
the sugar market with the possibility to derogate from some
rules in the context of an agreement within the trade.

(7)
Specific instruments are needed to ensure a fair balance
of rights and obligations between sugar undertakings and
sugar beet growers. Therefore, standard provisions should be
laid down to govern the contractual relations between buyers
and sellers of sugar beet. If specific economic difficulties arise
for which the framework provisions cannot provide a valid
solution, it should be possible for agreements within the
trade to introduce, following consultation of the Commis-
sion's services, derogations from certain rules provided they
are proportionate and of limited duration.

Amendment 6

Recital 8

The reasons which in the past led the Community to
(8)
adopt a production quota system for sugar,
isoglucose and
inuline syrup still remain valid. However, due to developments
within the Community and internationally, it is necessary to
adjust the production system in order to provide for new
arrangements and reductions of the quotas. In line with the
previous quota system, a Member State should allocate quotas
to the undertakings established within its territory. The new
common organisation of
the markets in the sugar sector
should maintain the legal status of the quotas in so far as,
according to the case-law of the Court of Justice, the system
of quotas constitutes a mechanism for regulating the market
in the sugar sector which aims to ensure the attainment of
public interest objectives.

The reasons which in the past led the Community to
(8)
adopt a production quota system for sugar,
isoglucose and
inuline syrup still remain valid. However, due to developments
within the Community and internationally, it is necessary to
adjust the production system, in particular the quotas, with a
view to ensuring balance on the markets in the sugar sector.
In line with the previous quota system, a Member State should
allocate quotas to the undertakings established within its terri-
tory. The new common organisation of the markets in the
sugar sector should maintain the legal status of the quotas in
so far as, according to the case-law of the Court of Justice, the
system of quotas constitutes a mechanism for regulating the
market in the sugar sector which aims to ensure the attain-
ment of public interest objectives.

Amendment 7

Recital 8 a (new)

(8a)
The introduction by the European Union in 2000 of
a regime based on unlimited zero-duty access to sugar from
the Balkan countries resulted in an unprecedented rise in
imports, due, in particular, to irregular trade practices which
remained undetected for a considerable time. The return to
controlled imports in 2005 has made it possible to block
illegal imports of sugar into the Community and to ensure
balance on the internal market.

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Amendment 8

Recital 8 b (new)

(8b)
There are objective risks that the irregular trade
practices that developed following the opening-up of the
Community market to zero-duty, quota-free sugar imports
from the Balkan countries could reappear with the full entry
into force of the ‘Everything But Arms’ initiative for the
least developed countries (LDCs). If the Community is to
adapt its production quotas in an effective and rational
fashion, it will need suitable regulatory instruments, which
enable it to keep control over the supply of sugar on its
market and to eliminate all irregular trade practices, given
that
the latter disturb the market and unbalance the
Community's production system. Developing countries will
also require substantial assistance so that they can guard
against
these practices and take full advantage of the
‘Everything But Arms’ initiative.

Amendment 9

Recital 8 c (new)

(8c)
In the case of the ‘Everything But Arms’ initiative,
under which the LDCs will be able to import sugar free of
tariffs and quotas, there is some risk of three-way trading,
which would be virtually impossible to detect under reason-
able financial conditions and which could potentially under-
mine the stability of the Community market. This three-way
trading might also threaten development itself in the LDCs,
since it would benefit only the major international operators,
whilst having no positive effect on the local communities
dependent on sugar production. Given that many developing
countries are in fact dependent on sugar under purely
export-oriented production regimes, it is crucial to ensure
that the threat of three-way trading does not hinder devel-
oping countries' access to EU markets.

Amendment 10

Recital 9

(9)
Following the recent decisions on export subsidies of
the World Trade Organisation Panel and the Appellate Body
on EU export subsidies for sugar and in order for Com-
munity operators to ensure a smooth change-over from the
previous quota system to the present system, it should be
possible during the marketing year 2006/2007 for sugar
undertakings that produced C sugar in the marketing year
2004/2005 to be allocated an additional quota under condi-
tions that take the lower value of C sugar into account.

deleted

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Amendment 11

Recital 9 a (new)

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(9a)
The depletion of oil resources worldwide has led to
an unprecedented rise in the price of crude oil. In this
climate, alcohol production in the sugar sector is a major
asset for the development of alternative energies. Given the
impact of
the common organisation of
markets at production level, it is important to anticipate and
reinforce these trends by opening up prospects for the sugar
sector and clearly including the bioethanol outlet within
production outside the quota.

the reform of

Amendment 78

Recital 9 b (new)

The EU should seek to abolish export subsidies as

(9b)
soon as possible, and at the latest by 2013.

Amendment 12

Recital 10 a (new)

(10b) Undertakings
that are allocated an additional
isoglucose quota should agree in advance to renounce the
subsidy provided for under the temporary scheme for the
restructuring of the sugar industry.

Amendment 13

Recital 11

To ensure that the Community's production of sugar,
(11)
isoglucose and inuline syrup is reduced sufficiently,
the
Commission should be entitled to adjust the quotas to a
sustainable level after the termination of the restructuring
fund in 2010.

(11)
To ensure balance on the Community market if the
situation so warrants the Council should be entitled, on a
proposal from the Commission and after consulting the
European Parliament, to adjust the quotas for sugar, isoglu-
cose and inuline syrup, and to set them at a sustainable level
after the termination of the restructuring fund in 2010.

Amendment 14

Recital 15 a (new)

(15a)
Steps should be taken to ensure that the chemical
and pharmaceutical industries can obtain supplies of sugar
at the world market price.

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Amendment 15

Recital 28 a (new)

(28a)
The rules of origin should be tightened in order to
prevent the acquisition of origin being determined by the
refining process.

Amendment 16

Recital 29

(29)
The Community has several preferential market access
arrangements with third countries which allow those countries
to export cane sugar to the Community under favourable
conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate refiners' need
for sugar for refining and, under certain conditions, to reserve
import licences to full-time refiners in the Community.

(29)
The Community has several preferential market access
arrangements with third countries which allow those countries
to export cane sugar to the Community under favourable
conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate refiners' need
for sugar for refining and, under certain conditions, to reserve
import
in the Community.
However, as from the marketing year 2009/2010 import
licences should be issued to other sugar factories as well.

to full-time refiners

licences

Amendment 17

Recital 29 a (new)

Preferential access by LDCs to EU markets in
(29a)
respect of sugar products should be temporarily withdrawn
in cases where their exports to the EU exceed their domestic
production capacity, without regard to sugar products other-
wise disposed of, primarily through domestic consumption
and exports to third countries. The Commission should
information from beneficiary
therefore receive statistical
countries about
sugar production and
consumption, as well as their sugar imports and exports.
These statistics should also include sugar in processed
products.

their domestic

Amendment 18

Recital 29 b (new)

(29b)
Beneficiary countries of the Generalised System of
Preferences should be prohibited from using sugar from
third countries that do not belong to the group of LDCs for
products that they intend to sell to the EU under the prefer-
ential access scheme.

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Amendment 20

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(32)
Compliance with the quantity limits should be ensured
by a reliable and effective system of monitoring. To that end,
the granting of export refunds should be made subject to an
export licence. Export refunds should be granted up to the
limits available, depending on the particular situation of each
should be
product
permitted only for processed products not listed in Annex I to
the Treaty, to which volume limits do not apply. Provision
should be made for derogating from strict compliance with
management
rules where exports benefiting from export
refunds are not likely to exceed the quantity laid down.

concerned. Exceptions

to that

rule

(32)
Compliance with the quantity limits should be ensured
by a reliable and effective system of monitoring. To that end,
the granting of both export refunds and non- quota exports
should be made subject to an export licence. Export refunds
should be granted up to the limits available, depending on the
particular situation of each product concerned. Exceptions to
that rule should be permitted only for processed products not
listed in Annex I to the Treaty, to which volume limits do not
apply. Provision should be made for derogating from strict
compliance with management rules where exports benefiting
from export refunds are not likely to exceed the quantity laid
down.

Amendment 21

Recital 34

It is appropriate to provide for measures to be taken
(34)
when a substantial rise or fall in prices disturbs or threatens to
disturb the Community market. These measures may include
the opening of a quota at reduced tariff for imports of sugar
from the world market for the time necessary.

It is appropriate to provide for measures to be taken
(34)
when a substantial rise or fall in prices disturbs or threatens to
disturb the Community market. Should there be a deficit in
these measures may include the
Community production,
opening of a quota at reduced tariff for imports of sugar from
the world market for the time necessary.

Amendment 22

Recital 38

(38)
The characteristics of sugar production in the outer-
most regions of the Community distinguish that production
from sugar production in the rest of the Community. Financial
support should therefore be given to the sector by allocating
resources to farmers in those regions after the entry into force
of the support programmes to assist local production which
Member States draw up under Council Regulation (EC) No …/
2005 of […] laying down specific measures for agriculture in
the outermost regions of the Union.

(38)
The characteristics of sugar production in the outer-
most regions of the Community distinguish that production
from sugar production in the rest of the Community. Financial
support should therefore be given to the sector by allocating
resources to farmers in those regions after the entry into force
of the support programmes to assist local production which
Member States draw up under Council Regulation (EC) No …/
2005 of […] laying down specific measures for agriculture in
the outermost regions of the Union. Provision should also be
made for specific aid schemes for Community areas and
regions facing economic and social hardship.

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Amendment 23

Recital 40

(40)
The change-over from the arrangements in Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001 to those provided for in this Regulation
could give rise to difficulties which are not dealt with in this
the
Regulation.
Commission should be enabled to adopt transitional measures.

to deal with such difficulties,

In order

(40)
The change-over from the arrangements in Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001 to those provided for in this Regulation
could give rise to difficulties which are not dealt with in this
Regulation, such as the uncertainty with respect to the
marketing year 2006/2007 in those areas in which autumn
sowing is practiced. In order to deal with such difficulties, the
Commission should be enabled to adopt transitional measures.

Amendment 24

Recital 40 a (new)

In the context of the restructuring of the European
(40a)
sugar industry,
the Council must mobilise the Union's
Structural Funds and all the social cohesion policy instru-
ments, with a view to optimising the management of the
restructuring and encouraging job creation.

Given the extent of the proposed reform, over a short period,
especially in rural areas, and covering various types of
economic activity,
to develop regional
it will be vital
programmes quickly, with the support of the EU's Structural
Funds and of all the social cohesion policy instruments. That
is in line with the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy, the
European Employment Strategy, and the Commission's cohe-
sion guidelines for 2007-2113, and reflects, in particular,
the terms of the Commission communication on restruc-
turing and employment (1).

That communication stresses that the EU should, as a
matter of consistency, assume the costs of the policies it
implements (point 1.1), and draws attention to the need to
make use of all the Community financial instruments avail-
able to the Member States in a complementary and inte-
grated fashion, with a view to managing economic change
and optimising the impact on employment (point 2.1.3).

(1) Commission communication entitled ‘Restructuring and employ-
ment — Anticipating and accompanying restructuring in order
to develop employment:
the European Union’,
the role of
(COM(2005)0120).

Amendment 25

Article 1, paragraph 1 a (new)

The common organisation of markets in the sugar
1a.
sector shall seek to pursue the objectives set out in Article
33 of the Treaty, and notably, to stabilise the markets, to
increase the market orientation of the Community sugar
regime, and to ensure a fair standard of living for the agri-
cultural community within the sugar sector.

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Amendment 26

Article 2, point (6 a) (new)

(6a)
‘exported sugar’, ‘exported isoglucose’ and ‘exported
inuline syrup’ mean the quantity of sugar, isoglucose or
inuline syrup exported to third countries during a given
marketing year within the
the agreements
concluded pursuant to Article 300 of the Treaty;

limits of

Amendment 27

Article 2, point (7)

‘surplus sugar’,

(7)
‘surplus isoglucose’ and ‘surplus inuline
syrup’ mean any quantity of sugar, isoglucose or inuline syrup
production attributed to a specific marketing year over and
above the respective quantities referred to in points (5) and
(6);

‘surplus sugar’,

(7)
‘surplus isoglucose’ and ‘surplus inuline
syrup’ mean any quantity of sugar, isoglucose or inuline syrup
production attributed to a specific marketing year over and
above the respective quantities referred to in points (5), (6)
and (6a);

Amendment 28

Article 2, point (11 a) (new)

(11a)
‘Preferential sugar originating from the least devel-
oped countries (LDCs)’ means sugar produced and exported
by a particular LDC in excess of its consumption as notified
to the International Sugar Organisation.

Amendment 29

Article 2 a (new)

Article 2a

Price system

1. During the marketing years 2006/2007, 2007/2008,
2008/2009 and 2009/2010, an intervention system based
on an intervention price shall be established in accordance
with the procedures laid down in Article 17a.

2.
As from the marketing year 2010/2011, the interven-
tion system shall be replaced by a system based on a refer-
ence price.

Amendment 30

Article 3

Reference price

Reference or intervention price

1.

For white sugar, the reference price shall be:

For white sugar, the reference or intervention price shall

1.
be:

(a) 631,9 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2006/2007;

(a) 631,9 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2006/2007;

(b) 476,5 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2007/2008;

(b) 571,2 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2007/2008;

(c) 449,9 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2008/2009;

(c) 525,8 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2008/2009;

(d) 385,5 Euro per
2009/2010.

tonne as

from the marketing year

(d) 442,3 Euro per
2009/2010;

tonne as

from the marketing year

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For raw sugar, the reference price shall be:

For raw sugar, the reference or intervention price shall

2.
be:

(a) 496,8 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2006/2007;

(a) 496,8 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2006/2007;

(b) 394,9 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2007/2008;

(b) 496,8 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2007/2008;

(c) 372,9 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2008/2009;

(c) 441,2 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2008/2009;

(d) 319,5 Euro per
2009/2010.

tonne as

from the marketing year

(d) 366,6 Euro per
2009/2010.

tonne as

from the marketing year

The reference prices referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2
3.
shall apply to unpacked sugar, ex-factory,
loaded on to a
means of transport chosen by the purchaser. They shall apply
to white sugar and raw sugar of the standard quality described
in Annex I.

The reference or intervention prices referred to in para-
3.
graphs 1 and 2 shall apply to unpacked sugar, ex-factory,
loaded on to a means of transport chosen by the purchaser.
They shall apply to white sugar and raw sugar of the standard
quality described in Annex I.

Amendment 31

Article 5, paragraph 1

1.

The minimum price for quota beet shall be:

1.

The minimum price for quota beet shall be:

(a) 32,86 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2006/2007;

(a) 32,86 Euro per tonne for the marketing year 2006/07;

(b) 25,05 Euro per
2007/2008.

tonne as

from the marketing year

(b) 31,6 Euro per tonne as from the marketing year 2007/08;

(ba) 30,6 Euro per tonne as from the marketing year

2008/09;

(bb) 29,4 Euro per tonne as from the marketing year

2009/10.

However, the minimum price for quota beet may be reduced
by a maximum of 10 % by way of an agreement within the
trade.

Amendment 32

Article 5, paragraph 2

2.
The minimum price referred to in paragraph 1 shall
apply to sugar beet of the standard quality described in Annex
I.

2.
The minimum price referred to in paragraph 1 shall
apply to sugar beet of the standard quality described in Annex
I and shall correspond to a yield of 130 kg of quota sugar.

This price shall apply to the ‘delivery to the place of
delivery’ stage.

Amendment 33

Article 5, paragraph 4

For the quantities of sugar beet corresponding to the
4.
industrial sugar or surplus sugar that are
quantities of
subject to the surplus amount provided for in Article 15, the
sugar undertaking concerned shall adjust the purchase price
so that it is at least equal to the minimum price for quota
beet.

4.
For the quantities of sugar beet corresponding to the
quantities of industrial sugar, the sugar undertaking concerned
shall be required to pay at least the price set by agreements
within the trade, bearing in mind the added value of the
sugar concerned, the relationship between the institutional
sugar prices and quota beet after the restructuring period,
and the conventional yield of 130 kg per tonne of beet with
16 % sugar content.

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Amendment 34

Article 5, paragraph 4 a (new)

4a.
For the surplus quantities of sugar beet, which, as
provided for in Article 15, are subject to levies on surpluses
or which are sold on the Community market free from the
levy on surpluses, the undertaking concerned shall adjust the
purchase price so that it is at least equal to the minimum
price for quota beet.

Amendment 36

Article 8

deleted

Article 8

Additional sugar quota

1.
By 31 July 2006 at the latest, sugar undertakings that
produced C sugar under Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001
during the marketing year 2004/2005 may request from the
Member State where they are established the allocation of
an additional quota for a total as set out in Annex IV. The
additional quotas shall be allocated according to objective
and non discriminatory criteria.

2.
If the demand for additional quotas exceeds the avail-
able national quantity, the Member State concerned shall
provide for a proportional reduction of the quantities to be
allocated.

A one-off amount shall be levied on the additional
3.
quotas that have been allocated to undertakings in accord-
ance with paragraphs 1 and 2. This amount shall be set at
an amount equal to the level of the restructuring aid applic-
able in the marketing year 2006/2007. It shall be collected
per tonne of additional quota allocated.

4.
The totality of the one-off amount paid in accordance
with paragraph 3 shall be charged by the Member State to
the undertakings on its territory that have been allocated an
additional quota.

The payment of the one-off amount by a sugar undertaking
concerned shall be made by a deadline to be determined by
the Member States. The deadline shall not be later than
28 February 2007.

5.
If the sugar undertaking has not paid the one-off
amount before 28 February 2007 the additional quotas shall
not be considered as allocated to the sugar undertaking
concerned.

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Article 9

Additional isoglucose quota

Amendment 37

Article 9

deleted

In the marketing year 2006/2007 an isoglucose quota of
100 000 tonnes is added to the total of the isoglucose quota
fixed in Annex III.
the marketing years
In each of
2007/2008 and 2008/2009 a further isoglucose quota of
100 000 tonnes is added to the quota of the preceding
marketing year.

Member States shall allocate the additional quotas to under-
takings, proportionately to the isoglucose quota that have
been allocated in accordance with Article 7(2).

Amendment 38

Article 10, paragraph 2

the results of

Taking into account

2.
the restructuring
scheme provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No …/2005
(restructuring scheme), the Commission shall decide by the
end of February 2010 at the latest, in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 39(2), the common percentage
needed to reduce the existing quotas for sugar, isoglucose and
inuline syrup per Member State or region with a view to
avoid market
imbalances in the marketing years as from
2010/2011.

2. On a proposal
from the Commission and after
consulting the European Parliament, and taking into account
the results of the restructuring scheme provided for in Council
the
Regulation (EC) No …./2005 (restructuring scheme),
Council shall decide by the end of February 2010 at the latest,
in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39(2),
the common percentage needed to reduce the existing quotas
for sugar, isoglucose and inuline syrup per Member State or
imbalances in the
region with a view to avoid market
marketing years as from 2010/2011.

Amendment 39

Article 12, point (ca) (new)

ca) exported to third countries, subject to the conditions laid

down in this Regulation.

Amendment 40

Article 12 a (new)

Article 12a

Outlets for sugar surpluses

The Commission shall carry out a study in order to identify
transitional outlets for sugar surpluses for energy use.

Amendment 41

Article 13, paragraph 1, point (a)

(a)

it has been subject to a delivery contract concluded before
the end of the marketing year between a producer and a
user which have both been granted approval under Article
17;

(a)

it has been subject to a delivery contract concluded before
the end of the marketing year between a producer and/or
supplier and a user which have been granted approval
under Article 17;

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Amendment 42

Article 13, paragraph 2, point (a)

(a) alcohol, rum, live yeast and ‘Rinse appelstroop’;

(a) alcohol, bioethanol for energy purposes, rum, yeast and

‘Rinse appelstroop’;

Amendment 43

Article 13, paragraph 2, point (b)

(b)

industrial products without sugar content but the proces-
isoglucose or
sing of which uses a quantity of sugar,
inuline syrup higher than 50 % of the weight of the final
product;

(b)

industrial products without sugar content but the proces-
sing of which uses sugar, isoglucose or inuline syrup as
the base product;

Amendment 44

Article 13, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1

3.
A production refund may be granted on the products
listed in Article 1(1)(b) to (e) if surplus sugar, surplus isoglu-
cose or surplus inuline syrup is not available at a price corre-
sponding to the world price for the manufacturing of products
referred to in paragraph 2 points (b) and (c) of this Article.

3.
A production refund shall be granted on the products
listed in Article 1(1)(b) to (e) if surplus sugar, surplus isoglu-
cose or surplus inuline syrup is not available at a price corre-
sponding to the world price for the manufacturing of products
referred to in paragraph 2 points (b) and (c) of this Article.

Amendment 45

Article 13, paragraph 3, subparagraph 3

The production refund shall be fixed taking into account in
particular the costs arising from the use of imported sugar
which the industry would have to bear in the event of supply
on the world market and the price of the surplus sugar avail-
able on the Community market or the reference price if there
is no surplus sugar.

The production refund shall be fixed taking into account in
particular the costs arising from the use of imported sugar
which the industry would have to bear in the event of supply
on the world market and the price of the surplus sugar avail-
able on the Community market or the reference or interven-
tion price if there is no surplus sugar.

Amendment 46

Article 14, paragraph 2, first subparagraph, point (a)

(a)

inform the Member State concerned by 31 January of the
current marketing year at the latest, of the quantities of
sugar, isoglucose or inuline syrup being carried forward;

(a)

inform the Member State concerned by 15 February of
the current marketing year at the latest, of the quantities
of
inuline syrup being carried
forward;

isoglucose or

sugar,

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Amendment 47

Article 14, paragraph 2, second subparagraph, introductory wording

However, the date of 31 January referred to in point (a) of
the first subparagraph shall be replaced:

However, the date of 15 February referred to in point (a) of
the first subparagraph shall be replaced:

Amendment 48

Article 14, paragraph 2, second subparagraph, point (b)

(b) for undertakings established in the United Kingdom, by

deleted

15 February;

Amendment 49

Article 15, paragraph 1, point (a)

(a) surplus sugar, surplus isoglucose and surplus inuline syrup
produced during any marketing year, except quantities
carried forward to the quota production of the following
marketing year and stored in accordance with Article 14
or quantities referred to in Article 12(c);

(a) surplus sugar, surplus isoglucose and surplus inuline syrup
produced during any marketing year, except quantities
exported to third countries within the limits of the agree-
ments concluded pursuant to Article 300 of the Treaty,
carried forward to the quota production of the following
marketing year and stored in accordance with Article 14,
referred to in Article 12(c), or the quantities whose export
is permitted as indicated in Article 12(ca);

Amendment 50

Article 15, paragraph 1, point (b)

(b)

sugar,

industrial

industrial
and industrial
inuline syrup for which no proof has been supplied, by a
date to be determined, that it has been processed in one
of the products referred to in Article 13(2);

isoglucose

(b)

sugar,

industrial

isoglucose

industrial
and industrial
inuline syrup for which no proof has been supplied by
the user undertaking, by a date to be determined, that it
has been processed in one of the products referred to in
Article 13(2);

Amendment 51

Article 15, paragraph 1, point (c a) (new)

(ca) surplus sugar, surplus isoglucose and surplus inuline
syrup for which proof of export has not been provided
within the time-limit prescribed.

Amendment 52

Article 15, paragraph 3

The surplus amount paid in accordance with paragraph
3.
1 shall be charged by the Member State to the undertakings
on its territory according to the quantities of production
referred to in paragraph 1 that have been established for the
undertakings for the marketing year concerned.

The surplus amount paid in accordance with paragraph
3.
1 shall be charged by the Member State to the undertakings
on its territory according to the quantities of production
referred to in paragraph 1 that have been established for the
undertakings for the marketing year. Moreover, for the quan-
tities referred to in paragraph 1(b) the surplus amount shall
be charged to the user undertakings.

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Amendment 53

Article 16, paragraph 4

4.
Community sugar and inuline syrup undertakings may
require sugar-beet or sugar-cane growers or chicory suppliers
to bear 50 % of the production charge concerned.

4.
In the context of interprofessional agreements, Com-
munity sugar and inuline syrup undertakings may share the
burden of the production charge with sugar-beet or sugar-
cane growers or chicory suppliers. The participation of
sugar-beet or sugar-cane growers or chicory suppliers may
not exceed 50 % of the production charge concerned.

Amendment 54

Article 17 a (new)

Article 17a

Intervention scheme

the

1. During the marketing years 2006/2007, 2007/2008,
2008/2009 and 2009/2010,
intervention agency
appointed by each sugar-producing Member State shall be
in accordance with the procedure referred to in
required,
Article 39(2), to purchase the white sugar and raw sugar
produced under quota and manufactured from sugar beet
and sugar cane harvested in the Community that is offered
to it, subject to prior conclusion of a storage contract
between the seller and the said agency for the sugar in ques-
tion. If the sugar quality differs from the standard quality
for which the intervention price has been fixed, the latter
shall be adjusted by application of bonuses or deductions.

2. During the marketing years 2006/2007, 2007/2008,
2008/2009 and 2009/2010, the intervention agencies shall,
where appropriate, buy at the intervention price valid for
the area in which the sugar is located at the time of
purchase.

3. During the marketing years 2006/2007, 2007/2008,
2008/2009 and 2009/2010, the intervention agencies may
sell sugar only at a price higher than the intervention price.

Amendment 55

Article 19, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1

1.
In order to preserve the structural balance of the market
at a price level which is close to the reference price, taking
into account the obligations of the Community resulting from
agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the
Treaty, a percentage, common to all Member States, of quota
sugar, quota isoglucose and quota inuline syrup may be with-
drawn from the market until the beginning of the following
marketing year.

1.
In order to preserve the structural balance of the market
at a price level which is close to the reference or intervention
price, taking into account the obligations of the Community
resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with
Article 300 of
the Treaty, a percentage, common to all
Member States, of quota sugar, quota isoglucose and quota
inuline syrup may be withdrawn from the market until the
beginning of the following marketing year.

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Amendment 56

Article 19, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2, indent 2

– supplementary quota production;

– supplementary quota production up to 105 %;

Amendment 57

Article 25, paragraph 1 a (new)

1a.
Should imports from one of the LDCs exceed the
volumes guaranteeing a net balance between normal internal
production capacity and normal internal consumption in the
the Commission shall suspend such
country concerned,
imports from that country.

Amendment 58

Article 25, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1

If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises, the
2.
Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or on its
own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures.

If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 and para-
2.
graph 1a arises, the Commission shall, at the request of a
Member State or on its own initiative, decide upon the neces-
sary measures.

Amendment 59

Article 25 a (new)

Article 25a

Volume of preferential imports

imports
Where Article 18 applies or where preferential
exceed the volume laid down in Article 19, the Commission
shall adopt the measures required to apply Article 27(2) and
(3).

Amendment 60

Article 26, paragraph 3

3.
If the production refund provided for in Article 13(3)
does not guarantee the supply necessary for the manufac-
turing of products referred to in Article 13(2), the Commis-
sion may suspend in whole or in part for certain quantities
the application of import duties on white sugar falling within
CN code 1701 and
falling within codes
isoglucose
1702 30 10, 1702 40 10, 1702 60 10 and 1702 90 30.

3.
If the production refund provided for in Article 13(3)
does not guarantee the supply necessary for the manufac-
turing of products referred to in Article 13(2), the Commis-
sion may suspend the application of import duties on sugar
falling within CN code 1701 and isoglucose falling within
codes
and
1702 90 30.

1702 30 10,

1702 40 10,

1702 60 10

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Amendment 61

Article 27 a (new)

Article 27a

Imports from LDCs

1.
Imports of sugar from LDCs shall be subject to duties
under the Common Customs Tariff on the basis of the
existing levels until 1 July 2012. Duties under the Common
Customs Tariff shall be reduced by 20 % on 1 July 2012,
50 % on 1 July 2013 and 80 % on 1 July 2014. As from 1
July 2015 they shall be completely phased out.

Pending the complete phasing-out of duties under the
2.
Common Customs Tariff in accordance with paragraph 1,
for each marketing year a zero-rated global tariff quota
shall be opened for products corresponding to tariff heading
1701 originating in least developed countries. The initial
tariff quota for the marketing year 2006/2007 for products
corresponding to tariff heading 1701 shall be 149 212
tonnes, expressed in white sugar equivalent. For each of the
following marketing years the tariff quota for products
corresponding to heading 1701 shall be raised by 27 % as
compared to the quota for the previous marketing year.

3.
As from the marketing year 2010/2011, should sugar
imports from least developed countries be in excess of the
levels guaranteeing a net balance between internal produc-
tion and consumption in one or more of the countries
concerned, as determined from its declarations to the Inter-
national Sugar Organisation, the Commission may suspend
such imports in accordance with the procedures set out in
Article 25, at the request of a Member State or on its own
initiative.

Amendment 62

Article 28, paragraph 1

1.
Tariff quotas for imports of products listed in Article
1(1) resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with
Article 300 of the Treaty or from any other act of the Council
shall be opened and administered by the Commission under
detailed rules adopted in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 39(2) of this Regulation.

1.
Tariff quotas for imports of products listed in Article
1(1) resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with
Article 300 of the Treaty or from any other act of the Council
shall be opened and administered by the Commission under
detailed rules adopted in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 39(2) of this Regulation and pursuant to
Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 establishing certain
implementing provisions for Council Regulation (EEC) No
2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (1).

(1) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 883/2005 (OJ L 148, 11.6.2005, p. 5).

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Amendment 63

Article 28, paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Where the Commission finds that there is sufficient
evidence of fraud or failure to provide administrative coop-
eration as required for the verification of evidence of origin,
or that there is a massive increase in exports into the Com-
munity above the level of normal production and export
capacity, it may take measures to suspend in whole or in
part the application of tariff quotas for a period of six
months, provided that it has first:

(a) informed the Committee referred to in Article 39(1);

(b) called on the Member States to take such precautionary
measures as are necessary in order to safeguard the
Community's financial interests;

(c) published a notice in the Official Journal of European
Union stating that there are grounds for reasonable
doubts about
tariff
quotas, which call into question the right of the benefi-
ciary country or territory to continue enjoying the bene-
fits of such arrangements.

implementation of

lawful

the

Amendment 64

Article 29, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1

2.
Import licences for sugar for refining shall be issued
only to full-time refiners provided that the concerned quanti-
ties are below the traditional supply need referred to in para-
graph 1. The licences in question shall be issued for 75 % of
the ACP/Indian sugar before being available for any other
sugar. They may be transferred only between full-time refiners
and their validity expires at the end of the marketing year for
which they have been issued.

2.
Import licences for sugar for refining shall be issued
only if the quantities concerned are below the traditional
supply need referred to in paragraph 1. The licences in ques-
tion shall be issued for 75 % of the ACP/Indian sugar before
being available for any other sugar. They may be transferred
only between full-time refiners and their validity expires at the
end of the marketing year for which they have been issued.

Amendment 72/rev.

Article 29, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2

This paragraph shall apply for
the marketing years
2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009, and for the first
three months of each of the following marketing years.

In areas where a deficit exists, sugar manufacturers shall be
permitted to carry out refining activities, on a part-time
basis and for imported sugar.

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Amendment 66

Article 31 a (new)

Article 31a

Checks on preferential imports

Preferential
imports from the LDCs shall not exceed the
quantities of sugar produced locally and shall be separate
from the volumes required for internal consumption in the
countries concerned.

Amendment 67

Article 40, paragraph 1, point (a)

(a) detailed rules for applying Articles 3 to 6, in particular
those concerning increases and reductions of prices to be
applied for deviations from the standard of the reference
price referred to in Article 3(3) and the minimum price
referred to in Article 5(3);

(a) detailed rules for applying Articles 3 to 6, in particular
those concerning increases and reductions of prices to be
applied for deviations from the standard of the reference
or intervention price referred to in Article 3(3) and the
minimum price referred to in Article 5(3);

Amendment 68

Article 40, paragraph 1, point (c)

(c) detailed rules for applying Articles 13, 14 and 15, and in
particular the conditions for granting production refunds,
the amounts of sugar refunds and eligible quantities;

(c) detailed rules for applying Articles 13, 14 and 15, and in
particular the conditions for the grant of export licences
for non-quota sugar and non-quota isoglucose, the condi-
tions for granting production refunds, the amounts of
sugar refunds and eligible quantities;

Amendment 69

Article 44

In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39(2),
transitional measures may be adopted to facilitate the transi-
tion from the
in Regulation (EC)
No 1260/2001 to those established by this Regulation.

rules provided for

rules provided for

In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39(2),
transitional measures may be adopted to facilitate the transi-
tion from the
in Regulation (EC)
No 1260/2001 to those established by this Regulation. In par-
ticular, the quotas for the marketing year 2005/2006 shall
be increased in those Member States practising autumn
sowing, in proportion to the volume of sugar produced from
ground beet prior to 30 September 2006. Such sugar beet
shall be subject to the price and regulatory conditions laid
down in Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

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Support schemes for farmers (sugar) *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the
common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (COM(2005)0263
— C6-0244/2005 — 2005/0119(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0263) (1),

— having regard to Article 37(2), third subparagraph of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council

consulted Parliament (C6-0244/2005),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion

of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0392/2005),

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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

3. Considers it unacceptable that the Council should have announced a political agreement on reform of
the sugar regime with far-reaching implications for the future of the industry in many Member States
without first having obtained the opinion of the European Parliament; the Council may never conclude a
final political agreement before consultation of the European Parliament has been completed;

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

5. Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substan-
tially;

6.

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

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Amendment 1

Recital 1

Council Regulation (EC) No …/2005 (sugar reform) on
(1)
the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector
provides for an important reform of
the sugar common
market organisation. The measures introduced by that Regu-
lation include a significant reduction in the institutional
support price for Community sugar in two steps.

Council Regulation (EC) No …/… (sugar reform) on the
(1)
common organisation of
the markets in the sugar sector
provides for an important reform of the sugar common market
organisation. The measures introduced by that Regulation
include in particular the replacement of the intervention
mechanism by a reference price as from the 2010/2011
marketing year, and a reduction in the institutional support
price for Community sugar and in the minimum price for
sugar beet.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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Amendment 2

Recital 1 A (new)

(1a)
The abolition of the intervention mechanism as from
the end of the 2009/2010 marketing year, the reduction of
the reference or intervention price for white sugar, and the
reduction of the minimum price for quota beet proposed by
the reform of the common organisation of the market in
sugar will lead to a substantial fall in sugar beet and chicory
producers' incomes in certain regions, as well as the elimina-
tion of cultivation and of the industry linked to it in many
other areas, for which compensation will be necessary.

Amendment 3

Recital 2

(2)
As a consequence of reduced market support in the
sugar sector, income support measures for sugar beet growers
should be introduced. That measure should take the form of
a payment to sugar beet and chicory growers the overall level
of which should develop in parallel with the gradual reduction
of market supports.

(2)
In order to respect the principles of the common agri-
cultural policy, whose objectives include ensuring fair living
standards for the agricultural population and attaining the
goal of social, economic and territorial cohesion referred to in
the Treaties and set out in the Lisbon strategy, substantial
compensation needs to be provided for the reduction in
income affecting sugar beet and cane producers. To this end,
as a consequence of reduced market support
in the sugar
income support measures for sugar beet, sugar cane
sector,
and chicory growers and their employees must be introduced.
These measures should seek to offset loss of income and to
foster economic development in the regions concerned and, in
so doing, create new sources of income for Community produ-
cers. They must take the form of a payment specifically allo-
cated to sugar beet, sugar cane and chicory growers,
the
overall level of which must develop in parallel with the gradual
reduction of market
supports. Moreover, Member States
should be allowed the necessary flexibility as regards the
procedures for granting aid.

Amendment 17

Recital 2 A (new)

(2a)
Changes to the EU sugar regime will also have a
considerable impact on ACP producers, who currently enjoy
preferential access to the EU market under the Sugar
Protocol. It is essential that these countries, many of whose
economies are almost fully dependent on sugar, be given
financial support. The latest need assessment put forward
by the Commission estimates that ACP countries will
require 200 million Euro per annum. This need must be met
with new and fresh funding which is additional to existing
development funding commitments.

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Amendment 5

Recital 4

(4)
In order to meet the objectives underlying the reform of
the common agricultural policy, the support for sugar beet
should be de-coupled and integrated into the single payment
scheme.

(4)
In order to meet the objectives underlying the reform of
the common agricultural policy, the support for sugar beet
should be de-coupled and integrated into the single payment
scheme. However, Member States may use part of
the
funding available for direct payments in order to ensure that
sugar beet growers who continue production receive produc-
tion-related aid.

Amendment 6

Recital 6

(6)
Sugar beet and chicory growers in the new Member
States have benefited since accession from price support in
the framework of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June
2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the
sugar sector. Therefore, the sugar payment and the sugar and
chicory components in the single payment scheme should not
be subject to the application of the schedule of increments
provided for in Article 143a.

(6)
Sugar beet and chicory growers in the new Member
States have benefited since accession from price support in the
framework of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001
on the common organisation of
the markets in the sugar
sector. Therefore, the sugar payment and the sugar and chicory
components in the single payment scheme should not be
subject
increments
provided for in Article 143a. Moreover, the incorporation of
the sugar payment into the single area payment scheme is
liable to deprive beet growers of most of the beet compensa-
tory aid. The Member States concerned should therefore be
allowed to derogate from this simplified scheme and to grant
beet growers compensatory aid taking account of beet-
growing areas for the reference period.

to the application of

the schedule of

Amendment 7

Article 1, point 2 a (new)

Article 55, point (b) (Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

(2a)

Point (b) of Article 55 is replaced by the following:

(b) the land set-aside is used for the provision of arable
crops (cereals, oilseeds, potatoes, sugar beet, etc.) for
the manufacture within the Community of products
not primarily
intended for human or animal
consumption, provided that effective control systems
are applied.

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Amendment 8

Article 1, point 3 a (new)

Article 68 b (new) (Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

In Section 2 of Chapter 5 of Title III, the following

(3a)
Article is added:

Article 68b

Sugar payments

In respect of payments for sugar beet and chicory,
Member States may retain a percentage of the component
of national ceilings referred to in Article 41 corre-
sponding to payments for land under sugar beet or
chicory used for the production of A or B sugar or
inuline syrup and covered by a delivery contract concluded
by the producer in accordance with Article 19 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1260/2001.

Amendment 9

Article 1, point 4 a (new)

Article 88, paragraph 1 (Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

Paragraph 1 of Article 88 is

(4a)
following:

replaced by the

Aid of 80 Euro per hectare per year shall be granted for
areas sown under energy crops, including arable crops
(cereals, oilseeds, beet, potatoes, etc.), under the condi-
tions laid down in this Chapter.

Amendment 10

Article 1, point 4 b (new)

Article 89, paragraph 1 (Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

(4b) Article 89(1) is replaced by the following:

A maximum guaranteed area of 2 200 000 ha for

1.
which the aid may be granted is hereby established.

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Amendment 11

ARTICLE 1, POINT 5

Article 110p, paragraph 1 (Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

In case of application of Article 71, for 2006, growers
1.
of sugar beet and chicory used for the production of inuline
syrup shall qualify for a sugar payment. It shall be granted for
the average number of hectares under sugar beet or chicory
used for the production of A and B sugar or inuline syrup
covered by the delivery contracts concluded by the grower in
accordance with Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No
1260/2001 for a representative period of one or more
marketing years as from the marketing years 2000/2001, to
be determined by the Member State concerned in accordance
with objective and non-discriminatory criteria.

In case of application of Article 71, for 2006, growers of
1.
sugar beet, sugar cane and chicory used for the production of
inuline syrup shall qualify for a sugar payment. It shall be
granted for the average number of hectares under sugar beet or
chicory used for the production of sugar or inuline syrup, to
which may be added the average number of hectares given
over to the production of sugar used in the manufacture of
certain products pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EC)
No 1260/2001, covered by the delivery contracts concluded by
the grower in accordance with Article 19 of that Regulation for
a representative period of one or more marketing years as from
the marketing years 2000/2001,
to be determined by the
Member State concerned in accordance with objective and non-
discriminatory criteria.

Amendment 12

Annex, point 2

Annex II (Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

Member State

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

(Million Euro)

Text proposed by the Commission

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

4,7

7,7

40,4

45,4

56,9

51,4

15,3

62,3

0,2

6,8

12,4

10,8

8

6,6

17,7

6,3

10,4

54,7

61,1

77,1

68,7

20,4

84,7

0,3

9,6

17,1

14,6

10,8

8,8

23,6

7,9

13

68,4

76,7

96,4

85,9

25,6

7,9

13

68,4

76,7

96,4

85,9

25,6

7,9

13

68,4

76,7

96,4

85,9

25,6

7,9

13

68,4

76,7

96,4

85,9

25,6

7,9

13

68,4

76,7

96,4

85,9

25,6

7,9

13

68,4

76,7

96,4

85,9

25,6

106,6

106,6

106,6

106,6

106,6

106,6

0,4

12,1

21,3

18,3

13,6

11,0

29,5

0,4

12,1

21,3

18,3

13,6

11

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Amendment 14

Annex, point 4

Annex VII, point K, table 2 (Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

Text proposed by the Commission

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Czech Republic

Denmark

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Greece

Spain

France

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

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27 849

19 312

154 780

17 939

60 267

151 144

25 433

11 258

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4 219

6 547

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3 939

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34 478

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Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

2006

8 254

20 807

64 333

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Amendment 15

Annex, point 5

Annex VIII (Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

Text proposed by the Commission

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2005

2006

2007, 2008 and 2009

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Denmark

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Greece

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Amendment 16

Annex, point 6

Annex VIII a (Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

Text proposed by the Commission

Estonia

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P6_TA(2006)0025

Restructuring the sugar industry *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a
temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the European Community and
amending Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy
(COM(2005)0263 — C6-0245/2005 — 2005/0120(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0263) (1),

— having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0245/2005),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinions

of the Committee on Development and the Committee on International Trade (A6-0393/2005),

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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

3. Considers it unacceptable that the Council should have announced a political agreement on reform of
the sugar regime with far-reaching implications for the future of the industry in many Member States
without first having obtained the opinion of the European Parliament; the Council may never conclude a
final political agreement before consultation of the European Parliament has been completed;

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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5. Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substan-
tially;

6.

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

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 1

(1) Due to developments within the Community and at
international level the sugar industry in the Community is
faced with structural problems which could seriously put at
stake the competitiveness and even the viability of the
industry as a whole. These problems cannot be addressed
effectively by using the market management instruments as
provided for in the common market organisation (CMO) for
sugar. To bring the Community system of sugar production
and trading in line with international requirements and ensure
its competitiveness in the future it is necessary to launch a
profound restructuring process leading to a significant reduc-
tion of unprofitable production capacity in the Community.
To this end, as a precondition for the implementation of a
functioning new common market organisation for sugar a
separate and autonomous temporary scheme for the restruc-
turing of the sugar industry in the Community should be
established. Under this scheme quotas should be reduced in a
manner that takes account of the legitimate interests of the
sugar industry, sugar beet and chicory growers and consumers
in the Community.

(1)
To bring the Community system of sugar production
and trading in line with international requirements and ensure
the competitiveness and viability of sugar-producing regions
in the future it is necessary to launch a restructuring process
leading to a reduction of production capacity in the Com-
munity and the creation of new sources of income in the
regions concerned. This restructuring process must allow
those who so wish to leave the system on decent terms by
means of voluntary abandoning of production involving the
permanent abolition of their quotas in exchange for fair
financial compensation. To this end, as a precondition for the
implementation of a functioning new common market organi-
sation for
temporary
sugar a separate and autonomous
scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Com-
munity should be established. The reduction in Community
production capacity, which should come about through the
implementation of such a scheme, must be no greater than
that which is strictly required and must be carried out with
due regard to the legitimate interests of the sugar industry,
sugar beet and chicory growers and consumers in the Com-
munity. Furthermore,
the restructuring scheme must be
implemented in partnership and consultation with all stake-
holders involved in the process, including farmers, proces-
sors, industry employees and public authorities.

Amendment 2

Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) Moreover, in order to ensure that the restructuring
process can be fully financed,
that all
proceeds resulting from the transfer of one million tonnes of
sugar additional to the quota be paid back into the restruc-
turing fund.

is important

it

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Amendment 3

Recital 5

(5)
An important economic incentive for sugar undertak-
ings with the lowest productivity to give up their quota
production in the form of an adequate restructuring aid
during a limited period should be introduced. To this effect, a
restructuring aid should be set up that creates an incentive to
abandon production and renounce the quotas concerned, at
the same time allowing to take into due account the respect
of social and environmental commitments linked to the
abandon of production. The aid should be available during
four marketing years with the aim to reduce production to the
extent necessary to reach a balanced market situation in the
Community.

(5)
An important economic incentive for sugar undertak-
ings wishing to give up their quota production in the form of
an adequate restructuring aid during a limited period should
be introduced. To this effect, a restructuring aid should be set
up that creates an incentive to abandon production and
renounce the quotas concerned, at the same time allowing
economic alternatives
the regions
concerned, whilst taking into due account the respect of
social and environmental commitments linked to the aban-
doning of production, such as the protection of sugar produ-
cers' employees and farmers. The aid should be available
during four marketing years with the aim to reduce produc-
tion to the extent necessary to reach a balanced market situa-
tion in the Community.

to be developed for

Amendment 4

Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) Abandoning of production will automatically go
hand in hand with the abandoning of delivery rights enjoyed
by growers. It will have a detrimental effect on farmers'
investments, particularly as regards the specific material
required for farming sugar beet and chicory. To ensure a
dynamic restructuring process, such producers should also be
allowed to benefit from the sector's restructuring aid. There-
fore, a share of at least 50 % of the restructuring aid should
be granted to sugar beet and chicory growers in order to
offset the resulting loss of capital. Furthermore, the alloca-
tion of restructuring aid to growers and producers should be
conditional on the signing of an agreement within the trade.

Amendment 5

Recital 6 a (new)

(6a)
Bioethanol production is a way of contributing to the
objective of complying with Directive 2003/30/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2003 on
the promotion of the use of biofuels or other renewable fuels
for transport (1) and the commitments made in the Kyoto
Protocol while at the same time curtailing the production of
greenhouse gases. This is an important asset from the point
of view of diversification of energy sources and it offers new
openings which could replace the sugar industry in the Euro-
pean Union. In order to foster its development, sugar compa-
nies taking part in the temporary restructuring scheme
should not have to destroy their facilities if they are to be
reconverted into bioethanol distilleries.

(1) OJ L 123, 17.5.2003, p. 42.

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BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 6

Article 2 a (new)

Article 2a

Support measures for employees in sugar farming and the
sugar industry

As a consequence of reduced market support in the sugar
sector, the restructuring aid also needs to be used to finance
support measures for employees in sugar farming as well in
the sugar industry. Those measures must be such as to help
them to find new opportunities.

Amendment 7

Article 3, paragraph 1, first subparagraph

Any undertaking producing sugar, isoglucose or inuline
1.
syrup to which a quota has been allocated prior to the appli-
cation of this Regulation shall be entitled to a restructuring
aid per tonne of quota renounced, provided that it abandons
production during one of the marketing years 2006/2007,
2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010. Abandonment of
production during the marketing year 2005/2006 shall be
deemed to have
year
2006/2007.

in the marketing

taken place

Any undertaking producing sugar, isoglucose or inuline
1.
syrup to which a quota has been allocated prior to the appli-
cation of this Regulation shall be entitled to a restructuring
aid per tonne of quota renounced, provided that it totally or
partially abandons production during one of the marketing
years 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010
and develops alternative economic activities in the region.
Total or partial abandonment of production during the
marketing year 2005/2006 shall be deemed to have taken
place in the marketing year 2006/2007.

Amendment 8

Article 3, paragraph 1 a (new)

1a.
The quotas allocated for isoglucose under Article 9 of
Council Regulation (EC) No …/… of … on the common
organisation of the markets in the sugar sector shall not be
eligible for restructuring aid.

Amendment 9

Article 3, paragraph 2

2.

Abandonment of production shall require:

Abandonment of production, on which access to the

2.
restructuring scheme is dependent, shall require:

(a) the renunciation of the relevant quota after consultations
to be conducted in the framework of the relevant agree-
ments within the trade,

(a) the renunciation of the relevant quota after consultations
to be conducted in the framework of the relevant agree-
ments within the trade;
in the absence of agreements
within the trade, the Member State in question shall
take the necessary measures to protect the interests of
the parties concerned,

(b) the definitive and total stop of production in at least one

(b) the definitive and total stop of production in at least one

factory,

factory,

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(c) the closure of the factory or the factories concerned and
the dismantling of the production facilities thereof, and

(c) the closure of the factory or the factories concerned and

the dismantling of the production facilities thereof,

(d) the restoring of the good environmental conditions of the
factory site and the facilitation of redeployment of the
workforce.

(d) the restoring of the good environmental conditions of the
factory site and the opening up of economic prospects for
the region and the creation of jobs, in particular through
the possible conversion of the premises for social or
cultural purposes,

(da) the implementation of measures,

to be defined in
agreements between undertakings, with trade union
involvement and pursuant to national law, to facilitate
the redeployment of
to provide
compensation for job losses suffered by employees of
the undertakings concerned,

the workforce or

(db) the signing of an agreement within the trade concluded
with sugar beet and chicory growers or their official
representatives concerning the share of restructuring
aid to be allocated to growers, and

(dc) the submission of a restructuring plan and its approval
by the relevant authorities of
the Member State
concerned. This agreement shall be signed inter alia by
sugar beet and chicory growers, as regards their aid
entitlements, and by employees of sugar factories, as
regards labour-related matters.

Amendment 10

Article 3, paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Where industrial facilities are to be converted to
produce bioethanol for energy purposes, the abandonment of
production shall require:

(a) the renunciation of the relevant quota after consulta-
tions to be conducted in the framework of the relevant
agreements within the trade,

(b) the conversion of industrial facilities into distilleries
for
enabling the effective production of bioethanol
energy purposes,

(c) the implementation of measures, to be defined in agree-
ments between undertakings and without prejudice to
national legislation, to facilitate the redeployment of the
workforce or to provide compensation for job losses
suffered by employees of the factories concerned,

(d) the signing of an agreement within the trade concluded
with sugar beet and chicory growers or their official
representatives concerning the share of restructuring aid
to be allocated to growers, and

(e) the submission of a restructuring plan and its approval
the Member State

relevant authorities of

by the
concerned.

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 11

Article 3, paragraph 3

3.
Applications for restructuring aid shall be submitted to
the Member State by 31 January of the year preceding the
marketing year during which the production is to be aban-
doned at the latest. However, applications shall be submitted
by 31 July 2006 at the latest for production to be abandoned
in the marketing year 2006/2007.

3.
Applications for restructuring aid shall be submitted to
the Member State and approved by the Commission by
31 January of the year preceding the marketing year during
the latest.
which the production is to be abandoned at
However, applications shall be submitted by 31 July 2006 at
the latest for production to be abandoned in the marketing
year 2006/2007.

Applications for restructuring aid shall include:

Applications for restructuring aid shall include:

(a) a commitment to renounce the relevant quota;

(a) a joint commitment within the trade to renounce the rele-

vant quota;

(b) a commitment to abandon definitively and totally produc-
tion in at least one factory during the marketing year
concerned. The marketing year 2006/2007 shall be
deemed to be the following marketing year for applica-
tions submitted before 1 August 2006;

(b) a commitment to abandon definitively and totally produc-
tion in at least one factory during the marketing year
concerned. The marketing year 2006/2007 shall be
deemed to be the following marketing year for applica-
tions submitted before 1 August 2006;

(c) a commitment to meet the requirements provided for in
paragraphs 2(c) and (d) within a period of time to be
determined by the Member State.

(c) a commitment to meet the requirements provided for in
paragraphs 2(c), (d), (da), (db) and (dc) within a period of
time to be determined by the Member State;

The respect of these commitments shall be subject to a deci-
sion granting the aid as referred to in paragraph 7.

(ca) the drawing-up of a business development plan
covering planned economic activity and the impact of
restructuring on the environment and employment and
taking due account of the situation in the region.

However, where industrial facilities are to be recon-
verted to produce bioethanol for energy purposes, appli-
cations for restructuring aid shall include the commit-
ment to meet only the requirements laid down in para-
graph 2a.

These commitments shall be notified to the Commission and
shall be implemented on the territory of the Member State
concerned. The decision granting restructuring aid as referred
to in paragraph 7 shall be conditional upon these commit-
ments being met.

Amendment 22

Article 3, paragraph 3 a (new)

3a.
The application submitted by the undertaking shall
contain a detailed restructuring plan drawn up by the under-
taking, together with a detailed statement of the underta-
king's commitments and a schedule for the fulfilment of
those commitments.

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Amendment 12

Article 3, paragraph 4

4.
Restructuring aid shall be granted exclusively for the
marketing year during which the production is abandoned in
accordance with paragraph 2(b).

4.
Restructuring aid shall be granted exclusively for the
marketing year during which the production is abandoned in
accordance with the requirements laid down in paragraph 2
or, where industrial
facilities are to be reconverted to
produce bioethanol for energy purposes, with the require-
ments laid down in paragraph 2a.

Aid shall be granted without prejudice to other incentive
measures aimed at encouraging the development of bioener-
gies.

Amendment 13

Article 3, paragraph 5

The amount of restructuring aid per tonne of renounced

5.
quota shall be set at:

— 730 Euro for the marketing year 2006/2007,

— 625 Euro for the marketing year 2007/2008,

— 520 Euro for the marketing year 2008/2009,

— 420 Euro for the marketing year 2009/2010.

5. The amount of restructuring aid per tonne of renounced

quota shall be set at:

— 800 Euro for the marketing year 2006/2007,

— 741 Euro for the marketing year 2007/2008,

— 622 Euro for the marketing year 2008/2009,

— 516 Euro for the marketing year 2009/2010.

Amendment 14

Article 3, paragraph 5 a (new)

5a.
At least 50 % of the total amount per tonne of quota
renounced and made available to the sugar industry for
restructuring shall be for sugar beet and chicory growers.

The Commission is called upon to draw up proposals on the
use that might be made of the amount received by growers
having ceased production under the restructuring fund
arrangements with a view to the creation of economically
appropriate alternative forms of production.

Amendment 20

Article 3 a (new)

Article 3a

Compensation

Sugar beet and chicory growers, sugar factory employees
and suppliers of machinery used in sugar beet and chicory
production will suffer losses as a result of the restructuring
and abolition of sugar beet and chicory production.

In view of this, 50 % of restructuring aid shall be reserved
for sugar beet and chicory growers and machinery suppliers
as compensation,
in particular for investments made in
specialist machinery that will decline in value.

Furthermore, an additional sum of at least 10 % of restruc-
turing aid shall be reserved as compensation for sugar
factory workers who have lost their jobs.

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BY THE COMMISSION

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 21

Article 3 b (new)

Article 3b

Regional diversification

During the transitional period, the additional amount allo-
cated for each tonne of sugar not produced, equivalent to
15 % of restructuring aid, shall be earmarked for the
Member States or their regions as support for diversification
in regions affected by restructuring.

Amendment 15

Article 4, paragraph 1

1.
Sugar beet growers shall be entitled to an additional
payment, provided that they have ceased the delivery of sugar
beet to a factory that has abandoned sugar production during
the marketing year 2006/2007 in accordance with Article
3(1).

1.
Sugar beet growers and chicory growers shall be entitled
to an additional payment, provided that they have ceased the
delivery of sugar beet to a factory that has abandoned sugar
production during the marketing year 2006/2007 in accord-
ance with Article 3(1).

Amendment 17

Article 4 a (new)

Article 4 a

Transitional aid for sugar beet growers

Sugar beet growers who continue sugar beet production in
Member States which significantly reduce their sugar quota
shall have access to transitional national aid for five conse-
cutive years starting with the marketing year 2006/07 at
the earliest and ending by the marketing year 2013/14 at
the latest.

Amendment 16

Article 6, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2

Quotas that have been renounced by an undertaking during a
given marketing year in accordance with Article 3(2)(a) shall
not be subject to the payment of a temporary restructuring
amount for the marketing year concerned and subsequent
marketing years.

Quotas that have been renounced by an undertaking during a
given marketing year in accordance with Article 3(2)(a) and
(2a)(a) shall not be subject to the payment of a temporary
restructuring amount for the marketing year concerned and
subsequent marketing years.

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P6_TA(2006)0026

Chechnya after the elections and civil society in Russia

European Parliament resolution on Chechnya after the elections and civil society in Russia

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (1) between the European Communities
and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of the other part, which entered
into force on 1 December 1997,

— having regard to the objective of the EU and Russia to implement the four ‘common spaces’ agreed at

the EU-Russia Summit on 10 May 2005,

— having regard to its resolution of 26 May 2005 on EU-Russia relations (2),

— having regard to its resolution of 15 December 2005 on human rights in Russia and the new NGO

legislation (3),

— having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Free-

doms and its five Protocols,

— having regard to the many credible reports by Russian and international NGOs on the continuing grave
violations of human rights in Chechnya and the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in
cases relating to Chechnya,

— having regard to Rule 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas, on 29 November 2005, the UK Presidency ‘welcomed’ the parliamentary elections which took
place in the Russian republic of Chechnya on 27 November 2005, considering these elections ‘an
important step towards broader representation of a range of views in Chechen society’,

B. whereas the Commission called it ‘encouraging’ that these parliamentary elections — the first in
Chechnya for eight years — ‘took place without any major violence’, but declined to comment on the
fairness of the vote,

C. whereas human rights activists, in an open letter to the European Union signed by the Russian human
rights group Memorial, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, the Russian-Chechen
Friendship Society and others, including the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights,
accused the EU of whitewashing reality by giving an optimistic assessment of the election, underlining
that ‘this statement not only contradicts the evidence assembled by the Russian and international
human rights community … but also calls the EU's commitment to human rights, democracy and the
rule of law into question’,

(1) OJ L 327, 28.11.1997, p. 3.
(2) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0207.
(3) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0534.

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D. pointing out that the official figure of a 57 % turnout at the election has been questioned by Memorial,
which claims that participation was much lower and that the voting was marred by widespread fraud
and acts of intimidation,

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E. whereas serious human rights violations in the form of murder, enforced disappearance, torture,
hostage-taking and arbitrary detention, are still occurring in the Chechen Republic and, in some cases,
in neighbouring regions of the Northern Caucasus,

F. whereas the Russian Government has transferred many of its responsibilities for counter-terrorist
operations from federal Russian authorities to the local authorities, trying to turn a decade-long conflict
between Russia and Chechnya into an internal Chechen one which, according to a recent joint report
by the Helsinki Federation, the International Federation for Human Rights, the Norwegian Helsinki
Committee and Memorial, has ‘resulted in the brutalisation of the warring sides and pervasive fear and
insecurity for the civilians’,

G. whereas a growing number of the kidnappings, instances of torture and arbitrary killings in Chechnya

in the past two years are being attributed to Chechen paramilitary forces,

H. whereas many of the abuses and human rights violations in Chechnya remain largely unpunished,
creating a climate of impunity which is spreading beyond the Chechen and Ingush republics into other
regions of the Northern Caucasus, including North Ossetia and, more recently, Kabardino-Balkaria,

I. whereas in recent years democracy has been continuing to deteriorate substantially in Russia, in par-
ticular owing to increasing government control over major TV and radio stations, the spread of self-
censorship among the print media, the closure of independent media, restrictions on the right to orga-
nise public demonstrations, a worsening climate for NGOs, involving cases of harassment of human
rights activists, and increased political control of the judiciary,

J. stressing that so far the EU-Russia human rights consultation has not brought about any substantial

progress in this field, which should be a priority in EU-Russia relations,

K. whereas on 20 December 2005 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that a complaint about the
disappearance of Ruslan Alikhajiyev, a former parliamentary speaker of the fairly elected parliament of
the self-proclaimed Chechen republic of Ichkeria, was admissible; whereas an investigation instigated
by the Chechen prosecutor's office has yielded no results; and whereas the Russian Government
declined to pass on the criminal case materials to the European Court of Human Rights,

L. whereas on 13 December 2005 the Commission allocated 6 000 000 Euro in aid for the victims of the
ongoing crisis in the Northern Caucasus, a decision which will bring the EU's total assistance to the
region for 2005 to 26 300 000 Euro, making this programme the EU's fifth biggest humanitarian
operation worldwide and the EU the largest donor in the region,

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M. whereas on 23 and 27 December 2005 the slightly revised bill restricting the activities of NGOs in
Russia was approved by both chambers of parliament and now needs only the signature of President
Putin to become law,

N. whereas in a letter sent to the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, on 28 December 2005 NGOs,
including Memorial, the Moscow Helsinki Group and For Civil Rights, stressed that a whole range of
aspects of the bill continues to contradict international law, the Russian Constitution, the Russian Civil
Code and a series of Russian laws,

O. whereas freedom of association is a fundamental human right and of great importance in a democratic

society,

P. deeply worried by the increase in racially motivated violence in Russia,

Q. whereas the trial of Stanislav Dmitriyevsky, who has been accused of having published in his news-
paper Aslan Mashkadov's appeal for peace in Chechnya and consequently faces five years' imprison-
ment, resumed on 18 January 2006,

1. Reiterates its strong condemnation of all acts of terrorism throughout the Russian Federation, for
which there can be no justification;

2. Remains deeply concerned that the Council and Commission have failed to address the ongoing
serious human rights violations in the Chechen Republic despite the fact that those violations are still
occurring on a large scale on both sides of the conflict and in a climate of almost complete impunity;

3. Urges the Council and Commission to confront their responsibilities in the face of the most serious
human rights issues in the immediate neighbourhood of the European Union;

4. Urges the Council and Commission to take an active role in preventing further human rights viola-
tions and in overcoming the climate of impunity in the Chechen Republic and to insist vis-à-vis the
Russian authorities that the necessary measures are taken to ensure that the rights guaranteed by the Euro-
pean Convention on Human Rights, to which Russia is a signatory, are fully respected in the Chechen
Republic and that all those who violate those rights are brought to justice without further delay and regard-
less of their position or nationality;

5. Regrets the fact that during the preparation and conduct of the parliamentary elections in Chechnya
an opportunity for a truly political and democratic process involving all sections of Chechen society was
missed;

6. Reaffirms its full support for the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, but points out that
there cannot be a military solution to the conflict in Chechnya and calls for the start of a real peace
process geared to bringing about a negotiated political settlement which is based on dialogue between all
the democratic components of Chechen society;

7. Calls on the Russian authorities to put an end to the present state of impunity by disbanding paramili-
tary groups, reining in the activities of the security forces and bringing the army under full civilian control;

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8. Calls on the Council and the Member States to consistently raise the issue of Chechnya at their poli-
tical meetings, in the human rights dialogue and at other meetings with the Russian Federation in order to
ensure that this area does not escape international attention and concern;

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9. Calls for the stepping-up of the EU-Russia human rights consultation so as to make it more effective,
open to NGOs, when appropriate, and result-oriented with a view to strengthening this element in the new
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement due to be negotiated in the near future;

10. Calls on the Council and the Presidency-in-Office to make further efforts to assist Russia in finding a
peaceful solution to the conflict — including an offer of EU mediation; stresses that the EU must speak
with one voice and stick to agreed CFSP positions on Russia;

11. Calls on the Russian State Duma to set up a committee of inquiry to investigate the failure of law
enforcement agencies in the Chechen Republic to bring to account the perpetrators of serious human
rights violations as documented by many human rights groups; recalls that so far only a few cases have
been brought to trial and that most have been suspended, transferred or dismissed;

Stresses that special emphasis must be placed on investigations into crimes against human rights acti-
12.
vists, lawyers, prosecutors, judges and applicants to the European Court of Human Rights and their family
members;

13. Calls in this context on the Russian authorities to reopen the investigations into and criminal cases
against Major-General Vladimir Shamanov and Major-General Yakov Nedobitko, who should both be
prosecuted and suspended from their duties during the investigation, since they were held responsible by
the Strasbourg Court for the indiscriminate bombing of Chechen civilians in Katyr-Jurt in February 2000;

14. Calls on the Member States to promote, in conformity with international law and on the basis of
existing precedents, and with Russian consent, the setting-up of a mixed ad hoc international tribunal for
Chechnya to try perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Chechen
Republic if the climate of impunity continues to prevail;

15. Calls on the Russian authorities to revise the 1998 Law on Terrorism in order to comply with
Council of Europe standards, particularly in respect of the powers and responsibilities of persons who
conduct counter-terrorist measures;

16. Urges the Commission to investigate whether the humanitarian aid it has provided for the Northern
Caucasus region has in fact reached the people in need and to assess the effectiveness of this aid;

17.
Is concerned about reports of administrative and judicial harassment of some NGOs active in
Chechnya, which seems to be part of a more general process threatening freedom of expression and of
association in the Russian Federation, and urges the Russian authorities to put an end to this harassment;

Stresses that both the democratic process and the fight against impunity in the Chechen Republic
18.
will benefit from the work of strong and independent human rights organisations, and calls on Russia to
grant independent media, international and domestic humanitarian organisations and human rights moni-
tors full access to Chechnya and to assist as far as possible in securing them safe working conditions;

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19. Calls for the dropping of all charges against Stanislav Dmitriyevsky and calls on the Russian authori-
ties to respect the freedom of the media and journalists;

20. Regrets that the bill strengthening government control over NGOs in Russia was passed easily in
both houses of parliament and failed to take fully into account the recommendations made by the Council
of Europe in its provisional opinion on the matter; hopes that President Putin, before signing the bill into
law, can still ensure that it is fully in line with the Council of Europe's recommendations and clearly
designed to prevent harassment of NGO activists in Russia;

21. Calls, in this regard, on the Council and Commission to make every effort to support the develop-
ment and consolidation of a strong, lively, independent and genuine civil society in Russia as a funda-
mental and indispensable element of a functioning democracy;

22.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments
and parliaments of the Member States, the Government and Parliament of the Russian Federation and the
Council of Europe.

P6_TA(2006)0027

Structure, subjects and context for an assessment of the debate on the European
Union

European Parliament resolution on the period of reflection: the structure, subjects and context for
an assessment of the debate on the European Union (2005/2146(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Treaty of Nice,

— having regard to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe,

— having regard to its resolution of 12 January 2005 on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for

Europe (1),

— having regard to the Declaration of 18 June 2005 by the Heads of State or Government on the ratifica-
tion of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, at the conclusion of the European Council of
16 and 17 June 2005,

— having regard to the Treaty concerning the Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the

European Union,

— having regard to the opinions on the period of reflection delivered by the Committee of the Regions on
13 October 2005 (2) and the European Economic and Social Committee on 26 October 2005 (3) at the
request of the Parliament (4),

— having regard to the conclusions of the European Council of 15 and 16 December 2005,

(1) OJ C 247E, 6.10.2005, p. 88.
(2) CdR 250/2005 fin, not yet published in the Official Journal.
(3) CESE 1249/2005, not yet published in the Official Journal.
(4) Items 9.1 and 9.2, P6_PV(2005)09-06.

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— having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

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— having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the opinions of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on
Regional Development, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, the Committee on
Culture and Education, the Committee on Legal Affairs, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and
Home Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (A6-0414/2005), whereas:

A. the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was signed by the Heads of State and Government of
the twenty-five Member States of the European Union on 29 October 2004, and confirmed again by
the European Council in its Declaration of 18 June 2005,

B. the Constitution was drafted by the European Convention which, compared to previous procedures to

prepare new treaties, achieved new levels of openness, pluralism and democratic legitimacy,

C. the European Parliament endorsed the Constitution by a majority of over two-thirds as ‘a good
compromise and a vast improvement on the existing treaties … [which] will provide a stable and
lasting framework for the future development of the European Union that will allow for further enlar-
gement while providing mechanisms for its revision when needed’ in its Resolution of 12 January
2005,

D. the reforms for which the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe provides are intended, inter
alia, to cope with the consequences of the enlargement of the Union on 1 May 2004, and the success
of this and future enlargements will be in jeopardy unless a constitutional package is ratified,

E. thirteen Member States (1), representing a majority of the Member States of the Union, have since rati-
fied the Constitution in accordance with their own constitutional requirements, including by means of
a referendum in both Spain and Luxembourg,

F. France and the Netherlands, following referendums held on 29 May and 1 June 2005 respectively, have
declined to ratify the Constitution — with the result that the ratification process has subsequently
stalled in most of the remaining ten Member States,

G. under Article 48 of the Treaty on European Union, the Constitution will not enter into force unless

and until it is ratified by all Member States,

H. declaration 30 annexed to the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe, states that ‘if 2 years after
the signature of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe, four fifth of the Member States have
ratified and one or more Member States have encountered difficulties with proceeding with ratification,
the matter will be referred to the European Council’,

I.

it is necessary to respect those Member States and their peoples which have ratified the Constitution as
well as those which have not, and to analyse carefully the reasons for the negative results in France and
the Netherlands,

J. the No votes appear to have been rather more an expression of dissent at the present state of the
Union than a specific objection to the constitutional reforms, but, paradoxically, the result of the Noes
is to maintain the status quo and block reform,

(1) Austria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia,Slovenia, Spain.

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K. the European Council confirmed this analysis by taking the view, in its Declaration of 18 June 2005,
that ‘these results do not call into question citizens' attachment to the construction of Europe’ but that
‘citizens have nevertheless expressed concerns and worries which need to be taken into account’; the
European Council therefore decided on a ‘period of reflection … to enable a broad debate to take place
in each of our countries, involving citizens, civil society, social partners, national parliaments and poli-
tical parties’; the heads of government agreed that in the first half of 2006 they would ‘make an overall
assessment of the national debates and agree on how to proceed’,

L.

in that Declaration, the heads of government declared that the ratification process could continue, and
also agreed that the original timetable for the entry into force of the Constitution (1 November 2006)
would be extended,

M. the European Council, however, failed to give a clear focus to the period of reflection or to define the
methods and the framework for drawing conclusions from this debate, and has since been seen to lack
both the political will and the capacity to stimulate and manage the European dialogue,

N. the European Council in December 2005 charged the Commission with delivering a ‘full, wide-ranging
review covering all aspects of EU spending, including the CAP, and of resources, including the UK
rebate’ in 2008/2009,

O. the period of reflection has started with debates on the context rather than the text, with issues such as
the future of the European social model, European economic prospects, the speed of enlargement, the
medium term budget and the single market in services, all featuring prominently,

P. the Commission has published its contribution on the period of reflection with the aim of restoring
public confidence in the European Union by supporting national debates and promoting initiatives at
institutions from making a
community level, but this should not prevent all of Europe's political
combined effort or from exercising leadership which takes seriously the strategic importance of the
Constitution and the political reality of the preconditions upon which its success depends,

Q.

it is the responsibility of the national parliaments and the European Parliament to play their full part in
the period of reflection, in particular through a series of joint parliamentary forums that will ‘stimulate,
steer and synthesize’ the European dialogue (1),

1. Reaffirms its conviction that the Treaty of Nice is not a viable basis for the continuation of the Euro-
pean integration process;

2. Confirms its commitment
to achieving without undue delay a constitutional settlement which
strengthens parliamentary democracy, transparency and the rule of law, anchors fundamental rights,
develops citizenship, and enhances the capacity of the enlarged Union to act effectively at home and
abroad; fears that without such a constitutional settlement it will not be possible for the Union to expect
the support of its citizens, to maintain the momentum of integration and to become a credible partner in
world affairs; recalls its endorsement of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe as achieving these
objectives; calls also on the European Council of June 2006 solemnly to declare the same commitment to a
constitutional settlement on the future of Europe;

3. Acknowledges that the ratification of the Constitution has now encountered difficulties which may
prove to be insurmountable unless measures can be taken to meet the concerns expressed in France, the
Netherlands and elsewhere;

(1) XXXIV COSAC meeting, 10-11 October 2005.

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Stresses that it is not possible to further enlarge the Union after the accession of Bulgaria and

4.
Romania on the basis of the Treaty of Nice;

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5. Recalls that the political problems and institutional weakness that the Convention was set up to
address will persist — and, indeed, grow — unless and until the reforms enshrined in the Treaty estab-
lishing a Constitution for Europe are brought into force;

6. Notes that many of the concerns expressed relate more to general and specific problems of context
than to the text itself; considers that if progress can be made in such issues, it will be easier to find a solu-
tion regarding the text;

7. Resists proposals to establish core groups of certain Member States while the constitutional process is
still in train; deplores any suggestion that coalitions of certain Member States could be formed outside the
EU system; points out that forms of enhanced cooperation should promote the achievement of the Union's
aims, preserve its interests and reinforce the process of integration, and be open to all the Member States
at any time; also stresses that these possible forms of cooperation should not be implemented to the detri-
ment of the efforts being made to arrive at a Constitution for Europe without undue delay;

8. Warns that a strategy based on the selective implementation of the Constitution risks destroying the
consensus that achieved a balance between the institutions and among Member States, thereby aggravating
the crisis of confidence;

9. Notes that there are only a limited number of democratic reforms that can be introduced at this stage
without treaty change but by revision of rules of procedure or inter-institutional agreement — such as
transparency of law-making in the Council, introduction of a form of citizens' initiative, improvements to
the comitology procedure, full use of the ‘passerelle’ clauses in the field of justice and home affairs, and the
more rigorous scrutiny by each national parliament of its government's conduct of EU affairs;

10.
Proposes to use the current period of reflection to re-launch the constitutional project on the basis of
a broad public debate about the future of European integration; resolves that this European dialogue —
whose results should not be prejudged — should aim to clarify, deepen and democratise the consensus
around the Constitution and address criticisms and find solutions where expectations have not been met;

11. Welcomes the beginnings of a broad debate about the Union's policy direction but stresses that this
must take place within the context of overcoming the constitutional crisis, and that policy prescriptions at
EU level must relate directly to the rules, powers and procedures of the EU institutions as well as to the
competences conferred on the EU by the Member States and should identify the issues that are common
throughout Europe;

12.
Suggests that this new dialogue, which should be seen as a chance to promote European democracy,
should be conducted and coordinated across the Union, structured by common themes and in realistic
stages according to an agreed framework for evaluation, and designed to lead to decisive political choices;

13.
Insists that the public debate be engaged within both the European and the national framework;
warns that narrowly focused national debates will do little to change national stereotypes, and also that an
imposed dialogue without political goals would become nebulous, even vacuous, thereby giving rise to
increased disaffection on the part of European citizens;

14.
Proposes that the European Parliament and national parliaments should jointly organise conferences
— ‘Parliamentary Forums’ — in order to stimulate the debate and to shape, step by step, the necessary poli-
tical conclusions; will invite the other EU institutions to contribute to the Forums;

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15. Recognises the critical
importance for the European Union and in particular for Parliament of
avoiding another setback in the constitutional process; commits itself therefore to playing a leading role in
the European dialogue in association with the national parliaments, in particular by publishing ‘European
Papers’ on each of the big issues facing the Union, which may be used as a common European template
for the national debates and which, together with contributions from national parliaments, should be used
as the basis for the deliberations of the Parliamentary Forums;

16. Recognises that it is strategically important for political institutions to encourage a pro-active attitude
on the part of the media (in particular television, the press and local radio) and to enlist them for the
purpose of publicising and intensifying the debate;

17.
Proposes that a first interparliamentary Forum be convened in the spring of 2006, in advance of the
June meeting of the European Council, in order to hear parliamentarians, both national and European, the
aim being to make comprehensive recommendations to the European Council about how the Union
should proceed to find the way out of the crisis;

18.
Proposes that the first Parliamentary Forum should identify a limited number of priority questions
about the future of Europe and the governance of the Union which should be addressed in subsequent
Forums and in the broader public debate, such as:

— i) what is the goal of European integration?

— ii) what role should Europe have in the world?

— iii) in the light of globalisation, what is the future of the European social and economic model?

— iv) how do we define the boundaries of the European Union?

— v) how do we enhance freedom, security and justice?

— vi) how do we finance the Union?

19.
Believes that a rich debate on these fundamental issues will open up new perspectives for European
integration and prepare the ground for reform of the common policies in those areas where dissension
exists;

20.
Believes, moreover, that the European dialogue will only overcome the constitutional crisis if it
engages not only each EU institution but also national and regional parliaments, local government, political
parties, social partners, civil society, the academic community and the media; puts particular value in this
regard upon practical contributions from the European Economic and Social Committee and the
Committee of the Regions;

21. Requests Member States to organise a large number of public meetings and media debates on the
future of Europe — ‘Citizens' Forums’ — at national, regional and local
level, structured along the
commonly agreed themes, with the assistance of the Commission; urges the social partners and civil
society organisations to get engaged in these debates;

Expects political parties to give much more prominence to the European dimension in both their

22.
internal debates and electoral campaigning;

23. Would welcome citizens' petitions that contribute to shaping the debate;

24. Urges the Union to give much greater priority to cultural and educational policy in order to give life
to the Constitution's formula of ‘unity in diversity’;

25.

Points out that a European dialogue will be impossible without adequate funding;

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26.
Suggests that the conclusions of the period of reflection should be drawn at the latest in the second
half of 2007, and that a clear decision be reached at that stage about how to proceed with the Constitu-
tion;

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27. Welcomes the declaration of the German government that it intends to take initiatives with regard to
the constitutional ratification process during its Presidency of the Council in the first half of 2007;

28. Notes that there is in theory a number of options available to the Union ranging from abandoning
the constitutional project altogether, continuing to try to ratify the present text unamended, seeking to
clarify or add to the present text, restructuring and/or modifying the present text with the aim of
improving it, or embarking upon a complete re-write;

29. Considers that a positive outcome of the period of reflection would be that the current text can be
maintained, although this would only be possible if accompanied by significant measures to reassure and
convince public opinion;

30. Welcomes the plans of the Austrian Presidency of the Council to present a roadmap for the reflection
period as well as for the future of the ratification process in general;

31. Calls on the members of the European Council to accept both individual and collective responsibility
for bringing into force a Constitution for Europe; and insists that they coordinate more closely both the
content and timing of the national campaigns and give evidence to the citizen of their political will and
mutual solidarity;

32.
Takes note of Commission's ‘Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate’ (COM(2005)0494), but
calls on the Commission not only to deliver its communications strategy but also to show decisive political
commitment to help the Union emerge from its current constitutional difficulties;

33. Underlines that Romania and Bulgaria must be involved in all the actions referred to above;

34. Calls upon all civil-society associations and organisations to include the entry into force of the
Constitution as one of their priorities for discussion and debate;

35. Demands in any case that every effort be made to ensure that the Constitution enters into force
during 2009;

36.
Instructs its Committee on Constitutional Affairs to monitor the period of reflection, especially as
regards the preparation of the Parliamentary Forums, the elaboration of the working documents (‘European
Papers’), the summarising of the institutional and citizens' debates, conclusions and the proposals for
action that may emerge from them;

In this spirit, asks the Constitutional Affairs Committee to work closely with all other committees
37.
directly interested in the preparation of the Parliamentary Forums and the drafting of the working docu-
ments for them;

Instructs its President to forward this Resolution to the members of the European Council, the
38.
Council, the Commission, the national and regional parliaments of the Member States, the Committee of
the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee, the former Members of the European Conven-
tion, and the parliaments and governments of the accession and candidate countries.

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P6_TA(2006)0028

European Neighbourhood Policy

European Parliament resolution on the European Neighbourhood Policy (2004/2166(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Article I-57 of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, concerning the

Union and its neighbours, which is not in force and has not yet been adopted,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provi-
sions on the Structural Funds (1) and the Commission's proposal for a Council regulation laying down
general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the
Cohesion Fund (COM(2004)0492),

— having regard to the Commission Communication to the Council and the European Parliament entitled
‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern
its
Neighbours’
strategy paper
(COM(2003)0104),
(COM(2004)0373),
for a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
its proposal
its Communication on action plans under the European Neighbourhood Policy
(COM(2004)0628),
(ENP) (COM(2004)0795) and the action plans for Ukraine, Moldova, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, the Pales-
tinian Authority and Tunisia,

European Neighbourhood

Policy

(ENP)

— having regard to the Ukraine Action Plan (‘the Ferrero-Waldner/Solana ten-point plan’), which the EU-

Ukraine Co-operation Council approved on 21 February 2005,

— having regard to the European Security Strategy, ‘A Secure Europe in a Better World’, which the Euro-

pean Council approved on 12 December 2003,

— having regard to the Second Northern Dimension Action Plan 2004-2006 as endorsed by the European

Council held in Brussels on 16 and 17 October 2003,

— having regard to its resolutions on the Northern Dimension of 20 November 2003 (2) and 16

November 2005 (3),

— having regard to the conclusions of the IV Northern Dimension Ministerial Meeting held in Brussels on

21 November 2005,

— having regard to its resolution on the Barcelona Process revisited of 27 October 2005 (4),

— having regard to the Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean and the Middle East, which the Euro-

pean Council endorsed on 18 June 2004,

— having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament
entitled ‘Reinvigorating EU actions on Human Rights and democratisation with Mediterranean partners’
(COM(2003)0294),

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 173/2005 (OJ L 29, 2.2.2005, p. 3).
(2) OJ C 87 E, 7.4.2004, p. 515.
(3) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0430.
(4) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0412.

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— having regard to the resolution of 15 March 2005 on economic and financial issues, social affairs and

education, adopted by the first Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly in Cairo,

Thursday, 19 January 2006

— having regard to the Arab Human Development Report 2004 ‘Towards Freedom in the Arab World’ of

5 April 2005, published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),

— having regard to the report by the European Parliament delegation sent to observe the elections in the

Palestinian Authority from 7 to 10 January 2005,

— having regard to its resolutions of 13 January 2005 on the results of the Ukraine elections (1), of 24
February 2005 on the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova (2) and of 10 March 2005 on
the situation in Lebanon (3),

— having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2003 on ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A New

Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours’ (4),

— having regard to its resolution of 11 June 2002 on relations between the European Union and the

Arab Maghreb Union: a privileged partnership (5),

— having regard to its resolution of 28 April 2005 on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World

2004 (6),

— having regard to its earlier resolutions on the neighbouring countries and regions of the enlarging EU,

— having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0399/2005),

A. whereas, following the European Union's enlargement on 1 May 2004, the EU's external frontiers have

changed and new neighbours have been added,

B. whereas it is not in the enlarged EU's interest to draw new dividing lines with compartmentalised
external frontiers, and a strategy must therefore be pursued for relations with its eastern and southern
neighbours by means of which a common area of peace, stability, security, respect for human rights,
democracy, the rule of law and prosperity can be created and extended,

C. whereas it is in the EU's interest to contribute to the democratic development of its neighbours, and
the development of the European neighbourhood policy depends very substantially on the will of the
neighbouring states and their peoples to share the same values as those on which the European Union
is based,

D. whereas the ENP should have the ambitious aim of offering its partner countries privileged relations, so

as to enable them to be active stakeholders in the EU's policies,

(1) OJ C 247 E, 6.10.2005, p. 155.
(2) OJ C 304 E, 1.12.2005, p. 398.
(3) OJ C 320 E, 15.12.2005, p. 25.
(4) OJ C 87 E, 7.4.2004, p. 506.
(5) OJ C 261 E, 30.10.2003, p. 142.
(6) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0150.

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E. whereas the ENP includes both the European countries, which under the existing Treaties are entitled
as a point of principle to apply for membership of the European Union, and countries that have
certainly been the European Union's neighbours and close partners for a long while but cannot join the
European Union; and whereas this fact in no way affects the abovementioned rights of European coun-
tries to apply for accession to the EU,

F. whereas all the neighbours, irrespective of the issue of possible membership, have an equal opportunity
to establish privileged relations with the EU that are founded both on common interests and on
common values, according to their own ambitions,

G. whereas there are some very peripheral island regions of the European Union in the form of islands
that are located in the Atlantic Ocean but nevertheless linked to the European continent, which raises
specific problems within the framework of the ENP as those islands have themselves, within their vici-
nity, neighbours in the form of non-EU islands with whom they share common historic links,

H. whereas the criterion of the EU's absorption capacity is one of the Copenhagen criteria,

I. whereas the Rose Revolution in Georgia and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine have expressed the will
of the peoples of those countries to take part in the shaping of Europe, on the basis of the common
values set out in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe,

J. whereas the Union should make every effort to support the return of Belarus to the democratic com-

munity in order for it to become a stable and prosperous partner,

K. whereas the EU has not made full use of its strategic partnership with Russia so as to resolve the Trans-

nistria conflict, which is one of the main reasons for Moldova's deep economic crisis,

L. whereas peaceful development on the European continent and in the immediate neighbouring area is
in the European Union's interest and it must therefore help to settle the conflicts in Transnistria, South
Ossetia, Abkhazia, Nagorny-Karabakh and Chechnya, for which close cooperation with Russia and
Ukraine is essential, and to resolve the conflicts in the Middle East and Western Sahara,

M. whereas the freedom movement in Lebanon and the free elections in Palestine have also been sustained

by the spirit of freedom and democracy,

N. stressing the essential positive role played by institutions such as the Council of Europe, the Organiza-
tion for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations (UN) in the prevention,
management and resolution of political and military crises in many regions of Europe, mainly thanks
to their capacities and instruments which are supplementary to those of the EU,

O. whereas at their summit in Chisinau on 22 April 2005 the countries cooperating within the framework
of GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) stated their clear ambition to intensify their
cooperation with the EU,

P. whereas on 31 May 2003 the European Union and its neighbour Russia decided to further strengthen
their Strategic Partnership based on the same values as the ENP and the establishment of four common
spaces, which must now lead to concrete results,

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Towards European neighbourhood agreements

Thursday, 19 January 2006

1. Declares that the aim of privileged relations with the EU's neighbours includes, as an essential precon-
dition, an active and concrete commitment to common values in the fields of the rule of law, good govern-
ance, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the principles of a transparent
social market economy and sustainable development;

Emphasises its aim of not settling for the status quo but of committing the European Union to
2.
support the aspirations of the peoples of our neighbouring countries to full political freedom, with democ-
racy and justice, and economic and social development, using all diplomatic, financial and political means
available;

3.
Supports the enlargement of the EU on the basis of the Treaties and in accordance with the decisions
taken by the European Council; emphasises that the enlargement process must be accompanied by an
ambitious and substantial flexible neighbourhood policy for those European countries which are not at
present EU Member States and which cannot yet join, or do not wish to join, the EU but are nevertheless
aligning themselves with the values of the EU and are minded to take part in the European project;

Emphasises that the Nice Treaty is not an acceptable basis for further decisions on the accession of
4.
any more new Member States and therefore insists that the necessary reforms be brought into force within
the framework of the constitutional process;

Stresses that the ENP should be tailored to the needs of the individual countries to which it applies

5.
and should not be a ‘one size fits all’ policy;

6.
Emphasises the need to establish an effective monitoring mechanism and a readiness to restrict or
suspend aid and even to cancel agreements with countries which violate international and European stan-
dards of respect for human rights and democracy, and calls on the Commission to operate a vigorous
policy of support for democratic forces in those neighbouring states, in particular by ensuring access to
independent media and information;

7. Calls on the Commission to define the purpose and clear priorities of the European neighbourhood
policy, thus setting criteria for the evaluation of achievements, and welcomes the idea of providing for a
European neighbourhood agreement at the end of the ENP process for those countries which are not
applying for EU membership but which have come closer to the European Union's body of law; asks the
Commission to propose and develop specific policies to extend the ENP where feasible to Atlantic island
countries neighbouring EU outermost regions adjacent to the European continent, where special questions
of geographical proximity, cultural and historical affinity and mutual security may be relevant;

8. Considers it right that such a neighbourhood agreement can encourage step-by-step progress towards
full access to the internal market and participation in the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),
which will require appropriate financial and technical support from the EU; also considers it necessary to
allow close cooperation in the field of justice and home affairs, which should also be included in the action
plans, with the aim of cooperating closely in the fields of the defence of human rights, combating traf-
ficking in drugs, weapons and human beings, combating terrorism and organised crime, asylum and visa
policy and immigration;

9. Calls on the Council to strengthen the dialogue with individual ENP partner countries by inviting,
where and when appropriate, participation in areas of mutual interest and of importance to the European
Union, such as the CFSP, as well as inviting non-voting representatives to discussions in Council working
groups in appropriate fields, e.g. the fight against terrorism (COTER), international development coopera-
tion (CODEV), human rights (COHOM), international organisations (CONUN), etc.;

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10. Considers that the joint administration of the border between each neighbour country and the EU
should be an essential element of any European Neighbourhood Agreement, with a view to ensuring on
the one hand the security of borders and on the other hand the development of cross-border cooperation;

11. Considers it necessary, and feasible now as a first step, to enable the partner countries to take part in
all Community programmes in the fields of culture, education, youth, the information society, the environ-
ment, research and science;

12. Considers it crucial that the ENP should significantly contribute to the promotion of women's rights
and economic and social rights; in this respect, calls on the Commission to include as priority matters the
withdrawal of all reservations expressed by certain countries concerning the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and to fully implement the International Cove-
nant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR);

13. Calls on the Commission and the Council to use the ENP not only to strengthen political dialogue
and cooperation but also to transform into practical reality the action plans with partner countries, based
on the principle of differentiation according to each country's suitability and qualification, in order to open
up participation in programmes and agencies such as the European Environment Agency, the European
Space Agency, Eurojust and the ‘Intelligent Energy — Europe’ Community programme for new energy
resources, and also permission to tender for development and aid cooperation within EU programmes and
agencies such as TACIS, PHARE and ECHO;

14. Considers it important to extend the Parliamentary Visitors Programme so as to allow people from
neighbouring countries to familiarise themselves with the democratic culture of the European Parliament;

15. Considers it useful to establish a special European fund to support,
manner, initiatives promoting parliamentary democracy in neighbouring countries;

in an efficient and flexible

16. Considers it important that distinctions be made in the wording of action plans for the individual
countries in the light of the current state of relations, progress in implementing reforms and the will of the
respective neighbouring country to fulfil the agreed commitments; reaffirms that those distinctions must be
based on transparent and objective criteria;

17. Considers that such action plans should serve as a tool towards achievement of the goals of potential
EU membership for those countries that are eligible and ever closer partnership for the other countries
included;

18.
Supports the development of action plans with all countries covered by the neighbourhood policy
and insists that the development of human rights, democracy and the rule of law be regarded as a key
priority in all national action plans; in this respect, stresses the importance of setting up sub-committees
on human rights with all the neighbourhood countries, which should help to evaluate the implementation
of action plans; considers that those sub-committees should meet at least once a year and that a regular
follow-up should take place at all political levels; calls on the Council and the Commission to fully involve
Parliament in this assessment process and is therefore of the opinion that Parliament should be represented
in the sub-committees;

19.
Proposes that the Commission publish monitoring reports at annual intervals, setting out an assess-
ment of ENP progress in the individual countries concerned, in accordance with clearly defined criteria and
standards, to serve as the basis for further steps on the path to a European Neighbourhood Agreement;
expects the partner countries for their part to provide detailed information for the joint monitoring
process; considers that intensive discussion of the progress reports in Parliament is required;

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20.
Stresses, in this regard, the importance of creating a multilateral framework with all the countries
concerned in which to assess jointly the cross-cutting aspects of those monitoring reports and to discuss
the overall future of the ENP;

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21. Regrets that in its strategy paper (COM(2004)0373) the Commission responded only to the Council's
opinion and ignored Parliament's comprehensive resolution of 20 November 2003;

22. Underlines the crucial link between the EU's Russia strategy and the ENP; points out that the success
of that policy in some of the ENP states depends on the relations between the EU and Russia; asks the
Commission and the Council, therefore, to reformulate the Common Strategy on Russia in such a way as
to entrench the same democratic, legal and human rights considerations as have been accepted under the
ENP; encourages the Russian government to allow for greater flexibility and wider scope in decision-
making instruments for its regions neighbouring EU countries; regards such a development as an important
precondition for viable cross-border relationships;

23.
Points out emphatically that Parliament, as budgetary authority, is involved under the codecision
procedure in financing the ENP through the newly established European Neighbourhood and Partnership
Instrument (ENPI); calls therefore on the Commission not to separate the ENP's policy priorities from its
financing through the ENPI and the allocation of budget resources, but to determine them transparently
and with the participation of Parliament, having regard, in particular, to the definition of the multi-annual
programmes and country strategy papers; calls on the Commission to find ways to permit the interconnec-
tion of the various instruments of external action;

24. Calls on the Commission to avoid bureaucratising the whole ENP process and to fully consult and
involve not just the Council but also Parliament when developing the time-frames and content of future
action plans;

Emphasises that, while the ENPI should serve as a means of entrenching democracy in Europe's
25.
neighbours, it must also be a vehicle for initiating progress towards democracy in non-democratic neigh-
bours, such as Belarus, and should include funding to help with the achievement of that transformation;

26. Calls for the rapid provision of technical assistance for those neighbouring countries which have
already decided on comprehensive reform programmes and are fulfilling the agreed commitments;
confirms its resolve to call for a significant increase and reallocation in funding for the ENP, compatible
with the future Financial Perspectives as decided by Parliament, as the ENPI is replacing the existing TACIS,
MEDA and INTERREG programmes on 1 January 2007; recognises that the gradual participation in the
European internal market offered under the ENP is an opportunity but also a major challenge for the
neighbouring countries, and proposes that the Commission should create special financial aid to help the
ENP countries in their rapprochement to the internal market, as is provided for applicant countries prior
to their accession;

27.
Stresses that the new EU Member States have successfully implemented the transitional reforms
needed to create a market economy, democracy and civil society, and have obtained a wealth of unique,
relevant reform experience which can be passed on to the neighbouring countries in eastern Europe and
the Euromed region; therefore calls on the Commission to establish the necessary mechanisms in order to
enable the Member States to share their reform experiences with the ENP partner countries, and to act as a
facilitator of this process;

Stresses the need to include and support, in the short and medium term, strong anti-corruption

28.
measures in all the action plans;

29. Calls for assurances that local and regional authorities and also public organisations in the Member
States and in neighbouring states will be involved in the development and implementation of the ENP;

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30. Calls on the Commission to propose a separate Regulation providing the necessary flexibility for the
European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (Budget line 19-04), as the only EU external instru-
ment which does not require host country consent, and also to concede the restoration of full parliamen-
tary oversight of the programme;

31. Underlines the importance of greater market openness, in accordance with the principles of the
World Trade Organization (WTO); points out that in the Barcelona Declaration the progressive establish-
ment of a free trade area has been agreed for goods with 2010 as a target date; considers it important for
all ENP partner countries to be encouraged and supported in their path towards WTO membership;

32.
Supports the Commission's idea of offering Russia support through the new ENPI in addition to
existing forms of cooperation, but notes the need to relate this support to progress reports based on
proper monitoring;

33. Considers it necessary to consolidate information policy on the European Union, its decision-making
procedures and its values; welcomes the fact that the EU-funded news channel Euronews is already broad-
casting in Russian, and considers it desirable to do the same in Arabic; also welcomes the EU-funded
Deutsche Welle programmes, the aim of which is to disseminate European democratic values in Belarus;

34. Considers that, whilst the possibility of membership of the EU must remain the ultimate incentive
for all European countries to follow the common European ideals and participate in the European integra-
tion process, the fact of non-membership should not be used as a stick or a whip to punish non-member
countries; emphasises that all bilateral relations and all existing multilateral organisations must be utilised
in promoting our goals of European cooperation and integration;

Linking neighbouring countries with one another

35.
Emphasises that it is the aim of the ENP not only to strengthen bilateral relations between the EU
and the neighbourhood countries but also to create networks of cooperation and bring about the develop-
ment of regional
integration between neighbouring countries; takes the view in this connection that
consideration should be given to creating for the European neighbour states an instrument along the lines
of the European Economic Area, covering not only participation in the single market but also political
matters; expresses its concern at the serious delays in this area and believes it vital for the Union, together
with all neighbourhood policy partners, to undertake to activate all political and institutional instruments
capable of supporting the development of the multilateral dimension;

36. Calls in this connection for greater emphasis to be placed on developing the regional and subregional
dimensions, in view of the specific geographical, historical and political characteristics which set the neigh-
bouring countries apart from the Union countries;

37. Calls on the Commission to provide a clearer definition of the relationship between the ENP and the
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, which it plans to relaunch via a communication on this subject;

38. Calls in this regard on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to make more visible
and concrete efforts to strengthen interaction with the OSCE and the Council of Europe so as to provide
the EU with the essential knowledge and instruments it lacks, especially in the fields of monitoring the
implementation of human rights, democracy and rule of law commitments and of managing and resolving
political and military crises;

39. Considers that the Council of Europe should be strengthened and developed to become the most
important pan-European forum of cooperation, particularly as regards respect for, and the implementation
of, democracy and human rights conventions, and that its efficiently functioning democratic organisation
can also be given new tasks; takes the view that the Council of Europe could be a pan-European forum for
all the different European ‘spaces’ we are now trying to create through both bilateral and multilateral chan-
nels;

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40. Urges the European Union to sign up to the European Convention on Human Rights in order to
strengthen the link between the Council of Europe framework and the EU;

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41. Calls for increased and better focused pan-European cooperation in all relevant fields, e.g. trans-Euro-
justice, asylum and migration and foreign and security
pean networks, the environment, visa regimes,
policy;

42. Whilst recognising the strong need for an eventual negotiated move to worldwide free-market rates
for the prices enjoyed by Russia in its supply of oil and gas as well as the prices paid by Russia for transit
rights through intermediary countries, nevertheless regrets the unilateral suspension by Russia of gas
supplies to Ukraine on 1 January 2006, and calls on Russia not to use its market dominance as a political
instrument in the conduct of its foreign policy; welcomes the satisfactory resolution of this crisis and calls
on the EU to ensure a coordinated policy which guarantees security of energy supply and integrity of the
pipelines in the transit countries as well as a diversified source of origin for these vital natural resources;

43. Considers that the OSCE should be used on the pan-European level in the fields covered by its
mandate, whilst avoiding duplication with the Council of Europe and relevant UN agencies; underlines that
the OSCE could also be useful in building bridges between the European Union and its neighbours by
offering full membership to the Mediterranean and Middle East countries, or by exploring the idea of
creating a separate regional organisation modelled on the OSCE; regrets the recent attempts at weakening
of the role of the OSCE in its human rights and democracy safeguarding role and considers that the EU
should make better and co-ordinated use of its weight in the OSCE and the Council of Europe to promote
the values and standards underlying membership of those institutions;

44. Regards energy policy as an important aspect, since the EU is surrounded by the world's largest oil
and natural gas reserves (Russia and the Caspian basin, the Middle East and North Africa), and many coun-
tries in the neighbourhood, such as Russia, Algeria, Egypt, Libya and Azerbaijan are suppliers or, as in the
case of Ukraine, Belarus, Morocco, Tunisia, Georgia and Armenia, transit countries, and an improvement
in energy network links will benefit both the EU and its partner countries; points out that the relations in
the field of energy between the EU and the countries in its neighbourhood should be considered within the
framework of a broader European energy policy, the aim of which would be to contribute to the diversity
and security of energy supply of both the EU and its partner countries; asks the Commission to present a
communication on the foreign and neighbourhood policy aspects of the energy policy;

Emphasises that stepping up trade and tourism between the EU and the partner countries means
45.
improving the transport networks and is likely to improve links between the partner countries, thus also
making them more attractive to investment;

Points out that the ENP is aimed at promoting a commitment to shared values such as the pursuit of

46.
sustainable development as defined at the Johannesburg World Summit;

47.
Stresses that cooperation on the environment and in such key areas as water quality and water
management, waste management, air pollution, flood management and combating desertification can like-
wise only be achieved on a cross-frontier and regional basis;

48.
Believes that the problem of legal and illegal immigration should be tackled in the context of the
neighbourhood policy; calls on the Council and Commission to monitor the implementation of agreements
with all neighbouring countries, particularly as regards action plans which have been or are being nego-
tiated; calls also on the Council and the Commission specifically to monitor bilateral agreements between
individual Member States and partner countries concerning immigration and, in particular, readmission;

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49. Welcomes the fact that opening up the European research area is a precondition for cooperation in a
knowledge-based society, and sees opportunities for regional cooperation between the partner countries in
this area too;

50. Draws attention to the need to pay special attention to the sovereign states of the European conti-
nent that are not members of the European Union, specifically Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein as
members of the EEA/EFTA and Switzerland as a member of EFTA having its own bilateral agreements with
the EU; considers that these close political and economic ties should be the basis for further developments
and closer cooperation, as with Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican State, all of which as appro-
priate should be allowed to participate in the new neighbourhood process as well;

51.
Takes the view that all the candidate countries should also be involved in the neighbourhood policy,
first as special partners and later as EU members playing a special role in cooperation with our future
neighbours; considers it necessary for progress to be made on the opening of Turkey's borders with
Armenia and for Romania and Ukraine to settle their dispute concerning the demarcation of the Black Sea
continental shelf, including through recourse to the International Court of Justice in The Hague;

52. Considers that, in these circumstances, the Northern Dimension must be strengthened; underlines
that special attention must be paid to relations with our huge Eurasian neighbour Russia; therefore calls for
further development of the EU-Russia strategic partnership and an intensification of the cooperation within
the multilateral Northern Dimension, as well as within a Wider Europe framework, avoiding a division of
Europe into spheres of influence and promoting genuine pan-European partnership and cooperation;

53. Underlines on the other hand the need to strengthen EU policies in the Mediterranean region and the
Middle East, not least given the accession of Cyprus and Malta, and since coming enlargements will include
several countries of south-eastern Europe;

Maghreb

54 Notes that Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have been closely linked with the European Union for a
long while, as the current association agreements make plain; stresses that resolute implementation of the
reforms that have begun, especially in the area of political freedom and human rights, must be given high
priority; calls on the Commission to adopt an action plan for Algeria in the near future, so as to give fresh
integration
momentum to the Arab Maghreb Union; but points out that the success of this regional
depends essentially on settlement of the question of Western Sahara and calls again on the parties
concerned to enter into a constructive dialogue, within the framework of the relevant United Nations
Security Council resolutions;

55. Calls on the European Union to take firm measures, accompanied by an information campaign, to
explain the Barcelona Process and the new ENP, so as to erase the image of a fearful Europe, more
concerned with its own security and combating immigration than with the sustainable development that is
both expected and necessary;

56. Welcomes the rapprochement of Libya to the Barcelona Process and expects tangible progress in
implementing the announced adoption of the Barcelona body of law, which could lead to inclusion in the
ENP process in future;

Middle East and Mashreq

57. Welcomes the fact that, with the elections in the Palestinian Authority in January 2005, a President
has been elected in exemplary fashion and that this has given a signal to the whole Arab world; takes the
view that through the reforms in the Palestinian Authority and the determination to combat terrorism new
opportunities have arisen for the peace process and implementation of the Road Map; welcomes Israel's
withdrawal from the Gaza strip and the northern part of the West Bank; recognises that long-lasting and
genuine peace and stability in the region can only be achieved with the existence of the State of Israel
within secure and recognised borders, alongside a democratic, viable Palestinian State;

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58. Welcomes the fact that Jordan and Egypt are actively supporting the Middle East peace process; takes
the view that the ENP should with every available means support the latest signs of democratic renewal in
the Mashreq region, particularly after the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon;

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59. Calls on Syria to cooperate without any further delay fully and actively in the international fight
investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime
against terrorism and the international
Minister Rafiq Hariri as recently extended by the UN Security Council, and to fully respect internationally
accepted human rights standards;

60. Welcomes the withdrawal of the Syrian army from Lebanon, and the holding of legislative elections
in Lebanon in June 2005; expresses its deep concern at the recent attacks on journalists and publishers
committed to a free and independent Lebanon and calls for redoubled efforts to achieve a sovereign and
democratic state of Lebanon in which all political and religious groups and communities take part in poli-
tical and social life and human rights are fully respected, and calls for the full implementation of UNSCR
1559(2004) including the disarmament of Hezbollah;

61. Urges the Egyptian authorities not to undermine the prospects recently opened up with regard, in
particular, to multi-candidate presidential elections, and to press ahead with democratic reforms; expresses
its deep concern, in this regard, about the conviction of Ayman Nour, a prominent liberal opposition
leader, who has been recently sentenced to five years' hard labour by an Egyptian court for supposedly
forging signatures on petitions used to create his political party; regards this as a seriously retrograde step
and calls on the Egyptian authorities to make every effort to ensure that this case is correctly dealt with;

Eastern Europe

62. Welcomes the peaceful revolution and the democratic movement in Ukraine; recognises Ukraine's
European aspirations and calls for a long-term European perspective to be established; supports the action
plan and the Ferrero-Waldner/Solana ten-point plan, which represent an ambitious and substantial
programme; confirms its full support for the new Ukrainian Government in implementing the announced
reform package;

63. Recognises Moldova's European aspirations and calls for a long-term European perspective to be
established; emphasises that democratic development of the country is beneficial for creating closer rela-
tions; considers it necessary to provide EU aid so as to help improve economic development in that
country and to give the authorities, the business community and the population in Transnistria further
incentives for cooperating with the EU through Chisinau; calls on all parties involved to come to a political
settlement of the Transnistria issue;

64.
Is concerned at the present developments in Belarus, which is a dictatorial regime in which opposi-
tion activities of any kind are suppressed; calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to
increase their support for the civil-society activities of non-governmental organisations and of the opposi-
tion; urges the Council to raise with Russia the question of Belarus, pointing out that the democratisation
of that country is in the interests of both the EU and Russia and that joint action should be taken to that
end;

Southern Caucasus

65. Welcomes the fact that the European Council has, at the insistence of the European Parliament,
included the countries of the Caucasus in the neighbourhood policy;

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66.
Takes the view that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is impeding the development of Armenia and
Azerbaijan and regional cooperation as well as the effective implementation of the ENP as such; calls on
both parties to refrain from unilateral actions and aggressive statements and to work for settlement of the
conflict in a constructive dialogue with all the forces concerned, on the basis of respect for minority rights
and on the basis of the principles of international law; emphasises the importance of continuing demo-
cratic reforms for the development of the region and its relations with the EU; urges all parties concerned
to find ways to permit the gradual return of refugees on the basis of minority rights, in particular with
regard to the return of Azerbaijanis to the occupied territories; calls on the member countries of the OSCE
Minsk Group to coordinate more effectively their action with Heikki Talvitie, the EU Special Representative
for South Caucasus, in order to move forward with negotiations;

67. Calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to put an end the demolition of medieval Armenian cemeteries
and historic carved stone crosses in southern Nakhichevan, which is in breach of the terms of its 1993 rati-
fication of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention;

68. Urges Russia and Turkey to play a constructive role with a view to laying down the basis for a
peaceful resolution of the conflict and the resumption of regional cooperation; calls on Turkey, in this
respect, to open up its frontiers with Armenia;

69.
Takes the view that the action plan for Azerbaijan should be focused on the development of a
genuine democracy and respect for human rights and the rule of law; urges the Commission, in this
regard, to coordinate its action with the Council of Europe and to make every effort to support and
develop the fragile Azerbaijani civil society;

70. Welcomes the peace plan for South Ossetia based on a three-stage approach, as put forward by
Georgia within the OSCE at the end of October 2005; takes the view that this plan represents a funda-
mental step forward on the road to a peaceful and comprehensive settlement of the conflict; calls on the
Council and the Commission to lend the necessary support to this proposal, facilitating the dialogue and
negotiations between the two sides and helping to provide the means enabling the initiative to achieve
total success;

Encourages full utilisation of the ENP to promote regional cooperation among countries of the

71.
southern Caucasus as an instrument for inter-state confidence building;

72.
Proposes an EU stability pact for southern Caucasus — including a parliamentary and civil-society
dimension modelled on the EU stability pact for south-eastern Europe – involving the European Union
(with the participation of Turkey as an accession candidate), Russia, the United States and the United
Nations (the Quartet); takes the view that such a stability pact is likely to help settle the regional conflicts
through a dialogue between all the parties concerned and where helpful also with the countries outside the
direct neighbourhood of the EU;

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73.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Secretary-
General of the United Nations, the governments and national parliaments of the ENP countries and Russia,
the Council of Europe, the OSCE and the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

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P6_TA(2006)0029

The future of the Lisbon strategy from a gender perspective

European Parliament resolution on the future of the Lisbon Strategy from the point of view of the
gender perspective (2004/2219(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted in Beijing on 15 September
1995 by the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace and to
its resolutions of 21 September 1995 (1) on the same subject and 18 May 2000 on the follow-up to the
Beijing Action Platform (2),

— having regard to the conclusions of the European Councils held in Lisbon on 23 and 24 March 2000,
Stockholm on 23 and 24 March 2001, Barcelona on 15 and 16 March 2002, Brussels on 20 and 21
March 2003, and Brussels on 25 and 26 March 2004,

— having regard to Articles 2, 3(2) and 141 of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to the Community Framework Strategy on equality between women and men
(2001-2005)(COM(2000)0335), the Commission's programmes of work for 2001 2002, 2003, 2004
and
and
SEC(2005)1044), and the annual reports on equality between women and men for 2000, 2001, 2002,
2004 and 2005 (COM(2001)0179, COM(2002)0258, COM(2003)0098, COM(2004)0115 and
COM(2005)0044),

(COM(2001)0119,

COM(2003)0047,

COM(2001)0773,

SEC(2004)0911

2005

— having regard to the Commission communication to the European Council of spring 2005, ‘Working

together for growth and jobs, A new start for the Lisbon Strategy’ (COM(2005)0024),

— having regard to the report of November 2003, entitled ‘Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: creating more employment in

Europe’, by the Employment Taskforce, chaired by Wim Kok

— having regard to its resolution of 9 March 2004 on reconciling professional, family and private lives (3),

— having regard to its resolution of 11 February 2004 on the organisation of working time (4),

— having regard to its resolution of 13 March 2003 on gender mainstreaming in the European Parlia-

ment (5),

— having regard to the structural indicators,

— having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of

the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

(A6-0402/2005),

(1) OJ C 269, 16.10.1995, p. 146.
(2) OJ C 59, 23.2.2001, p. 258.
(3) OJ C 102 E, 28.4.2004, p. 492.
(4) OJ C 97 E, 22.4.2004, p. 566.
(5) OJ C 61 E, 10.3.2004, p. 384.

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A. whereas the Lisbon European Council approved strategic objectives aimed at making the Union the
most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world capable of economic growth,
social cohesion and poverty reduction; whereas the Gothenburg European Council of 15 and 16 June
2001 merged the Lisbon Strategy with a sustainable development strategy and acknowledged the
three complementary pillars of the Lisbon Strategy: the economic, the social and the environmental
pillars,

B. whereas Lisbon made a clear commitment to full employment to be reached by 2010 with high-

quality jobs, and greater social cohesion and social inclusion,

C. whereas social inclusion within the Lisbon Strategy especially concerns women and their need to
participate fully in all aspects of life; whereas the inclusive society is built on equality, solidarity,
liberty, sustainable development and justice with access to rights, resources, goods, services, informa-
tion and opportunities,

D. whereas the mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy recentres the objectives on growth and employ-

ment, and provides for a new form of governance,

E. whereas, the link between the Beijing Platform for Action and the Lisbon Strategy being obvious, the
need to utilise the productive potential of the European labour force is a key to achieving the overall
Beijing and Lisbon strategy goals,

F. whereas the Lisbon Strategy has put in place common indicators and objectives requiring regular

evaluation with a view to greater awareness of the progress made and the challenges to be met,

G. whereas the Lisbon European Council set the objective, to be achieved by 2010, of an employment
rate of 60 % for women; whereas the Stockholm European Council added an intermediate objective,
for the end of 2005, of a 57 % employment rate for women, and added an objective of a 55 %
employment rate for all older workers, both male and female,

H. whereas there has been a slight increase in the employment rate for women, which reached 55,1 % in
2003 in the enlarged European Union; whereas the rate of increase has since slowed down; whereas
the employment rate for older women remains especially low, owing in particular to the fact that a
large number of such women have left their careers to take on family responsibilities, which has a
detrimental effect with regard to their pension and insurance entitlements and makes them more
vulnerable to the risk of poverty,

I. whereas the new jobs created for women are generally precarious and badly paid,

J. whereas the Commission estimates that for the enlarged EU-25 some 22 million jobs would need to

be created in order to achieve the overall Lisbon employment targets,

K. whereas the risk of poverty and social exclusion, which is particularly high for women, is closely
linked to long-term unemployment and unpaid work, which is overwhelmingly performed by
women,

L. whereas women's pension rights are very much lower than those of men owing to their limited parti-
cipation in the labour market; whereas some Member States adjust their schemes by granting pension
rights for periods of childcare and care of elderly or disabled dependants,

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M. whereas, although the effective and responsible integration of immigrants in the labour market and
society is a key factor for achieving the Lisbon objectives, the gender perspective is generally absent
from integration policies, and this is making it impossible to fully utilise the potential of immigrant
women on the employment market,

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N. whereas the slowdown in the world economy and the demographic challenge facing the European

Union are reasons to make the most of the potential female work force,

O. whereas many disparities between women and men continue to exist, particularly as regards differ-
ence in remuneration, access to and advancement on the labour market, post-university education
and lifelong training, and pension rights,

P. whereas in the enlarged European Union the average pay gap is 15 %, but this rises to as much as
33 % in some countries; whereas within the last 30 years there has in practice been no progress made
in the implementation of the principle of equal pay for equal work; whereas reducing this gap is a
way of making employment more attractive to women, which will help raise their employment rate,
and of making full use of investment in human capital,

Q. noting that the promotion of entrepreneurship and self-employment is central to the European
Employment Strategy and that the statistics show that women make up 28 % of the total self-
employed, while women entrepreneurs with employees account for only 2,5 % (compared with 8 %
for men) of that total,

R. whereas women's level of education tends to be higher than that of men (58 % of university graduates
and 41 % of PhD graduates are women); whereas more and more women are continuing with their
studies, so that they increasingly have degrees and are trained and qualified, despite continuing to
experience difficulties in gaining access to employment and to face discrimination in terms of profes-
sional advancement and pay,

S. whereas lifelong education and training contribute to women's and men's fulfilment, and give them
adaptability on the employment market, enabling them better to meet the challenges of the knowl-
edge-based economy,

T. whereas in the education and training systems in most European countries, women make up an extre-
mely low percentage of those studying the new information and communication technologies (less
than 20 %), and this leads to an even lower percentage of women starting their own businesses and
occupying positions of responsibility in that sector, which reduces their competitiveness on the
labour market,

U. whereas the Lisbon European Council recognised the importance of improving equal opportunities in
all areas, particularly by enabling family and professional life to be successfully combined; whereas
the Barcelona European Council established quantified objectives for 2010 as regards the establish-
ment of day-care facilities for at least 90 % of children between three years of age and the start of
compulsory schooling, and for at least 33 % of children under three, in both urban and rural settings,

V. whereas the absence of adequate data and statistics in the Member States on the establishment of facil-
ities for childcare and care of dependent persons makes it difficult to evaluate implementation of the
measures in question,

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W. whereas there are significant differences between Member States as regards the major issues relating
to the reconciliation of work and family life, and in terms of the basic principles and their implemen-
tation, for example with regard to parental leave (transferability, duration), maternity leave, paid or
unpaid leave, which creates confusion when compiling and studying the relevant rights at European
level, and exchanging best practices,

X. whereas reorganisation of working time may help to improve the quality of employment for women
and facilitate the reconciliation of professional and family life; regretting that new and flexible forms
of employment, such as teleworking and part-time work, are essentially used by women,

Y. whereas the average rate of part-time employment among women is 30,4 % compared with only

6,6 % among men, and the gap has widened slightly since 1998,

Z. whereas measures taken on behalf of women have an impact on men; whereas men can make posi-

tive contributions to combating family stereotypes,

AA. whereas up to now collaboration on achieving the Lisbon objectives has essentially been between
national governments; whereas,
in order for the gender dimension genuinely to be taken into
account, the whole of civil society, educational and scientific institutions, the social partners, busi-
nesses and administrations must pool their efforts,

AB. whereas many jobs in the European Union, in particular in sectors such as family assistance (assis-
tance to children and to elderly, sick or disabled people), medico-social work, the hotel trade, catering
and agriculture, do not attract job-seekers from the Member States and are filled by workers from
third countries, owing to wage levels, the precarious status of the jobs concerned or their demeaning
social image,

AC. having regard to the importance of the role of its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
in promoting equality between women and men and taking account of the gender dimension in
implementing the Lisbon objectives,

1. Affirms the need to take urgent measures to promote employment, quality of employment and social
inclusion of women, with a view to achieving the Lisbon objectives bearing in mind the great economic
potential in the involvement of more women in employment;

2. Voices its concern at the continuing disparities between women and men, particularly as regards the
pay gap, access to employment, segregation on the employment market, and access to post-university
education, lifelong training, new technologies and the information society;

3. Calls on the Member States to promote school guidance aimed at diversifying young girls' career
choices in order to guarantee them better opportunities on the labour market;

4. Calls on the Member States to maintain their efforts in promoting quality employment for women of
all age groups and in all sectors, and take more effective measures to promote a growth in employment for
women, particularly in the poorest regions of the EU, which will help to put to good use the knowledge
and skills acquired by women during their training, boost their participation in the economic world and
the viability of pension schemes, enable women to become financially independent and self-sufficient and
ensure that they have their own satisfactory pension rights;

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5.
Points out that the upward trend in women's participation in the labour market is a result of the
increase in non-standard types of work, such as part-time work, flexible hours, shift work and fixed-term
work;

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6. Calls on the Member States to take account of the gender dimension in immigrant integration policies
in order to make full use of immigrant women's potential on the employment market and thus to help
achieve the Lisbon objectives;

7. Recommends better coordination between the policy of an integrated approach to equality between
women and men, and the Lisbon Strategy, in the interests of taking systematic account of the gender
perspective in realising the ambitious Lisbon objectives, particularly in the ‘broad economic policy guide-
lines’, the ‘employment guidelines’, environmental policy and internal market policy;

8. Views as regrettable the fact that, up to now, collaboration for the purpose of achieving the Lisbon
objectives has essentially been between governments, and stresses that national, regional and local adminis-
trations, local authorities, businesses, educational and scientific institutions, the social partners and the
whole of civil society must be involved;

9. Underlines the importance of fully involving the European Parliament, and particularly its Committee
on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, in the evaluation of the Lisbon Strategy from the gender perspec-
tive;

10. Remains mindful of the implementation of the interim target of a 57 % employment rate for women
by the end of 2005, and calls for an evaluation by the Commission on the basis of future statistics, with
emphasis on an approach allowing assessment of the areas of activity which have contributed most to
increasing the employment rate among women and the quality of the jobs thus created;

11.
Stresses that the Member States must make the issue of reducing the pay gap between women and
men an absolute priority on their political agenda and in their economic development strategy; calls also
for the application of the relevant European legislation and the promotion of women to senior positions
commensurate with their qualifications;

12. Calls on the Member States to take initiatives to support and measures to promote women as entre-
preneurs in order to give women the opportunity to develop their entrepreneurial spirit and to contribute
to economic development and competitiveness;

13. Reaffirms that lifelong education and training should be placed at the heart of the Lisbon Strategy;
calls on the Member States to take the necessary measures to enable qualifications to be recognised in all
Member states and all modes of learning to be certified;

Stresses the need to improve the training of women in new technologies and increase their participa-
14.
tion in research and technology programmes which will enable them to become more competitive on the
labour market and will reduce the current gender gap in technological and scientific skills;

15. Affirms that reorganisation of working time may allow more and better-quality jobs to be created, as
well as contributing to the reconciliation of professional, family and private life and the meeting of the
Lisbon objectives;

16. Welcomes in this connection the agreement on teleworking concluded by the European social part-
ners, and encourages its implementation in daily life;

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17.
Supports greater participation by the social partners, including NGOs, at local, national and regional
level, in the development and implementation of gender equality policies, particularly in the areas of educa-
tion, employment and pensions;

Stresses that the reorganisation of working time must result in a free choice for women; recalls that
18.
part-time working as an imposed solution can result in social exclusion and poverty; considers that the
rational implementation thereof would enable women who so wish to enter the employment market and
to move within it, and would make it easier for them to combine a career and a family;

19. Recommends that the Member States adopt measures to ensure the most disadvantaged women,
especially single parents, a ‘guaranteed minimum income’, enabling them to live with dignity and to have
access to professional training in line with the needs of the labour market;

20. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study in cooperation with the Member States and the social
partners aimed at identifying more clearly these ‘labour pools’, in particular for women, in areas such as
family assistance, medico-social work and catering, to analyse the reasons why they have become less
attractive, to put forward ways in which they could be made attractive again and to study the relationship
between such jobs and illegal employment; calls on the Member States to exchange best practice in this
area;

21.
Stresses the need for the Member States to introduce into their national action plans measures
providing for the establishment of easily accessible, high-quality, affordable day care for children and care
facilities for other dependent people, and urges the Member States to introduce into their national action
plans guaranteed social protection for mothers raising children alone; stresses that such measures must
enable women to return to, remain long-term in, and reintegrate into the labour market; stresses the role
of the social partners in this area, particularly as regards the development of crèches in businesses;

22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect sufficient data on unpaid work on which
to base employment policies and the promotion of measures for a fairer distribution of unpaid work to
enable women to participate more extensively in the labour market;

23. Calls on the Member States to continue developing key indicators to assess the progress of equality
between women and men in all areas and, to this end, to collect adequate, consistent and comparable
statistics on a regular basis, broken down by gender and age, and conduct a detailed analysis thereof;

24. Asks the Commission to make reconciling work and private life one of its priorities in the roadmap
for equality between women and men, which is currently under discussion, and to revise, in collaboration
with the Member States, the social partners and other stakeholders, Directive 96/34/EC with regard to its
adequacy and effectiveness; considers that the review should focus on how to improve the situation of
women and men in order to ensure that work and family life are reconciled, for both men and women,
which could be a fundamental factor for achieving gender equality in all walks of life;

25. Criticises the Member States for not having implemented properly the established quantified objec-
tives for the establishment of day-care facilities as agreed upon by the Barcelona Council; urges the
Members States to provide childcare to at least 90 % of children between 3 years of age and the start of
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26. Considers it essential that Member States systematically gather and produce statistics on the establish-
ment of facilities for the care of children and other dependent people;

27. Voices its concern at the inadequate means of subsistence for older women, women belonging to
ethnic minorities and women with disabilities, which means that they must seek jobs in an economy
where the unemployment rate is high, and calls on the Member States to take their situation into account
in national action plans and to consider any legislative provision allowing discrimination on grounds of
age null and void;

28. Calls on the Member States to continue their efforts to modernise their social protection systems, as
set out in the 2002 national reports on pension schemes, with a view to bringing them into line within a
system in which as many women are employed as men, with the same career potential and pension rights
as men;

29. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to collaborate closely with the future European
Institute for Gender Equality to guarantee the development of appropriate and comparable indicators, and
monitoring thereof, and effective instruments for the promotion of equality, such as benchmarks, with a
view to combating discrimination against women and promoting their access to the labour market while
allowing them to reconcile professional and family life, taking account of the variety of possibilities offered
by the Member States at local level;

30. Calls on the Commission to take into account and deal with the problem of different definitions and
methods of calculating the workforce and the unemployed (seasonal unemployment, long-term unemploy-
ment, atypical work, etc.) in the various Member States, which impedes the charting and assessment of the
real situation of women on the labour market, the drawing of comparative conclusions and the drafting of
proposals and guidelines with which to tackle the problems;

31. Calls on the Member States to take effective measures for the benefit of men, such as promoting
appropriate systems of parental leave and organising awareness-raising campaigns with the aim of greater
investment by men in the equitable division of family responsibilities; considers that, in this connection,
more use should be made of the flexible organisation of working hours and new forms of employment
which make it possible to reconcile professional, family and private life;

32. Deplores the fact that men do not make sufficient use of the organisation of working time and new
forms of employment which allow professional, family and private life to be successfully combined;

33. Declares that it is in favour of the launching of a regular follow-up, under the aegis of its Committee
on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, in collaboration with the national parliaments, with a view to
recording the progress achieved and the challenges still to be met;

34.
Stresses the need to transform the Lisbon Strategy into a genuine solidarity and sustainable develop-
ment strategy aimed at establishing new guidelines incorporating economic, environmental and employ-
ment policies and laying down objectives and targets for the European Union and the Member States;
considers that the forthcoming 2007-2013 Financial Perspective should reflect this strategic objective;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission, and the govern-

35.
ments and parliaments of the Member States.

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P6_TA(2006)0030

Peru

European Parliament resolution on Peru

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the previous EU Annual Reports on Human Rights,

— having regard to its previous resolutions in support of Peru's democratic process,

— having regard to the report issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, headed by Professor

Salomón Lerner Febres, on the terrible events in Peru between 1980 and 2000,

— having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas former President Alberto Fujimori was arrested in Chile on the basis of the international arrest

warrant issued against him by the Peruvian authorities,

B. whereas Mr Fujimori ruled Peru between 1990 and 2000 and faces some 22 charges in Peru for
human rights abuses and corruption and, additionally, Congress and the Electoral Board have barred
him from running for office until 2011,

C. whereas Parliament has given unreserved support for Peru's democratic process since the fall of Mr Fuji-

mori's regime in 2000,

D. whereas the issue of the extradition of former President Fujimori involves two countries with which the
Union maintains strong and privileged partnerships in the framework of the biregional strategic associa-
tion first decided in Rio de Janeiro in July 1999,

E. whereas a bilateral extradition treaty exists between Chile and Peru and has been in force since 1936,

F. whereas the Chilean judicial authorities have decided to initiate the procedure for the extradition of

former President Fujimori to Peru,

1. Congratulates the Chilean and Peruvian authorities on their effective cooperation in the detention of
Mr Fujimori and welcomes the Chilean authorities' decision to formally initiate the extradition procedure;

2. Reiterates that the fight against impunity is one of the cornerstones of the Union's policy in the field
of human rights; is of the view that it is the primary duty of all the partners to work together for respect
for democracy and human rights;

3.
Supports, therefore, the extradition of Mr Fujimori to Peru, which has already been formally requested,
so as to ensure that Mr Fujimori appears in court to face the charges against him; expresses total confi-
dence in the Chilean and Peruvian judicial systems, and trusts that this extradition will take place on the
basis of full respect for the procedures and applicable legislation, and that Mr Fujimori's trial will be
conducted according to international standards;

4. Urges the Peruvian government to take all necessary steps to ensure a policy of full protection of the
witnesses in respect of the charges against Mr Fujimori, as recommended by the Ombudsman's office in
September 2005;

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

5.
of Chile and Peru.

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P6_TA(2006)0031

Egypt: Violence against Sudanese refugees — Egypt

European Parliament resolution on Egypt: Violence against Sudanese refugees

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its previous resolutions on human rights in Egypt,

— having regard to its resolution of 16 September 2004 on the humanitarian situation in Sudan (1) and
the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly resolution of 21 April 2005 on the situation in Sudan (2),

— having regard to all relevant UN Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 1593 (2005) on the
situation in Sudan and resolution 1564 (2004), pursuant to which the report of the International
Commission of Inquiry on Darfur to the UN Secretary-General of 25 January 2005 was presented,

— having regard to the EU-Egypt Association Agreement (3) signed in Luxembourg on 25 June 2001 and

in force since 1 June 2004, and in particular Article 2 thereof,

— having regard to the resolution adopted by the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly on 15

March 2005 in Cairo highlighting the importance of human rights,

— having regard to the Barcelona Declaration of 28 November 1995 and the Commission communication
(COM(2005)0139) concerning the tenth anniversary of the Barcelona Process and the objectives for the
next 5 years, especially the aim to focus on issues such as the protection of human rights,

— having regard to the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951 and

the UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials,

— having regard to Article 11(1) of the Treaty on European Union and Article 177 of the Treaty estab-
lishing the European Community, which establish the promotion of human rights as an objective of
the common foreign and security policy,

— having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948,

— having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas, on 30 December 2005, the Egyptian security forces evacuated by force more than 2 500
Sudanese migrants, refugees and asylum seekers who were settled in Moustafa Mahmoud Square, in the
Mohandessin district of Cairo,
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) Headquarters, requesting to be relocated to third countries since 29 September 2005,

in front of

B. whereas, reportedly, 2 000 police officers surrounded the improvised encampment, fired water cannons

into the crowd and beat individuals with clubs in order to end the sit-in,

C. whereas eyewitnesses, the international press and human rights organisations reported over 200 deaths,
whilst, according to official information from the Egyptian authorities, only 27 people, all Sudanese
and most of them women, children and elderly people, were killed; whereas others were imprisoned
and many others were injured following the Egyptian security forces' attack,

(1) OJ C 140 E, 9.6.2005, p. 153.
(2) OJ C 272, 3.11.2005, p. 43.
(3) OJ L 304, 30.9.2004, p. 39.

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D. whereas a large number of refugees were arrested and brought to detention centres outside the capital

following the incident,

E. whereas, following the signing of the Peace Agreement between North and South Sudan in 2005, the
Egyptian Government claimed that the Sudanese refugees residing in its country were no longer entitled
to refugee status,

F. whereas the Egyptian authorities announced on 4 January 2006 that the deportation of 650 Sudanese
nationals was to be delayed by 72 hours so that the UNHCR could identify refugees or asylum seekers,

G. whereas the signatory countries, and particularly the governments of the Member States, are obliged to
honour their international obligations under the Geneva Convention when requests are received from
individual asylum and refugee status seekers, as well as from third countries to host refugees,

H. whereas the situation in Sudan as a whole remains extremely unstable, with continuing violence in

Darfur and tentative peace between North and South,

I. whereas the European Union and the international community should commit to a global strategy
aimed at promoting peace and stability, and social and economic reconstruction, especially in those
regions of Africa ravaged by civil war,

J. whereas human rights violations in Egypt have increased in the past months; whereas, for instance, the
leader of the secular El Ghad party and former member of parliament Ayman Nour and other defen-
dants were arrested after the last elections; whereas Ayman Nour has been sentenced to 5 years' impri-
sonment for allegedly falsifying some of the 50 signatures needed to register his party,

1. Condemns the violence of the Egyptian police that resulted in deaths and injuries, and insists that the
situation could and should have been resolved peacefully;

2. Calls on the Egyptian authorities to ensure that police officers act in compliance with international
standards and to put an end to the disproportionate use of force;

3. Welcomes the decision of the Egyptian authorities to start an investigation into the tragic events of 30
December 2005 and urges the Egyptian Government to involve UN human rights experts and members of
independent Egyptian human rights organisations;

4. Recalls that Egypt is a state party to the Convention against Torture and other international agree-
ments which expressly prohibit the forcible return of anyone to a country where they would be at risk of
torture or ill-treatment;

5. Asks the Egyptian authorities to halt the forced deportation to Sudan of the remaining 462 Sudanese
nationals, as the group is believed to include asylum seekers and refugees recognised by the UNHCR, and
to respect the principle of non-refoulement;

6. Calls on the Egyptian authorities to provide information on the places where arrested Sudanese
migrants and refugees have been settled or detained since 30 December 2005 and to release all Sudanese
nationals detained during or following the events, unless they are to be charged with a recognisable crim-
inal offence and, moreover, to ensure that all those held have full access to lawyers and to their families,
and receive adequate medical treatment when necessary;

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7.
Expresses its concern at the allegation of torture and ill treatment and appeals to the Egyptian authori-
ties to guarantee the physical and psychological integrity of all migrants and refugees and to adopt a law
on the protection of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants which complies with international law, in par-
ticular the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees;

8. Recognises the mandate of the UNHCR and the importance of its efforts to protect and promote
durable solutions for refugees and other uprooted people who are its concern, and expresses its support
for the UNHCR's work;

9. Criticises the UNHCR, however, for having been too slow in finding a solution for the Sudanese refu-
gees and asylum seekers, and calls on the UNHCR to clarify the procedure used in considering the requests
submitted by Sudanese asylum seekers and the various initiatives taken to break the deadlock;

10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a true partnership with the UNHCR by
offering both political and financial support to assist the work of the UNHCR in Cairo, in order to maintain
a constant dialogue with the Egyptian authorities, emphasising that the situation of the Sudanese migrants
and refugees needs to be resolved peacefully and in accordance with the 1951 Geneva Convention and
international humanitarian law;

11.
Stresses that respect for human rights is a fundamental value of the EU-Egypt Association Agreement
and reaffirms the importance of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership for promoting the rule of law and
fundamental freedoms;

12.
Takes the view that the incidents which took place in Cairo on 30 December 2005 represent a
serious violation of Article 2 of the Association Agreement and calls on the Council and the Commission
to emphasise this issue at the next meeting of the EU-Egypt Association Council and when continuing the
EU-Egypt discussions towards a national Action Plan;

13. Calls on the Council and the Commission to make provision in the European Neighbourhood and
Partnership Instrument (ENPI) for a specific programme to combat the use of torture and degrading and
inhuman treatment;

14. Calls on the international community, and the governments of the Member States in particular, to
support the programmes for the resettlement of Sudanese refugees,
in compliance with the Geneva
Convention;

15.
Expects the EU's partner countries to ensure that all people submitting applications for asylum at
their borders are guaranteed safety and a fair procedure in accordance with international conventions and
accepted principles of international refugee law;

16. Welcomes and supports the worldwide calls to release Ayman Nour, and strongly urges the Egyptian
authorities to ensure that the Ayman Nour is well treated and not subjected to torture or other forms of
ill-treatment and that he is given prompt, regular and unrestricted access to his lawyers, doctors (as he is
diabetic) and family;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Comission, the Government and

17.
Parliament of Egypt, the Government of Sudan and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

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P6_TA(2006)0032

Cambodia

European Parliament resolution on political repression in Cambodia

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its resolutions of 13 January 2005 (1) and 10 March 2005 (2) on Cambodia and its
resolution of 1 December 2005 on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (3),

— having regard to the Cooperation Agreement of 1997 between the European Community and the

Kingdom of Cambodia (4),

— having regard to the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders approved by the Council on 14 June

2004,

— having regard to the standards set by the 1998 UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders,

— having regard to the statement of 27 December 2005 by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary

General for Human Rights in Cambodia, Mr Yash Ghai,

— having regard to the statement of 4 January 2006 by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,

— having regard to the World Bank statement of 9 January 2006 on Cambodia,

— having regard to the Declaration of 13 January 2006 by the Presidency on behalf of the European

Union on the deteriorating political situation in Cambodia,

— having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas in recent weeks political repression in Cambodia has dramatically increased, with several

arrests of human rights workers, journalists and trade unionists for defamation offences,

B. whereas Kem Sokha, President of the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR), Pa Nguon Teang,
Acting Director of the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights and radio director, Rong Chhun, President
of the Cambodian Independent Teachers' Association (CITA) and Mam Sonando, Director of the
Beehive Radio, are facing trial,

C. whereas Yeng Virak and Kem Sokha were released on bail but the charges have not been dropped,

D. whereas, for the same reasons, the Cambodian authorities are searching for Chea Mony, President of
the Free Trade Union of Workers, Ea Channa, Deputy Secretary General of the Students' Movement for
Democracy, Men Nath, President of the Cambodian Independent Civil Servants' Association, Prince Siso-
wath Tomico, secretary to former King Sihanouk, and Say Bory, advisor to former King Sihanouk,

E. whereas several other activists and members of the opposition have left the country under the threat of

arrest and persecution,

(1) OJ C 247 E, 6.10.2005, p. 161.
(2) OJ C 320 E, 15.12.2005, p. 280.
(3) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0462.
(4) OJ L 269, 19.10.1999, p. 18.

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F. considering those repressive tactics an attempt by the government to silence peaceful critics of the
government and thus eliminate the last effective political opposition; whereas those events also present
worrying indications that Cambodia's democracy is deteriorating,

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G. whereas on 22 December 2005 the leader of the opposition, Sam Rainsy, was sentenced in absentia to
18 months' imprisonment on defamation charges brought by the Prime Minister and the President of
the National Assembly,

H. whereas Cheam Channy, Member of the Cambodian Parliament, was tried and convicted in August

2005, and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment,

I. whereas the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has ruled that the detention of Cheam Channy

is a violation of both Cambodian and international law,

1.
Is deeply concerned about the recent arrests and prosecutions and urges the Cambodian government
to consider very carefully the compatibility of such actions with the commitments it has given to its
people and to donors to build a more open, democratic and just society;

2.
Takes note of the above mentioned release of recently arrested human rights activists and calls for the
annulment of all charges against them; and asks for the annulment of all charges and arrest warrants
issued against human rights defenders who are not currently detained; calls moreover for all acts of intimi-
dation and harassment of human rights activists in Cambodia to be halted;

3. Urges Cambodia to stop breaching its obligations under international law, and in particular the Inter-
national Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and immediately to release Cheam Channy; also calls for
the judgment against Sam Rainsy and Chea Poch to be overturned and their parliamentary immunity
restored;

4.
Strongly believes that the continuing detentions of leading figures from the political opposition, trade
unions, the media and NGOs and the use of the criminal law in cases of expression of dissenting opinions
on matters of politics and policy send a worrying message to the donor community on which the govern-
ment relies for about 50 % of its annual budget;

5. Reminds the Cambodian government that it has to meet its obligations and commitments regarding
the democratic principles and fundamental human rights which are an essential element of the above
mentioned Cooperation Agreement, as defined in Article 1 of that Agreement;

6. Calls on the Commission and the Council to respond to the latest crackdown on civil and political
rights in clear and unambiguous terms, in coordination with the donor community, at the forthcoming
Consultative Group meeting;

7.
Expresses its support for the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Human Rights in
Cambodia and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, whose mandates include
protection and monitoring of the human right situation;

8.
Expresses concern that the use of the Cambodian judiciary as an instrument of repression against the
political opposition and civil society casts serious doubts on the Cambodian government's commitment to
establish the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in accordance with international standards of judicial independence,
fair trial and due legal process, as agreed with the UN in June 2003 and questions the need for defamation
of the Office of the Prime Minister to be a criminal offence;

9.
Strongly believes that dissenting views and opinions should be challenged through public debate
rather than criminal law suits and calls for prosecutions on defamation charges to be stopped, as they
could easily be abused for political purposes;

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10. Calls on the EU to take steps to ensure that fundamental freedoms, as enshrined in Article 1 of the
above mentioned Cooperation Agreement, are respected and that attacks on civil liberties have conse-
quences; calls on the EU also to make continuation of its financial aid conditional upon an improvement
in Cambodia's human rights record;

11. Reiterates its demand that an ad hoc delegation of the Parliament visit Cambodia to evaluate respect
for the provisions of Article 1 of the Cooperation Agreement and the situation of detained parliamentar-
ians, media representatives and trade union leaders in the country;

12. Calls on the Cambodian authorities to fully implement the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees both with regard to the protection of Montagnard refugees, refraining from illegal forced deporta-
tion to Vietnam, and to granting refugee status to ethnic Khmer Krom escaping from Vietnam;

13.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Human
Rights in Cambodia, the President of the World Bank, the ASEAN Secretariat and the government and
National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

P6_TA(2006)0033

Disability and development

European Parliament resolution on disability and development

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Article 13 of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Articles 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

which set out the rights of people with disabilities,

— having regard to Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 14 of the European Conven-

tion on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,

— having regard to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly resolutions of 1 November 2001 on the
rights of disabled people and older people in ACP countries (1) and of 21 March 2002 on health issues,
young people, the elderly and people living with disabilities (2),

— having regard to its resolution of 3 September 2003 on the Commission Communication ‘Towards a
United Nations legally binding instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons
with disabilities’ (COM(2003)0016) (3),

— having regard to the UN's Millennium Development Goals (General Assembly Resolution 60/1 on the

2005 World Summit Outcome of 16 September 2005),

— having regard to the WHO Resolution WHA 58.23 of 25 May 2005 on disability, including prevention,

management and rehabilitation,

(1) OJ C 78, 2.4.2002, p. 64.
(2) OJ C 231, 27.9.2002, p. 55.
(3) OJ C 76 E, 25.3.2004, p.231.

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— having regard to the UN's Standard Rules on the Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabil-

ities (General Assembly Resolution 48/96 of 20 December 1993),

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— having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,

— having regard to the UN's World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons (General Assembly

Resolution 37/52 of 3 December 1982),

— having regard to the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (1993-2002), the African Decade of
Disabled Persons (2000-2009), the New Asian Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (2003-2012), and the
European Year of People with Disabilities (2003),

— having regard to the Commission's Guidance Note on Disability and Development for EU Delegations

and Services of March 2003 (Commission Guidance Note),

— having regard to Rule 108(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas people with disabilities in developing countries, in particular disabled women and children,
often comprise the poorest, most disadvantaged, and most socially excluded sectors of the population,
and are often excluded from development assistance; whereas the World Bank estimates that 20 % of
the world's poorest people are disabled,

B. whereas the UN estimates that people with disabilities make up between 7 % and 10 % of any country's
population, and the UN's Population Information Network estimates that, out of a of population of
800 million, almost 50 million people in Africa are disabled,

C. whereas realising the UN's Millennium Development Goals will be impossible without explicitly and

proactively including disabled people of all ages,

D. whereas the Commission's Guidance Note stresses the need to ensure access for and inclusion of

disabled people in respect of all policies and activities supported by EU delegations,

E. whereas the Commission is involved in the negotiations on the drafting of a UN Convention on the
Promotion and Protection of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disability (Draft UN Convention),
and an early adoption of this convention would be welcome,

F. whereas the EU's commitment to combating discrimination related to age, race, ethnicity, disability,
religion, gender and sexual orientation must be a guiding principle in a rights-based approach to devel-
opment,

G. whereas malnutrition, accident, trauma, conflict, disease (whether infectious, non-infectious or conge-
nital), and ageing all cause disability and impairment, up to half of which is preventable and directly
linked to poverty,

H. whereas commitments in respect of ‘Education for All’ include facilitating the equal access to education

by disabled people and their families,

I. whereas the accessibility to disabled people of buildings, in particular schools, workplaces and public
buildings, is important, but planners often miss opportunities to adapt the design of the built environ-
ment to meet the needs of disabled people, especially during reconstruction after emergency relief
efforts,

J. whereas representative groups of disabled persons can and should assist and be consulted in policy
development and represent the interests of disabled people on consultative bodies; whereas disabled
people and their organisations have not been given sufficient opportunity to participate in the prepara-
tion of the Commission's Country Strategy Papers (CSPs),

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Stresses that disability issues should be reflected in the Commission's development policies and in its

1.
specific programmes developed to tackle issues of prevention, care, enablement and stigma;

2.
Believes that disability issues must be mainstreamed at all levels from policy development to imple-
mentation and evaluation, including follow-up actions to the EU's policy development statement, and the
EU's action plan for Africa;

3. Calls on the Commission to develop a detailed, technical implementation action plan to implement its
Guidance Note, including guidelines on inclusive sector policies and an inclusive Project Cycle Management
handbook; a training module for services and delegations; and annual reporting to Parliament and the
Council;

4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that there are appropriate resources allocated for disability-specific
actions in order:

— to examine the extent to which the needs of disabled people are addressed in EU development coopera-
tion measures in the fields of education, health, employment, infrastructure and poverty reduction;

— to undertake actions in this field based on the approaches set out by the Commission's Guidance Note;

— to raise awareness, among all the actors involved in EU development cooperation activities, of the
issues relating to disability and the promotion and protection of the fundamental human rights of
disabled people in developing countries;

5. Calls on the Commission to include disability and people with disabilities in future EU geographical
and thematic programmes under the future development cooperation instrument;

6. Calls on the Council and the Commission to support the inclusion in the above-mentioned draft UN
Convention of a separate article on international cooperation, as a necessary foundation for collaborative
actions among developing countries and between developing countries and the EU;

7.
Believes that 2007, the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All, should provide an opportunity
for the EU to articulate its values in its external policies and actions, and calls on the Commission to bring
forward a specific initiative on non-discrimination and the rights of people with disabilities in development
cooperation;

8. Calls on the Commission to participate actively in WHO-supported campaigns aimed at tackling
preventable impairments such as the WHO campaign Vision 2020, aimed at eliminating preventable blind-
ness by 2020, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy
Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities (2006-2010), and the Global Programme to Eliminate
Lymphatic Filariasis;

9. Calls on the Commission to include a disability component in its health policies and programmes, in
particular in the areas of child health, sexual and reproductive health, mental health, ageing, HIV/AIDS,
and chronic conditions;

10. Calls on the Commission in its development policies and on national governments to promote
disabled people's access to assistive technology and equal access to all health services and programmes;

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11. Calls on the Commission to focus on the prevention of disabilities, given that an estimated 100
million people globally have impairments which are caused by malnutrition and poor sanitation and which
are therefore preventable, and an estimated 70 % of childhood blindness in Asia and Africa could be
prevented;

12. Calls on the Commission in its development policies and on national governments to help public
authorities detect disabilities at as early a stage as possible and to integrate community-based rehabilitation
programmes into the primary healthcare sector;

13.
Insists that education for children and young people with disabilities be an integral part of the goal
of achieving universal primary education, including early intervention services and support and training for
the families of disabled children; stresses UNESCO's broad concept of education, which aims at full inclu-
sion in society;

14. Calls on the Commission and the EU delegations to support vocational training, job placements and
business development services through community-based projects that are inclusive of disabled people, and
to encourage developing countries to ratify the International Labour Organization's Vocational Rehabilita-
tion and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983;

15.
Supports fully, given the effects especially on child victims, the global battle to eradicate anti-
personnel landmines and other related controversial weapon systems such as cluster submunitions; calls on
the Council and Commission to undertake urgent and decisive measures against countries that still manu-
facture, sell or use landmines; calls on the Council and the Commission to prioritise landmine clearance in
developing countries;

16. Calls on the Commission to ensure that new building projects funded by the EU systematically incor-
porate International Organization for Standardization standards on accessible design, in order to make
buildings accessible to all;

17. Calls on the Commission's delegations to make deliberate efforts to facilitate the process of estab-
lishing or strengthening disabled people's organisations and to ensure that disabled people's organisations
are involved in the consultation and formulation of future CSPs;

18. Calls on the Commission to make sure that disabled people are no longer excluded from EU develop-
ment cooperation programmes and to actively seek their inclusion in all EU poverty eradication
programmes;

19. Requests the Commission and national governments to obtain data on the proportion and status
(including age and gender) of disabled people who are in poverty, in education and in employment or self-
employed and on the impact of projects and policies on disabled people in the fields of education, health,
employment and poverty reduction;

20. Calls on researchers, including medical and socio-economic researchers, to redouble and harmonise
their efforts to generate good data and research, as these are the key to moving disability up the economic,
social welfare and development agenda;

21.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments
and parliaments of the Member States, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary
Assembly, the UN, UNESCO and the African Union.