MINUTES#Wednesday, 5 July 2006
Date: 2006-12-13
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: parliamentary debate

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MINUTES

Thursday, 6 July 2006

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ

Vice-President

1. Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 10.00.

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 establishing a financing
instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (European Instrument for
Democracy and Human Rights) (COM(2006)0354 — C6-0206/2006 — 2006/0116(COD))

referred to

responsible: AFET
opinion:

DEVE, BUDG, FEMM

— Proposal

for a decision of

the Council correcting Directive
2002/2/EC amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs
(COM(2006)0340 — C6-0209/2006 — 2006/0117(COD))

the European Parliament and of

referred to

responsible: AGRI
ENVI
opinion:

— Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending and extending
Decision No 804/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community
action programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the Community's financial
interests (Hercule II programme) (COM(2006)0339 — C6-0216/2006 — 2006/0114(COD))

referred to

responsible: CONT
BUDG
opinion:

— Proposal

for a regulation of

the Council amending Council
the European Parliament and of
Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 on the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agri-
cultural holdings, as regards the financial framework for the period 2007-2009 and the maximum
Community contribution for Bulgaria and Romania (COM(2006)0344 — C6-0217/2006 —
2006/0112(COD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG
AGRI
opinion:

— Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of

the Multilateral Agreement between the
Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the
European Community, the Republic of Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the
Kingdom of Norway, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania and the United Nations Interim Administra-
tion Mission in Kosovo on the Establishment of a European Common Aviation Area (ECAA)
(COM(2006)0113 — C6-0218/2006 — 2006/0036(CNS))

referred to

responsible: TRAN

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— Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 25/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0718

— C6-0219/2006 — 2006/2185(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

— Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 26/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0802

— C6-0220/2006 — 2006/2186(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

— Proposal for a Council regulation introducing, on the occasion of the accession of Bulgaria and
Romania, special temporary measures for recruitment of officials of the European Communities
(COM(2006)0271 — C6-0221/2006 — 2006/0091(CNS))

referred to

responsible: JURI

— Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 24/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0717

— C6-0222/2006 — 2006/2187(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

— Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 30/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0805

— C6-0223/2006 — 2006/2188(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

— Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 15/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0581

— C6-0224/2006 — 2006/2189(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

— Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 on the introduction of the

euro (COM(2006)0320 — C6-0225/2006 — 2006/0109(CNS))

referred to

responsible: ECON

— Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 23/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0716

— C6-0229/2006 — 2006/2190(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

— Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 31/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0806

— C6-0230/2006 — 2006/2191(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

2) from Members

2.1) proposals for recommendations (Rule 114)

— Yañez-Barnuevo García Luis, on behalf of the PSE Group — Recommendation to the Council
on the negotiating guidelines for an association agreement between the European Union and its
Member States on the one part, and the Andean Community and its member countries on the
other (B6-0374/2006)

referred to

responsible: AFET
opinion:

DEVE, INTA

— in 't Veld Sophia, on behalf of the ALDE Group — Recommendation to the Council on the
content of the Agreement with the United States of America on the use of Passenger Name
Records (PNR) data to prevent and combat terrorism and transnational crime, including orga-
nised crime (B6-0382/2006)

referred to

responsible: LIBE
AFET
opinion:

— Meyer Pleite Willy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group — Recommendation to the Council on
the guidelines for the negotiation of an Association Agreement between the European Union
and Central America (B6-0417/2006)

referred to

responsible: AFET
opinion:

DEVE, INTA

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3. Development and migration (debate)

Report on development and migration [2005/2244(INI)] — Committee on Development
Rapporteur: Marie-Arlette Carlotti (A6-0210/2006).

Marie-Arlette Carlotti introduced the report.

Louis Michel (Member of the Commission) spoke.

the opinion of

Ioannis Kasoulides (draftsman of

The following spoke:
the AFET Committee), Ona
Juknevičienė (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Feleknas Uca (draftsman of the opinion of
the FEMM Committee), Fernando Fernández Martín, on behalf of
the PPE-DE Group, Margrietus
van den Berg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Danutė Budreikaitė, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie-Hélène
Aubert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Alessandro
Battilocchio, Non-attached Member, Zbigniew Zaleski, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco,
Jan Jerzy
Kułakowski, Miguel Portas, Koenraad Dillen, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Marie-Line Reynaud, Toomas Savi,
Ryszard Czarnecki, Libor Rouček, Francesco Enrico Speroni, Kader Arif, Panagiotis Beglitis, Justas Vincas
Paleckis and Louis Michel.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Vice-President

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.07.2006, Item 6.17.

4. Fair Trade and development (debate)

Report on Fair Trade and development [2005/2245(INI)] — Committee on Development
Rapporteur: Frithjof Schmidt (A6-0207/2006).

Frithjof Schmidt introduced the report.

Peter Mandelson (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Jörg Leichtfried (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), Filip Kaczmarek,
on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Linda McAvan, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the
ALDE Group, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group,
Christofer Fjellner, Karin Scheele, Fiona Hall, Georgios Papastamkos, Glenys Kinnock, Wiesław Stefan Kuc
and Peter Mandelson.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.07.2006, Item 6.18.

5. Results of the WTO meetings at the end of April

in Geneva and future

perspectives (debate)

Oral question (O-0036/2006/rev. 1) by Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the
in Geneva and future perspectives
Commission: Results of
(B6-0314/2006)

the WTO meetings at

the end of April

Enrique Barón Crespo moved the oral question.

Peter Mandelson (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The debate was suspended at that point for voting time.

It would be resumed at 15.00.

IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS

Vice-President

6. Voting time

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

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6.1. Simplification of VAT charging to counter tax evasion and avoidance *

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards certain measures
to simplify the procedure for charging value added tax and to assist in countering tax evasion and avoidance,
and repealing
[COM(2005)0089 — C6-0100/2005 —
2005/0019(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur: Christoph Konrad (A6-0209/2006).

granting derogations

certain Decisions

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0303)

6.2. EU-Caribbean partnership for growth, stability and development (Rule 131)

(vote)

Report on the EU-Caribbean partnership for growth, stability and development [2006/2123(INI)] —
Committee on Development
Rapporteur: Gabriele Zimmer (A6-0211/2006).

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0304)

6.3. Protecting European healthcare workers from blood borne infections due to

needlestick injuries (Rule 131) (vote)

Second report with recommendations to the Commission on protecting European healthcare workers from
blood borne infections due to needlestick injuries [2006/2015(INI)] — Committee on Employment and
Social Affairs
Rapporteur: Stephen Hughes (A6-0218/2006).

The vote on the first report (A6-0137/2006) had been suspended on 01.06.2006 (Minutes of 01.06.2006,
Item 7.19). The first report had then been referred back to committee on 13.06.2006 (Minutes of
13.06.2006, Item 7.11).

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0305)

6.4. European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument ***I (vote)

Before the vote on the Szymański report (A6-0164/2006):

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*

*

The following spoke on reports A6-0164/2006, A6-0157/2006 and A6-0155/2006 respectively: Konrad
Szymański
(rapporteur), Raül Romeva i Rueda (deputising for the rapporteur) and István Szent-Iványi
(rapporteur). Elmar Brok (Chairman of the AFET Committee) also spoke.

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Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general
provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
[COM(2004)0628 —
C6-0129/2004 — 2004/0219(COD)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: Konrad Szymański (A6-0164/2006).

The debate had been held on 17.05.2006 (Minutes of 17.05.2006, Item 11).

The vote on the report had been postponed following a decision by the Conference of Presidents at its
meeting of 14.06.2006.

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0306)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0306)

6.5. Instrument for Stability ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an
Instrument for Stability [COM(2004)0630 — C6-0251/2004 — 2004/0223(COD)] — Committee on
Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: Angelika Beer (A6-0157/2006).

The debate had been held on 17.05.2006 (Minutes of 17.05.2006, Item 11).

The vote on the report had been postponed following a decision by the Conference of Presidents at its
meeting of 14.06.2006.

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0307)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0307)

6.6. Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance
(IPA) [COM(2004)0627 — C6-0047/2005 — 2004/0222(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: István Szent-Iványi (A6-0155/2006).

The debate had been held on 17.05.2006 (Minutes of 17.05.2006, Item 11).

The vote on the report had been postponed following a decision by the Conference of Presidents at its
meeting of 14.06.2006.

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0308)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0308)

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6.7. Implementing powers

conferred on the Commission (Interinstitutional

agreement)

Report on the interinstitutional agreement taking the form of a joint statement concerning the draft for a
Council decision amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of imple-
menting powers conferred on the Commission [10126/1/2006 — C6-0208/2006 — 2006/2152(ACI)] —
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur: Richard Corbett (A6-0237/2006).

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0309)

6.8. Implementing powers conferred on the Commission (procedures) * (vote)

Report on the amended proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission [10126/1/2006 —
C6-0190/2006 — 2002/0298(CNS)] — Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur: Richard Corbett (A6-0236/2006).

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

COUNCIL PROPOSAL
Approved (P6_TA(2006)0310)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0310)

6.9. Payer information with transfers of funds ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on information on
the payer accompanying transfers of funds [COM(2005)0343 — C6-0246/2005 — 2005/0138(COD)] —
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Alexander Alvaro (A6-0196/2006).

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0311)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0311)

The following spoke on the vote:

Alexander Alvaro (rapporteur), and Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the PSE Group, the latter on amendments
20, 22, 24, 103, 124 and 125.

6.10. Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European

Communities * (final vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the
Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities [COM(2006)0213 —
C6-0207/2006 — 2005/0090(CNS)] — Committee on Budgets
Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (A6-0057/2006).

The debate had been held on 14.03.2006 (Minutes of 14.03.2006, Item 21).

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The vote on the Commission proposal had taken place on 15.03.2006 (see Minutes of 15.03.2006, Item 4.5).
The report had been referred back to the committee responsible under Rule 168(1) on 13.06.2006 (see
Minutes of 11.06.2006, Item 7.9).

Thursday, 6 July 2006

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0312)

6.11. Mutual information procedure * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the establishment of a mutual information procedure
concerning Member States' measures in the areas of asylum and immigration [COM(2005)0480 —
C6-0335/2005 — 2005/0204(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Patrick Gaubert (A6-0186/2006).

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0313)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0313)

6.12. Modification of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0275/2006/rev.

The debate had been held on 26.04.2006 (Minutes of 26.04.2006, Item 13).

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0314)

6.13. Economic and social consequences of business restructuring in Europe

(vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0383/2006, B6-0387/2006, B6-0388/2006, B6-0389/2006 and B6-0398/2006

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B6-0383/2006
Rejected

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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0387/2006
(replacing B6-0387/2006, B6-0388/2006 and B6-0389/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

Ria Oomen-Ruijten and José Albino Silva Peneda, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Martin Schulz, Stephen Hughes, Jan Andersson, Joel Hasse Ferreira, Jean Louis Cottigny, Alain Hutchinson,
Edite Estrela and Jamila Madeira, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Eugenijus Maldeikis, Umberto Pirilli and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0315)

(Motion for a resolution B6-0398/2006 fell).

6.14. Extraordinary rendition (vote)

Interim report on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal deten-
tion of prisoners [2006/2027(INI)] — Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by
the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners

Rapporteur: Giovanni Claudio Fava (A6-0213/2006).

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0316)

The following spoke on the vote:

Jas Gawronski, who moved an oral amendment to amendment 15, which was accpeted (amendment 15 as
amended was then rejected).
Giusto Catania, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group moved an oral amendment to amendment 6.
As more than 37 Members objected to the oral amendment, it was not incorporated.
Michael Gahler, who moved an oral amendment to amendment 1, which was incorporated.

6.15. Interception of bank transfer data from the SWIFT system by the US secret

services (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0385/2006, B6-0386/2006, B6-0391/2006, B6-0393/2006 and B6-0395/2006

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B6-0385/2006
Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0386/2006
(replacing B6-0386/2006, B6-0391/2006, B6-0393/2006 and B6-0395/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Alexander Alvaro, Sophia in 't Veld and Margarita Starkevičiūtė, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Monica Frassoni and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Francis Wurtz, Sahra Wagenknecht, Giusto Catania, Umberto Guidoni and Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on
behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0318)

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6.16. Integration of immigrants in the European Union (vote)

Report on strategies and means for the integration of immigrants in the European Union [2006/2056(INI)]
— Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Stavros Lambrinidis (A6-0190/2006).

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(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 16)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0319)

6.17. Development and migration (vote)

Report on development and migration [2005/2244(INI)] — Committee on Development
Rapporteur: Marie-Arlette Carlotti (A6-0210/2006).

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 17)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0320)

6.18. Fair trade and development (vote)

Report on Fair Trade and development [2005/2245(INI)] — Committee on Development
Rapporteur: Frithjof Schmidt (A6-0207/2006).

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 18)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0321)

6.19. AIDS — Time to deliver (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0375/2006, B6-0376/2006, B6-0377/2006, B6-0378/2006, B6-0379/2006 and
B6-0380/2006

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 19)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0375/2006
(replacing B6-0375/2006, B6-0377/2006, B6-0378/2006, B6-0379/2006 and B6-0380/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Anne Van Lancker and Pierre Schapira, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Fiona Hall, Marios Matsakis and Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Luisa Morgantini, Feleknas Uca, Vittorio Agnoletto, Eva-Britt Svensson and Adamos Adamou, on behalf of
the GUE/NGL Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0322)

(Motion for a resolution B6-0376/2006 fell).

7. 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.

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Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Christoph Konrad — A6-0209/2006:

— Christoph Konrad

Report: Konrad Szymański — A6-0164/2006:

— Jaromír Kohlíček

Report: Richard Corbett — A6-0237/2006:

— Richard Corbett and Ivo Strejček

Report: Patrick Gaubert — A6-0186/2006:

— Frank Vanhecke

Modification of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities — B6-0275/2006/rev.:

— Bruno Gollnisch

Report: Giovanni Claudio Fava — A6-0213/2006:

— Marco Cappato, Philip Claeys, Petr Duchoň, Hynek Fajmon and Jas Gawronski

Interception of bank transfer data from the SWIFT system by the US secret services — RC-B6-0386/2006:

— Marco Cappato

Report: Stavros Lambrinidis — A6-0190/2006:

— Frank Vanhecke and Philip Claeys

8. Corrections to votes and voting intentions

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.

Voting intentions:

The Presidency had been notified of the following voting intentions (in respect of votes that had not been
cast):

Report: Stephen Hughes — A6-0218/2006

— resolution (as a whole)

— in favour: Paul Rübig

Report: Giovanni Claudio Fava — A6-0213/2006

— amendment 3, second part

— in favour: Harlem Désir

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

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

9. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Voting intentions:

Meeting of 05.07.2006

Report: Ulrich Stockmann — A6-0212/2006

— amendment 11

— against: Manuel Medina Ortega

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Pervenche Berès had informed the Presidency that she had been present at the sitting of 04.07.2006 but
that her name was not on the attendance register.

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The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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10. 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 position
on:

— Common position adopted by the Council on 27 June 2006 with a view to the adoption of a regulation
of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment
(LIFE+) (06284/1/2006 — 10436/2006 — COM(2006)0355 — C6-0226/2006 — 2004/0218(COD))

referred to

responsible: ENVI

— Common position adopted by the Council on 30 June 2006 with a view to the adoption of a regulation
of the European Parliament and of the Council creating a European order for payment procedure
(07535/3/2006 — 10414/2006 — COM(2006)0374 — C6-0227/2006 — 2004/0055(COD))

referred to

responsible: JURI

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following
day, 07.07.2006.

11. Results of the WTO meetings at the end of April in Geneva and future

perspectives (continuation of debate)

Oral question (O-0036/2006/rev. 1) by Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the
Commission: Results of
the WTO and future prospects
(B6-0314/2006)

the end of April Geneva meetings of

the PSE Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of

The following spoke: Georgios Papastamkos, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Panagiotis Beglitis, on behalf
of
the
Verts/ALE Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Robert Sturdy, David Martin, Kathy
Sinnott, Christofer Fjellner, Elisa Ferreira, Gerard Batten, Daniel Caspary and Peter Mandelson (Member of
the Commission).

the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of

The debate closed.

12. Indication of the country of origin of certain products imported from third

countries (‘origin marking’) (debate)

Oral question (O-0065/2006) by Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the INTA Committee: Indication of the
country of origin of certain products imported from third countries (‘origin marking’) (B6-0316/2006)

Enrique Barón Crespo moved the oral question.

Peter Mandelson (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Francisco Assis, on behalf of the
PSE Group, Gianluca Susta, on behalf of
the
UEN Group, Christofer Fjellner, Jean-Pierre Audy and Peter Mandelson.

the ALDE Group, Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of

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

— Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group, on indication of the country of origin of certain products

imported from third countries (‘origin marking’) (B6-0384/2006),

— Caroline Lucas, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the indication of the country of origin of certain

products imported from third countries (‘origin marking’) (B6-0390/2006),

— Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the indication of the country of origin of certain

products imported from third countries (‘origin marking’) (B6-0392/2006),

— Helmuth Markov, Vittorio Agnoletto and Marco Rizzo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the indica-
tion of the country of origin of certain products imported from third countries (‘origin marking’)
(B6-0394/2006)

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— Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on indication of the country of origin of certain products

imported from third countries (‘origin marking’) (B6-0396/2006),

— Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the indication of the country of origin of certain

products imported from third countries (‘origin marking’) (B6-0397/2006).

(The INTA Committee had withdrawn motion for a resolution B6-0381/2006).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.07.2006, Item 16.4.

13. 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 04.07.2006, Item 3)

13.1. Somalia

Motions for resolution B6-0400/2006, B6-0405/2006, B6-0406/2006, B6-0410/2006, B6-0412/2006 and
B6-0415/2006

Alyn Smith, Tobias Pflüger, Simon Coveney, Marios Matsakis, Ana Maria Gomes and Cristiana Muscardini
introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Józef Pinior, on behalf of the PSE Group, Luca Romagnoli, Non-attached Member,
Marek Aleksander Czarnecki and Peter Mandelson (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.07.2006, Item 16.1.

13.2. Mauritania

Motions for resolution B6-0399/2006, B6-0403/2006, B6-0407/2006, B6-0409/2006, B6-0413/2006 and
B6-0416/2006

Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Tobias Pflüger, Bernd Posselt, Marios Matsakis and Marie-Arlette Carlotti introduced
motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Michael Gahler, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Alain Hutchinson, on behalf of the
PSE Group, and Peter Mandelson (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.07.2006, Item 16.2.

13.3. Freedom of expression on the internet

Motions for resolution B6-0401/2006, B6-0402/2006, B6-0404/2006, B6-0408/2006, B6-0411/2006 and
B6-0414/2006

Raül Romeva i Rueda, Tobias Pflüger, Simon Coveney, Jules Maaten and Catherine Trautmann introduced
motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg,
on behalf of the PSE Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-
attached Member, Urszula Krupa and Peter Mandelson (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.07.2006, Item 16.3.

14. Voting time

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

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14.1. Somalia (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0400/2006, B6-0405/2006, B6-0406/2006, B6-0410/2006, B6-0412/2006 and
B6-0415/2006

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 20)

Thursday, 6 July 2006

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0400/2006
(replacing
B6-0415/2006):

B6-0400/2006,

B6-0405/2006,

B6-0406/2006,

tabled by the following Members:

B6-0410/2006,

B6-0412/2006

and

John Bowis,

Jana Hybášková, Mario Mauro and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of

Simon Coveney,
PPE-DE Group,
Pasqualina Napoletano, Glenys Kinnock and Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Johan Van Hecke and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Margrete Auken and Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Luisa Morgantini and Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group.

the

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0323)

The following spoke on the vote:

— Simon Coveney, who moved an oral amendment to recital C, which was incorporated;

— Michael Gahler, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 11, which was incorporated.

14.2. Mauritania (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0399/2006, B6-0403/2006, B6-0407/2006, B6-0409/2006, B6-0413/2006 and
B6-0416/2006

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 21)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0399/2006
(replacing
B6-0416/2006):

B6-0399/2006,

B6-0403/2006,

B6-0407/2006,

B6-0409/2006,

B6-0413/2006

and

tabled by the following Members:

Bernd Posselt, Charles Tannock and Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Pasqualina Napoletano, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Glenys Kinnock, Alain Hutchinson and Elena Valenciano
Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Lydie Polfer and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Luisa Morgantini and Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group.

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0324)

The following spoke on the vote:

— Michael Gahler who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 26, which was incorporated.

14.3. Freedom of expression on the internet (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0401/2006, B6-0402/2006, B6-0404/2006, B6-0408/2006, B6-0411/2006 and
B6-0414/2006

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 22)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0401/2006
(replacing
B6-0414/2006):

B6-0401/2006,

B6-0402/2006,

B6-0404/2006,

B6-0408/2006,

B6-0411/2006

and

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tabled by the following Members:

Simon Coveney and Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Pasqualina Napoletano, Catherine Trautmann and Christa Prets, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Henrik Lax, Marios Matsakis and Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Vittorio Agnoletto, Umberto Guidoni and Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Zdzisław Zbigniew
Podkański and Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the UEN Group.

The President pointed out that only the English version of the text was available due to a technical problem.
He asked whether the House would accept continuing with the vote as planned. The House agreed, and the
vote went ahead (the other language versions would be aligned with the English version).

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0325)

14.4. Indication of the country of origin of certain products imported from third

countries (‘origin marking’) (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0384/2006, B6-0390/2006, B6-0392/2006, B6-0394/2006, B6-0396/2006 and
B6-0397/2006

The INTA Committee had withdrawn its motion for a resolution B6-0381/2006.

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 23)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0384/2006
(replacing
B6-0397/2006):

B6-0384/2006,

B6-0390/2006,

B6-0392/2006,

B6-0394/2006,

B6-0396/2006

and

tabled by the following Members:

Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Johan Van Hecke and Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Caroline Lucas, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Vittorio Agnoletto, Helmuth Markov and Marco Rizzo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group.

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0326)

The following spoke:

— Enrique Barón Crespo, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 2, which was incorporated.

15. Explanations de 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:

Indication of the country of origin of certain products imported from third countries (‘origin marking’) —
RC-B6-0384/2006: Luca Romagnoli

16. Corrections to votes and voting intentions

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.

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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.

Voting intentions:

The Presidency had been notified of the following voting intentions (in respect of votes that had not been
cast):

Freedom of expression on the internet (RC-B6-0401/2006)

(final vote)

in favour: Enrique Barón Crespo, Jens-Peter Bonde

17. Membership of committees and delegations

At the request of the ALDE and GUE/NGL Groups, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

AFET Committee: Marco Cappato

ECON Committee: Vincenzo Aita

18. Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

The Belgian authorities had written to the President to request that Vural Öger's parliamentary immunity be
waived in the context of a case pending before the judicial authorities in Brussels.

Pursuant to Rule 6(2), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

19. Decisions concerning certain documents

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

AFET Committee

— Reform in the Arab world: what strategy should the EU follow? (2006/2172(INI))

— A Baltic Sea Strategy for the Northern Dimension (2006/2171(INI))

(opinion: ENVI, ITRE, REGI)

INTA Committee

— Construction of the Euro-Med Free Trade Area (2006/2173(INI))

(opinion: AFET, AGRI)

ENVI Committee

— Thematic Strategy on the recycling of waste (2006/2175(INI))

(opinion: ITRE)

— Thematic Strategy on the Marine Environment (2006/2174(INI))

(opinion: TRAN, PECH)

REGI Committee

— The impact and consequences of structural policies on EU cohesion (2006/2181(INI))

(opinion: BUDG)

— The role and effectiveness of cohesion policy in reducing disparities in the poorest regions of the EU

(2006/2176(INI))

PECH Committee

— A new comprehensive partnership with Greenland in the form of a joint declaration and a Council

Decision based on Article 187 of the EC Treaty (2006/2182(INI))

(opinion: AFET, INTA, BUDG)

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LIBE Committee

— Asylum: practical cooperation: the quality of decision making in the common European asylum system

(2006/2184(INI))

(opinion: AFET, DEVE, FEMM)

— On Conflicts of
(2006/2183(INI))

(opinion: JURI)

Jurisdiction and the Principle of ne bis

in idem in Criminal Proceedings

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 114)

AFET Committee

— The negotiations with a view to a Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement between the European
Community and its Member States of the one part, and the Syrian Arab Republic, of the other part
(2006/2150(INI))

(opinion: INTA)

Enhanced cooperation between committees

INTA Committee

— Proposal

for a Council decision providing exceptional Community financial assistance to Kosovo

(COM(2006)0207 — C6-0171/2006 — 2006/0068(CNS))

(opinion: BUDG)

Enhanced cooperation between committees: INTA, AFET

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 29.06.2006)

EMPL Committee

— Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European

Globalisation adjustment Fund (COM(2006)0091 — C6-0082/2006 — 2006/0033(COD))

(opinion: INTA, ECON, ITRE, IMCO, REGI)

Enhanced cooperation between committees: EMPL, BUDG

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 29.06.2006)

ENVI Committee

— Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description,
presentation and labelling of spirit drinks (COM(2005)0125 — C6-0440/2005 — 2005/0028(COD))

(opinion: IMCO)

Enhanced cooperation between committees: ENVI, AGRI

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 29.06.2006)

ITRE Committee

— Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing an Instrument for Nuclear Safety and Security Assistance

(09037/2006 — C6-0153/2006 — 2006/0802(CNS))

(opinion: DEVE, BUDG, ENVI)

Enhanced cooperation between committees: ITRE, AFET

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 29.06.2006)

LIBE Committee

— Proposal for a Council Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of deci-
(COM(2005)0649 —

relating to maintenance obligations

and cooperation in matters

sions
C6-0079/2006 — 2005/0259(CNS))

Enhanced cooperation between committees: LIBE, JURI

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 29.06.2006)

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Referral to committees

JURI Committee

— Minimising administrative costs imposed by legislation (2005/2140(INI))

responsible: CONT

(opinion: ECON, EMPL, ITRE, JURI)

Decision to draw up a report under Rule 201

AFCO Committee

— Interpretation of Rule 166 of the Rules of Procedure (2006/2139(REG))

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

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

Document No

Author

Signatures

19/2006

20/2006

21/2006

22/2006

23/2006

24/2006

25/2006

26/2006

27/2006

28/2006

29/2006

30/2006

31/2006

32/2006

33/2006

34/2006

35/2006

36/2006

37/2006

38/2006

39/2006

40/2006

41/2006

42/2006

43/2006

44/2006

45/2006

Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Michael Cashman, Erik Meijer,
Alexander Lambsdorff and Geoffrey Van Orden

Konrad Szymański, Philippe Morillon, Charles Tannock, Ari Vatanen
and Bastiaan Belder

Iles Braghetto and Panayiotis Demetriou

Daniel Strož

Claire Gibault, Jean-Marie Cavada, Antoine Duquesne, Charles Tannock
and Enrique Barón Crespo,

Robert Navarro, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou,
Luigi Cocilovo and Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann

Fernand Le Rachinel

Jean Lambert, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Carl Schlyter

Daniel Strož

Paul Verges, Margie Sudre and Jean-Claude Fruteau

Bogdan Golik and Bogusław Sonik

Caroline Lucas, Jean Lambert and André Brie

Caroline Lucas, Janusz Wojciechowski, David Hammerstein Mintz
and Robert Evans

Jean Spautz

Richard Corbett, Alexander Alvaro, Christopher Heaton-Harris,
Cecilia Malmström and Cem Özdemir

Andreas Mölzer

Anna Záborská, Stephen Hughes and Gérard Deprez

Anna Záborská, Stephen Hughes and Gérard Deprez

Anna Záborská, Stephen Hughes and Gérard Deprez

Carl Schlyter, Paulo Casaca, Karl-Heinz Florenz, Mojca Drčar Murko
and Caroline Lucas

Cristiana Muscardini

Margrietus van den Berg, Jean-Marie Cavada, Harlem Désir and Caroline Lucas

Feleknas Uca, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Karin Scheele, Jürgen Schröder
and Nicholson of Winterbourne

Georgios Karatzaferis

Adriana Poli Bortone

Mario Borghezio

Mario Borghezio

115

81

403

49

407

150

27

44

19

129

60

33

81

67

196

20

185

188

197

282

46

114

26

16

6

30

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Document No

Author

Signatures

46/2006

47/2006

48/2006

49/2006

50/2006

51/2006

52/2006

53/2006

54/2006

Jamila Madeira, Ana Maria Gomes, Anna Záborská, Luisa Morgantini
and Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez

Caroline Lucas, Angelika Beer

Bogusław Rogalski

Alessandra Mussolini

Sylwester Chruszcz

Daniel Strož and Jaromír Kohlíček

Maciej Marian Giertych

Thierry Cornillet

Mario Borghezio

42

37

15

21

14

7

23

32

12

21. 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.

22. Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held from 04.09.2006 to 07.09.2006.

23. Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 17.20.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Josep Borrell Fontelles

President

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The following signed:

Itälä,

Janowski,

Jill Evans,

Jałowiecki,

Isler Béguin,

Jäätteenmäki,

Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Albertini, Allister, Alvaro, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelilli,
Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender,
Aylward, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli,
Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Berend, Berès,
van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Bielan, Birutis, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch,
Bonde, Bono, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt,
Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busquin, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre,
Capoulas Santos, Cappato, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casa, Casaca, Casini, Caspary, Castex, Castiglione,
del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chmielewski,
Christensen, Chruszcz, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia,
Cottigny, Coveney, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, Davies, de Brún, Degutis,
Dehaene, De Keyser, Demetriou, Deprez, De Rossa, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera
García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis,
Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, El Khadraoui,
Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings,
Jonathan Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber,
Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fjellner, Flasarová, Flautre, Florenz,
Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote,
García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt,
Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante,
Glattfelder, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura,
Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Grosch, Grossetête, Guardans
Cambó, Guellec, Guerreiro, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hamon, Handzlik,
Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hedkvist
Petersen, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Hieronymi,
Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Howitt, Hudacký, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ibrisagic, Ilves,
in 't Veld,
Jensen,
Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Kamiński, Karas,
Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Kindermann, Kinnock, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Klinz,
Knapman, Koch, Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krasts, Kratsa-
Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kudrycka, Kułakowski, Kušķis,
Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Laignel, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, Lauk, Lax,
Lechner, Le Foll, Lehideux, Lehne, Leichtfried, Leinen, Le Rachinel, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki,
Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liotard, Lipietz, López-Istúriz White, Losco, Louis, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lynne,
Maaten, McAvan, McGuinness, Madeira, Maldeikis, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Markov,
Marques, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka,
Mastenbroek, Matsakis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer,
Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mohácsi,
Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morillon, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini,
Muscat, Musotto, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Newton Dunn, Annemie Neyts-
Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Achille Occhetto, Öger,
Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry,
Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis,
Papastamkos, Parish, Patrie, Peillon, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior,
Piotrowski, Pirilli, Pirker, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering,
Poignant, Portas, Posdorf, Posselt, Prets, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf,
Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Ribeiro e Castro, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen,
Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roszkowski, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi
Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Salvini, Samaras, Samuelsen,
Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Frithjof
Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström,
Seppänen, Siekierski, Sinnott, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa
Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stockmann,
Strejček, Strož, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi,
Tajani, Takkula, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Toia, Tomczak, Toubon, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann,
Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca, Väyrynen, Vaidere, Vakalis, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco,
Vanhecke, Van Lancker, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vaugrenard, Ventre, Vergnaud, Vidal-Quadras,
de Villiers, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasák, Voggenhuber, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Manfred Weber, Weiler,
Weisgerber, Westlund, Wieland, Wiersma, Willmott, Wise, von Wogau, Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski, Janusz
Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zaleski, Zani,
Zapałowski, Zappalà, Ždanoka, Železný, Zieleniec, Zīle, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

Jarzembowski,

Járóka,

Jeggle,

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Observers:

Arabadjiev, Athanasiu, Bărbuleţiu, Bliznashki, Buruiană Aprodu, Ciornei, Cioroianu, Coşea, Corina Creţu,
Gabriela Creţu, Dîncu, Duca, Dumitrescu, Ganţ, Hogea, Ilchev, Kirilov, Kónya-Hamar, Mihăescu, Morţun,
Podgorean, Popa, Popeangă, Severin, Shouleva, Silaghi, Sofianski, Stoyanov, Ţicău, Vigenin, Zgonea Valeriu
Ştefan

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ANNEX I

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. Simplification of VAT charging to counter tax evasion and avoidance *

Report: Christoph KONRAD (A6-0209/2006)

Subject

single vote

RCV, etc.

Vote

+

RCV/EV — remarks

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2. EU-Caribbean partnership for growth, stability and development

Report: Gabriele ZIMMER (A6-0211/2006)

Subject

single vote

RCV, etc.

Vote

+

RCV/EV — remarks

3. Healthcare workers and blood-borne infections due to needlestick injuries

Report: (qualified majority)

Stephen HUGHES (A6-0218/2006)

Subject

single vote

RCV, etc.

RCV

Vote

+

RCV/EV — remarks

465, 18, 13

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: single vote

4. European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument ***I

Report: Konrad SZYMAŃSKI (A6-0164/2006)

Author

RCV, etc.

Committee
UEN,
PPE-DE + PSE

RCV/EV — remarks

Vote

+

Subject

Block No 1 —
compromise amendments

Am No

4
6-9
13
15-24
26-31
33-36
40-41
43
48
56
58
61-80
82
84
87
90
99-100
103
109
115
124
128-129
131-138
142-156
158-167
169-171
173
175-176
178-181
183-184

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Subject

Block No 2 —
amendments by the committee
responsible (block vote)

Block No 3 —
other amendments by the
committee responsible (block
vote)

Article 20, § 2

After Article 27

After recital 4

Am No

2
11
14
37
44-46
49-52
54
57
59-60
81
83
85-86
88
94-98
101
105-106
108
113
118
122-123

1
5
10
12
32
38-39
42
47
53
55
89
91-93
102
107
110-112
114
116
119-121

25

126=
104=

157

127

117

125

130

3

vote: amended proposal

After citation 2

177

vote: legislative resolution

Author

RCV, etc.

Committee

Vote

↓

Thursday, 6 July 2006

RCV/EV — remarks

Committee

Committee

Verts/ALE
Committee

UEN,
PPE-DE + PSE

Verts/ALE

Committee

Verts/ALE

UEN,
PPE-DE + PSE

Committee

UEN,
PPE-DE + PSE

split

1/EV

2/EV

-

+

+

-

+

-

-

-

+

↓

+

+

+

344, 222, 12

322, 245, 13

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Amendments 178, 179, 180, 181 and 184 cancelled and replaced amendments 139, 140, 141, 168, 172
and 174.

The following text had been left out of the right-hand column in amendment 52: ‘(l) for food security
measures’

Requests for split votes

UEN

am 25

First part: ‘Supporting policies … for good health’

Second part: ‘including reproductive and infant health for girls and women’

5. Instrument for Stability ***I

Report: Angelika BEER (A6-0157/2006)

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Block No 1 —
compromise amendments

Block No 2 —
Amendments by the committee
responsible

43-100
102-107
112

1-42

Proposal for a regulation

Verts/ALE

Committee

after citation 5

vote: amended proposal

Draft legislative resolution

108

109

110

111

Verts/ALE

Verts/ALE

Verts/ALE

Verts/ALE

vote: legislative resolution

Amendment 112 cancelled and replaced amendment 101.

6. Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) *

Report: István SZENT-IVÁNYI (A6-0155/2006)

+

↓

+

+

+

+

+

+

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Amendments by the committee
responsible — block vote

1-33

Committee

Proposal for a regulation

vote: amended proposal

Draft legislative resolution

after citation 4

34

35

ALDE

ALDE

vote: legislative resolution

+

+

+

+

+

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7. Implementing powers conferred on the Commission (Interinstitutional agree-

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ment)

Report: Richard CORBETT (A6-0237/2006)

Subject

after citation 5

Am No

1

Author

PPE-DE

vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole)

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

EV

+

+

313, 248, 20

8. Implementing powers conferred on the Commission (procedures) *

Report: Richard CORBETT (A6-0236/2006)

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

+

+

Vote

+

RCV/EV — remarks

vote: legislative proposal

vote: legislative resolution

9. Payer information with transfers of funds ***I

Report: Alexander ALVARO (A6-0196/2006)

Author

RCV, etc.

Committee

Subject

Amendments by the committee
responsible — block vote

Am No

1-5
7-8
12-13
15-17
25
27
30-33
35
37
39
41
43
45
47-48
50
53
55-56
58
60
62
64
66
69
71
73
75
77
86
90
94
98-99
101
106
108
110
112
114-115
117
119
121

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Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

sep

Amendments by the committee
responsible — separate vote

Article 1

Article 5, after § 2

Article 8, after § 2

Article 9, § 1

Article 9, § 2

Article 13

Article 14

Article 15

After Article 19

Article 20

Recital 4

Recital 5

Recital 7

Recital 9

After recital 12

19

20 *

22 *

24 *

78 *

103 *

131

132

68

80=
133=

83

134

135

85

136

89

137

91

138

96

139

124 *

125 *

140

123

126

127

128

10

129

130

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

Committee

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE
Committee

Committee

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

Committee

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

Committee

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

Committee

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

Committee

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

Committee

Committee

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

Committee

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

Committee

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

ALDE, PSE + PPE-DE

vote: amended proposal

vote: legislative resolution

RCV

-

↓

↓

↓

↓

↓

+

+

↓

+

-

+

+

↓

+

↓

+

↓

+

↓

+

↓

↓

+

↓

+

+

+

↓

+

+

+

+

442, 16, 130

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Amendments 6, 9, 11, 14, 18, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 57, 59, 61,
63, 65, 67, 70, 72, 74, 76, 79, 81, 82, 84, 87, 88, 92, 93, 95, 97, 100, 102, 104, 105, 107, 109, 111,
113, 116, 118, 120 and 122 had been cancelled.

* These amendments fell as the two reports on comitology by the AFCO Committee (rapporteur: Richard
Corbett — A6-0237/2006 and A6-0236/2006) were adopted.

Thursday, 6 July 2006

Requests for roll-call votes

UEN: final vote

Requests for separate votes

ALDE: am 19

10. Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of

the European

Communities *

Report: Ingeborg GRÄßLE (A6-0057/2006)

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

vote: legislative resolution

RCV/EV — remarks

Vote

+

The vote on the draft legislative resolution had been postponed at the sitting of 13 June 2006.

11. Mutual information procedure *

Report: Patrick GAUBERT (A6-0186/2006)

Subject

Amendments by the committee
responsible — block vote

Amendments by the committee
responsible — separate vote

Am No

3-5
15-17
20-23
25-26

1

2

6

7

10

11

12

13

14

24

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

sep

sep

split

1

2

split

1

2

sep

sep

sep

sep

split

1

2

Committee

sep/EV

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

291, 288, 6

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Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Article 4, § 2

Article 4, after § 2

Article 4, § 4

27

18

19=
28=

30

29

Verts/ALE

Committee

Committee
Verts/ALE

PPE-DE

Verts/ALE

vote: amended proposal

vote: legislative resolution

Amendments 8 and 9 had been cancelled.

81, 498, 12

RCV

-

+

-

+

-

+

+

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: ams 19/28

Requests for separate votes

GUE/NGL: ams 1, 2, 10, 24

ALDE: ams 7, 11, 12, 13, 24

Requests for split votes

GUE/NGL

am 6

First part: ‘This Decision establishes … at Community level,’

Second part: ‘not only at … within the Council.’

am 7

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘such as diverting … another Member State’

Second part: those words

am 14

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘such as diverting … another Member State’

Second part: those words

12. Modification of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities

Motion for a resolution: B6-0275/2006/rev.

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Motion for a resolution (B6-0275/2006 rev.) by the JURI Committee

§ 2

§

original text

sep

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

+

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Requests for separate votes

Verts/ALE: § 2

13. Economic and social consequences of business restructuring in Europe

Motions for resolutions: B6-0383/2006, B6-0387/2006, B6-0388/2006, B6-0389/2006, B6-0398/2006

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

B6-0383/2006

Verts/ALE

Motions for resolutions by political groups

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0387/2006
(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, UEN)

after § 1

§ 2

§ 3

after § 5

after § 6

§ 7

§ 8

after § 8

before recital A

recital C

after recital C

B6-0387/2006

B6-0388/2006

B6-0389/2006

B6-0398/2006

5

§

§

9

10

11

§

6

12

8

7

1

2

§

3

4

GUE/NGL

original text

original text

PSE

PSE

PSE

original text

GUE/NGL

PANZERI et al

PSE

GUE/NGL

GUE/NGL

GUE/NGL

original text

GUE/NGL

GUE/NGL

sep

sep

sep

RCV

RCV

RCV

RCV

sep

RCV

RCV

vote: resolution (as a whole)

Motions for resolutions by political groups

PSE

PPE-DE

ALDE

GUE/NGL

-

-

+

+

+

-

+

↓

-

-

-

-

-

-

+

-

-

+

↓

↓

↓

↓

227, 316, 40

231, 305, 41

222, 324, 37

225, 321, 42

234, 311, 43

245, 317, 17

Requests for roll-call votes

PSE: am 8

GUE/NGL: ams 3, 4, 6, 12 and 7

Requests for separate votes

ALDE: recital C, §§ 2, 3

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14. Extraordinary rendition

Interim report: Claudio FAVA (A6-0213/2006)

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Subject

§ 1

§ 3

after § 5

sub-heading before § 6

§ 6

§ 7

after § 7

§ 9

§ 10

§ 11

§ 12

after § 12

§ 14

§ 15

after § 15

sub-heading before § 26

Am No

31

3

13

14

15

32

§

33

16

4

34/rev

17

9D

18

35

19

36

5

6

37

20

7

21

Author

UEN

EV

GUE/NGL

split/RCV

1

2

RCV

EV

PPE-DE

PPE-DE

PPE-DE

UEN

original text

split/RCV

1

2

EV

split/RCV

1

2

split

1

2

RCV

EV

RCV

RCV

RCV

UEN

PPE-DE

GUE/NGL

UEN

PPE-DE

UEN

PPE-DE

UEN

PPE-DE

UEN

GUE/NGL

GUE/NGL

UEN

PPE-DE

GUE/NGL

PPE-DE

244, 325, 19

35, 545, 7

309, 259, 15

537, 36, 12

258, 307, 18

372, 206, 12

318, 257, 11

436, 136, 13

496, 74, 14

263, 298, 21

532, 40, 16

277, 293, 12

41, 533, 14

258, 307, 20

291, 283, 13

-

-

+

+

-

-

-

+

+

-

+

-

-

+

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

-

-

+

-

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RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Subject

§ 26

§ 27

§ 28

after § 31

§ 33

§ 37

after § 40

§ 41

§ 42

§ 44

Am No

38/rev

22

8

39

40

41

42

49

50

43

44S

45

23

Author

UEN

PPE-DE

GUE/NGL

EV

UEN

UEN

UEN

UEN

IND/DEM

IND/DEM

UEN

UEN

UEN

RCV

RCV

PPE-DE

split/RCV

§ 46

46S

recital B

after recital B

recital D

after recital H

recital J, first indent

recital L

recital M

after recital M

recital N

1

47

24

25

26

27

2

§

28

10

29S

11

12

30D

vote: resolution (as a whole)

UEN

PSE

IND/DEM

UEN

UEN

UEN

UEN

PSE

original text

UEN

PPE-DE

UEN

PPE-DE

PPE-DE

UEN

1

2

RCV

RCV

RCV

EV

RCV

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

W

-

+

-

W

+

-

-

-

-

-

+

↓

-

+

-

+

-

-

+

66, 507, 9

95, 472, 19

69, 498, 19

493, 73, 19

262, 299, 20

511, 38, 37
oral amendment

95, 473, 10

530, 40, 14

254, 307, 17

389, 137, 55

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Amendment 48 had been withdrawn.

Requests for roll-call votes

IND/DEM: §§ 47, 49, 50 and final vote

GUE/NGL: ams 3, 6 and 7

PPE-DE: ams 10, 13, 18, 19, 20, 23, 1 and final vote

Verts/ALE: final vote

PSE: final vote

Requests for split votes

PSE

am 18

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘he claims to have been’

Second part: those words

am 23

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘which, while still under shock after 9/11, is in the front line as
far as the fight against terrorism is concerned’

Second part: those words

am 3

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘and also at foreign military bases’

Second part: those words

UEN

§ 6

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘serious and inadmissible’

Second part: those words

am 35

First part: ‘Considers that the high number … countries and the USA’

Second part: ‘and that all … inhuman treatment or torture’

Miscellaneous

Michael Gahler moved an oral amendment to amendment 1, which then read as follows:

the drafting of verbatim reports of hearings conducted by the temporary committee, as well as the transla-
tion of those reports into the languages of those EU countries that are affected by the investigations;

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15. Interception of bank transfer data from the SWIFT system by the US secret

services

Motions for resolutions: B6-0385/2006, B6-0386/2006, B6-0391/2006, B6-0393/2006, B6-0395/2006

Thursday, 6 July 2006

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

EV

sep

sep

sep/EV

EV

Motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0385/2006

PPE-DE + UEN

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0386/2006
(PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL)

§ 1

§ 9

§ 11

§

§

§

original text

original text

original text

vote: resolution (as a whole)

Motions for resolutions by political groups

PSE

Verts/ALE

ALDE

GUE/NGL

B6-0386/2006

B6-0391/2006

B6-0393/2006

B6-0395/2006

Requests for separate votes

GUE/NGL: §§ 1, 9 and 11

16. Integration of immigrants in the European Union

Report: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS (A6-0190/2006)

172, 349, 21

275, 239, 24

302, 219, 22

-

+

+

+

+

↓

↓

↓

↓

Subject

§ 6

§ 7

§ 8

§ 9

§ 14

§ 17

§ 18

§ 19

Am No

3D

§

4

5D

§

§

6D

§

Author

PPE-DE

original text

PPE-DE

PPE-DE

original text

original text

PPE-DE

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

sep

EV

RCV

sep

sep

236, 308, 3

252, 281, 6

-

+

-

-

+

+

-

+

original text

sep

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Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

sep

sep

RCV

RCV

sep

RCV

split

1

2

split

1

2/RCV

+

+

-

-

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

242, 291, 6

287, 248, 12

507, 19, 18

296, 242, 4

Subject

§ 20

§ 21

§ 22

§ 24

§ 26

recital C

recital I

recital J, first indent

recital J, third indent

§

§

7

1

§

original text

original text

PPE-DE

GUE/NGL

original text

8D

PPE-DE

§

2

§

§

§

original text

PPE-DE

original text

original text

original text

vote: resolution (as a whole)

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: recital I, ams 5 and 7 and § 22

Requests for separate votes

PPE-DE: §§ 7, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21 and 26

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

Recital J, first indent

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘and recognition of immigrants' training and professional
qualifications’

Second part: those words

Recital J, third indent

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘and representation’ et ‘governance’

Second part: those words

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17. Development and migration

Report: Marie-Arlette CARLOTTI (A6-0210/2006)

Subject

§ 5

after § 5

§ 6

§ 15

after citation 7

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§

2

§

§

1

original text

PPE-DE

original text

original text

PPE-DE

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

RCV

RCV

RCV

+

+

+

+

+

+

448, 50, 34

449, 82, 2

402, 81, 33

472, 24, 30

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

PSE: §§ 5, 6, 15 and final vote

Requests for separate votes

PPE-DE: §§ 5, 6, 15

18. Fair Trade and development

Report: Frithjof SCHMIDT (A6-0207/2006)

Subject

§ 6

§ 13

§ 17

§ 19

§ 28

§ 29

Citation 9

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§

§

§

2

§

§

§

§

original text

original text

original text

PPE-DE

original text

original text

original text

original text

sep

sep

sep

split

1

2/EV

3

4

sep

sep

split

1

2

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

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Subject

recital D

recital E

recital F

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§

§

1

original text

original text

PPE-DE

sep

sep

EV

+

+

-

+

171, 226, 13

vote: resolution (as a whole)

Amendment 2 replaced all of § 19.

Requests for separate votes

PPE-DE: recitals D, E and §§ 6, 13, 17, 28, 29

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

Citation 9

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘particularly Article 23(g) thereof’

Second part: those words

§ 19

First part: ‘Calls on the Commission … implemented by women;’

Second part: ‘19 b (Within the EU … Worldshops)’

Third part: ‘(c) Within the EU and’

Fourth part: ‘in developing countries … of Fair Trade Organisations’

19. Time to deliver

Motions for resolutions: B6-0375/2006, B6-0376/2006, B6-0377/2006, B6-0378/2006, B6-0379/2006,
B6-0380/2006

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0375/2006
(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL)

§ 10

§

original text

vote: resolution (as a whole)

Motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0375/2006

B6-0376/2006

GUE/NGL

UEN

split

1

2

+

+

+

↓

↓

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Author

PSE

PPE-DE

ALDE

Verts/ALE

Thursday, 6 July 2006

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

↓

↓

↓

↓

Subject

Am No

B6-0377/2006

B6-0378/2006

B6-0379/2006

B6-0380/2006

Requests for split votes

IND/DEM

§10

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘and reproductive’

Second part: those words

20. Somalia

Motions for resolutions: B6-0400/2006, B6-0405/2006, B6-0406/2006, B6-0410/2006, B6-0412/2006,
B6-0415/2006

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0400/2006
(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

recital C

§11

§

§

original text

original text

vote: resolution (as a whole)

Motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0400/2006

B6-0405/2006

B6-0406/2006

B6-0410/2006

B6-0412/2006

B6-0415/2006

Miscellaneous

Verts/ALE

GUE/NGL

PPE-DE

ALDE

PSE

UEN

oral amendment

oral amendment

+

+

+

↓

↓

↓

↓

↓

↓

Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco had also signed the joint motion for a resolution.

Simon Coveney moved an oral amendment to recital C, which now read as follows:

C. whereas unfortunately Somalia has not had an effective national government for over 15 years and the
Union of Islamic Courts has started creating radical Islamic courts with a view of taking charge in the
areas it controls; whereas, however, tension persists due to clan loyalties,

Michael Gahler moved an oral amendment to paragraph 11, adding the Pan-African Parliament to the list of
institutions to which the resolution would be forwarded.

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21. Mauritania

Motions for resolutions: B6-0399/2006, B6-0403/2006, B6-0407/2006, B6-0409/2006, B6-0413/2006,
B6-0416/2006

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0399/2006
(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

§ 26

original text

vote: resolution (as a whole)

Motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0399/2006

B6-0403/2006

B6-0407/2006

B6-0409/2006

B6-0413/2006

B6-0416/2006

Miscellaneous

Verts/ALE

GUE/NGL

PPE-DE

ALDE

PSE

UEN

oral amendment

+

+

↓

↓

↓

↓

↓

↓

Michael Gahler moved an oral amendment to paragraph 26, adding the Pan-African Parliament to the list of
institutions to which the resolution would be forwarded.

22. Freedom of expression on the internet

Motions for resolutions: B6-0401/2006, B6-0402/2006, B6-0404/2006, B6-0408/2006, B6-0411/2006,
B6-0414/2006

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0401/2006
(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

Motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0401/2006

B6-0402/2006

B6-0404/2006

B6-0408/2006

B6-0411/2006

B6-0414/2006

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

Verts/ALE

UEN

GUE/NGL

PPE-DE

ALDE

PSE

65, 0, 2

+

↓

↓

↓

↓

↓

↓

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23. Origin marking of certain imported products

Motions for resolutions: B6-0384/2006, B6-0390/2006, B6-0392/2006, B6-0394/2006, B6-0396/2006,
B6-0397/2006

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Thursday, 6 July 2006

Joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0384/2006
(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

Motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0384/2006

B6-0390/2006

B6-0392/2006

B6-0394/2006

B6-0396/2006

B6-0397/2006

PSE

Verts/ALE

UEN

GUE/NGL

PPE-DE

ALDE

63, 0, 1

+

↓

↓

↓

↓

↓

↓

The INTA Committee had withdrawn its motion for a resolution B6-0381/2006.

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: final vote

Miscellaneous

Enrique Barón Crespo moved an oral amendment to paragraph 2, which then read as follows:

2. Deplores the fact that, despite the Commission and the Council's being fully aware of the importance
that Parliament attaches to origin marking, the Commission did not formally send the proposed regu-
lation to Parliament for information; understands that this proposal does not legally require Parliament to
be consulted; insists, however, that Parliament should always be given the opportunity to express its
views on any relevant initiative taken by other Community institutions in a timely manner;

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ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1. Second report: Hughes A6-0218/2006

Resolution

For: 465

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
Jensen,
Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford,
Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir,
Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyr-
ynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

Jäätteenmäki,

in't Veld,

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Sinnott, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang,
Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Piskorski, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard
Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet,
Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Casa, Casini, Caspary,
Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps,
Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi,
Ebner, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas,
Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis,
Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour,
Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark,
Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek,
Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Langen,
Langendries, Lehne, Lewandowski, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak,
Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská,
Posdorf, Posselt, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Samaras, Schierhuber,
Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Stauner, Stevenson,
Sudre, Surján, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis,
Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà,
Zwiefka

Ilves,

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Beglitis, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull,
Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Cottigny,
De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes,
Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes,
Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Hamon, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Hughes, Hutch-
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis,
inson,
Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Masip Hidalgo,
Mastenbroek, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Peillon, Pinior,
Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček,
Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner,
Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi,
Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn,
Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

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UEN: Aylward, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki,
Maldeikis, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Harms, Horáček,
Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lucas, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter,
Smith, Staes, Ždanoka

Thursday, 6 July 2006

NI: Helmer, Masiel, Mote

Against: 18

PPE-DE: Březina, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Deß, Duchoň, Fajmon, Gräßle, Lauk, Lechner, Roithová, Škottová,
Strejček, Vlasák, Zvěřina

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

Abstention: 13

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Clark, Wise

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Borghezio, Kozlík, Speroni

PPE-DE: Ulmer, Zieleniec

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

2. Report: Alvaro A6-0196/2006

Resolution

For: 442

ALDE: Bourlanges, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Deprez, Jensen, Manders, Pistelli, Ries, Susta, Takkula, Toia

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Tomczak, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander,
Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Helmer, Masiel,
Speroni, Vanhecke,
Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

Piskorski, Rutowicz,

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera,
Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň,
Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner,
Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil,
Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça
Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour,
Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark,
Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas,
Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka,
Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling,
McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon,
Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-
Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering,
Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda,
Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab,
Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy,
Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna,
Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-
Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

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PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball,
Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl,
Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan,
Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega,
Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller,
Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk,
Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati,
Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz,
Segelström, Skinner, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley,
Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler,
Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Ilves,

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk,
Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański,
Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Jonckheer, Turmes

Against: 16

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise

NI: Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mote, Schenardi

PSE: Kuc

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

Abstention: 130

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Davies, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans
Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz,
Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis,
Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir,
Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Väyrynen,
Virrankoski, Wallis

Jäätteenmäki,

in't Veld,

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger,
Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Louis, Rogalski, Sinnott, de Villiers

NI: Allister, Baco, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Romagnoli

UEN: Krasts

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Breyer, van Buitenen, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček,
Isler Béguin, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes,
Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

3. Report: Gaubert A6-0186/2006

Amendments 19 + 28

For: 81

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter,
Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

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PPE-DE: Graça Moura, Kaczmarek, Surján

UEN: Aylward, Camre, Crowley, Ó Neachtain, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 498

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas,
Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki,
Jensen,
Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax,
Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn,
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries,
Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen,
Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Svensson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak,
de Villiers, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Piskorski, Romagnoli, Schenardi,
Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera,
Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner,
Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga
Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo,
Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec,
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges,
Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka,
Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola,
Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese,
López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor
Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij,
Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro,
Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul,
Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt,
Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz,
Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis,
Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred,
Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen,
Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács,
Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo,
dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda,
Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco,
Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn,
Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

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UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Maldeikis,
Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 12

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise

NI: Baco, Borghezio, Kozlík, Mote, Speroni

Corrections to votes

For

Eva-Britt Svensson

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

4. RC B6-387/2006 — Company restructuring

Amendment 6

For: 227

ALDE: Gibault, Losco, Pistelli, Susta, Toia

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott

NI: Battilocchio, Borghezio, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Martin Hans-Peter, Rutowicz, Speroni

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger,
Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti,
Casaca, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau,
Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai,
Guy-Quint, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt,
Hughes, Hutchinson,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler,
Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira,
Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Mikko, Moraes,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie,
Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi,
Sakalas, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi,
Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi,
Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli, Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 316

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas,
Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert,
Jensen,
Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford,
Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck,
Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi,
Staniszewska, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

Jäätteenmäki,

in't Veld,

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IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Tomczak, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Helmer, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski,
Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera,
Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň,
Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner,
Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil,
Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle,
Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis,
Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam,
Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries,
Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer,
Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle,
Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack,
Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber,
Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik,
Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen,
Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák,
Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec,
Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka,
Maldeikis, Ó Neachtain, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Zīle

Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki,

Abstention: 40

ALDE: Harkin

IND/DEM: Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, de Villiers, Zapałowski

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Claeys, Dillen, Kozlík, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PSE: Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Calabuig Rull, Carnero González, Cercas, Díez González,
García Pérez, Hänsch,
Ilves, Masip Hidalgo, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moreno Sánchez,
Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Sornosa Martínez, Valenciano
Martínez-Orozco, Yañez-Barnuevo García

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

5. RC B6-387/2006 — Company restructuring

Amendment 12

For: 231

ALDE: Cocilovo, Losco, Pistelli, Prodi, Susta, Toia

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott

NI: Battilocchio, Borghezio, Rutowicz, Speroni

PPE-DE: Albertini, Castiglione, Coelho, Gargani, Musotto, Podestà, Queiró, Tajani

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PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman,
Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Casaca, Castex,
Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop,
El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, Gebhardt, Geringer
de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon,
Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen,
Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis,
Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez
Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Mikko, Moraes, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà,
Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay,
Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström,
Skinner, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann,
Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott,
Wynn, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans
Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Jill,

Against: 305

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis,
Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans
Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz,
Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis,
Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir,
Pannella, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyr-
ynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Helmer,
Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet,
Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews,
Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester,
Chmielewski, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García
Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves,
Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez,
Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès,
Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec,
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges,
Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka,
Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad,
Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese,
López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor
Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak,
Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pirker, Pleštinská,
Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi
Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder,
Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček,
Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna,
Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-
Kool, Záborská, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka,
Maldeikis, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki,

IND/DEM: Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

Abstention: 41

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NI: Baco, Belohorská, Claeys, Gollnisch, Kozlík, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Romagnoli,
Schenardi, Vanhecke

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Calabuig Rull, Carnero González,
Cercas, Díez González, García Pérez, Hänsch, Masip Hidalgo, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez
Ramos, Moreno Sánchez, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Riera Madurell, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Sornosa
Martínez, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Yañez-Barnuevo García

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

For

Hans-Peter Martin

6. RC B6-387/2006 — Company restructuring

Amendment 8

For: 222

ALDE: Losco, Pistelli, Susta, Toia

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott

NI: Battilocchio, Borghezio, Martin Hans-Peter, Speroni

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger,
Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti,
Casaca, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau,
Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai,
Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball,
Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl,
Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann,
McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Mikko, Moraes,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure,
Sacconi, Sakalas, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda,
Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud,
Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Zani, Zingaretti

Ilves,

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Muscardini, Musumeci

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes,
Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 324

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck,
Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
Juknevičienė, Kacin,
Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten,
Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo
Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx,
Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

Jäätteenmäki,

in't Veld,

Jensen,

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise, Železný

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

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera,
Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň,
Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner,
Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil,
Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça
Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour,
Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark,
Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas,
Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka,
Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling,
McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon,
Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-
Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf,
Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras,
Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová,
Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock,
Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras,
Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà,
Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Maldeikis,
Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

ALDE: Cocilovo

Abstention: 37

IND/DEM: Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, de Villiers, Zapałowski

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík, Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Ribeiro e Castro

PSE: Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Calabuig Rull, Carnero González, Cercas, Díez González,
García Pérez, Masip Hidalgo, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moreno Sánchez,
Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Sornosa Martínez, Valenciano
Martínez-Orozco, Yañez-Barnuevo García

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

7. RC B6-387/2006 — Company restructuring

Amendment 7

For: 225

ALDE: Cocilovo, Fourtou, Losco, Prodi, Susta, Toia

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott

NI: Battilocchio, Borghezio, Martin Hans-Peter, Rutowicz, Speroni

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PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger,
Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Capoulas Santos,
Carlotti, Casaca, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dobolyi,
Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech,
Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog,
Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl,
Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann,
McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Mikko, Moraes,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure,
Sacconi, Sakalas, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda,
Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud,
Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Muscardini, Musumeci

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 321

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė,
Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten,
Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo
Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi,
Takkula, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Tomczak, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Helmer, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski,
Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera,
Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň,
Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner,
Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil,
Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça
Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour,
Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark,
Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas,
Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka,
Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling,
McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon,
Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-
Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf,
Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig,
Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber,
Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre,
Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna,
Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-
Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki,
UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka,
Maldeikis, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 42

ALDE: Pistelli

IND/DEM: Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, de Villiers, Zapałowski

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

PSE: Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Calabuig Rull, Carnero González, Cercas, Díez González, García Pérez,
Hänsch, Ilves, Masip Hidalgo, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moreno Sánchez,
Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Sornosa Martínez,
Yañez-Barnuevo García

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

Against

Janelly Fourtou

8. RC B6-387/2006 — Company restructuring

Amendment 3

For: 234

ALDE: Losco, Pistelli, Prodi, Susta, Toia

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Sinnott, Wise

NI: Battilocchio, Borghezio, Martin Hans-Peter, Rutowicz, Speroni

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès,
van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin,
Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Casaca, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser,
De Rossa, Désir, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fernandes,
Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes,
Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist
Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné
Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen,
Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka,
Mikko, Moraes, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor,
Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard,
Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sousa Pinto,
Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano
Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma,
Willmott, Wynn, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 311

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas,
Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert,
in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen,
Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford,
Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck,
Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi,
Staniszewska, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Tomczak, Železný

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Masiel, Mote,
Piskorski

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PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera,
Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň,
Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner,
Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani,
Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle,
Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis,
Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam,
Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries,
Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas,
Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero,
Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack,
Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz,
Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras,
Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski,
Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer,
Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre,
Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská,
Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka,
Maldeikis, Ó Neachtain, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki,

Abstention: 43

ALDE: Harkin

IND/DEM: Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, de Villiers

NI: Baco, Chruszcz, Claeys, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Kozlík, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Romagnoli,
Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Florenz

PSE: Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Calabuig Rull, Carnero González, Cercas, Díez González, García Pérez,
Ilves, Masip Hidalgo, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moreno Sánchez, Pleguezuelos
Aguilar, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Sornosa Martínez, Yañez-Barnuevo García

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

9. RC B6-387/2006 — Company restructuring

Amendment 4

For: 245

ALDE: Cocilovo, Losco, Pistelli, Prodi, Susta, Toia

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Louis, Sinnott, de Villiers

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NI: Battilocchio, Borghezio, Czarnecki Ryszard, Martin Hans-Peter, Rutowicz, Speroni

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Christensen,
Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop
Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García
Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech,
Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog,
Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl,
Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann,
McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina
Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller,
Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk,
Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe,
Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström,
Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen,
Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Weiler,
Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Muscardini, Pirilli

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 317

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck,
Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz,
Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis,
Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir,
Pannella, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyr-
ynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Tomczak, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Giertych, Helmer, Mote, Piskorski, Wojciechowski Bernard
Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera,
Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň,
Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner,
Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil,
Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça
Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour,
Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark,
Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas,
Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka,
Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling,
McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon,
Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-
Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf,
Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig,
Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber,
Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre,
Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna,
Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-
Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka,
Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki,
Maldeikis, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski
Janusz, Zīle

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Thursday, 6 July 2006

ALDE: Harkin

IND/DEM: Pęk

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

PSE: Hänsch, Ilves, Rosati

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

10. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 3/1

For: 35

ALDE: Manders

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas,
Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde

NI: Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Atkins, Garriga Polledo, Schnellhardt

PSE: Berlinguer

Against: 545

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas,
Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki,
Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux,
Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck,
Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen,
Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Liotard, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Svensson

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Piotrowski,
Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wise, Železný

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

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey,
Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera,
Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň,
Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner,
Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil,
Gargani, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle,
Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris,
Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä,
Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich,
Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne,
Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer,
Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle,
Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack,
Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski,
Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik,
Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen,
Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber
Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina,
Zwiefka

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PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen,
Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács,
Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo,
dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda,
Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker,
Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo
García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka,
Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis,
Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan,
Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 7

IND/DEM: Louis, de Villiers

NI: Baco, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Kamall, Ventre

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

11. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 3/2

For: 309

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck,
Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz,
Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis,
Mohácsi, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi,
Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

in't Veld,

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott

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

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PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan,
Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Parish, Purvis,
Škottová, Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Vlasák, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez,
Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai,
Guy-Quint, Hamon, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Hughes, Hutchinson,
Jørgensen,
Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll,
Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo,
Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon,
Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe,
Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner,
Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen,
Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter,
Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Foltyn-Kubicka

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken,
Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Flautre, Graefe

Bennahmias,

Breyer,

Evans

Jill,

zu

Against: 259

ALDE: Busk, Cocilovo, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Morillon, Onyszkiewicz, Riis-Jørgensen, Staniszewska

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Nattrass, Pęk,
Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wise, Zapałowski

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch,
Lang, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Piskorski, Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo
Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac,
Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner,
Eurlings, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál,
Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis,
Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk,
Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt,
Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk,
Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques,
Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto,
Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pieper,
Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul,
Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt,
Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson,
Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna,
Varvitsiotis, Vidal-Quadras, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská,
Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Gill, Hänsch, Honeyball, Howitt, Kinnock, McAvan, Martin David, Moraes, Titley, Willmott, Wynn

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki,
Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere,
Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

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Abstention: 15

ALDE: Geremek, Kułakowski, Takkula

IND/DEM: Železný

NI: Baco, Bobošíková, Kozlík, Martinez

PPE-DE: Handzlik, Kamall, Nicholson, Ventre

PSE: Ilves, Rosati

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

12. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 13

For: 537

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė,
Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne,
Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz,
Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi,
Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski,
Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard,
Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Rutowicz,
Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend,
Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek,
Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester,
Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García
Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves,
Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas,
Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès,
Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec,
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges,
Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka,
Jeggle,
Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad,
Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski,
Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer,
Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson,
van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper,
Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan,
Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt,
Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný,
Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer,
Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland,
von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

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Thursday, 6 July 2006

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog,
Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec,
Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo,
dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda,
Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco,
Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Zani,
Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk,
Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański,
Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
Verts/ALE: Aubert, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček,
Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher,

Jill,

Against: 36

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

PPE-DE: Bachelot-Narquin, Bonsignore, De Veyrac

UEN: Krasts

IND/DEM: Bonde, Louis, de Villiers

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Romagnoli

Abstention: 12

PPE-DE: Kamall, Ventre

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

13. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Paragraph 6/1

For: 372

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek,
Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim,
Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten,
Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir,
Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyr-
ynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger,
Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Louis, Sinnott, de Villiers

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NI: Allister, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote,
Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Bachelot-Narquin, Beazley, Belet, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brepoels, Březina,
Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Chichester, Coelho, Dehaene, Demetriou, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Elles,
Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Freitas, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hökmark, Kamall, Marques, Nicholson,
Parish, Posselt, Purvis, Saïfi, Seeberg, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Thyssen, Ventre, Vlasák,
Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen,
Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács,
Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos,
Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi,
Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker,
Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo
García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Maldeikis,
Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 206

ALDE: Andria, Busk, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Onyszkiewicz, Riis-Jørgensen, Staniszewska

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski,
Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski

NI: Borghezio, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Masiel, Piskorski, Speroni, Wojciechowski Bernard
Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Braghetto,
Brejc, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski,
Coveney, Daul, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis,
Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga
Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert,
Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête,
Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi,
Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas,
Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka,
Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling,
McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell,
Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack,
Papastamkos, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Rack,
Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber,
Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný,
Stauner, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvit-
siotis, Vidal-Quadras, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski,
Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

UEN: Bielan, Camre, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz

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Abstention: 12

Thursday, 6 July 2006

IND/DEM: Železný

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kozlík, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Schenardi

PSE: Rosati

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

14. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Paragraph 6/2

For: 318

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek,
Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim,
Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten,
Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir,
Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen,
Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Louis, Sinnott, de Villiers

NI: Belohorská, Bobošíková, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Bachelot-Narquin, Belet, Brepoels, Coelho, Dehaene, Demetriou, De Veyrac, Freitas, Marques,
Posselt, Saïfi, Seeberg, Thyssen

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen,
Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec,
Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos,
Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi,
Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker,
Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo
García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Ó Neachtain, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 257

ALDE: Busk, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Onyszkiewicz, Riis-Jørgensen, Staniszewska

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski,
Rogalski, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

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NI: Allister, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Helmer,
Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

Guellec,

Grossetête,

Gutiérrez-Cortines,

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Call-
anan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coveney,
Daul, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle,
Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner,
Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga
Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle,
Grosch,
Harbour,
Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark,
Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas,
Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka,
Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling,
McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell,
Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten,
Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf,
Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Samaras,
Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Škottová,
Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock,
Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák,
Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina,
Zwiefka

Handzlik,

Hannan,

Gyürk,

PSE: Herczog

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Maldeikis,
Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 11

ALDE: Takkula

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kozlík, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez

PSE: Rosati

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

15. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 18/1

For: 496

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas,
Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki,
Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux,
Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn,
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries,
Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen,
Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak,
de Villiers, Zapałowski

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NI: Belohorská, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel,
Piskorski, Speroni, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Braghetto,
Brejc, Brepoels, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld,
Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García
Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Ferber,
Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote,
García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder,
Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik,
Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt,
Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk,
Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques,
Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto,
Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pieper,
Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul,
Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin,
Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer,
Tajani, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras,
Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec,
Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Christensen,
Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop
Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau,
García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech,
Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog,
Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec,
Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan,
Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega,
Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller,
Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior,
Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe,
Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström,
Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen,
Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi,
Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk,
Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański,
Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Cohn-Bendit, Evans
Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 74

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger,
Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Mote, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan,
Chichester, Dover, Duchoň, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Nicholson,
Parish, Purvis, Ribeiro e Castro, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Tannock, Vlasák, Zvěřina

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Abstention: 14

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kozlík, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Bachelot-Narquin, De Veyrac, Saïfi

PSE: Leichtfried

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

16. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 18/2

For: 263

ALDE: Busk, Geremek, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Onyszkiewicz, Riis-Jørgensen, Staniszewska, Takkula

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

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych,
Helmer, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Rutowicz, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Call-
anan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho,
Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos,
Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon,
Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa,
Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis,
Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik,
Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins,
Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall,
Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou,
Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling,
McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell,
Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten,
Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt,
Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi,
Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg,
Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján,
Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis,
Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool,
Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Gurmai, Rosati

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk,
Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere,
Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Against: 298

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz,
Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis,
Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli,
Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

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C 303 E/713

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

Thursday, 6 July 2006

IND/DEM: Sinnott

NI: Martin Hans-Peter, Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Belet, Brejc, Brepoels, Dehaene

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog,
Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec,
Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos,
Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi,
Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker,
Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo
García, Zani, Zingaretti

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 21

ALDE: Kułakowski

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Clark, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, de Villiers, Wise

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kozlík, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez

PPE-DE: Bachelot-Narquin, De Veyrac

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

17. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 19

For: 532

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas,
in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki,
Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux,
Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn,
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries,
Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen,
Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski,
Železný

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

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend,
Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil,
Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester,
Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García
Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves,
Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas,
Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès,
Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec,
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges,
Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka,
Jeggle,
Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad,
Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski,
Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja,
Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak,
Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská,
Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro,
Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin,
Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson,
Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela
Suanzes-Carpegna, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau,
Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen,
Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács,
Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann,
McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega,
Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller,
Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk,
Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati,
Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schulz, Segelström,
Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen,
Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi,
Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk,
Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański,
Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 40

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas,
Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, de Villiers, Wise

PPE-DE: Spautz

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Abstention: 16

GUE/NGL: Kaufmann

IND/DEM: Bonde

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík, Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Bachelot-Narquin, De Veyrac, Kamall, Mann Thomas

PSE: Leichtfried, Masip Hidalgo, Scheele

UEN: Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

18. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 6

For: 41

ALDE: Losco, Ortuondo Larrea

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

PPE-DE: Florenz

PSE: Castex, Cottigny, De Keyser, Gomes, Leichtfried, Martínez Martínez

Against: 533

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas,
Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki,
Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux,
Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck,
Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska,
Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, de Villiers,
Zapałowski, Železný

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

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera,
Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň,
Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner,
Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani,
Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura,
Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis,
Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich,
Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne,
Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer,
Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle,
Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack,
Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber,
Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik,
Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen,
Toubon,
Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber
Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina,
Zwiefka

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PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop,
El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt,
Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch,
Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson,
Ilves,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc,
Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Masip
Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes,
Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor,
Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen,
Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García,
Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto,
Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi,
Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund,
Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk,
Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański,
Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 14

ALDE: Toia

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Sinnott, Wise

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Kamall, Kasoulides

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

19. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 20

For: 258

ALDE: Busk, Cornillet, Deprez,
Staniszewska, Takkula

Jäätteenmäki,

Jensen, Morillon, Onyszkiewicz, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen,

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

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard,
Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Rutowicz,
Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

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PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch,
Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski,
Coveney, Daul, Deva, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi,
Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga
Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo,
Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec,
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García,
Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Jordan
Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola,
Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White,
Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon,
Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-
Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Prota-
siewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras,
Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski,
Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani,
Tannock, Toubon, Ulmer, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber
Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina,
Zwiefka

Jałowiecki,

Ibrisagic,

Járóka,

Jeggle,

Itälä,

Janowski, Kuźmiuk, Libicki,
UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka,
Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański,
Wojciechowski Janusz

Against: 307

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Davies, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall,
Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze,
Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Mulder, Newton Dunn,
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Samuelsen, Savi, Sterckx, Susta,
Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

NI: Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Bachelot-Narquin, Belet, Brepoels, Coelho, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac,
Dimitrakopoulos, Esteves, Freitas, Gklavakis, Hatzidakis, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Papastamkos, Thyssen,
Trakatellis, Vakalis

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis,
Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg,
Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Christensen,
Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop
Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau,
García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech,
Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog,
Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec,
Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo,
dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda,
Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco,
Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn,
Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

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Abstention: 20

ALDE: Geremek, Kułakowski

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, Sinnott, de Villiers, Wise

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Kozlík, Romagnoli

UEN: Kristovskis, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Antonis Samaras

Corrections to votes

Against

20. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 7

For: 291

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada, Cocilovo,
Davies, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin,
Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer,
Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton
Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen,
Samuelsen, Savi, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

NI: Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Doyle, Grosch

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis,
Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg,
Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Christensen,
Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop
Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García
Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner,
Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt,
Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler,
Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira,
Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez
del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols
i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos
Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure,
Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa
Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann,
Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler,
Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 283

ALDE: Bourlanges, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Deprez, Manders, Onyszkiewicz, Ries, Staniszewska, Susta,
Takkula

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski,
Rogalski, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

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NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych,
Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi,
Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

Thursday, 6 July 2006

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok,
Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera,
Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi,
Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine,
Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga
Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle,
Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris,
Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä,
Jałowiecki,
Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß,
Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne,
Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer,
Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle,
Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack,
Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber,
Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik,
Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen,
Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák,
Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec,
Zvěřina, Zwiefka

Járóka,

Jeggle,

PSE: Rosati

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk,
Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański,
Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 13

ALDE: Geremek, Kułakowski

IND/DEM: Louis, Sinnott, de Villiers

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík, Martinez, Speroni

PPE-DE: Kamall

PSE: Hänsch

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

21. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 49

For: 95

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski,
Železný

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

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan,
Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Lulling,
Nicholson, Parish, Purvis, Škottová, Spautz, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Vlasák, Zvěřina

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Kuźmiuk, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli

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Thursday, 6 July 2006

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 472

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė,
Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne,
Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz,
Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi,
Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger,
Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

NI: Battilocchio, Borghezio, Czarnecki Ryszard, Masiel, Piskorski, Rutowicz, Speroni

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo
Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac,
Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurl-
ings, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa,
Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glatt-
felder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk,
Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt,
Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi,
Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen,
Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, McGuinness, Mann Thomas,
Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero,
Musotto, Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos,
Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Rack,
Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber,
Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Šťastný,
Stauner, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna,
Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool,
Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen,
Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács,
Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka,
Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat,
Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon,
Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard,
Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz,
Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella,
Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard,
Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani,
Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka,
Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kristovskis, Libicki, Maldeikis, Ó Neachtain,

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Abstention: 19

Thursday, 6 July 2006

ALDE: Geremek

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Clark, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, de Villiers, Wise

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík, Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Kamall, Zieleniec

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

22. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 50

For: 69

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

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard,
Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mote, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Speroni,
Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan,
Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Lulling,
Nicholson, Parish, Škottová, Spautz, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Vlasák, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Kuźmiuk, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli, Podkański

Against: 498

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė,
Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne,
Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz,
Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi,
Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger,
Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Sinnott

NI: Battilocchio, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Piskorski

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, 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, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Ferber,
Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote,
García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka,
Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis,
Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä,
Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich,
Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne,
Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis,
Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, van Nistelrooij,
Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská,
Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro,
Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin,
Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Šťastný, Stauner, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani,
Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras,
Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zwiefka

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13.12.2006

Thursday, 6 July 2006

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball,
Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl,
Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann,
Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega,
Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller,
Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk,
Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati,
Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz,
Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella,
Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard,
Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani,
Zingaretti

Ilves,

UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka,
Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kristovskis, Libicki, Maldeikis, Ó Neachtain,

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

ALDE: Geremek

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

Abstention: 19

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Clark, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, de Villiers, Wise

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík, Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Casini, Kamall

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Hans-Peter Martin

Corrections to votes

Abstention

23. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 23/1

For: 493

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas,
Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki,
Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux,
Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn,
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries,
Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen,
Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak,
de Villiers, Zapałowski

NI: Battilocchio, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel,
Piskorski, Speroni, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Thursday, 6 July 2006

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo
Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac,
Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurl-
ings, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa,
Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glatt-
felder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk,
Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt,
Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi,
Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen,
Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann
Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro
Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack,
Papastamkos, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Rack,
Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt,
Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný,
Stauner, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna,
Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool,
Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog,
Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec,
Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo,
dos Santos, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna,
Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker,
Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo
García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley,
Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain,
Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Pirilli,

Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Maldeikis,
Szymański, Vaidere,

Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan,

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans
Jill, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes,
Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 73

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas,
Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Mote, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan,
Chichester, Dover, Duchoň, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Parish, Purvis, Ribeiro
e Castro, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Vlasák, Zvěřina

PSE: Thomsen

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

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GUE/NGL: Kaufmann

Abstention: 19

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

PPE-DE: Kamall, Nicholson

PSE: Scheele

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Britta Thomsen

Corrections to votes

For

24. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 23/2

For: 262

ALDE: Busk, Deprez, Geremek, Hennis-Plasschaert, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Onyszkiewicz, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen,
Staniszewska, Takkula

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

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard,
Dillen, Giertych, Helmer, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Rutowicz, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski
Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend,
Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek,
Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester,
Chmielewski, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra,
Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans
Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich,
Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès,
Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec,
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges,
Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka,
Jeggle,
Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad,
Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski,
Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik,
Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos,
Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà,
Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi
Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder,
Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson,
Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-
Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau,
Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Rosati

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley,
Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz

Janowski, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini,

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Against: 299

Thursday, 6 July 2006

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck,
Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin,
Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer,
Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder,
Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Savi, Sterckx,
Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

in't Veld,

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis,
Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Sinnott, Wise

NI: Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Belet, Brepoels, Dehaene, Thyssen

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen,
Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács,
Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos,
Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi,
Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker,
Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo
García, Zani, Zingaretti

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček,
Isler Béguin, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

ALDE: Kułakowski

IND/DEM: Bonde, Louis, de Villiers

Abstention: 20

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Gollnisch, Kozlík, Lang, Martinez, Romagnoli, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Kamall, Reul

UEN: Camre, Kristovskis, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

25. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 1

For: 511

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault,
Juknevičienė, Kacin, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer,
Griesbeck, Harkin,
Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Losco, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn,
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen,
Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

Jäätteenmäki,

in't Veld,

Jensen,

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GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Flasarová, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard,
Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek,
Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Grabowski, Louis, de Villiers

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Martin Hans-Peter,
Masiel, Piskorski, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Speroni

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews,
Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester,
Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis,
Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber,
Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Galeote, Gargani, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski,
Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik,
Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark,
Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas,
Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka,
Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas,
Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero,
Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack,
Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz,
Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski,
Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová,
Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock,
Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau,
Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen,
Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec,
Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie,
Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell,
Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele,
Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi,
Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi,
Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Janowski, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli,
Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes,
Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 38

ALDE: Chatzimarkakis, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, Karim, Lehideux, Ludford, Prodi

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Tomczak

NI: Belohorská, Chruszcz, Giertych, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

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PPE-DE: del Castillo Vera, Dehaene, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Fernández Martín, Fraga Estévez,
García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Herranz García, López-Istúriz White, Rudi
Ubeda, Vidal-Quadras

Thursday, 6 July 2006

PSE: Öger, Tarabella

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Kristovskis, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Lipietz

Abstention: 37

ALDE: Guardans Cambó, Lynne

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Clark, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott,
Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

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

PPE-DE: Brepoels, De Veyrac, Thyssen, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Ventre

PSE: Tarand

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

For

José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil

26. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 47

For: 95

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf,
Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak,
de Villiers, Zapałowski, Železný

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

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bradbourn, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Chichester,
Deva, Dover, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Nicholson, Parish, Purvis, Queiró,
Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Tannock, Vlasák, Zvěřina

PSE: Tarabella

UEN: Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Kallenbach, Lucas, Schlyter, Ždanoka

Against: 473

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė,
Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne,
Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz,
Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska,
Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

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GUE/NGL: Kohlíček, Meijer, Remek

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Sinnott, Wise

NI: Battilocchio, Masiel, Piskorski

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Bowis, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione,
del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi,
Ebner, Eurlings, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler,
Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel,
Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik,
Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt,
Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk,
Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer,
van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks,
Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro,
Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin,
Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Sudre, Surján, Szájer,
Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre,
Vidal-Quadras, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski,
Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen,
Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács,
Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell,
Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele,
Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarand,
Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler,
Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley,
Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz

Janowski, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini,

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber

Flautre, Graefe
Baringdorf,
Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lambert,

Jill,
Isler Béguin,

Bennahmias,

Breyer,

Evans

zu

Abstention: 10

ALDE: Geremek

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Kamall

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

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Kathy Sinnott

Corrections to votes

For

27. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Amendment 10

For: 530

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato,
Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas,
Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki,
Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux,
Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn,
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries,
Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen,
Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski,
Železný

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki
Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Helmer, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Rutowicz, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski
Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews,
Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld,
Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac,
Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi,
Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine,
Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga
Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle,
Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-
Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibri-
sagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt,
Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk,
Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer,
Nicholson,
van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pirker,
Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro
e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig,
Schmitt,
Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz,
Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon,
Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber
Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina,
Zwiefka

Saryusz-Wolski,

Schierhuber,

Samaras,

Saïfi,

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa,
Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska,
Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen,
Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács,
Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon,
Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard,
Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz,
Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella,
Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud,
Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

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UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley,
Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki,
Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere,
Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 40

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas,
Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

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

PPE-DE: Olbrycht

PSE: Obiols i Germà

GUE/NGL: Kaufmann

IND/DEM: Louis, de Villiers

Abstention: 14

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Romagnoli, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Kamall

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Jan Olbrycht

Kathy Sinnott

Corrections to votes

For

Abstention

28. Interim report: Fava A6-0213/2006

Resolution

For: 389

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Juknevičienė, Kacin,
Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis,
Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli,
Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski,
Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger,
Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott

NI: Belohorská, Martin Hans-Peter

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PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Brejc,
Brepoels, Brok, Busuttil, Casa, Caspary, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Dehaene, Demetriou,
De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doyle, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Freitas, Gál, Gaľa,
Gklavakis, Goepel, Gräßle, Grosch, Hatzidakis, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Járóka, Jeggle,
Jordan Cizelj, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen,
Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mitchell,
Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Peterle, Pīks, Pirker, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt,
Purvis, Rack, Reul, Rübig, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Sommer, Stauner,
Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wortmann-Kool

Ilves,

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay,
El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez,
Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint,
Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutch-
inson,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler,
Kristensen, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David,
Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez
Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto,
Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets,
Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas
García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto,
Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano
Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn,
Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Kristovskis, Ó Neachtain, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 137

ALDE: Staniszewska

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski,
Rogalski, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard,
Dillen, Giertych, Helmer, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Rutowicz, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bonsignore, Bowis, Braghetto, Březina, Bushill-Matthews,
Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casini, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Chichester, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García
Consuegra, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fernández Martín, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich,
Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gawronski, Gomolka, Graça Moura,
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Herranz García,
Jałowiecki, Kaczmarek,
Kelam, Klich, Kudrycka, Lauk, Lewandowski, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Mauro, Mayor Oreja, Millán Mon,
Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nicholson, Olbrycht, Parish, Pieper, Podestà, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Ribeiro
e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saryusz-Wolski, Siekierski, Škottová, Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson, Strejček,
Sturdy, Tajani, Tannock, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, von Wogau, Záborská,
Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Kuc, Rosati

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Janowski, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci, Pirilli,
Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz

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ALDE: Geremek, Jensen, Kułakowski, Lehideux, Onyszkiewicz, Riis-Jørgensen

Abstention: 55

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Louis, de Villiers

NI: Battilocchio, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Romagnoli, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Daul, Descamps, Dombrovskis, Duka-Zólyomi, Ferber, Gahler, Gaubert, Gauzès, Glattfelder,
Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Kamall, Konrad, Kušķis, Mikolášik, Olajos, Őry,
Papastamkos, Pleštinská, Radwan, Saïfi, Samaras, Schmitt, Schöpflin, Sonik, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Toubon

PSE: Golik, Liberadzki, Szejna

UEN: Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

For

Tokia Saïfi, Jean-Claude Martinez, Antonis Samaras, Françoise Grossetête

29. Report: Lambrinidis A6-0190/2006

Amendment 5

For: 252

ALDE: Deprez, Fourtou, Laperrouze, Losco, Ries, Takkula

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski,
Rogalski, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Borghezio, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch,
Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Piskorski, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke,
Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend,
Bonsignore, Bowis, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch,
Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul,
Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos,
Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber,
Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo
y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka,
Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis,
Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Ibrisagic, Jałowiecki, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß,
Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Liese, Lulling,
McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon,
Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht,
Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf,
Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras,
Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik,
Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon,
Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, von
Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Szejna

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley,
Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Ryan, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kristovskis, Libicki, Maldeikis,

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Against: 281

Thursday, 6 July 2006

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Drčar Murko, Duff, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans
Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz,
Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi,
Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli,
Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen,
Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas,
Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott

NI: Bobošíková

PPE-DE: Bachelot-Narquin, Grosch, Weisgerber

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop
Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau,
García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner,
Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Laignel,
Ilves,
Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez
Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos,
Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor,
Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud,
Riera Madurell, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele,
Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley,
Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler,
Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Baringdorf,
Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes,
Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Flautre, Graefe

Bennahmias,

Breyer,

Evans

Jill,

zu

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Freitas, Ventre

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Bernard Lehideux

Abstention: 6

Corrections to votes

For

30. Report: Lambrinidis A6-0190/2006

Amendment 7

For: 242

ALDE: Bourlanges, Cornillet, Deprez, Fourtou, Ries, Sterckx, Takkula

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski,
Rogalski, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Masiel, Piskorski, Rutowicz

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Thursday, 6 July 2006

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews,
Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld,
Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera
García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurl-
ings, Evans
Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez,
Friedrich, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis,
Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk,
Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Higgins,
Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas,
Jeggle,
Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Langen,
Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer,
Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson,
van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pleštinská,
Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi
Ubeda, Rübig, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg,
Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer,
Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre,
Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská,
Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

Jałowiecki,

Ibrisagic,

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Grech, Muscat

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley,
Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Ryan, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kristovskis, Libicki, Maldeikis,

Against: 291

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis,
Cocilovo, Drčar Murko, Duff, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin,
Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer,
Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi,
Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli,
Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Staniszewska, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas,
Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott, Tomczak

NI: Bobošíková, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Romagnoli,
Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Gahler, Hieronymi, Klich, Pieper, Schwab

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès,
van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin,
Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny,
De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava,
Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg,
Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist
Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné
Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, McAvan,
Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega,
Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà,
Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar,
Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas
García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto,
Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco,
Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García,
Zani, Zingaretti

Baringdorf,
Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith,
Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Flautre, Graefe

Bennahmias,

Breyer,

Evans

Jill,

zu

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Abstention: 6

Thursday, 6 July 2006

ALDE: Toia

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Freitas

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

31. Report: Lambrinidis A6-0190/2006

Paragraph 22

For: 287

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Drčar Murko, Duff,
Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
in't Veld,
Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax,
Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn,
Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Staniszewska, Susta,
Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Flasarová, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard,
Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen,
Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Nattrass, Sinnott

NI: Bobošíková, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Becsey, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Duchoň, Evans Jonathan, Freitas, Grosch, Gyürk,
Kamall, Koch, Nicholson, Saïfi, Šťastný

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis,
Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg,
Busquin, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Corbett, Corbey, Correia,
Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui,
Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt,
Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug,
Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann,
Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici,
Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon,
Piecyk, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rothe, Rouček, Roure,
Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa
Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco,
Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García,
Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Horáček,
Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Staes,
Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Isler Béguin,

Against: 248

ALDE: Alvaro, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Cappato, Cornillet, Deprez, Fourtou, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz,
Ries, Sterckx, Takkula

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski,
Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Borghezio, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch,
Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Piskorski, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke,
Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

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PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Beazley, Belet,
Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Casini,
Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul,
Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos,
Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández
Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert,
Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec,
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz
García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Jałowiecki, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj,
Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou,
Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro,
Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer,
van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pleštinská,
Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi
Ubeda, Rübig, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg,
Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani,
Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre,
Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská,
Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Calabuig Rull, Hamon, Pinior, Tarabella

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Camre,
Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Hassi, Smith

Janowski, Kristovskis, Musumeci, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Vaidere,

Abstention: 12

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Bauer, Papastamkos

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Grech, Muscat, Tzampazi

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Evangelia Tzampazi,

Corrections to votes

For

Against

James Nicholson, Bernard Lehideux, Anne Laperrouze

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Recital I

For: 507

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė,
Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne,
Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz,
Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx,
Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

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GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Flasarová, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard,
Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen,
Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Sinnott

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Masiel,
Piskorski, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews,
Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester,
Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera
García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurl-
ings, Evans
Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez,
Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès,
Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec,
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges,
Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Jałowiecki, Jeggle, Jordan
Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola,
Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas,
Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero,
Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack,
Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró,
Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt,
Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz,
Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis,
Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred,
Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop
Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau,
García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner,
Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes,
Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc,
Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David,
Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez
Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna,
Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen,
Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo,
dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi,
Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud,
Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley,
Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Ryan, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kristovskis, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini,

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans
Jill, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert, Lipietz,
Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes,
Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 19

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski,
Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Borghezio, Giertych, Speroni, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

UEN: Camre

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GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Pafilis, Toussas

Abstention: 18

NI: Baco, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Romagnoli, Schenardi,
Vanhecke

UEN: Musumeci

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Flautre

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Recital J-3/2

For: 296

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo,
in't Veld,
Drčar Murko, Duff, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert,
Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax,
Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn,
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen,
Savi, Staniszewska, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger,
Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott, Tomczak

NI: Belohorská, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter, Rutowicz, Speroni,
Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Belet, Cederschiöld, Dehaene, Fjellner, Freitas, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Liese, Saïfi

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis,
Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg,
Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Corbett,
Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop,
El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez,
Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint,
Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutch-
inson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Laignel,
Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip
Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno
Sánchez, Moscovici, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell,
Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segel-
ström, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley, Traut-
mann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund,
Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Ó Neachtain, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi,
Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes,
Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Isler Béguin,

Against: 242

ALDE: Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Cornillet, Deprez, Fourtou, Ries, Sterckx, Takkula

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski,
Rogalski, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

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NI: Allister, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez,
Masiel, Piskorski, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley,
Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek,
Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Chichester, Chmielewski,
Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra,
Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan,
Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo
y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça
Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour,
Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Jałowiecki, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich,
Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Lulling,
McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon,
Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-
Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz,
Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt,
Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz,
Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis,
Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred,
Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Grech, Lambrinidis, Muscat

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Camre,
Pirilli, Roszkowski, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kristovskis, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Musumeci,

NI: Baco

PPE-DE: Demetriou, Papastamkos

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Bernard Lehideux, Anne Laperrouze

Abstention: 4

Corrections to votes

Against

34. Report: Carlotti A6-0210/2006

Paragraph 5

For: 448

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė,
Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne,
Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz,
Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx,
Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Sinnott

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

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PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Casa, Casini, Caspary,
Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou,
Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle,
Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz,
Fontaine,
Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert,
Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec,
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Higgins, Hökmark,
Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Jałowiecki, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi,
Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk,
Lehne, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja,
Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos,
Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt,
Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski,
Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz,
Stauner, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna,
Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Záborská,
Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui,
Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer
de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon,
Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves,
Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll,
Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo,
Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez,
Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri,
Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rothe,
Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström,
Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi,
Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma,
Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley,
Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Ryan, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kristovskis, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini,

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi,
Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert,
Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes,
Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Isler Béguin,

Against: 50

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Figueiredo, Guerreiro

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski,
Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke,
Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Elles, Evans
Jonathan, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Nicholson, Parish, Pieper, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček,
Tannock, Zvěřina

UEN: Camre

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Abstention: 34

Thursday, 6 July 2006

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Flasarová, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Maštálka,
Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož,
Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde

NI: Baco, Borghezio, Martin Hans-Peter, Speroni

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Schlyter

35. Report: Carlotti A6-0210/2006

Paragraph 6

For: 449

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Deprez, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault,
Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė,
Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne,
Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo
Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta,
Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Sinnott

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

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini,
Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou,
Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle,
Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz,
Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo,
Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grosse-
tête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hiero-
Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek,
nymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic,
Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis,
Langen,
Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer,
Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Novak,
Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf,
Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras,
Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Sommer,
Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis,
Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland,
von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

Jałowiecki,

Jeggle,

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop,
El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez,
Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai,
Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes,
Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc,
Laignel, Lambrinidis, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez
Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos,
Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis,
Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele,
Schulz, Segelström, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley,
Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler,
Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

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UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley,
Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Ryan, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kristovskis, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini,

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert, Lipietz,
Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber,
Ždanoka

Against: 82

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger,
Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Clark, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski,
Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Romagnoli,
Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bushill-Matthews, Chichester, Deva, Elles, Evans Jonathan,
Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Nicholson, Parish, Pieper, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Tannock,
Zvěřina

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

NI: Martin Hans-Peter

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Abstention: 2

36. Report: Carlotti A6-0210/2006

Paragraph 15

For: 402

ALDE: Pistelli

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Flasarová, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Maštálka,
Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož,
Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Sinnott

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

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Casa, Casini, Caspary,
Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß,
De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi,
Ebner, Eurlings, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa,
García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka,
Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis,
Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký,
Ibrisagic,
Jałowiecki, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch,
Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Liese, Lulling,
McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon,
Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten,
Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró,
Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt,
Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner,
Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna,
Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-
Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

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PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg,
Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Corbett,
Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela,
Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer
de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hedh,
Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock,
Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici,
Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk,
Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rothe, Rouček,
Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Segelström, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa
Pinto, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco,
Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García,
Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley,
Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Ryan, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kristovskis, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini,

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert, Lipietz,
Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber,
Ždanoka

Against: 81

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo,
Cornillet, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall,
Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin,
Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Mulder,
Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries,
Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Clark, Knapman, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wise,
Zapałowski

NI: Allister, Borghezio, Giertych, Speroni, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

ALDE: Kułakowski

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro

IND/DEM: Bonde

Abstention: 33

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Romagnoli, Schenardi,
Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Elles, Hannan,
Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Nicholson, Parish, Pieper, Stevenson, Zvěřina

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

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37. Report: Carlotti A6-0210/2006

Resolution

For: 472

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada,
Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall,
Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin,
Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Losco, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis,
Mohácsi, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli,
Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Staniszewska, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyr-
ynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin,
Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf,
Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott

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

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge,
Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Casa, Casini, Caspary,
Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou,
Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doyle,
Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz,
Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo,
Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grosse-
tête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hiero-
nymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic,
Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek,
Karas,
Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Langen,
Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer,
Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Novak, Olajos,
Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt,
Protasiewicz, Queiró, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski,
Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik,
Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis,
Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland,
von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

Jałowiecki,

Jeggle,

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann,
van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas,
Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui,
Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt,
Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon,
Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann,
Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Leichtfried, Leinen,
Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek,
Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller,
Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pleguezuelos
Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García,
Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Swoboda, Szejna,
Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Verg-
naud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley,
Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Ryan, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Janowski, Kristovskis, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini,

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert, Lipietz,
Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes,
Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

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Against: 24

Thursday, 6 July 2006

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Clark, Knapman, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Romagnoli,
Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

UEN: Camre

Abstention: 30

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Zapałowski

NI: Baco, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Elles, Evans Jonathan,
Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Nicholson, Parish, Pieper, Stevenson, Strejček, Tannock, Zvěřina

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

38. RC B6-0401/2006 — Freedom of expression on the Internet

Resolution

For: 65

ALDE: Busk, Maaten, Matsakis, Onyszkiewicz

GUE/NGL: Brie

IND/DEM: Krupa, Rogalski, Sinnott

NI: Czarnecki Ryszard, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Audy, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coveney, Deß, Gahler, Gauzès, Gomolka, Grossetête,
Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Karas, Lulling, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Olbrycht, Papastamkos, Posselt, Roithová, Samaras,
Saryusz-Wolski, Sommer, Sonik, Sturdy, Sudre, Wieland, Záborská, Zaleski, Zwiefka

PSE: Ayala Sender, Carlotti, Casaca, Ettl, Ferreira Elisa, Geringer de Oedenberg, Hasse Ferreira, Hutchinson,
Kindermann, Kuc, Medina Ortega, Pinior, Reynaud, Sakalas, Scheele, Trautmann

UEN: Libicki, Muscardini, Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Isler Béguin, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter

GUE/NGL: Pflüger, Strož

Abstention: 2

39. RC B6-0384/2006 — Origin marking

Resolution

For: 63

ALDE: Busk, Maaten, Matsakis, Onyszkiewicz

GUE/NGL: Brie

IND/DEM: Krupa, Rogalski, Sinnott

NI: Czarnecki Ryszard, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Audy, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coveney, Deß, Gahler, Gauzès, Gomolka, Grossetête,
Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Karas, Lulling, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Olbrycht, Papastamkos, Posselt, Roithová, Samaras,
Saryusz-Wolski, Sommer, Sonik, Sturdy, Sudre, Wieland, Záborská, Zaleski, Zwiefka

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PSE: Assis, Ayala Sender, Barón Crespo, Casaca, Ettl, Ferreira Elisa, Geringer de Oedenberg, Hasse Ferreira,
Hutchinson, Kindermann, Kuc, Martínez Martínez, Medina Ortega, Pinior, Sakalas, Scheele, Trautmann

UEN: Libicki, Muscardini, Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Onesta

GUE/NGL: Pflüger

Abstention: 1

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P6_TA(2006)0303

Simplification of VAT charging to counter tax evasion and avoidance *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Direc-
tive 77/388/EEC as regards certain measures to simplify the procedure for charging value added tax
and to assist in countering tax evasion and avoidance, and repealing certain Decisions granting dero-
gations (COM(2005)0089 — C6-0100/2005 — 2005/0019(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0089) (1),

— having regard to Article 93 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0100/2005),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinion of the

Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0209/2006),

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

4. Asks the Council
substantially;

to consult Parliament again if

it

intends to amend the Commission proposal

5.

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

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 1a (new)

(1a)
To protect the Community against damage to its
financial interests in relation to value added tax, and in par-
ticular against
losses resulting from fraudulent or other
illegal cross-border activities, as the Member States have
committed themselves to do pursuant to Article 280 of the
Treaty, Member States should cooperate closely with the
European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).

Amendment 2

Recital 9a (new)

This Directive should not encroach on the power of

(9a)
the Member States to levy taxes.

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 3

Recital 9b (new)

In order to counter tax evasion and avoidance effec-
(9b)
tively,
the streamlining of derogations should be only a
limited component of a comprehensive programme to reform
the Community's value added tax regime, and, thus, further
inter
reforms of the regime should be undertaken, aimed,
alia, at combating tax fraud, with a view to modernising and
simplifying, for example, financial services, e-services, double
taxation situations, and public services.

Amendment 4

Recital 9c (new)

(9c)
The criteria for consideration in any change in the
system for levying value added tax should be the effectiveness
of tax collection, equality in tax treatment, and practicability
for businesses.

Amendment 5

Article 1, point 1

Article 4, paragraph 4 (Directive 77/388/EEC)

(1)

In Article 4(4), the following subparagraph is added:

deleted

Where a Member State exercises the option provided for
in the second subparagraph,
it shall ensure that the
application of this option creates neither unjustifiable
taxable
benefit nor unjustified
persons.

disadvantage

for

Amendment 6

Article 1, point 2

Article 5, paragraph 8, second sentence (Directive 77/388/EEC)

(2)

In Article 5(8) the second sentence is replaced by the
following:

deleted

Where appropriate, Member States may, in cases where
the recipient is not wholly liable to tax, take the neces-
sary measures to prevent distortion of competition. They
shall ensure that there is no unjustifiable benefit or
unjustified disadvantage conferred.

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 7

Article 1, point 7a (new)

Article 21, paragraph 2, point ca (new) (Directive 77/388/EEC)

(7a) In Article 21(2), in the version set out in Article 28g,

the following point (ca) shall be added:

(ca) The distinction between those services in respect of
which the taxable recipient is liable to pay tax and other
services in respect of which,
the enterprise
providing the service is liable to pay tax, must be clearly
and indisputably recognisable to, and ascertainable by,
enterprises.

to date,

Amendment 8

Article 1, point 7b (new)

Article 30a (new) (Directive 77/388/EEC)

(7b) The following Article shall be inserted:

Article 30a

In order to counter cross-border value added tax fraud,
affecting the Community's financial
interests, and in
particular so-called carousel fraud, Member States shall
call upon their competent authorities to cooperate closely
with the OLAF where fraud is suspected. The Commis-
sion shall report to the European Parliament on progress
in this area within the framework of its annual report in
accordance with Article 280(5) of the Treaty.

Amendment 9

Article 1, point 7c (new)

Article 34a (new) (Directive 77/388/EEC)

(7c) The following Article shall be inserted:

Article 34a

To determine the best long-term value added tax collec-
tion arrangements for the European Union, the Commis-
sion shall draw up a comprehensive
comparative
synopsis, assessing national thinking on the subject and
specifying the many and varied consequences of chan-
ging the system to the reverse-charge model and the
advantages and disadvantages for the Member States
and businesses operating in the Community.

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P6_TA(2006)0304

EU-Caribbean partnership for growth, stability and development

European Parliament resolution on the EU-Caribbean partnership for growth, stability and
development (2006/2123(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Communication of 2 March 2006 from the Commission to the Council, the
European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee entitled ‘An EU-Caribbean
the
and Development’
Partnership
‘Commission Communication’),

(COM(2006)0086)

for Growth,

(hereinafter

Stability

— having regard to the evaluation of the Commission's regional strategy for the Caribbean, Volumes 1 and

2, of April 2005,

— having regard to the conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 10 April

2006, which include a confirmation of the Common Position on Cuba of 2 December 1996,

— having regard to the Joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the
Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on European
Union Development Policy: ‘The European Consensus’ (1),

— having regard to the Vienna Declaration of the Third European-Latin American-Caribbean Civil Society

Forum of 1 April 2006,

— having regard to its resolution of 23 March 2006 on the development impact of Economic Partnership

Agreements (EPAs) (2),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Development (A6-0211/2006),

A. whereas by 2020 some Caribbean States will have achieved developed country status, whilst others face

a drop from the category of middle-income countries to that of low-income countries,

B. whereas these small island States have an inherent vulnerability to natural disasters and other external

shocks,

C. whereas a dialogue has taken place between the Commission and representatives of Cariforum (3) on the

Commission Communication when it was in draft form,

D. whereas the establishment, on the basis of self-determination, of the Caribbean Single Market and

Economy (CSME) represents an important instrument for regional integration,

E. whereas the Cariforum States wanted the EPA negotiations to incorporate a clear development policy
dimension with a view to combating increasing poverty and inequality, fostering social cohesion and
achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),

(1) OJ C 46, 24.2.2006, p. 1.
(2) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0113.
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F. whereas over 60 % of the region's population is under 30 years of age, and whereas universal access to

education is an unresolved problem for all Caribbean States, with the exception of Cuba,

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G. whereas the Belgian Government has made a positive assessment of the critical dialogue and develop-

ment cooperation with the Cuban Government,

H. whereas the programming phase for appropriations under the 10th European Development Fund has
started, and whereas this aid should in future be disbursed more quickly and more efficiently and should
be better tailored to the needs of the countries in the region,

1. Applauds the involvement of
the Cariforum Group in the discussions on the draft Commission
Communication and welcomes the fact that the communication has taken account of most of the concerns
raised by the States in the region;

2. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has based its strategy on the ethos of equality, partnership and
ownership;

3. Regards Parliament's de facto marginalisation by means of a timetable which ruled out its involvement
in the drafting of the cooperation strategy for the Caribbean as an exceptionally regrettable departure from
the consensual approach employed by the three European institutions, an approach which had proved its
worth in connection with the drafting of the Africa Strategy and the European Consensus on the European
Union's development policy;

4. Deplores the Commission's failure to take proper account of the recommendations made in its evalua-
tion report;

5.
Endorses the Commission's analysis that cooperation between the two regions has not thus far been
accompanied by proper political dialogue; regards as inadequate the practice of holding, once every two
years, a one-hour meeting between the EU Troika and the Cariforum heads of government and welcomes
the proposal that in future the requisite amount of time should be allocated to such a dialogue at all levels;

6. Welcomes the planned involvement of the French overseas departments in the region (Guadeloupe,
French Guinea and Martinique) and the Caribbean overseas countries and territories (OCTs) in the future
political dialogue; in that connection, however, endorses the view expressed by the Caribbean States that the
arrangements for this involvement must first be negotiated with those States which, in the context of the
Cotonou Agreement (1), signed the agreement on the methodology for the political dialogue;

7.
Endorses the standpoint adopted by the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) that the
definition of separate EU policies for the three ACP regions must on no account serve to undermine overall
relations between the European Union and the ACP States; welcomes the establishment of an additional
forum for political dialogue in the form of summits between the European Union and the States of Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC States), but insists on the primacy of the arrangements made in the
context of the Cotonou Agreement;

8. Welcomes the intention stated in the Commission Communication of strengthening credible institu-
tions and of encouraging good governance and transparency in the spheres of finance, taxation and justice
in the Caribbean States; calls on all Caribbean States to ratify the UN Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime and the UN Convention against Corruption;

(1) Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part,
and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000
(OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3).

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9.
Endorses the Commission's intention of giving priority to supporting the newly-created CSME; reiterates
its view that development objectives must form the focus of the EPA negotiations, that the fledgling
Caribbean internal market needs adequate trade-related support and capacity-building and that trade liberali-
sation must be properly sequenced;

10. Calls on the Commission to ensure that EPAs are structured in a way which takes into account
regional realities and constraints, allowing for recourse to variable geometry if necessary; calls for any
commitments undertaken within the framework of the EPA negotiations to be carefully sequenced with the
delivery of EPA-related development support which targets the main areas of concern to the governments
concerned, including economic restructuring to enhance competitiveness, fiscal adjustment and trade facilita-
tion support;

11. Draws attention once again to the very significant contribution made by income from customs duties
to the budgets and investment capacities of some Caribbean States and concludes, on that basis, that
measures leading to the loss of this income, which at present cannot be offset by means of taxation, should
not be taken without adequate compensation being provided; stresses, however, that the growth of trade
between Caribbean States and between developing countries in general could help to offset losses of tariff
revenues and contribute to more stable sources of revenue;

12.
Endorses the Commission's assessment that the region's small, open economies are particularly vulner-
able to global market forces; points out, however, that progressive trade liberalisation, with adequate safe-
guard mechanisms and allowing sufficient time for adjustment, promotes development and can therefore be
a tool for combating poverty;

13.
Believes that trade-related capacity-building measures must address supply-side constraints, inter alia
by supporting the processing of basic products and the diversification of production, stimulating consulta-
tions with and support for small and medium-sized enterprises, eliminating bureaucratic obstacles to invest-
ment and thus promoting business development in the region;

14. Urges the Commission to implement Recommendation 7 of
its own evaluation report, to take
account of the principles underpinning the United Nations Small Island Developing States Network; and
requests the Commission to publicly disseminate the study carried out on the impact of trade liberalisation
and globalisation on the sustainable development of such States;

15. Regards the compensation and adjustment programmes to cushion the impact of changes in the
market for sugar and bananas as underfunded and, in the light of the recent demonstrations in the region,
fears that social cohesion, a cooperation objective, may be seriously undermined;

16. Calls on the Commission to develop programmes to encourage agricultural conversion with a view to
safeguarding and creating, in a manner consistent with the objectives of social, food security, energy and
environmental policies, acceptable jobs in farms currently run along conventional and uncompetitive lines;

17. Calls for greater attention to be paid to the social, cultural and environmental implications of the
cooperation strategy and for the development of systematic impact forecasting and assessment on the basis
of the indicators provided by the MDGs;

18. Welcomes the incorporation of important environmental-protection tasks in development cooperation
with the Caribbean region and calls for massive funding to develop the use of renewable energy sources and
energy efficiency with a view to forestalling the ruinous impact of the increase in oil prices and to slowing
down climate change;

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Shares the Commission's concerns that, as a result of global climate change, the frequency and inten-
19.
sity of weather-related disasters in the region will
increase even further and supports the objective of
improved natural disaster management, but deplores the lack of any reference to the EU-ACP natural disaster
facility established in 2005; calls on the Commission to support the permanent long-term establishment of
such a facility; requests the Commission to provide regular follow-up on this process to the European
Parliament's Committee on Development and to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on
Social Affairs and the Environment; draws attention to the vulnerability of the Caribbean States' economies
to natural disasters and welcomes the Commission's announcement that it will employ new, quicker disbur-
sement procedures for reconstruction aid which involve compulsory pre-financing;

20. Criticises the fact that the strategy for the Caribbean pays far too little attention to the task of dealing
with the problem of youth unemployment and the growing frustration among young people; is concerned
that the impending crisis in the Caribbean farming industry will serve to exacerbate this situation;

21.
Emphasises the key role which the development of sustainable tourism can play as a force for
economic development and advocates long-term financial support for the building of the requisite infra-
structure (roads, ports, airports, etc.); draws attention, however, to the Commission's failure to acknowledge
that regional and local ownership of tourist amenities is fundamental to that sustainability and must be
encouraged in order to reduce the outflow of profits to ensure that local people are not forced into roles as
menial workers and to prevent the ultimate destruction of landscapes;

22. Welcomes the Commission's offer to keep the door open for political dialogue with Cuba; criticises,
however, the tight restrictions imposed on any such dialogue on the basis of the 1996 Common Position;

Points out that successful representations by the EU to the USA resulting in a lifting of the embargo
23.
policy could have substantial economic benefits for the entire region; in keeping with a policy based on
respect for political, social, individual and economic human rights, urges the opening of a critical dialogue
with the Cuban Government;

Emphasises the importance of coordinating development programmes with non-European players in
24.
the region, in particular Canada, China, Brazil and Venezuela and, in that connection, regrets the fact that
the Commission's portrayal of the involvement of other players is characterised by a degree of mistrust;

Emphasises the heterogeneous nature of the region and calls for a more nuanced cooperation strategy;
25.
against that background, calls on the Commission to assess, for each individual Caribbean State, on the basis
of, inter alia, its degree of transparency, strong and independent institutions and good governance, whether
the focus on budgetary aid is a suitable method of achieving development objectives;

26. Draws particular attention to Haiti's desperate plight and calls on the Commission and the Member
States to develop a special programme for Haiti which goes beyond the scope of general cooperation with
the Caribbean region and for which additional resources will be required; welcomes the generally satisfactory
conduct of the presidential and parliamentary elections held in Haiti in February and April 2006;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments

27.
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P6_TA(2006)0305

Healthcare workers and blood-borne infections due to needlestick injuries

European Parliament resolution with recommendations to the Commission on protecting European
healthcare workers from blood-borne infections due to needlestick injuries (2006/2015(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Article 192, second paragraph of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rules 39, 45 and 168 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to

encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (1),

— having regard to Council Directive 89/655/EEC of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum safety

and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (2),

— having regard to Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September

2000 on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (3),

— having regard to the Commission communication on the practical implementation of the provisions of

the Health and Safety at Work Directives (COM(2004)0062),

— having regard to the European Competitiveness Report 2004 (SEC(2004)1397),

— having regard to the Commission communication on adapting to change in work and society: a new

Community strategy on health and safety at work 2002-2006 (COM(2002)0118),

— having regard to its resolution of 24 February 2005 on promoting health and safety at

the

workplace (4),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0137/2006),

— having regard to the second report of

the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

(A6-0218/2006),

A. whereas needlestick injuries may lead to the transmission of more than 20 life-threatening viruses,

including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV/Aids, and thus presents a serious public health problem,

B. whereas the prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV is increasing, and the United Nations
programme to combat AIDS (UNAIDS) has reported that there are over 40 million cases of HIV and
over five million cases of hepatitis C worldwide,

C. whereas independent studies have shown that the majority of needlestick injuries can be prevented by

better training, better working conditions, and the use of safer medical instruments,

D. whereas existing EC legislation protecting health workers from needlestick injuries has proved ineffective

in practice,

(1) OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 393, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 262, 17.10.2000, p. 21.
(4) OJ C 304 E, 1.12.2005, p. 400.

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E. whereas there is a serious shortage of healthcare staff, and studies in France and Great Britain have
shown that one of the main reasons why the care profession is unattractive is because of the daily risks
involved; and whereas the European Competitiveness Report 2004 recognised the increasing shortage of
workers in the health sector as a matter of particular concern for the European Union,

F. whereas the Commission has delivered consistently disappointing responses to Parliamentary Questions
posed by various Members of the European Parliament, highlighting the need for urgent and concrete
steps for the protection of healthcare workers,

G. whereas the Commission should be reminded that such action would be in line with the initiative for

better regulation, including the amendment of legislation that has proved ineffective,

H. whereas concern regarding the life-threatening occupational risks faced by healthcare workers from
contaminated needles has been brought to the attention of the Commission on several occasions, most
recently in its resolution of 24 February 2005, which calls for a revision of Directive 2000/54/EC to
address specifically the risk arising from work with needles and medical sharps,

I. whereas there is no proposal within the meaning of Article 39(2) of its Rules of Procedure in prepara-
tion, more than 12 months following Parliament's request for legislative improvement, and whereas,
during that time, about one million additional needlestick injuries are likely to have been suffered by
healthcare workers in the EU, many of which could have been avoided; whereas some of these injuries
will lead to infection with potentially fatal blood-borne viruses and many more will cause healthcare
workers and their families months of anguish, while they do not know whether or not they have
contracted a life-threatening infection,

1. Requests the Commission to submit to Parliament within three months of the date of adoption of this
resolution on the basis of Articles 137 and 251 of the Treaty, a legislative proposal for a directive amending
Directive 2000/54/EC;

2. Notes that the model effective in Germany to date, in combination with experience from Spain, could
form the basis for a legislative proposal;

3. Calls on the Commission to develop common EU standards for reporting and recording needlestick
injuries;

4. Confirms that the recommendations respect the principle of subsidiarity and the fundamental rights of
citizens;

5. Considers that the requested proposal will have no financial implications;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the accompanying detailed recommendations to

6.
the Commission and the Council.

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ANNEX TO THE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL REQUESTED

1.

BACKGROUND

1.1 A needlestick injury to a healthcare worker occurs when the skin is accidentally punctured with a
needle that may be contaminated with a patient's blood. Contaminated needles can transmit more than
20 dangerous blood-borne pathogens, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. The majority of these
injuries are suffered by nurses and doctors, but other medical staff are also at significant risk, as are
auxiliary staff such as cleaners and laundry staff and other downstream workers.

1.2 Approximately 10 % of workers in the EU are employed in the health and welfare sector with a signifi-
cant proportion of these employed in hospitals. This makes healthcare one of the biggest employment
sectors in Europe. Work-related accident rates in the healthcare and social services sectors are 30 %
higher than the EU average (1). High on the list of hazards are exposures to biological agents, especially
HIV and the hepatitis B and C viruses.

1.3 Percutaneous injury from hollow-bore blood-filled sharp objects is the primary route through which
healthcare workers occupationally acquire blood-borne and potentially fatal diseases. It is estimated that
there are 1 million needlestick injuries in Europe annually (2).

1.4 High-risk procedures include blood collection,

intravenous cannulation and percutaneously placed
syringes. Small amounts of blood can result in potentially life-threatening infection. The risk of infec-
tion is dependent on various factors, such as the infection status of the patient, the virus load of the
patient, the immune status of the staff member, the depth of the wound, the volume of blood trans-
ferred, the time between receiving and disinfecting the wound and the availability and use of post-expo-
sure prophylaxis.

1.5 The prevalence of these infections is considerably higher in the healthcare setting than in the general

population (3).

1.6 The risk of hepatitis B can be reduced by vaccination and,

if administered rapidly, post-exposure
prophylaxis can lower the risk of HIV transmission. For hepatitis C, however, such measures are not
helpful.

(1) See COM(2002)0118.
(2) a) EPINet Data. Dee May RGN, DMS. Period of Study: July 2000 to June 2001.

b) Surveillance of Occupational Exposures in Italy: the SIROH program, Gabriella De Carli, Vincent Puro, Vincenzo Puro, Giuseppe

Ippolito, and the SIROH group, SIROH, 6 — 2002.

c) EPINet Spain, 1996 — 2000. Hermandez — Navarette MJ, Arribas — Llorent JL, Campins Marti M, Garcia de Codes Ilario.
d) Risk of Hepatitis C Virus Transmission following Percutaneous Exposure in Healthcare Workers, 2003 — G De Carli, V Puro,

G Ippolito, and the Studio Italiano Rischio Occupazionale da HIV (SIROH) Group.

(3) a) (University of Wuppertal) Hofmann F, Kralj N, Beie M. Needle stick injuries in healthcare — frequency, causes and preventive strate-

gies. Gesundheitswesen. 2002 May; 64(5): 259-66.

b) Schroebler S., Infektionsrisiko durch Nadelstichverletzungen für Beschäftigte im Gesundheitsdienst, in Dokumentationsband über die
40. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin e.V., Rindt-Druck, Fulda 2000; fortgeführt und ergänzt,
persönliche Mitteilung.

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1.7 Studies have shown that the use of safer instruments can significantly reduce the number of needlestick
injuries. Independently of this measure, regular training and organisational measures can also signifi-
cantly lessen the number of needlestick injuries. Therefore, as well as the use of appliances with safety
features, emphasis should be placed on organisational measures such as established working proce-
dures, training and instruction of workers and raising awareness of risky activities (1).

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2. CURRENT LEGISLATION

2.1 Directive 2000/54/EC (the seventh individual directive within the meaning of article 16(1) of Directive
89/391/EEC) contains provisions designed to protect workers from risks related to exposure to biolo-
gical agents at work. The following provisions are particularly relevant in this context:

— Biological agents are classified into four groups, according to their level of risk infection (Article 2).

— In the case of any activity likely to involve a risk of exposure to biological agents, the employer

must carry out a risk assessment (Article 3).

— Where it is not technically practicable to prevent exposure to risk, the risk must be reduced to as
low a level as necessary to protect adequately the health and safety of the workers concerned. This
includes individual protection measures, drawing up plans to deal with accidents and safe collection,
storage and disposal of waste (Article 6).

— Procedures for taking, handling and processing samples of human or animal origin must be estab-

lished (Article 8).

— Appropriate measures must be taken in health and veterinary care facilities in order to protect the

health and safety of workers concerned (Article 15).

2.2 Council Directive 89/655/EEC concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of
work equipment by workers at work (second individual Directive within the meaning of article 16(1)
of Directive 89/391/EEC) is also relevant. Article 3 imposes an obligation on the employer to:

— ensure that work equipment is suitable for the work to be carried out and may be used by workers

without impairment to their health and safety;

— pay attention to the specific working conditions and hazards posed by the use of the equipment in

question; and

— take measures to minimise the risks.

In addition, Workers should receive information and training on the use of work equipment and any
risks which such use may entail (Article 6 and 7).

(1) a) Advances in Exposure Prevention; vol. 3, no. 4; Libourne study GERES day 09/2001.

b) Mendelson MH, Chen LBY, Finkelstein LE, Bailey E, Kogan G. Evaluation of a Safety IV Catheter Using the Centers for Disease
In 4th Decennial

Control and Prevention (CDC) National Surveillance System for Hospital Healthcare Workers Database.
International Conference on Nosicomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections 2000 (March 5-9). Atlanta, Georgia.

c) Four-year surveillance from the Northern France network' American Journal of Infection Control. 2003 Oct;31(6):357-63. Tarantola
A, Golliot F, Astagneau P, Fleury L, Brucker G, Bouvet E; CCLIN Paris-Nord Blood and Body Fluids (BBF) Exposure Surveillance
Taskforce.

d) Louis N, Vela G, Groupe Projet. Évaluation de l'efficacité d'une mesure de prevention des accidents d'exposition au sang au cours du

prèlévement de sang veineux. Bulletin Épidémiologique Hebdomadaire 2002; 51 : 260-261.

e) Younger B, Hunt EH, Robinson C, McLemore C. Impact of a Shielded Safety Syringe on Needlestick Injuries Among Healthcare

Workers. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 1992; 13: 349-353.

f) Abiteboul D, Lolom I, Lamontagne F, Tarantola A, Deschamps JM, Bouve Et, and the GERES group. GERES (Groupe d'étude sur le
risque d'exposition des soignants aux agents infectieux). AES: Peut on se protéger ? Enquête multicentrique sur les AES des infimier
(e)s de Médecine et réanimation. GERES Day, Hospital Bichat June 2002 Paris.

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3. WHY A LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION IS NECESSARY

3.1 While the existing legislation should, in theory, address the risk of needlestick injuries, in practical
terms, this has not been the case to date. The Commission communication on the practical implemen-
tation of the Health and Safety at Work Directives (COM(2004)0062) specifically refers to problems in
the public sector, including hospitals.

3.2 Guidelines, awareness campaigns and other non-legislative initiatives can only make a partial contribu-

tion; they should be used in addition to directives (1);

3.3 The European Competitiveness Report 2004 acknowledges the escalating shortage of healthcare
workers as a cause for concern throughout Europe. There are many reasons why healthcare may not be
seen as an attractive career, but the occupational safety risks that are present in the workplace are
certainly a contributing factor.

4.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

4.1 Numerous independent studies have examined the short and long-term benefits of investment in safer
working practices and medical devices to prevent needlestick injury and each of these has concluded
that, overall, economic savings will be achieved (2).

5.

SPECIFIC PROVISIONS

5.1 The following provisions should be inserted into Directive 2000/54/EC:

Article 2, point (ca) (new)

‘“medical sharp” shall
include hollow-bore needles (such as those
incorporated in syringes, lancets, specialised blood-sampling devices,
winged needles and intravenous catheters), suture needles, scalpels
and other medical cutting implements.’

Article 15, paragraph 1,
point (ca) (new)

‘the risk of injury from needles and other medical sharps that are
contaminated with blood.’

Article 15, paragraph 2a (new)

‘Safe devices to prevent cutting and needlestick injuries should not
endanger the patients. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, and with
the participation of the doctors responsible, moves should be made
towards taking the following specific preventative measures in
health and veterinary care facilities to protect workers from injuries
caused by needles and other medical sharps:

(a) where available, safe and effective systems to minimise the use
of cannula should be used, e.g. cannula that remain in the vein;
(b) on the basis of risk-assessment, moves should be made towards
ensuring that appliances with safety features, where they exist,
are used efficiently and in a targeted manner in areas with a
particularly high risk of accidents or infection,
taking into
account the cost/benefit ratio;

(1) E.g. The TRBA 250 (Technical Requirements for Biological Agents) was published in Germany in October 2003, detailing specific
recommendations to prevent medical sharps injuries, including the use of medical technology that incorporates needle protection. One
of the aims of the TRBA 250 is to reduce infections from needlestick injuries. Therefore apart from the introduction of safer systems, it
recommends alternative procedures for safer handling of cannula. The professional association rules for safety and health at work (BGR/
TRBA 250) provide help for enterprises. If they keep to the techniques described here they can assume that they have complied with
the requirements of the biological substances regulation (presumed effect, conformity effect). As the requirements are worded as tech-
nical rules, however, using terms such as ‘should’, rather than defining mandatory requirements, they have had little practical impact.
(2) a) A. Wittmann, F. Hofmann, B. Neukirch, Ch. Thürmer, N. Kralj, S. Schroebler, K. Gasthaus; ‘Blood-borne viral infections: causes, risks

and prevention strategies’, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, May 2005.

b) US General Accounting Office, Impact assessment regarding Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act; Nov 17, 2000.
c) Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Measure to Prevent Accidental Needlestick Injuries by Using Safety Needles for Venous Blood.Louis
Nicole (1), Vela Gilles (2) and the Project Group Cellule d'Hygiène [Hygiene Unit], Centre Hospitalier 06401 — Cannes cedex
Département d'Ergonomie [Department of Ergonomics], Centre Hospitalier Cannes.

d) 2004 Center for Disease Control Sharps Safety Workbook, USA — Cost of Needlestick Injuries.

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(c) Work practices that pose a risk of needle injury shall be
modified to make them safer and recapping needles shall be
eliminated;

(d) all workers, especially those who perform cannulation, shall be
trained in the safe use and disposal of needles and other medical
sharps in appropriate sharps containers, as well as in the proper
sealing of waste in these containers;

(e) if a sharps bin is not in the immediate vicinity of where a
needle is used, the worker should carry a disposable tray, which
in turn will be disposed of in a clinical waste bin to prevent
contamination in the event of blood staining;

(f) written instructions shall be provided at the workplace and, if
appropriate, notices displayed communicating the procedures to
be followed in the case of accident or incident involving needles
and other medical sharps;

(g) effective response and follow-up to accidents or

incidents

including rapid post-exposure prophylaxis shall be carried out;

(h) all workers who may come into contact with needles and other
medical sharps shall be offered vaccination against hepatitis B;

(i) injuries from needles or medical sharps shall be recorded in a

special register; and

(j) by [four years after this resolution's recommended changes to
Directive 2000/54/EC come into force], the Commission shall
ascertain whether devices with safety features within the
meaning of paragraph 2a(b) have been introduced successfully
and shall evaluate the extent to which introduction of such
devices in areas with high risk of infection have reduced the
number of wounds and infections and whether further areas
should be included in the field of application of this Article. The
evaluation will also assess which devices are most effective and
acceptable for employees.

Article 22, paragraph 1a (new)

The provisions referred to in paragraphs 1(ca) and 2a of Article 15
shall enter into force two years after their publication in the Official
Journal of the European Union;’

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P6_TA(2006)0306

European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European
Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbour-
hood and Partnership Instrument (COM(2004)0628 — C6-0129/2004 — 2004/0219(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2004)0628) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 179 and 181a of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the

Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0129/2004),

— having regard to the Declaration of the Commission on the Democratic Scrutiny and Coherence of
External Actions annexed to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline
and sound financial management (2) and the related exchange of letters,

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on
Regional Development, the Committee on Development, the Committee on International Trade, the
Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Environ-
ment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee
on Culture and Education and the Committee on Civil Liberties,
Justice and Home Affairs
(A6-0164/2006),

Points out that the appropriations indicated in the legislative proposal beyond 2006 are subject to the

1.
decision on the next multi-annual financial framework;

2. Calls on the Commission, once the next financial framework is adopted, to present, if appropriate, a
proposal to adjust the financial reference amount of the programme;

3. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

4. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal
substantially or replace it with another text;

5.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.
(2) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

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Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 July 2006 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying
down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 179 and 181a
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

A new framework for planning and delivering assistance is proposed in order to make the Communi-
ty's external assistance more effective. This Regulation constitutes one of the general instruments
providing direct support for the European Union's external policies.

The Copenhagen European Council of 12 and 13 December 2002 confirmed that enlargement of the
European Union presents an important opportunity to take forward relations with neighbouring
countries based on shared political and economic values, and that the European Union remains deter-
mined to avoid new dividing lines in Europe and to promote stability and prosperity within and
beyond the new borders of the European Union.

The Brussels European Council of 17 and 18 June 2004 reiterated the importance it attached to
strengthening cooperation with those neighbours, on the basis of partnership and joint ownership
and building on shared values of democracy and respect for human rights.

The privileged relationship between the European Union and its neighbours should build on commit-
ments to common values, including democracy, the rule of law, good governance and respect for
human rights, and to the principles of market economy, open, rule-based and fair trade, sustainable
development and poverty reduction.

It is important that Community assistance under this Regulation be provided in compliance with the
international agreements and international conventions to which the Community, the Member States
and the partner countries are parties and that it be delivered taking into account the general princi-
ples of international law commonly accepted by the parties.

In Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus, the Partnership and Cooperation Agreements provide
the basis for contractual relations. In the Mediterranean, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (the
‘Barcelona Process’) provides a regional framework for cooperation which is complemented by a
network of Association Agreements.

Under the European Neighbourhood Policy, a set of priorities are defined together by the European
Union and the partner countries, to be incorporated in a series of jointly agreed Action Plans,
covering a number of key areas for specific action, including political dialogue and reform, trade and
economic reform, equitable social and economic development, justice and home affairs, energy, trans-
port, information society, environment, research and innovation, the development of civil society and
people-to-people contacts. Progress towards meeting these priorities will contribute to realising the
full potential of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreements and the Association Agreements.

(1) Position of the European Parliament of 6 July 2006.

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(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

In order to support the partner countries' commitment to common values and principles and their
efforts in the implementation of the action plans, the Community should be in a position to provide
assistance to those countries and to support various forms of cooperation among them and between
them and the Member States with the aim of developing a zone of shared stability, security and pros-
perity involving a significant degree of economic integration and political cooperation.

Promotion of political, economic and social reforms across the neighbourhood is an important objec-
tive of Community assistance. In the Mediterranean this objective will be further pursued within the
Mediterranean strand of the Strategic Partnership with the Mediterranean and the Middle East. The
relevant elements of the European Union strategy for Africa will be taken into account in the relations
with the Mediterranean neighbours from North Africa.

It is important that support to be provided to neighbouring developing countries within the frame-
work established by the European Neighbourhood Policy should be coherent with the objectives and
principles of the European Community Development Policy, as outlined in the Joint Statement
entitled ‘The European Consensus on Development’ (1) adopted on 20 December 2005 by the
Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the
Council, the European Parliament and the Commission.

The European Union and Russia have decided to develop their specific strategic partnership through
the creation of four common spaces, and Community assistance will be used to support the develop-
ment of this partnership and to promote cross-border cooperation at the border between Russia and
its European Union neighbours.

The Northern Dimension provides a framework for cooperation between the European Union,
Russia, Norway and Iceland and it is important that Community assistance be also used to support
this
activities contributing to the implementation of such framework. The new objectives of
policy will be set out in a political declaration and a policy framework document to be prepared on
the basis of
the guidelines approved by the Northern Dimension Ministerial meeting of
21 November 2005.

For Mediterranean partners, assistance and cooperation should take place within the framework of
the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership established by the Barcelona Declaration of 28 November 1995
and affirmed at the 10th Anniversary Euro-Mediterranean Summit of 28 November 2005, and
should take into account the agreement reached in that context on establishing a free-trade area for
goods by 2010 and beginning a process of asymmetric liberalisation.

(14)

It is important to foster cooperation both at the European Union external border and among partner
countries, especially those among them that are geographically close to each other.

(15)

(16)

(17)

In order to avoid the creation of new dividing lines, it is particularly important to remove obstacles
to effective cross-border cooperation along the external borders of the European Union. Cross-border
cooperation should contribute to integrated and sustainable regional development between neigh-
bouring border regions and harmonious territorial integration across the Community and with neigh-
bouring countries. This aim can best be achieved by combining external policy objectives with envir-
onmentally sustainable economic and social cohesion.

In order to assist neighbouring partner countries in achieving their objectives, and to promote coop-
eration between them and Member States, it is desirable to establish a single policy-driven instrument
which will replace a number of existing instruments, ensuring coherence and simplifying assistance
programming and management.

This Instrument should also support cross-border cooperation between partner countries and the
Member States bringing substantial efficiency gains operating through a single management
mechanism and with a single set of procedures. It should build on the experience acquired from the
implementation of the Neighbourhood Programmes in the period 2004-2006 and operate on the
basis of principles such as multi-annual programming, partnership and cofinancing.

(1) OJ C 46, 24.2.2006, p. 1.

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(18)

(19)

(20)

(21)

(22)

(23)

It is important that border regions which belong to countries of the European Economic Area (EEA)
and which are currently taking part in cross-border cooperation involving Member States and partner
countries may continue to do so on the basis of their own resources.

This Regulation establishes for the period 2007-2013 a financial envelope which constitutes the
prime reference amount for the budgetary authority according to point 37 of the Interinstitutional
Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on
budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1).

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance
with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of
implementing powers conferred on the Commission (2).

The use of the management procedure should be applicable when defining the implementing rules
which will govern the implementation of cross-border cooperation and when adopting strategy
papers, action programmes and special measures not provided for in strategy papers whose value
exceeds the threshold of 10 000 000 Euro.

Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely to promote enhanced cooperation and progressive
economic integration between the European Union and neighbouring countries, cannot be sufficiently
achieved by the Member States and can, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at
Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsi-
diarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set
out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those
objectives.

This Regulation makes it necessary to repeal Council Regulations (EEC) No 1762/92 of 29 June 1992
on the implementation of the Protocols on financial and technical cooperation concluded by the
Community with Mediterranean non-member countries (3), (EC) No 1734/94 of 11 July 1994 on
financial and technical cooperation with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (4) and (EC) No 1488/96
of 23 July 1996 on financial and technical measures to accompany (MEDA) the reform of economic
and social structures in the framework of
this
Regulation will replace Council Regulation(EC, Euratom) No 99/2000 of 29 December 1999
concerning the provision of assistance to the partner States in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (6),
which expires on 31 December 2006,

the Euro-Mediterranean partnership (5). Equally,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

TITLE I

OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

1.
This Regulation establishes a Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument to provide Community assis-
tance for the development of an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness involving the European Union,
and the countries and territories listed in the Annex (hereinafter ‘partner countries’).

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).
(3) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2112/2005 (OJ L 344, 27.12.2005, p. 23).
(4) OJ L 182, 16.7.1994, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2110/2005 of the European Parliament

and of the Council (OJ L 344, 27.12.2005, p. 1).

(5) OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2112/2005.
(6) OJ L 12, 18.1.2000, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2112/2005.

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2.
Community assistance shall be used for the benefit of partner countries. Community assistance may
be used for the common benefit of Member States and partner countries and their regions, for the purpose
of promoting cross-border and trans-regional cooperation as defined in Article 6.

3.
The European Union is founded on the values of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms and the rule of law and seeks to promote commitment to these values in partner
countries through dialogue and cooperation.

Article 2

Scope of Community assistance

1.
Community assistance shall promote enhanced cooperation and progressive economic integration
between the European Union and the partner countries and, in particular, the implementation of partnership
and cooperation agreements, association agreements or other existing and future agreements. It shall also
encourage partner countries' efforts aimed at promoting good governance and equitable social and
economic development.

2.

Community assistance shall be used to support measures within the following areas of cooperation:

a)

promoting political dialogue and reform;

b) promoting legislative and regulatory approximation towards higher standards in all relevant areas and
in particular to encourage the progressive participation of partner countries in the internal market and
the intensification of trade;

c)

d)

strengthening national institutions and bodies responsible for the elaboration and the effective imple-
mentation of policies in areas covered in association agreements, partnership and cooperation agree-
ments, and other multilateral agreements to which the Community and/or its Member States and
partner countries are parties, whose purpose is the achievement of objectives as defined in this Article;

promoting the rule of law and good governance, including strengthening the effectiveness of public
administration and the impartiality and effectiveness of the judiciary, and supporting the fight against
corruption and fraud;

e)

promoting sustainable development in all aspects;

f)

g)

pursuing regional and local development efforts, in both rural and urban areas, in order to reduce
imbalances and improve regional and local development capacity;

promoting environmental protection, nature conservation and sustainable management of natural
resources including fresh water and marine resources;

h)

supporting policies aimed at poverty reduction, to help achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals;

i)

j)

supporting policies to promote social development, social inclusion, gender equality, non-discrimina-
tion, employment and social protection including protection of migrant workers, social dialogues, and
respect for trade union rights and core labour standards, including on child labour;

supporting policies to promote health, education and training, including not only measures to combat
the major communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases and disorders, but also access to
services and education for good health, including reproductive and infant health for girls and women;

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k)

l)

promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms, including women's rights and chil-
dren's rights;

supporting democratisation,
promoting media pluralism, as well as through electoral observation and assistance;

inter alia by enhancing the role of civil society organisations and

m)

fostering the development of civil society and of non-governmental organisations;

n) promoting the development of a market economy, including measures to support the private sector and
the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, to encourage investment and to promote
global trade;

o) promoting cooperation in the sectors of energy, telecommunication and transport, including on inter-
connections, networks and their operations, enhancing the security and safety of international transport
and energy operations and promoting renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and clean transport;

p) providing support for actions aimed at increasing food safety for citizens, in particular in the sanitary

and phytosanitary domains;

q)

ensuring efficient and secure border management;

r)

supporting reform and strengthening capacity in the field of justice and home affairs, including issues
such as asylum, migration and readmission, and the fight against, and prevention of trafficking in
human beings as well as terrorism and organised crime, including its financing, money laundering and
tax fraud;

s)

supporting administrative cooperation to improve transparency and the exchange of information in the
area of taxation in order to combat tax avoidance and evasion;

t)

promoting participation in Community research and innovation activities;

u) promoting cooperation between the Member States and partner countries in higher education and

mobility of teachers, researchers and students;

v)

promoting multicultural dialogue, people-to-people contacts, including links with communities of immi-
grants living in Member States, cooperation between civil societies, cultural institutions and exchanges
of young people;

w)

supporting cooperation aimed at protecting historical and cultural heritage and promoting its develop-
ment potential, including through tourism;

x)

supporting participation of partner countries in Community programmes and agencies;

y)

z)

supporting cross-border cooperation through joint local initiatives to promote sustainable economic,
social and environmental development in border regions and integrated territorial development across
the Community's external border;

promoting regional and sub-regional cooperation and integration, including, where appropriate, with
countries not eligible for Community assistance under this Regulation;

aa) providing support in post-crisis situations, including support to refugees and displaced persons, and

assisting in disaster preparedness;

bb) encouraging communication and promoting exchange among the partners on the measures and activ-

ities financed under the programmes;

cc) addressing common thematic challenges in fields of mutual concern and any other objectives consistent

with the scope of this Regulation.

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Article 3

Policy framework

1.
The partnership and cooperation agreements, the association agreements and other existing or future
agreements which establish a relationship with partner countries, and the relevant Commission communica-
tions and Council conclusions laying down guidelines for European Union policy towards these countries,
shall provide an overall policy framework for the programming of Community assistance under this
Regulation. Jointly agreed action plans or other equivalent documents shall provide a key point of reference
for setting Community assistance priorities.

2. Where no agreements, as mentioned in paragraph 1, between the European Union and partner coun-
tries exist, Community assistance may be provided when it proves useful to pursue European Union policy
objectives, and shall be programmed on the basis of such objectives.

Article 4

Complementarity, partnership and cofinancing

Community assistance under this Regulation shall normally complement or contribute to corre-

1.
sponding national, regional or local strategies and measures.

Community assistance under this Regulation shall normally be established in partnership between the
2.
Commission and the beneficiaries. The partnership shall involve, as appropriate, national, regional and local
authorities, economic and social partners, civil society and other relevant bodies.

The beneficiary countries shall involve, as appropriate, the relevant partners at the appropriate terri-
3.
torial level, in particular at regional and local level, in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of
programmes and projects.

4.
Community assistance under this Regulation shall normally be co-financed by the beneficiary countries
through public funds, contributions from the beneficiaries or other sources. Co-financing requirements may
be waived in duly justified cases and when this is necessary to support the development of civil society and
non-state actors for measures aimed at promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms and supporting
democratisation.

Article 5

Coherence, compatibility and coordination

1.
Programmes and projects financed under this Regulation shall be consistent with European Union
policies. They shall comply with the agreements concluded by the Community and its Member States with
the partner countries and respect commitments under multilateral agreements and international conventions
to which they are parties, including commitments on human rights, democracy and good governance.

2.
The Commission and the Member States shall ensure coherence between Community assistance
provided under this Regulation and financial assistance provided by the Community and the Member States
through other internal and external financial instruments and by the European Investment Bank (EIB).

3.
The Commission and the Member States shall ensure coordination of their respective assistance
programmes with the aim of increasing effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of assistance in line with
the established guidelines for strengthening operational coordination in the field of external assistance, and
involve regular consultations and
for the harmonisation of policies and procedures. Coordination shall
frequent exchanges of relevant information during the different phases of the assistance cycle, in particular
at field level, and shall constitute a key step in the programming processes of the Member States and the
Community.

4.
The Commission shall, in liaison with the Member States, take the necessary steps to ensure proper
coordination and cooperation with multilateral and regional organisations and entities, such as international
financial institutions, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, and non-European Union donors.

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TITLE II

PROGRAMMING AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

Article 6

Type of programmes

1.

Community assistance under this Regulation shall be implemented through:

a) country, multi-country and cross-border strategy papers and multi-annual indicative programmes referred

to in Article 7, covering:

i) country or multi-country programmes, which deal with assistance to one partner country or address
regional and sub-regional cooperation between two or more partner countries, in which Member
States may participate;

ii) cross-border cooperation programmes, which deal with cooperation between one or more Member
States and one or more partner countries, taking place in regions adjacent to their shared part of the
external border of the Community;

b) joint operational programmes for cross-border cooperation referred to in Article 9, annual action

programmes referred to in Article 12 and special measures referred to in Article 13.

2. Multi-country programmes may include trans-regional cooperation measures. For the purposes of this
Regulation, trans-regional cooperation shall mean cooperation between Member States and partner coun-
tries, addressing common challenges, intended for their common benefit, and taking place anywhere in the
territory of the Member States and of partner countries.

Article 7

Programming and allocation of funds

For country or multi-country programmes, strategy papers shall be adopted in accordance with the
1.
procedure referred to in Article 26(2). Strategy papers shall reflect the policy framework and the action
plans referred to in Article 3 and be consistent with the principles and modalities laid down in Articles 4
and 5. Strategy papers shall be established for a period compatible with the priorities set in the policy frame-
work and shall contain multi-annual indicative programmes including indicative multi-annual financial allo-
cations and priority objectives for each country or region consistent with those listed in Article 2(2). They
shall be reviewed at mid-term or whenever necessary and may be revised in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 26(2).

In establishing country or multi-country programmes, the Commission shall determine the allocations
2.
for each programme, using transparent and objective criteria and taking into account the specific characteris-
tics and needs of the country or the region concerned, the level of ambition of the European Union's part-
nership with a given country, progress towards implementing agreed objectives, including on governance
and on reform, and the capacity of managing and absorbing Community assistance.

3.
For the sole purpose of cross-border cooperation, in order to establish the list of joint operational
programmes referred to in Article 9(1), the indicative multi-annual allocations and the territorial units
eligible to participate in each programme, one or, if necessary, more strategy papers shall be adopted in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2). Such strategy papers shall be drawn up taking
into account the principles and modalities laid down in Articles 4 and 5 and shall, in principle, cover a
period of up to seven years from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013.

The Commission shall determine the allocation of funds to the cross-border cooperation programmes,
4.
taking into account objective criteria, such as the population of the eligible areas and other factors affecting
the intensity of cooperation, including the specific characteristics of the border areas and the capacity for
managing and absorbing Community assistance.

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5.
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) shall contribute to cross-border cooperation
programmes established and implemented under the provisions of this Regulation. The amount of the
contribution from the ERDF for borders with partner countries is set out in the relevant provisions of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European
Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund (1).

In the event of crises or threats to democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental free-
6.
doms, or of natural or man-made disasters, an emergency procedure may be used to conduct an ad hoc
review of strategy papers. This review shall ensure coherence between Community assistance provided
under this Regulation and assistance provided under other Community financial
including
Regulation (EC) No …/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of … establishing an Instru-
ment for Stability (2) (*).

instruments,

TITLE III

CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION

Article 8

Geographical eligibility

The cross-border cooperation programmes referred to in Article 6(1)(a)(ii) may cover all of

1.
following border regions:

the

a) all territorial units corresponding to NUTS level 3 or equivalent along the land borders between Member

States and partner countries;

b) all territorial units corresponding to NUTS level 3 or equivalent along sea crossings of significant

importance;

c) all coastal territorial units corresponding to NUTS level 2 or equivalent facing a sea basin common to

Member States and partner countries.

In order to ensure the continuation of existing cooperation and in other justified cases, territorial units
2.
adjoining those referred to in paragraph 1 may be allowed to participate in cross-border cooperation
programmes under the conditions laid down in the strategy papers referred to in Article 7(3).

3. When programmes are established pursuant to paragraph (1)(b), the Commission may, in agreement
with the partners, propose that participation in cooperation be extended to the whole NUTS level 2 terri-
torial unit in whose area the NUTS level 3 territorial unit is located.

The list of sea crossings of significant importance shall be defined by the Commission in the strategy
4.
papers referred to in Article 7(3) on the basis of distance and other relevant geographical and economic
criteria.

Article 9

Programming

Cross-border cooperation under this Regulation shall be carried out in the framework of multi-annual
1.
programmes covering cooperation for a border or a group of borders and comprising multi-annual
measures which pursue a consistent set of priorities and which may be implemented with the support of
Community assistance (hereinafter ‘joint operational programmes’). The joint operational programmes shall
be based on the strategy papers referred to in Article 7(3).

2.
Joint operational programmes for land borders and sea crossings of significant importance shall be
established for each border at the appropriate territorial level and include eligible territorial units belonging
to one or more Member States and one or more partner countries.

(1) OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.
(2) OJ L …
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Joint operational programmes for sea basins shall be multilateral and include eligible territorial units
facing a common sea basin belonging to several participating countries, including at least one Member State
and one partner country, taking into account the institutional systems and the principle of partnership.
They may include bilateral activities supporting cooperation between one Member State and one partner
country. These programmes shall be closely coordinated with trans-national cooperation programmes
having a partially overlapping geographical coverage and having been established in the European Union
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.

4.
Joint operational programmes shall be established by the Member States and partner countries
concerned at the appropriate territorial level, in accordance with their institutional system and taking into
account the principle of partnership referred to in Article 4. They shall normally cover a period of 7 years
running from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013.

5.
Countries, other than the participating countries, which face a common sea basin where a joint opera-
tional programme is being established may be associated with that joint operational programme and benefit
from Community assistance under the conditions determined in the implementing rules referred to in
Article 11.

6. Within one year of the approval of the strategy papers referred to in Article 7(3), the participating
countries
to the Commission.
The Commission shall adopt each joint operational programme after assessing its consistency with this
Regulation and the implementing rules.

joint operational programmes

jointly submit proposals

shall

for

7.
Joint operational programmes may be revised at the initiative of the participating countries, partici-
pating border regions or the Commission to take into account changes in cooperation priorities, socio-
economic developments, the results observed from implementation of the measures concerned and from
the monitoring and evaluation process, and the need to adjust the amounts of aid available and reallocate
resources.

8.
Following the adoption of the joint operational programmes, the Commission shall conclude a finan-
cing agreement with the partner countries in accordance with the relevant provisions of Council Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget
of the European Communities (1). The financing agreement shall include the legal provisions necessary for
the implementation of the joint operational programme and should also be signed by the joint managing
authority referred to in Article 10.

Participating countries shall, taking into account the principle of partnership,

9.
jointly select those
actions consistent with the priorities and measures of the joint operational programme that will receive
Community assistance.

10.

In specific and duly justified cases, where:

a) a joint operational programme cannot be established owing to problems arising in relations between

participating countries or between the European Union and a partner country,

b) by 30 June 2010, at the latest, the participating countries have not yet submitted to the Commission a

joint operational programme,

c)

the partner country does not sign the financing agreement by the end of the year following the adoption
of the programme,

d) the joint operational programme cannot be implemented owing to problems arising in relations between

participating countries,

the Commission, following consultations with the Member State(s) concerned, shall take the necessary steps
to allow the Member State concerned to use the ERDF contribution to the programme pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.

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Article 10

Management of programmes

1.
Joint operational programmes shall, in principle, be implemented through shared management by a
joint managing authority located in a Member State. The joint managing authority may be assisted by a
joint technical secretariat.

2.
The participating countries may propose to the Commission that the joint managing authority should
be located in a partner country, provided that the designated body is in a position to apply in full the criteria
laid down in the relevant provisions of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002.

3.
For the purpose of this Regulation ‘joint managing authority’ shall mean any public or private
authority or body, including the state itself, at national, regional or local level, designated jointly by the
Member State or States and the partner country or countries covered by a joint operational programme,
having the financial and administrative capacity to manage Community assistance and having the legal capa-
city to conclude the agreements necessary for the purpose of this Regulation.

4.
The joint managing authority shall be responsible for managing and implementing the joint opera-
tional programme in accordance with the principle of sound technical and financial management, and for
ensuring the legality and regularity of its operations. To this end, it shall put in place appropriate manage-
ment, control and accounting systems and standards.

The management and control system of a joint operational programme shall provide for proper
5.
separation of the management, certification and audit functions, either through a proper segregation of
duties within the managing authority or through the designation of separate bodies for certification and
audit.

In order to allow the joint operational programmes to prepare adequately for implementation, after
6.
the adoption of the joint operational programme and before the signature of the financing agreement, the
Commission may allow the joint managing authority to use part of the programme budget to start financing
programme activities such as the incurring of operational costs of the managing authority, technical assis-
tance and other preparatory actions. The detailed modalities of such a preparatory phase shall be included in
the implementing rules referred to in Article 11.

Article 11

Implementing rules

Implementing rules laying down specific provisions for the implementation of this Title shall be

1.
adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).

2. Matters covered by the implementing rules shall include issues such as the rate of cofinancing, prepara-
tion of joint operational programmes, the designation and functions of the joint authorities, the role and
function of the monitoring and selection committees and of the joint secretariat, eligibility of expenditure,
joint project selection, the preparatory phase, technical and financial management of Community assistance,
financial control and audit, monitoring and evaluation, visibility and information activities for potential
beneficiaries.

TITLE IV

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 12

Adoption of action programmes

Action programmes, drawn up on the basis of the strategy papers referred to in Article 7(1), shall be

1.
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Exceptionally, for instance where an action programme has not yet been adopted, the Commission may, on
the basis of the strategy papers and multi-annual indicative programmes referred to in Article 7, adopt
measures not provided for in an action programme under the same rules and procedures as apply to action
programmes.

2.
Action programmes shall specify the objectives pursued, the fields of intervention, the expected results,
the management procedures and the total amount of financing planned. They shall take into account the
lessons learned from past implementation of Community assistance. They shall contain a description of the
operations to be financed, an indication of the amounts allocated for each operation and an indicative
implementation timetable. They shall include a definition of the type of performance indicators that shall
have to be monitored when implementing the measures financed under the programmes.

For cross-border cooperation, the Commission shall adopt joint programmes in accordance with the

3.
procedures referred to in Article 9.

The Commission shall present action programmes and joint cross-border cooperation programmes to

4.
the European Parliament and the Member States for their information within one month of their adoption.

Article 13

Adoption of special measures not provided for in the strategy papers or
multi-annual indicative programmes

1.
In the event of unforeseen and duly justified needs or circumstances, the Commission shall adopt
special measures not provided for in the strategy papers or multi-annual indicative programmes (hereinafter
‘special measures’).

Special measures may also be used to fund activities to ease the transition from emergency aid to long-term
development activities, including activities intended to ensure that the public is better prepared to deal with
recurring crises.

2. Where the cost of such measures exceeds 10 000 000 Euro, the Commission shall adopt them in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).

The procedure referred to in Article 26(2) need not be used for amendments to special measures such as
those making technical adjustments, extending the implementation period, reallocating appropriations
within the forecast budget, or increasing the size of the budget by less than 20 % of the initial budget,
provided these amendments do not affect the initial objectives set out in the Commission decision.

3.
Special measures shall specify the objectives pursued, the areas of activity, the expected results, the
management procedures used and the total amount of financing planned. They shall contain a description
of the operations to be financed, an indication of the amounts allocated for each operation and an indicative
implementation timetable. They shall include a definition of the type of performance indicators that will
have to be monitored when implementing the special measures.

The Commission shall send special measures the value of which does not exceed 10 000 000 Euro to
4.
the European Parliament and the Member States for their information within one month of adopting its
decision.

Article 14

Eligibility

The following shall be eligible for funding under this Regulation for the purposes of implementing

1.
action programmes, joint cross-border cooperation programmes and special measures:

a) partner countries and regions and their institutions;

b) decentralised bodies in the partner countries, such as regions, departments, provinces and municipalities;

c)

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d)

international organisations, including regional organisations, UN bodies, departments and missions, inter-
national financial institutions and development banks, in so far as they contribute to the objectives of
this Regulation;

e) Community institutions and bodies, but only for the purposes of implementing support measures of the

type referred to in Article 16;

f) European Union agencies;

g) the following entities and bodies of the Member States, partner countries and regions and any other
third country complying with the rules on access to the Community's external assistance referred to in
Article 21, in so far as they contribute to the objectives of this Regulation:

i) public or parastatal bodies, local authorities or administrations and consortia thereof;

ii) companies, firms and other private organisations and businesses;

iii) financial institutions that grant, promote and finance private investment in partner countries and

regions;

iv) non-state actors as defined in (h);

v) natural persons;

h) the following non-State actors:

i)

ii)

non-governmental organisations;

organisations representing national and/or ethnic minorities;

iii)

local citizens' groups and traders' associations;

iv)

cooperatives, trade unions, organisations representing economic and social interests;

v)

vi)

local organisations
integration;

(including networks)

involved in decentralised regional cooperation and

consumer organisations, women's and youth organisations, teaching, cultural research and scientific
organisations;

vii) universities;

viii) churches and religious associations and communities;

ix)

the media;

x)

cross-border associations, non-governmental associations and independent foundations.

2. When essential to achieve the objectives of this Regulation, Community assistance may be granted to
bodies or actors which are not explicitly referred to in this Article.

Article 15

Types of measures

Community assistance shall be used to finance programmes, projects and any type of measure contri-

1.
buting to the objectives of this Regulation.

2.

a)

Community assistance may also be used:

to finance technical assistance and targeted administrative measures,
including those cooperation
measures involving public-sector experts dispatched from the Member States and their regional and local
authorities involved in the programme;

b) to finance investments and investment-related activities;

c)

for contributions to the EIB or other financial intermediaries, in accordance with Article 23, for loan
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d) for debt relief programmes in exceptional cases, under an internationally agreed debt relief programme;

e)

for sectoral or general budget support if the partner country's management of public spending is suffi-
ciently transparent, reliable and effective, and where it has put in place properly formulated sectoral or
macroeconomic policies approved by its principal donors, including, where relevant, the international
financial institutions;

f)

to provide interest-rate subsidies, in particular for environmental loans;

g) to provide insurance against non-commercial risks;

h) to contribute to a fund established by the Community, its Member States, international and regional

organisations, other donors or partner countries;

i)

j)

to contribute to the capital of international financial institutions or the regional development banks;

to finance the costs necessary for
programmes by the countries benefiting from Community assistance;

the effective administration and supervision of projects and

k) to finance microprojects;

l)

for food security measures.

In principle, Community assistance shall not be used to finance taxes, customs duties and other fiscal

3.
charges.

Article 16

Support measures

Community financing may also cover expenditure associated with the preparation, follow-up, moni-
1.
toring, auditing and evaluation activities directly necessary for the implementation of this Regulation and for
the achievement of its objectives, e.g. studies, meetings,
information, awareness-raising, publication and
training activities, including training and educational measures for partners enabling them to take part in the
various stages of the programme, expenditure associated with computer networks for the exchange of infor-
mation and any other administrative or technical assistance expenditure that the Commission may incur for
the management of the programme. It shall also cover expenditure at Commission Delegations on the
administrative support needed to manage operations financed under this Regulation.

2.
These support measures are not necessarily covered by multi-annual programming and may therefore
be financed outside the scope of strategy papers and multi-annual indicative programmes. However, they
may also be financed under multi-annual
indicative programmes. The Commission shall adopt support
measures not covered by multi-annual indicative programmes in accordance with Article 13.

Article 17

Cofinancing

1. Measures financed under this Regulation shall be eligible for cofinancing from the following, inter alia:

a) Member States, their regional and local authorities and their public and parastatal agencies;

b) EEA countries, Switzerland and other donor countries, and in particular their public and parastatal

agencies;

c)

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d) companies, firms, other private organisations and businesses, and other non-state actors;

e) partner countries and regions in receipt of funding.

2.
In the case of parallel cofinancing, the project or programme is split into a number of clearly identifi-
able sub-projects which are each financed by the different partners providing cofinancing in such a way that
the end-use of the financing can always be identified. In the case of joint cofinancing, the total cost of the
project or programme is shared between the partners providing the cofinancing, and resources are pooled in
such a way that it is not possible to identify the source of funding for any given activity undertaken as part
of the project or programme.

3.
In the case of joint cofinancing, the Commission may receive and manage funds on behalf of the
bodies referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c) for the purpose of implementing joint measures. Such funds
shall be treated as assigned revenue,
in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EC, Euratom)
No 1605/2002.

Article 18

Management procedures

The Commission shall implement operations under this Regulation in accordance with Regulation (EC,

1.
Euratom) No 1605/2002.

2.
The Commission may entrust tasks of public authority, and in particular budget implementation tasks,
to the bodies indicated in Article 54(2)(c) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 if they are of recog-
nised international standing, comply with internationally recognised systems of management and control
and are supervised by a public authority.

The Commission may conclude framework agreements with partner countries which shall provide for
3.
all measures necessary to ensure the effective implementation of Community assistance and protection of
the Community's financial interests.

In the case of decentralised management, the Commission may decide to use the procurement or grant

4.
procedures of the beneficiary partner country or region, provided that:

a)

the procedures of the beneficiary partner country or region satisfy the principles of transparency, propor-
tionality, equal treatment and non-discrimination and prevent any conflict of interests;

b) the beneficiary partner country or region undertakes to check regularly that the operations financed by
the Community budget have been properly implemented, to take appropriate measures to prevent irregu-
larities and fraud, and, if necessary, to take legal action to recover unduly paid funds.

Article 19

Budget commitments

Budget commitments shall be made on the basis of decisions taken by the Commission in accordance

1
with Articles 9(6), 12(1), 13(1) and 16(2).

Budget commitments for measures extending over a number of financial years may be split into

2.
annual instalments, spread over a number of years.

Community financing may take one of the following legal forms, inter alia: financing agreements,

3.
grant contracts, procurement contracts, employment contracts.

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Article 20

Protecting the Community's financial interests

1.
Any agreements resulting from this Regulation shall contain provisions ensuring the protection of the
Community's financial interests, in particular with respect to irregularities, fraud, corruption and any other
illegal activity, in accordance with Council Regulations (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995
on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (1), and (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of
11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order
interests against fraud and other irregularities (2) and
to protect the European Communities' financial
Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 concerning
investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) (3).

2.
Agreements shall expressly entitle the Commission and the Court of Auditors to perform audits,
including document audits or an on-the-spot audit of any contractor or subcontractor who has received
Community funds. They shall also expressly authorise the Commission to carry out on-the-spot checks and
inspections, as provided for in Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96.

3.
All contracts resulting from the implementation of Community assistance shall ensure the rights of
the Commission and the Court of Auditors under paragraph 2 during and after the performance of the
contracts.

Article 21

Participation in tenders and contracts

Participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts financed under this Regulation shall be
1.
open to all natural persons who are nationals of, and legal persons established in, a Member State of the
Community, a country that is a beneficiary of this Regulation, a country that is a beneficiary of an Instru-
ment for Pre-Accession Assistance set up by Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006 estab-
lishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) (4) or a Member State of the EEA.

2.
The Commission may, in duly substantiated cases, authorise the participation of natural persons who
are nationals of, and legal persons established in, a country having traditional economic, trade or geogra-
phical links with neighbouring countries, and the use of supplies and materials of different origin.

3.
Participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts financed under this Regulation shall also
be open to all natural persons who are nationals of, or legal persons established in, any country other than
those referred to in paragraph 1, whenever reciprocal access to their external assistance has been established.
Reciprocal access shall be granted whenever a country grants eligibility on equal terms to the Member States
and to the recipient country concerned.

Reciprocal access to the Community's external assistance shall be established by means of a specific decision
concerning a given country or a given regional group of countries. Such a decision shall be adopted by the
Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2) and shall be in force for a
minimum period of one year.

The granting of reciprocal access to the Community's external assistance shall be based on a comparison
between the Community and other donors and shall proceed at sectoral or entire country level, whether it
be a donor or a recipient country. The decision to grant this reciprocity to a donor country shall be based
on the transparency, consistency and proportionality of the aid provided by that donor, including its qualita-
tive and quantitative nature. The beneficiary countries shall be consulted in the process described in this
paragraph.

Participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts financed under this Regulation shall be

4.
open to international organisations.

(1) OJ L 312, 23.12.1995, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 1.
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Experts proposed in the context of procedures for the award of contracts need not comply with the

5.
nationality rules set out above.

6.
All supplies and materials purchased under contracts financed under this Regulation shall originate in
the Community or a country eligible under this Article. The term ‘origin’ for the purpose of this Regulation
is defined in the relevant Community legislation on rules of origin for customs purposes.

7.
The Commission may, in duly substantiated exceptional cases, authorise the participation of natural
persons who are nationals of, and legal persons established in, countries other than those referred to in para-
graphs 1, 2 and 3, or the purchase of supplies and materials of different origin from that set out in para-
graph 6. Derogations may be justified on the basis of the unavailability of products and services in the
markets of the countries concerned, for reasons of extreme urgency, or if the eligibility rules were to make
the realisation of a project, a programme or an action impossible or exceedingly difficult.

8. Whenever Community funding covers an operation implemented through an international organisa-
tion, participation in the appropriate contractual procedures shall be open to all natural or legal persons
who are eligible pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 as well as to all natural or legal persons who are eligible
pursuant to the rules of that organisation, care being taken to ensure that equal treatment is afforded to all
donors. The same rules shall apply in respect of supplies, materials and experts.

Whenever Community funding covers an operation co-financed with a Member State, with a third country,
subject to reciprocity as defined in paragraph 3, or with a regional organisation, participation in the appro-
priate contractual procedures shall be open to all natural or legal persons who are eligible pursuant to para-
graphs 1, 2 and 3 as well as to all natural or legal persons who are eligible under the rules of such Member
State, third country or regional organisation. The same rules shall apply in respect of supplies, materials and
experts.

9. Where Community assistance under this Regulation is managed by a joint managing authority, as
referred to in Article 10, the procurement rules shall be those laid down in the implementing rules referred
to in Article 11.

Tenderers who have been awarded contracts under this Regulation shall respect core labour standards

10.
as defined in the relevant International Labour Organization conventions.

Paragraphs 1 to 10 shall be without prejudice to the participation of categories of eligible organisa-

11.
tions by nature or by localisation in regard to the objectives of the action.

Article 22

Prefinancing

Interest generated by prefinancing payments to beneficiaries shall be deducted from the final payment.

Article 23

Funds made available to the EIB
or other financial intermediaries

The funds referred to in Article 15(2)(c) shall be managed by financial intermediaries, by the EIB or

1.
any other bank or organisation capable of managing them.

2.
The Commission shall adopt implementing provisions for paragraph 1 on a case-by-case basis to cover
risk-sharing, the remuneration of the intermediary responsible for implementation, the use and recovery of
profits on funds, and the closure of the operation.

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Article 24

Evaluation

1.
The Commission shall regularly evaluate the results of geographical and cross-border policies and
programmes and of sectoral policies and the effectiveness of programming in order to ascertain whether the
objectives have been met and enable it to formulate recommendations with a view to improving future
operations.

2.
The Commission shall send significant evaluation reports to the committee referred to in Article 26
for discussion. These reports and discussions shall feed back into programme design and resource allocation.

TITLE V

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 25

Annual report

The Commission shall examine the progress made on implementing the measures taken under this
Regulation and shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council an annual report on the implemen-
tation of Community assistance. This report shall also be submitted to the European Economic and Social
Committee and to the Committee of the Regions. It shall contain information relating to the previous year
on the measures financed, the results of monitoring and evaluation exercises, and the implementation of
budget commitments and payments broken down by country, region and cooperation sector.

Article 26

Committee

1.

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at 30 days.

3.

The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

An observer from the EIB shall take part in the committee's proceedings with regard to questions

4.
concerning the EIB.

5.
In order to facilitate the dialogue with the European Parliament, the Commission shall regularly inform
the European Parliament of the committee proceedings and provide the relevant documents including
agenda, draft measures and summary records of
the meetings in accordance with Article 7(3) of
Decision 1999/468/EC.

Article 27

Participation by a third country not listed in the Annex

1.
To ensure the coherence and effectiveness of Community assistance, the Commission may decide,
when adopting action programmes of the type referred to in Article 12 or the special measures referred to
in Article 13, that countries, territories and regions eligible for assistance under other Community external
assistance instruments and the European Development Fund are eligible for measures under this Regulation
where the project or programme implemented is of a global, regional or cross-border nature.

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Provision may be made for this method of financing possibility in the strategy papers referred to in

2.
Article 7.

3.
The provisions of Article 14 concerning eligibility and the provisions of Article 21 concerning partici-
pation in procurement procedures shall be adapted to allow the countries, territories or regions concerned
to take part.

4.
In the case of programmes financed under the provisions of different Community external assistance
instruments, participation in procurement procedures may be open to all natural and legal persons of the
countries eligible under the different instruments.

Article 28

Suspension of Community assistance

1. Without prejudice to the provisions on the suspension of aid in partnership and cooperation agree-
ments and association agreements with partner countries and regions, where a partner country fails to
observe the principles referred to in Article 1, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal
from the Commission, may take appropriate steps in respect of any Community assistance granted to the
partner country under this Regulation.

2.
In such cases, Community assistance shall primarily be used to support non-state actors for measures
aimed at promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms and supporting the democratisation process
in partner countries.

Article 29

Financial envelope

The financial envelope for implementation of this Regulation over the period 2007-2013 shall be

1.
11 181 000 000 Euro broken down as follows:

a) a minimum of 95 per cent of the financial envelope shall be allocated to the country and multi-country

programmes referred to in Article 6(1)(a)(i);

b) up to 5 per cent of the financial envelope shall be allocated to the cross-border cooperation programmes

referred to in Article 6(1)(a)(ii).

Annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial

2.
framework.

Article 30

Review

The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council by 31 December 2010 a report
evaluating the implementation of this Regulation in the first three years with, if appropriate, a legislative
proposal introducing the necessary modifications to it, including to the financial breakdown referred to in
Article 29(1).

Article 31

Repeal

As

1.
(EC) No 1488/96 shall be repealed.

from 1 January 2007, Council Regulations

(EEC) No 1762/92,

(EC) No 1734/94 and

The repealed Regulations shall continue to apply for legal acts and commitments of pre-2007 budget

2.
years.

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Entry into force

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This Regulation shall enter into force twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at …, …

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

ANNEX

PARTNER COUNTRIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1

Algeria

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Egypt

Georgia

Israel

Jordan

Lebanon

Libya

Moldova

Morocco

Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Russian Federation

Syria

Tunisia

Ukraine

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P6_TA(2006)0307

Instrument for Stability ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European
for Stability (COM(2004)0630 —
Parliament and of

the Council establishing an Instrument

C6-0251/2004 — 2004/0223(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2004)0630) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2), Article 179 and Article 181a of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the

Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0251/2004),

— having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

— having regard to the Declaration of the Commission on the Democratic Scrutiny and Coherence of
External Actions annexed to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline
and sound financial management (2) and the related exchange of letters,

— having regard to the Declaration of the Commission on the provision to Parliament of information
regarding exceptional assistance measures and on anti-terrorism co-operation measures, which is
annexed to this legislative resolution and which will be published together with the legislative act in the
Official Journal of the European Union,

— having regard to the letter from Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner dated 7 June 2006 on the establishment

of a Peacebuilding Partnership,

— having regard to the letter of Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner dated 23 June 2006 detailing the financial
allocations for the different instruments and indicating the Commission's willingness to take all necessary
initiatives to secure, via the different budgetary options available — including the Emergency Aid
Reserve and the Flexibility Instrument — additional resources for the Stability Instrument should its
funds prove to be insufficient,

— having regard to Rules 51 and 35 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on
Development, the Committee on International Trade and the Committee on Budgets (A6-0157/2006),

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.
(2) 2 OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

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Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 July 2006 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing
an Instrument for Stability

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 179(1) and
181a thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Community is a major provider of economic, financial, technical, humanitarian and macro-
economic assistance to third countries. The promotion of stable conditions for human and economic
development and the promotion of human rights, democracy and fundamental freedoms remains
one of the prime objectives of European Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘the EU’) external action to
which Community instruments for external assistance contribute. The Council and the Representa-
tives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, in their November 2004
Conclusions on the effectiveness of EU External Action, concluded that ‘peace, security and stability
as well as human rights, democracy and good governance, are essential elements for sustainable
economic growth and poverty eradication’.

The EU Programme for the Prevention of Violent Conflicts, endorsed by the European Council,
underlines the EU's ‘political commitment to pursue conflict prevention as one of the main objectives
of the EU's external relations’ and states that Community development cooperation instruments can
contribute to this goal and to the development of the EU as a global player.

Measures taken under this Regulation in pursuit of the objectives of Articles 177 and 181a of the
Treaty establishing the European Community (hereinafter referred to as ‘the EC Treaty’) may be
complementary to and should be consistent with measures adopted by the EU in pursuit of Common
Foreign and Security Policy objectives within the framework of Title V and measures adopted within
the framework of Title VI of the Treaty on European Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘the EU Treaty’).
The Council and the Commission should cooperate to ensure such consistency, each in accordance
with their respective powers.

The European Consensus on Development, adopted by the Council and the Representatives of the
Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the
Commission on 22 November 2005 and welcomed by the European Council on 15-16 December
2005, states that the Community, within the respective competences of its institutions, will develop a
comprehensive prevention approach to State fragility, conflict, natural disasters and other types of
crises, to which goal this Regulation should contribute.

(5)

The European Council approved the European Security Strategy on 12 December 2003.

(6)

The European Council Declaration on Combating Terrorism of 25 March 2004 called for counter-
terrorist objectives
the EU
Millennium Strategy on the prevention and control of organised crime, adopted by the Council on 27
March 2000, calls for closer cooperation with third countries.

to be integrated into external assistance programmes. Moreover,

(1) Position of the European Parliament of 6 July 2006.

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(7)

(8)

(9)

Post-crisis stabilisation requires a sustained and flexible engagement from the international com-
munity, in particular in the first years after a crisis, on the basis of integrated transition strategies.

Implementation of programmes of assistance in times of crisis and political
instability requires
specific measures to ensure flexibility in decision-making and budget allocation, as well as enhanced
measures to ensure coherence with bilateral aid and mechanisms for the pooling of donor funds,
including the delegation of public authority tasks through indirect centralised management.

The Resolutions of the European Parliament and the Conclusions of the Council following the
Commission Communications on the Linking of Relief, Rehabilitation and Development emphasise
the need to ensure effective bridging between operations financed from different Community finan-
cing instruments in the context of crisis.

(10)

In order to address the above issues in an effective and timely manner specific financial resources and
financing instruments are required that can work in a manner complementary to humanitarian aid
and long-term cooperation instruments. Humanitarian aid should continue to be delivered under
Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid (1).

(11)

In addition to the measures agreed with partner countries in the context of the policy framework for
cooperation established under the related Community instruments for external assistance, the Com-
munity must be able to provide assistance which addresses major global and transnational issues
having a potentially destabilising effect.

(12)

The 2001 ‘Guidelines for strengthening operational coordination between the Community, repre-
sented by the Commission, and the Member States in the field of external assistance’ emphasise the
need for enhanced coordination of EU external assistance.

(13)

This Regulation establishes for the period 2007-2013 a financial envelope which constitutes the
prime reference amount for the budgetary authority according to point 37 of the Interinstitutional
Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on
budgetary discipline and sound financial management (2).

(14)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance
with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of
implementing powers conferred on the Commission (3).

(15)

This Regulation aims at covering the scope of and replacing a number of existing Regulations
concerning Community external assistance; those Regulations should therefore be repealed.

(16)

Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, because
of the need for concerted multilateral response in the areas defined in this Regulation, and can there-
fore be better achieved at Community level, taking account of the scale and global effects of the
measures provided for herein, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle
of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the EC Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportion-
ality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to
achieve these objectives,

(1) OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and

of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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TITLE I

OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE

Article 1

Objectives

The Community shall undertake development cooperation measures, as well as financial, economic

1.
and technical cooperation measures with third countries under the conditions set out in this Regulation.

In accordance with the objectives of such cooperation and within its limits as laid down in the EC

2.
Treaty, the specific aims of this Regulation shall be:

a)

in a situation of crisis or emerging crisis, to contribute to stability by providing an effective response to
help preserve, establish or re-establish the conditions essential to the proper implementation of the
Community's development and cooperation policies;

b) in the context of stable conditions for the implementation of Community cooperation policies in third
countries, to help build capacity both to address specific global and transregional threats having a desta-
bilising effect and to ensure preparedness to address pre- and post-crisis situations.

3. Measures taken under this Regulation may be complementary to, and shall be consistent with, and
without prejudice to, measures adopted under Title V and Title VI of the EU Treaty.

Article 2

Complementarity of Community assistance

1.
Community assistance under this Regulation shall be complementary to that provided for under
related Community instruments for external assistance. It shall be provided only to the extent that an
adequate and effective response cannot be provided under those instruments.

2.
The Commission shall ensure that measures adopted under this Regulation are consistent with the
Community's overall strategic policy framework for the partner country, and in particular with the objectives
of the instruments referred to in paragraph 1, as well as with other relevant Community measures.

3.
In order to enhance the effectiveness and consistency of Community and national assistance measures,
the Commission shall promote close co-ordination between its own activities and those of the Member
States, both at decision-making level and on the ground. To that end,
the Member States and the
Commission shall operate a system for exchange of information.

Article 3

Assistance in response to situations of crisis or emerging crisis

1.
Community technical and financial assistance in pursuit of the specific aims set out in point (a) of
Article 1(2) may be undertaken in response to a situation of urgency, crisis or emerging crisis, a situation
posing a threat to democracy, law and order, the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, or
the security and safety of individuals, or a situation threatening to escalate into armed conflict or severely to
destabilise the third country or countries concerned. Such measures may also address situations where the
Community has invoked the essential elements clauses of international Agreements in order to suspend,
partially or totally, cooperation with third countries.

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2.

Technical and financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover the following areas:

a)

support, through the provision of technical and logistical assistance, for the efforts undertaken by inter-
national and regional organisations, state and non-state actors in promoting confidence-building, media-
tion, dialogue and reconciliation;

b)

support for the establishment and the functioning of interim administrations mandated in accordance
with international law;

c)

d)

e)

f)

support for the development of democratic, pluralistic state institutions, including measures to enhance
the role of women in such institutions, effective civilian administration and related legal frameworks at
national and local level, an independent judiciary, good governance and law and order, including non-
military technical cooperation to strengthen overall civilian control, and oversight over the security
system and measures to strengthen the capacity of law enforcement and judicial authorities involved in
the fight against the illicit trafficking of people, drugs, firearms and explosive materials;

support for international criminal tribunals and ad hoc national tribunals, truth and reconciliation
commissions, and mechanisms for the legal settlement of human rights claims and the assertion and
adjudication of property rights, established in accordance with international human rights and rule of
law standards;

support for measures necessary to start the rehabilitation and reconstruction of key infrastructure,
housing, public buildings and economic assets, as well as essential productive capacity, and for the re-
starting of economic activity and the generation of employment and the establishment of the minimum
conditions necessary for sustainable social development;

support for civilian measures related to the demobilisation and reintegration of former combatants into
civil society, and where appropriate their repatriation, as well as measures to address the situation of
child soldiers and female combatants;

g)

support for measures to mitigate the social effects of restructuring of the armed forces;

h)

i)

support for measures to address, within the framework of Community cooperation policies and their
objectives, the socio-economic impact on the civilian population of anti-personnel landmines, unex-
ploded ordnance or explosive remnants of war; activities financed under this Regulation shall cover risk
in conjunction therewith, stockpile
education, victim assistance, mine detection and clearance and,
destruction;

support for measures to address, within the framework of Community cooperation policies and their
objectives, the impact on the civilian population of the illicit use of and access to firearms; such support
shall be limited to survey activities, victim assistance, raising public awareness and the development of
legal and administrative expertise and good practice.

Assistance shall be provided only to the extent necessary to re-establish the conditions for social and
economic development of the populations concerned,
in a situation of crisis or emerging crisis as
referred to in paragraph 1. It shall not include support for measures to combat the proliferation of
arms;

j)

support for measures to ensure that the specific needs of women and children in crisis and conflict
situations, including their exposure to gender-based violence, are adequately met;

k)

support for the rehabilitation and reintegration of the victims of armed conflict, including measures to
address the specific needs of women and children;

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support for measures to promote and defend respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms,
democracy and the rule of law, and the related international instruments;

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m) support for socio-economic measures to promote equitable access to and transparent management of

natural resources in a situation of crisis or emerging crisis;

n)

support for socio-economic measures to address the impact of sudden population movements, including
measures addressing the needs of host communities in a situation of crisis or emerging crisis;

o)

support for measures to support the development and organisation of civil society and its participation
in the political process,
including measures to enhance the role of women in such processes and
measures to promote independent, pluralist and professional media;

p)

support for measures in response to natural or man-made disasters and threats to public health in the
absence of, or to complement, Community humanitarian assistance.

In the exceptional and unforeseen situations referred to in paragraph 1, the Community may also
3.
provide technical and financial assistance not expressly covered by the specific areas of assistance set out in
paragraph 2. Such assistance shall be limited to Exceptional Assistance Measures as referred to in Article 6
(2), which:

— fall within the general scope and specific aims set out in point (a) of Article 1(2), and

— are limited in duration to the period laid down in Article 6(2), and

— would normally be eligible under the other Community instruments for external assistance, but which,
in accordance with Article 2, should be addressed through this Regulation because of the need to
respond rapidly to a situation of crisis or emerging crisis.

Article 4

Assistance in the context of stable conditions for cooperation

The Community shall provide technical and financial assistance in pursuit of the specific aims set out in
point (b) of Article 1(2) in the following areas:

1) threats to law and order, to the security and safety of individuals, to critical infrastructure and to public

health;

assistance shall cover:

a) strengthening the capacity of law enforcement and judicial and civil authorities involved in the fight
against terrorism and organised crime, including illicit trafficking of people, drugs, firearms and explo-
sive materials and in the effective control of illegal trade and transit.

Priority shall be given to trans-regional cooperation involving third countries which have demon-
strated a clear political will to address these problems. Measures in this area shall place particular
emphasis on good governance and shall be in accordance with international law, in particular human
rights law and international humanitarian law.

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With regard to assistance to authorities involved in the fight against terrorism, priority shall be given
to supporting measures concerning the development and strengthening of counter-terrorism legisla-
tion, the implementation and practice of financial law, of customs law and of immigration law and
the development of international procedures for law enforcement.

With regard to assistance relating to the problem of drugs, due attention shall be given to interna-
tional cooperation aimed at promoting best practices relating to the reduction of demand, production
and harm;

b) support for measures to address threats to international transport, energy operations and critical infra-

structure, including passenger and freight traffic and energy distribution.

Measures adopted in this area shall place particular emphasis on trans-regional cooperation and the
implementation of international standards in the fields of risk awareness, vulnerability analysis, emer-
gency preparedness, alert and consequence management;

c) contributing to ensuring an adequate response to sudden major threats to public health, such as

epidemics with a potential trans-national impact.

Particular emphasis shall be placed on emergency-planning, management of vaccine and pharmaceu-
tical stockpiles, international cooperation, early warning and alert systems;

2) risk mitigation and preparedness relating to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials or

agents;

assistance shall cover:

a)

the promotion of civilian research activities as an alternative to defence-related research, and support
for the retraining and alternative employment of scientists and engineers formerly employed in
weapons-related areas;

b) support for measures to enhance safety practices related to civilian facilities where sensitive chemical,
biological, radiological and nuclear materials or agents are stored, or are handled in the context of
civilian research programmes;

c) support, within the framework of Community cooperation policies and their objectives, for the estab-
lishment of civil infrastructure and relevant civilian studies necessary for the dismantlement, remedia-
tion or conversion of weapons-related facilities and sites where these are declared as no longer
belonging to a defence programme;

d) strengthening the capacity of the competent civilian authorities involved in the development and
enforcement of effective control of illicit trafficking in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear
materials or agents (including the equipment for their production or delivery), including through the
installation of modern logistical evaluation and control equipment;

e)

the development of the legal framework and institutional capacities for the establishment and enforce-
ment of effective export controls on dual-use goods, including regional cooperation measures;

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f)

the development of effective civilian disaster-preparedness, emergency-planning, crisis response, and
capabilities for clean-up measures in relation to possible major environmental incidents in this field;

as regards the measures covered by points (b) and (d), particular emphasis shall be placed on assistance
to those regions or countries where stockpiles of materials or agents referred to in points (b) and (d) still
exist and where there is a risk of proliferation of such materials or agents.

3) Pre- and post-crisis capacity building

Support for long-term measures aimed at building and strengthening the capacity of international,
regional and sub-regional organisations, state and non-state actors in relation to their efforts in:

a) promoting early warning, confidence-building, mediation and reconciliation, and addressing emerging

inter-community tensions;

b) improving post-conflict and post-disaster recovery.

Measures under this point shall
include know-how transfer, the exchange of information, risk/threat
assessment, research and analysis, early warning systems and training. Measures may also include, where
appropriate, financial and technical assistance for the implementation of those Recommendations made
by the UN Peacebuilding Commission falling within the objectives of Community cooperation policy.

TITLE II

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 5

General framework for implementation

Community assistance under this Regulation shall be implemented through the following measures:

a) Exceptional Assistance Measures and Interim Response Programmes;

b) Multi-country Strategy papers, Thematic Strategy Papers and Multi-annual Indicative Programmes;

c) Annual Action Programmes;

d) Special Measures.

Article 6

Exceptional Assistance Measures and Interim Response Programmes

Community assistance under Article 3 shall be carried out through Exceptional Assistance Measures

1.
and through Interim Response Programmes.

2.
The Commission may adopt Exceptional Assistance Measures in a situation of crisis as referred to in
Article 3(1), as well as in exceptional and unforeseen situations as referred to in Article 3(3), where the effec-
tiveness of the measures is dependent on rapid or flexible implementation. Such measures may have a dura-
tion of up to 18 months. Individual measures may be extended in duration by a further 6 months in the
case of objective and unforeseen obstacles to their implementation, provided that the financial amount of
the measure does not increase.

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3. Where an Exceptional Assistance Measure is costing more than 20 000 000 Euro, that measure shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

4.
The Commission may adopt Interim Response Programmes with a view to establishing or re-estab-
lishing the essential conditions necessary for the effective implementation of the Community's external
cooperation policies. Interim Response Programmes shall build on Exceptional Assistance Measures. They
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

5.
The Commission shall keep the Council regularly informed about its planning of Community assis-
tance under Article 3. Before adopting or renewing any Exceptional Assistance Measures costing up to
20 000 000 Euro, the Commission shall inform the Council of their nature, objectives and the financial
amounts envisaged. It shall take account of the relevant policy approach of the Council both in its planning
and subsequent implementation of such measures, in the interests of the coherence of EU external action.
The Commission shall
likewise inform the Council before making significant substantive changes to
Exceptional Assistance Measures already adopted.

6.
At as early a stage as possible, following the adoption of Exceptional Assistance Measures, and in any
case within seven months of doing so, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the
Council by giving an overview of the existing and planned Community response, including the contribution
to be made from other Community financing instruments, the status of existing Country and Multi-Country
Strategy Papers, and the Community's role within the broader international and multilateral response. This
report shall also indicate whether and, if so, for how long the Commission intends to continue the Excep-
tional Assistance Measures.

Article 7

Multi-country Strategy Papers, Thematic Strategy Papers and Multi-
annual Indicative Programmes

1. Multi-country and Thematic Strategy Papers shall constitute the general basis for the implementation
of assistance under Article 4.

2. Multi-country and Thematic Strategy Papers shall set out the Community's strategy for the countries
or themes concerned, having regard to the needs of the countries concerned, the Community's priorities,
the international situation and the activities of the main partners.

3. Multi-country and Thematic Strategy Papers, and any revisions or extensions thereof, shall be adopted
in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2). They shall cover an initial period of no longer
than the period of application of this Regulation and shall be reviewed at the mid-point.

4.
Strategy Papers shall be consistent with, and avoid duplication of, Country, Multi-country or Thematic
Strategy Papers adopted under other Community instruments for external assistance. Strategy Papers shall,
where appropriate, be based on a dialogue with the partner country, countries or region concerned,
including with civil society, so as to support national development strategies and to ensure the participation
and involvement of the partner country, countries or region. In addition, joint consultations shall be carried
out between the Commission, Member States, and other donors where appropriate, in order to ensure that
the cooperation activities of the Community are complementary to those of the Member States and other
donors. Other stakeholders may be associated where appropriate.

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5.
Each Multi-country Strategy Paper shall, where appropriate, be accompanied by a Multi-annual
Indicative Programme summarising the priority areas selected for Community financing, the specific objec-
tives, the expected results and timeframe of Community support and the indicative financial allocation,
overall and for each priority area. The financial allocations may be given in the form of a range where neces-
sary.

The Multi-annual Indicative Programmes shall determine the financial allocations for each programme
6.
using transparent criteria, based on the needs and performance of
the partner countries or regions
concerned and taking into account the particular difficulties faced by countries or regions in crisis or
conflict.

7. Multi-annual Indicative Programmes, and any revisions or extensions thereof, shall be adopted in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2). They shall be established, where appropriate, in
consultation with the partner countries or regions concerned.

8.
The financial amounts of Multi-annual Indicative Programmes may be increased or decreased as a
result of reviews, taking into account changes in a country's situation, performance and needs, in accordance
with the procedure referred to in paragraph 7.

Article 8

Annual Action Programmes

Annual Action Programmes shall set out measures to be adopted on the basis of the Multi-country

1.
and Thematic Strategy Papers and Multi-annual Indicative Programmes referred to in Article 7.

2.
Annual Action Programmes shall specify the objectives pursued, the fields of intervention, the expected
results, the management procedures and total amount of financing planned. They shall contain a summary
description of the operations to be financed, an indication of the amounts allocated for each operation and
an indicative implementation timetable. Where relevant, they should include the results of any lessons
learned from previous assistance. Objectives shall be measurable.

Annual Action Programmes and any revision or extension thereof shall be adopted in accordance with

3.
the procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

Article 9

Special Measures

1.
Notwithstanding Articles 7 and 8, in the event of unforeseen needs or circumstances, the Commission
may adopt Special Measures not provided for in the Multi-country and Thematic Strategy Papers and Multi-
annual Indicative Programmes referred to in Article 7 or the Annual Action Programmes referred to in
Article 8.

2.
Special Measures shall specify the objectives pursued, the areas of activity, the expected results, the
management procedures used and the total amount of financing planned. They shall contain a description
of the operations to be financed, an indication of the amounts allocated for each operation and an indicative
implementation timetable.

Special Measures costing more than 5 000 000 Euro shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure

3.
referred to in Article 22(2).

The Commission shall inform the Committee set up pursuant to Article 22(1) within one month of

4.
adopting Special Measures costing up to 5 000 000 Euro.

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TITLE III

BENEFICIARIES AND FORMS OF FINANCING

Article 10

Eligibility

1.
The following shall be eligible for funding under this Regulation for the purposes of implementing the
Exceptional Assistance Measures and Interim Response Programmes referred to in Article 6, the Annual
Action Programmes referred to in Article 8 and the Special Measures referred to in Article 9:

a) partner countries and regions and their institutions;

b) decentralised bodies in the partner countries, such as regions, departments, provinces and municipalities;

c)

joint bodies set up by the partner countries and regions and the Community;

d)

international organisations, including regional organisations, UN bodies, departments and missions, inter-
national financial institutions and development banks, and institutions of international jurisdiction, in so
far as they contribute to the objectives of this Regulation;

e) European agencies;

f)

the following entities and bodies of the Member States, partner countries and regions and any other third
country in so far as they contribute to the objectives of this Regulation:

i) public and para-statal bodies, local authorities or administrations and consortia thereof;

ii) companies, firms and other private organisations and businesses;

iii) financial institutions that grant, promote and finance private investment in partner countries and

regions;

iv) non-state actors referred to in paragraph 2;

v) natural persons.

2.
Non-state actors eligible for financial support under this Regulation shall include: non-governmental
organisations, organisations representing indigenous peoples, local citizens' groups and traders' associations,
cooperatives, trade unions, organisations representing economic and social
local organisations
(including networks) involved in decentralised regional cooperation and integration, consumer organisations,
women's and youth organisations, teaching, cultural, research and scientific organisations, universities,
churches and religious associations and communities, the media and any non-governmental associations and
private and public foundations likely to contribute to development or the external dimension of internal
policies.

interests,

Other bodies or actors not listed in paragraphs 1 and 2 may be financed when this is necessary to

3.
achieve the objectives of this Regulation.

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Article 11

Types of measures

1.

Community financing may take the following forms:

a) projects and programmes;

b) sectoral or general budget support, where the partner country's arrangements for managing public funds
are sufficiently transparent, reliable and effective, and where proper sectoral or macro-economic policies
have been put in place by the partner country and approved by its main donors, including international
financial institutions where applicable. Budgetary support may in general be one of several instruments.
It shall be allocated with precise objectives and related benchmarks. Disbursement of budgetary support
shall be conditional on satisfactory progress towards achieving the objectives in terms of impact and
results;

c)

in exceptional cases, sectoral and general import-support programmes, which may take the form of:

i)

sectoral programmes for imports in kind,

ii)

sectoral import programmes providing foreign currency to finance imports for the sector in question,
or

iii) general import programmes providing foreign currency to finance general imports, covering a wide

range of products;

d) funds made available to financial intermediaries in accordance with Article 20, with a view to providing
loans (to support investment and development of the private sector, for example), risk capital (in the
form of subordinated or conditional loans) or other temporary minority holdings in business capital, to
the extent that the financial risk of the Community is limited to these funds;

e) grants to fund measures;

f) grants to cover operating costs;

g)

funding for twinning programmes between public institutions, national public bodies or private-law enti-
ties with a public-service mission of a Member State and those of a partner country or region;

h) contributions
organisations;

to international

funds,

in particular

those managed by international or

regional

i) contributions to national funds set up by partner countries and regions to attract joint financing from a
number of donors, or contributions to funds set up by one or more donors for the purpose of the joint
implementation of operations;

j) human and material resources required for effective administration and supervision of projects and

programmes by partner countries and regions.

Community financing shall in principle not be used for paying taxes, duties or charges in beneficiary

2.
countries.

Activities covered by Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 and eligible for funding thereunder may not be

3.
funded under this Regulation.

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Article 12

Support measures

1.
Community financing may cover expenditure associated with the preparation, follow-up, monitoring,
auditing and evaluation activities directly necessary for the implementation of this Regulation and the
achievement of its objectives. Community financing shall also cover expenditure on administrative support
staff employed at Commission Delegations to manage projects funded under this Regulation.

Support may be financed outside the scope of Multi-annual Indicative Programmes. The Commission

2.
shall adopt such support measures in accordance with Article 9.

Article 13

Cofinancing

1. Measures financed under this Regulation are eligible for cofinancing from the following, inter alia:

a) Member States, and in particular their public and para-statal agencies;

b) other donor countries and in particular their public and para-statal agencies;

c)

international and regional organisations, and in particular
institutions;

international and regional

financial

d) companies, firms, other private organisations and businesses, and other non-state actors referred to in

Article 10(2);

e) partner countries and regions in receipt of funding, and other bodies eligible for funding as referred to in

Article 10.

2.
In the case of parallel cofinancing, the project or programme is split into a number of clearly identifi-
able sub-projects, which are each financed by different partners providing cofinancing in such a way that the
end-use of the financing can always be identified. In the case of joint cofinancing, the total cost of the
project or programme is shared between the partners providing the cofinancing and resources are pooled in
such a way that it is not possible to identify the source of funding for any given activity undertaken as part
of the project or programme.

3.
In the case of joint cofinancing, the Commission may receive and manage funds on behalf of the
bodies referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 for the purpose of implementing joint measures.
In this case, the Commission shall implement the joint measures centrally, either directly or indirectly, by
delegating the task to Community agencies or bodies set up by the Community. Such funds shall be dealt
with as assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002
of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of
the European
Communities (1).

Article 14

Management procedures

The measures financed under this Regulation shall be managed, monitored, evaluated and reported on

1.
in accordance with Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002.

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

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2.
The Commission may decide to entrust tasks of public authority, and in particular budget implementa-
tion tasks, to bodies referred to in point (c) of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 if
they are of recognised international standing, comply with internationally recognised systems of manage-
ment and control, and are supervised by public authority.

In the case of decentralised management, the Commission may decide to use the procurement or grant

3.
procedures of the beneficiary country or region.

Article 15

Budget commitments

Budget commitments shall be made on the basis of decisions taken by the Commission in accordance

1.
with Articles 6, 8, 9 and 12.

2.

The legal forms for Community financing shall include (inter alia):

— financing agreements;

— grant agreements;

— procurement contracts;

— employment contract.

Article 16

Protection of the financial interests of the Community

1.
Any agreements resulting from this Regulation shall contain provisions ensuring the protection of the
Community's financial interests, in particular with respect to fraud, corruption and any other irregularities
in accordance with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection
of the European Communities financial
interests (1), Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of
11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order
interests against fraud and other irregularities (2) and
to protect the European Communities' financial
Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 concerning
investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) (3).

2.
The agreements referred to in paragraph 1 shall expressly entitle the Commission and the Court of
Auditors to have the power of audit, on the basis of documents and on the spot, over all contractors and
subcontractors who have received Community funds. They shall also expressly authorise the Commission to
carry out on-the-spot checks and inspections, as provided for in Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96.

3.
the
All contracts resulting from the implementation of assistance shall ensure the rights of
Commission and the Court of Auditors, as provided for in paragraph 2, during and after the implementation
of contracts.

Article 17

Participation and rules of origin

Participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts financed under this Regulation shall be

1.
open to all natural or legal persons from Member States.

(1) OJ L 312, 23.12.1995, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2.
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Participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts financed under this Regulation shall be

2.
also open to all natural and legal persons from:

— any country that is a beneficiary of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (1),

— any non-EU Member State of the European Economic Area, and

— any other third country or territory in cases where reciprocal access to external assistance has been

established.

In the case of measures taken in any third country considered a Least Developed Country according to
3.
the criteria laid down by the OECD, participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts shall be
open on a global basis.

In the case of Exceptional Assistance Measures and Interim Response Programmes referred to in

4.
Article 6, participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts shall be open on a global basis.

5.
In the case of measures adopted in pursuit of the objectives referred to in Article 4, participation in
the award of procurement or grant contracts shall be open, and rules of origin shall extend, to any natural
or legal person of a developing country or of a country in transition, as defined by the OECD, and to
natural or legal persons of any other country eligible under the relevant strategy.

Participation in the award of procurement or grant contracts financed under this Regulation shall be

6.
open to international organisations.

Experts proposed in the context of procedures for the award of contracts need not comply with the

7.
nationality rules set out in this Article.

All supplies and materials purchased under contracts financed under this Regulation shall originate

8.
from the Community or a country eligible under paragraphs 2 to 5.

Participation by natural and legal persons from third countries or territories with traditional economic,
links to the partner country may be authorised on a case-by-case basis. The
in duly substantiated cases authorise the participation of natural and legal

9.
trade or geographical
Commission may, moreover,
persons from other countries, or the use of supplies and materials of different origin.

Article 18

Prefinancing

Interest generated by prefinancing payments to the beneficiaries shall be deducted from the final payment.

Article 19

Grants

In accordance with Article 114 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 natural persons may receive
grants.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)

(OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 82).

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Article 20

Funds made available to the European Investment Bank or other
financial intermediaries

The funds referred to in point (d) of Article 11(1) shall be managed by financial intermediaries, the European
Investment Bank (hereinafter referred to as ‘the EIB’) or any other bank or organisation capable of managing
them. The Commission shall adopt implementing provisions for this Article, on a case-by-case basis to
cover risk-sharing, the remuneration of the intermediary entrusted with the task of implementation, the use
and recovery of interest on the fund and the closure of the operation.

Article 21

Evaluation

The Commission shall regularly evaluate the results and efficiency of policies and programmes and the effec-
tiveness of programming in order to ascertain whether the objectives have been met and enable it to formu-
late recommendations with a view to improving future operations. The Commission shall send for discus-
sion significant evaluation reports to the Committee set up pursuant to Article 22(1). These results shall
feed back into programme design and resource allocation.

TITLE IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 22

Committee procedure

1.

The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at 30 days.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

An observer from the EIB shall take part in the Committee's proceedings with regard to questions

4.
concerning the EIB.

Article 23

Report

The Commission shall examine progress achieved in implementing the measures undertaken pursuant to
this Regulation and shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council an annual report on the imple-
mentation of the assistance. The report shall also be addressed to the European Economic and Social
Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The report shall contain information relating to the previous
year on the measures financed and information on the results of monitoring and evaluation exercises and
the implementation of budget commitments and payments, broken down by country, region and coopera-
tion sector.

Article 24

Financial envelope

The financial envelope for implementation of this Regulation over the period 2007-2013 is 2 062 000 000
Euro. Annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial
framework.

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In the period 2007-2013:

a) no more than 7 percentage points of the financial envelope shall be allocated to measures falling under

point 1) of Article 4;

b) no more than 15 percentage points of the financial envelope shall be allocated to measures falling under

point 2) of Article 4;

c) no more than 5 percentage points of the financial envelope shall be allocated to measures falling under

point 3) of Article 4.

Article 25

Review

The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council, by 31 December 2010, a report
evaluating the implementation of this Regulation in the first three years, if appropriate with a proposal intro-
ducing the modifications to the Regulation.

Article 26

Repeal

1.

As of 1 January 2007 the following Regulations are repealed:

— Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2001 on

operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries (1);

— Council Regulation (EC) No 1725/2001 of 23 July 2001 concerning action against anti-personnel land-

mines in third countries other than developing countries (2);

— Regulation (EC) No 1724/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2001

concerning action against anti-personnel landmines in developing countries (3);

— Council Regulation (EC) No 381/2001 of 26 February 2001 creating a rapid-reaction mechanism (4);

— Council Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000 of 22 May 2000 on support for the United Nations Interim
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(OHR) (5), with the exception of Article 1a of that Regulation;

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2046/97 of 13 October 1997 on north-south cooperation in the campaign

against drugs and drug addiction (6);

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 of 22 November 1996 on rehabilitation and reconstruction opera-

tions in developing countries (7);

(1) OJ L 287, 31.10.2001, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2110/2005 (OJ L 344, 27.12.2005,

p. 1).

(2) OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 6. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2112/2005 (OJ L 344, 27.12.2005, p. 23).
(3) OJ L 234, 1.9. 2001, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2110/2005.
(4) OJ L 57, 27.2. 2001, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 122, 24.5.2000, p. 27. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2098/2003 (OJ L 316, 29.11.2003, p. 1).
(6) OJ L 287, 21.10. 1997, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2110/2005.
(7) OJ L 306, 28.11. 1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2110/2005.

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The repealed Regulations shall continue to apply for legal acts and commitments implementing the

2.
budget years preceding 2007.

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Article 27

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Strasbourg, …

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

ANNEX

STABILITY INSTRUMENT

Declaration of the Commission

The Commission will inform the Parliament in a timely manner of exceptional assistance measures adopted.

The Commission will ensure that measures adopted under article 4.1(a) in relation to the fight against
terrorism and organised crime are in accordance with international law. Such measures will be targeted at
countries which demonstrate a clear political will to address these problems in a manner which ensures full
respect for their international human rights obligations and applicable humanitarian law. The Commission
will monitor carefully the implementation of such measures to ensure compliance with these principles.

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P6_TA(2006)0308

Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing
(COM(2004)0627 — C6-0047/2005 —
an Instrument

for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)

2004/0222(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0627) (1),

— having regard to Article 181a of the Treaty establishing the European Community, pursuant to which

the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0047/2005),

— having regard to the Declaration of the Commission on the Democratic Scrutiny and Coherence of
External Actions annexed to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline
and sound financial management (2) and the related exchange of letters,

— having regard to the statement made by the Commission at the plenary sitting of the European
Parliament of 17 May 2006 that ‘the Commission will take due account of any request made by the
European Parliament to the Commission to submit a proposal to suspend or restore Community assis-
tance and will provide a prompt and sufficiently detailed reply thereto’,

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on
International Trade, the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Regional Development and the
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0155/2006),

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

4. Asks the Council
substantially;

to consult Parliament again if

it

intends to amend the Commission proposal

5.

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

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Amendment 1

Recital 2a (new)

The European Parliament has welcomed the addition,
(2a)
by the Treaty of Nice, of Article 181a to the Treaty establishing
the European Community (the EC Treaty), but reiterated its
position that, given the political and budgetary importance of
pre-accession assistance, it would be highly desirable to adopt
the measures necessary for the implementation of economic,
financial and technical cooperation with States which are
candidates for accession to the Union in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 251 of the EC Treaty.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.
(2) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

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BY PARLIAMENT

(11)
Assistance for Candidate Countries as well as for potential
Candidate Countries should continue to support them in their
efforts to strengthen democratic institutions and the rule of
law, reform public administration, respect human as well as
minority rights, support the development of civil society and
advance regional cooperation as well as reconciliation and
reconstruction, and contribute to sustainable development and
poverty reduction in these countries, and should therefore be
institution building
targeted to support a wide range of
measures,

(11)
Assistance for candidate countries as well as for potential
candidate countries under this Regulation, and for other entities
such as individuals and non-governmental organisations
under a separate instrument devoted to the promotion of
human rights and democracy, should continue to support
them in their efforts to strengthen democratic institutions and
the rule of
law, carry out economic reforms aimed at the
promotion of a market economy and free and fair trade,
reform public administration, prepare EU-compatible National
Development Plans, respect human as well as minority rights,
promote gender equality, support the development of civil
society,
improve
including institution-building for NGOs,
consumer rights, and advance regional cooperation as well as
reconciliation and reconstruction, and contribute to sustainable
development and poverty eradication in these countries, and
should therefore be targeted to support a wide range of institu-
tion building measures.

Amendment 3

Recital 13

Assistance for potential Candidate Countries may include
communautaire as well as

(13)
some alignment with the acquis
support for investment projects,

of

(13)
Assistance for potential candidate countries may include
some alignment with the acquis communautaire, facilitating the
formulation
provisional National
Development Plans aiming to build institutional absorption
capacity for future EU assistance, especially in the areas of
rural,
infrastructure and human resources development, as
well as support for investment projects.

EU-compatible

Amendment 4

Recital 14

(14)
Assistance should be provided on the basis of a
comprehensive multi-annual strategy, taking into account the
priorities of the Stabilisation and Association process, as well
as those deriving from the pre-accession process,

the Stabilisation and Association process,

(14)
Assistance should be provided on the basis of a
comprehensive multi-annual strategy that reflects the priorities
of
the domestic
reform objectives of beneficiary countries, as well as the stra-
tegic priorities defined by the European Parliament for the
pre-accession process.

Amendment 5

Recital 16a (new)

(16a)
Potential candidate countries and candidate countries
who have not yet been accredited to manage funds in a
decentralised manner should however be eligible, under the
Transition Assistance and Institution Building component,
for measures and actions of a similar nature to those which
will be available under the Regional Development component,
the Human Resource Development component and the Rural
Development component.

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Amendment 6

Recital 17

External Aid

Assistance should be managed in accordance with the
(17)
rules
in Regulation (EC)
contained
for
1605/2002, making use of the structures that have proved
their worth in the pre-accession process, such as decentralised
management, Twinning and TAIEX, but should also allow for
innovative approaches such as the implementation through
Member States via shared management in case of cross-border
programmes on the external borders of the European Union,

(17)
Assistance should be managed in accordance with the
rules for External Aid contained in Regulation (EC, Euratom)
No 1605/2002, making use of the structures that have proved
their worth in the pre-accession process, such as decentralised
management, Twinning and TAIEX, but should also allow for
innovative approaches such as the implementation through
Member States via shared management in case of cross-border
programmes on the external borders of the European Union.
The transfer of knowledge and expertise regarding the imple-
mentation of the acquis communautaire, from Member States
with relevant
this
Regulation, should be particularly beneficial in this context.

to the beneficiaries

experience

of

Amendment 7

Recital 18

as

the Regional

(18)
The actions necessary for the implementation of the
Transition Assistance and Institution Building Component as
well
and Cross-Border Co-operation
Component are management measures relating to the imple-
mentation of programmes with substantial budgetary implica-
tions, they should therefore be adopted in accordance with
Council Decision 1999/468 of 28 June 1999 laying down the
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred
to the Commission, by submitting multi-annual
indicative
planning documents to a Management Committee,

as

the Regional

(18)
The actions necessary for the implementation of the
Transition Assistance and Institution Building Component as
well
and Cross-Border Co-operation
Component are management measures relating to the imple-
mentation of programmes with substantial budgetary implica-
tions, they should therefore be adopted, having regard to the
recommendation of the European Parliament,
in accordance
with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying
down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers
conferred to the Commission, by submitting multi-annual indi-
cative planning documents to a Management Committee.

Amendment 8

Recital 22

(22) Where a beneficiary country violates the principles the
European Union is founded on, or makes insufficient progress
with respect to the Copenhagen Criteria and the priorities set
down in the European or Accession Partnership, the Council
must, on the basis of a proposal from the Commission, be in a
position to take the necessary measures,

(22) Where a beneficiary country violates the principles the
European Union is founded on, or makes insufficient progress
with respect to the Copenhagen criteria and the priorities set
down in the European or Accession Partnership or the provi-
sions of the Accession Treaty, the Council must, on the basis
of a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the
European Parliament, be in a position to take the necessary
measures,
in which case the Commission should initiate,
within the framework of this Regulation, specific action
aimed at resolving the problems hindering the pre-accession
or accession process.

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Amendment 9

Article 2, paragraph 1, point a

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(a) strengthening democratic institutions and the rule of law,

(a) strengthening democratic institutions and the rule of law
and its enforcement, and promoting accountability and
transparency,

(c) economic reform,

Amendment 10

Article 2, paragraph 1, point c

(c) market-oriented economic reform to build a sustainable
social, environmentally-friendly and competitive economy,
by progressive price and trade liberalisation, gradual inte-
gration into the
customs union, accession to the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the implementa-
tion of WTO rules and those resulting from the Doha
Development Agenda,

Amendment 11

Article 2, paragraph 1, point ca (new)

(ca) preparation of EU-compatible provisional National
Development Plans aimed at building institutional
absorption capacity for future EU assistance, especially
in the areas of rural, infrastructure and human resources
development,

Amendment 12

Article 2, paragraph 1, point da (new)

(da) the promotion of gender equality,

Amendment 14

Article 2, paragraph 1, point e

(e) the development of civil society,

(e) the development of civil society, citizenship and free, inde-
pendent media, including institutional development and
support for non-governmental organisations,

Amendment 15

Article 2, paragraph 1, point ea (new)

(ea) the

economic and social
groups, particularly women,

integration of vulnerable

Amendment 16

Article 2, paragraph 1, point f

(f) reconciliation, confidence building measures and recon-

(f) reconciliation,

return of

refugees, confidence building

struction,

measures and reconstruction,

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Amendment 13

Article 2, paragraph 2, point b

(b) social and economic development,

(b) social,

economic

and

territorial

development

and

cohesion.

Amendment 17

Article 3, paragraph 3

Acting in accordance with the procedure set down in
3.
Article 11 (1)
(a) of this Regulation, the Commission shall
adopt rules for the implementation of this Regulation. Where
these rules concern the implementation of Article 7 to 9 of
this Regulation, the Committees responsible for the Compo-
nent in question shall be consulted first, following the proce-
dure set down in Article 3 of Decision 1999/468/EC,
in
compliance with Article 7 (3) thereof.

Acting in accordance with the procedure set down in
3.
Article 11 (1)
(a) of this Regulation, the Commission shall
adopt rules for the implementation of this Regulation. Where
these rules concern the implementation of Article 7 to 9 of
this Regulation, the Committees responsible for the Compo-
nent in question shall be consulted first, following the proce-
dure set down in Article 3 of Decision 1999/468/EC,
in
compliance with Article 7 (3)
thereof. The implementing
instruments shall be presented to the European Parliament
for its opinion before their adoption.

Amendment 18

Article 4, paragraph 1

as

the

European Partnerships

1.
The Commission shall, on the basis of a strategic
approach, taking into consideration the financial perspective,
as well
and Accession
Partnerships, establish an indicative multi-annual framework
with an allocation of funds by component and country, and
where appropriate per theme. This shall be reviewed annually,
taking into account a set of objective criteria including absorp-
tion capacity, needs assessment, respect of conditionalities, and
capacity of management.
It shall also be reviewed, where
appropriate, in view exceptional assistance measures or interim
response programmes adopted under the Regulation estab-
lishing the Stability Instrument. The funds allocated to cross-
border co-operation programmes with Member States shall be
at least equivalent to the corresponding financing from the
European Regional Development Fund.

as

the

European Partnerships

1.
The Commission, having regard to the recommendation
of the European Parliament, shall, on the basis of a strategic
approach, taking into consideration the financial perspective,
as well
and Accession
Partnerships, establish an indicative multi-annual framework
with an allocation of funds by component and country, and
where appropriate per theme. This shall be reviewed annually
having regard to the recommendation of the European Parlia-
ment, taking into account a set of objective criteria including
absorption capacity, needs assessment, respect of conditional-
ities, and capacity of management. It shall also be reviewed by
in view exceptional
a similar procedure, where appropriate,
assistance measures or interim response programmes adopted
under the Regulation establishing the Stability Instrument. The
funds allocated to cross-border co-operation programmes with
Member States shall be at least equivalent to the corresponding
financing from the European Regional Development Fund.

Amendment 19

Article 4, paragraph 2

2.
The indicative multi-annual framework shall be commu-
nicated annually by the Commission to the Council and the
European Parliament.

2.
The indicative multi-annual framework shall be commu-
nicated in due time annually by the Commission to the
Council and the European Parliament. In its annual report, the
Commission shall set out in detail the extent to which the
European Parliament's recommendations have been taken
into consideration. Should it deviate from the recommenda-
tions of the European Parliament, the Commission shall give
its reasons for doing so.

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Amendment 20

Article 4, paragraph 2a (new)

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2a.
The procedure provided for under paragraphs 1 and 2
shall be without prejudice to the European Parliament's
prerogatives as budgetary authority under the Treaty.

Amendment 21

Article 6, paragraph 2

2.
Such cooperation shall have the objective of fostering
stability, security and prosperity in the mutual interest of all
countries concerned, and of encouraging their harmonious,
balanced and sustainable development.

2.
Such cooperation shall have the objective of promoting
good neighbourly relations, fostering stability, security, pros-
perity and social cohesion in the mutual interest of all coun-
tries
encouraging their harmonious,
balanced and sustainable development.

concerned,

and of

Amendment 22

Article 10, paragraph 2a (new)

2a.
In exceptional cases, where, in absence of agreement
between a Member State and a beneficiary country, imple-
mentation tasks of a cross-border programme cannot be dele-
gated to Member States, those tasks may be administered in
some other appropriate way in accordance with Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002. The Commission shall ensure
coordination and consistency between assistance provided by
this Regulation and assistance provided by other Community
instruments.

Amendment 23

Article 10, paragraph 5a (new)

Before their

implementation,

the Commission shall
5a.
inform the European Parliament about the Community's aid
programmes under this Regulation. In order for this ex-ante
control
the Commission's reports shall
include all information concerning the actions proposed, the
beneficiaries thereof and the respective financing operations.

to be carried out,

Amendment 24

Article 11, paragraph 3a (new)

The Commission shall

3a.
Parliament on the proceedings of the Committees.

report

to

the European

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Amendment 25

Article 12, paragraph 1

Assistance under this Regulation may,

1.
inter alia, finance
investments, procurement contracts, grants, including interest
rate subsidies, special loans, loan guarantees and financial assis-
tance, budgetary support, and other
forms of
budgetary aid, and the contribution to the capital of interna-
tional financial institutions or the regional development banks.
Budgetary support is contingent on the administration of
public finances of the Partner Country being sufficiently
transparent,
reliable and efficient, and on well-defined
sectorial or macroeconomic policies approved by international
financing institutions having been put in place.

specific

Assistance under this Regulation may,

1.
inter alia, finance
investments, procurement contracts, grants, including interest
rate subsidies, special loans, loan guarantees and financial assis-
tance, and the contribution to the capital of
international
financial institutions or the regional development banks.

Amendment 26

Article 14, title

Implementation of Assistance

Implementation of Assistance and its Visibility

Amendment 27

Article 14, paragraph 2a (new)

2a.
The Commission shall promote detailed information
and publicity about the projects and programmes financed in
order to raise public awareness about the Community action
and its objectives.

Amendment 28

Article 14, paragraph 2b (new)

2b.
The Commission shall ensure consistency between
assistance provided under this Regulation and assistance
provided under
instruments
external
including a separate instrument devoted to the promotion of
human rights and democracy, as well as Member States'
bilateral operations and funding from the EIB, other interna-
tional organisations and regional development banks.

assistance

other

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Article 17, paragraph 2

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

2. Where a beneficiary country fails to respect these princi-
ples or the commitments contained in the relevant Partnership
with the European Union or progress toward fulfilment of the
accession criteria is insufficient, the Council, acting by qualified
majority on a proposal from the Commission, may take appro-
priate steps with regard to any assistance granted under this
Regulation.

2. Where a beneficiary country fails to respect these princi-
ples or the commitments contained in the relevant Partnership
with or Accession Treaty to the European Union or progress
toward fulfilment of the accession criteria is insufficient, the
Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the
Commission and after consulting the European Parliament,
may take appropriate steps with regard to any assistance
granted under this Regulation. In that case, the Commission
shall
this Regulation,
specific action aimed at resolving the problems hindering the
pre-accession or accession process.

initiate, within the framework of

Amendment 30

Article 17, paragraph 2a (new)

The European Parliament may request the Commission
2a.
to submit a proposal to the Council pursuant to paragraph 2
on taking appropriate steps with regard to any assistance
granted under this Regulation. The Commission shall submit
its proposal to the Council within 3 months of receiving the
request, or shall give its reasons for not doing so.

Amendment 31

Article 18

If a beneficiary country listed in Annex I of this Regulation is,
pursuant to a decision of the Council acting under Art. 49,
paragraph 1, first sentence of the Treaty on European Union,
granted Candidate status,
the Council, acting by qualified
majority on the basis of a proposal from the Commission will
transfer that country from Annex I to Annex II.

1.
If a beneficiary country listed in Annex I of this regu-
lation is, pursuant to a decision of the Council acting under
Article 49, paragraph 1, first sentence of the Treaty on Euro-
pean Union, granted Candidate status, the Council, acting by a
qualified majority on the basis of a proposal from the Commis-
sion, and after consulting the European Parliament, will
transfer that country from Annex I to Annex II.

Amendment 32

Article 18, paragraph 1a (new)

1a.
If the European Council recognises a State as a poten-
tial candidate for membership of the European Union, the
Council, acting by a qualified majority on the basis of a
proposal from the Commission, and after consulting the
European Parliament, shall include that country in Annex I.

Amendment 33

Article 20a (new)

Article 20a

1.
Not later than 30 June 2010, the Commission shall
submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report
on the implementation of this Regulation together with a
legislative proposal introducing the necessary modifications.

2.
The European Parliament and the Council, acting
on a proposal by the Commission, shall re-examine this
Regulation by 31 December 2013.

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Implementing
agreement)

powers

conferred

on

the Commisison (Interinstitutional

European Parliament decision on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement taking the form
of a joint statement concerning the draft for a Council Decision amending Decision 1999/468/EC
laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission
(new regulatory procedure with scrutiny) (10125/2006 — C6-0208/2006 — 2006/2152(ACI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the third indent of

Article 202 thereof,

— having regard to Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the

exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1),

— having regard to the Commission proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 1999/468/EC

(COM(2002)0719) (2),

— having regard to the declaration of former Commission President Prodi before the European Parliament

of 5 February 2002 (the ‘Prodi Declaration’),

— having regard to its position of 2 September 2003 (3),

— having regard to its resolution of 5 February 2002 on the implementation of

financial services

legislation (4),

— having regard to the amended proposal from the Commission (COM(2004)0324) (5),

— having regard to the draft Council Decision (10126/1/2006 — C6-0190/2006) (6),

— having regard to the draft joint statement (10125/2006 — C6-0208/2006),

— having regard to Rule 120(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0237/2006), Whereas,

A. the Council and the Commission agreed last autumn to open talks on the possibilities for carrying on

the reform of the comitology procedures on the basis of the Commission's amended proposal,

B.

the Conference of Presidents decided on 10 November 2005 to begin discussions with the Council and
the Commission on the comitology procedures and gave a mandate to this end to the Chairman of the
Conference of Committee Chairmen and the Rapporteur of the committee responsible, which was
renewed on 19 January 2006,

C.

these talks have led to a draft for a new procedure and draft statements in connection with the decision
to be taken on this procedure,

D. the Decision will introduce into the 1999 Decision on comitology a new procedure, known as the ‘regu-
latory procedure with scrutiny’, which will entitle the European Parliament and the Council to scrutinise
‘quasi-legislative’ measures implementing an instrument adopted by codecision on an equal footing and
to reject such measures,

(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(2) Not yet published in OJ.
(3) OJ C 76 E, 25.3.2004, p. 82.
(4) OJ C 284 E, 21.11.2002, p. 115.
(5) Not yet published in OJ.
(6) Not yet published in OJ.

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E.

the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe signed by all Heads of Government and State grants
Parliament the right to revoke the delegation of powers (Article I-36). The final compromise text for a
new regulatory procedure with scrutiny does not provide for such a right for the Parliament. The right
to revoke a delegation of powers will therefore remain one of the key demands of the European
Parliament, something which could be achieved notably by the Constitutional Treaty,

F.

the decision will be accompanied by a joint statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the
Commission, a statement by the Commission to be recorded in the minutes of the Council and state-
ments by the Commission concerning the implementation and application of the new procedure,

G. these statements reflect important points brought into the negotiations by the three institutions, without
which the compromise on the new procedure would not have been achieved and its practical effect
would not have been secured,

1. Approves the conclusion of the agreement taking the form of a joint statement annexed to this
decision;

Takes note of the statement by the Commission concerning its undertaking to take transparency

2.
measures, made in connection with the joint statement;

Takes note of the statements by the Commission concerning the language regime and the starting point

3.
of the period for scrutiny and the alignment of acts in force made on the same occasion;

4.

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission, for information.

Statement of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission

1.
The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission welcome the forthcoming adoption of the
Council Decision amending Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures
for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1). The inclusion in the 1999
Decision of a new procedure, known as the ‘regulatory procedure with scrutiny’, will enable the legislator to
scrutinise the adoption of ‘quasi-legislative’ measures implementing an instrument adopted by codecision.

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission emphasise that,

2.
in the context of the
existing Treaty, this Decision provides a horizontal and satisfactory solution to the European Parliament's
wish to scrutinise the implementation of instruments adopted under the codecision procedure.

3. Without prejudice to the rights of the legislative authorities, the European Parliament and the Council
recognise that the principles of good legislation require that implementing powers be conferred on the
Commission without time-limit. However, where an adaptation is necessary within a specified period, the
European Parliament, the Council and the Commission consider that a clause requesting the Commission to
submit a proposal to revise or abrogate the provisions concerning the delegation of implementing powers
could strengthen the scrutiny exercised by the legislator.

4.
This new procedure will apply following its entry into force to the quasi-legislative measures provided
for in instruments adopted in accordance with the codecision procedure, including those provided for in
instruments to be adopted in future in the financial services field (Lamfalussy instruments). However, for it
to be applicable to instruments adopted by codecision which are already in force, those instruments must be
adjusted in accordance with the applicable procedures, so as to replace the regulatory procedure laid down
in Article 5 of Decision 1999/468/EC by the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, wherever there are
measures which fall within its scope.

(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission consider that the following instruments

5.
should be adjusted as a matter of urgency:

(a) Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on nutrition and health claims made on

foods (not yet published in the Official Journal);

(b) Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 re-casting
Council Directive 93/6/EEC of 15 March 1993 on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit
institutions (not yet published in the Official Journal);

(c) Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 re-casting
Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 relating to the
taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (not yet published in the Official Journal);

(d) Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on statutory
audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and
83/349/EEC and repealing Council Directive 84/253/EEC (OJ L 157, 9.6.2006, p. 87);

(e) Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 estab-
lishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen
Borders Code) (OJ L 105, 13.4.2006, p. 1);

(f) Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the
prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist finan-
cing (OJ L 309, 25.11.2005, p. 15);

(g) Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a
framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council
Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council (OJ L 191, 22.7.2005, p. 29);

(h) Directive 2005/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2005 amending
Council Directives 73/239/EEC, 85/611/EEC, 91/675/EEC, 92/49/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directives
94/19/EC, 98/78/EC, 2000/12/EC, 2001/34/EC, 2002/83/EC and 2002/87/EC in order to establish a
new organisational structure for financial services committees (OJ L 79, 24.3.2005, p. 9);

(i) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on
maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending
Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1);

(j) Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the
harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities
are admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2001/34/EC (OJ L 390,
31.12.2004, p. 38);

(k) Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in
financial
amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive
2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC
(OJ L 145, 30.4.2004, p. 1);

instruments

(l) Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the
prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and
amending Directive 2001/34/EC (OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 64);

(m) Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003

on genetically modified food and feed (OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1);

(n) Directive 2003/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 June 2003 on the activities
and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (OJ L 235, 23.9.2003, p. 10);

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(o) Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on insider

dealing and market manipulation (market abuse) (OJ L 96, 12.4.2003, p. 16);

(p) Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste

electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 24);

(q) Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (OJ L 37,
13.2.2003, p. 19);

(r) Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the
supplementary supervision of credit institutions,
insurance undertakings and investment firms in a
financial conglomerate and amending Council Directives 73/239/EEC, 79/267/EEC, 92/49/EEC,
92/96/EEC, 93/6/EEC and 93/22/EEC, and Directives 98/78/EC and 2000/12/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 35, 11.2.2003, p. 1);

(s) Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 July 2002 on the

application of international accounting standards (OJ L 243, 11.9.2002, p. 1);

(t) Directive 2001/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 January 2002 amending
Council Directive 85/611/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions
relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) with a view to regu-
lating management companies and simplified prospectuses (OJ L 41, 13.2.2002, p. 20);

(u) Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the

Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67);

(v) Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the delib-
erate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive
90/220/EEC (OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p. 1);

(w) Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing

a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1);

(x) Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of

life vehicles (OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34);

(y) Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the

placing of biocidal products on the market (OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1);

To this end, the Commission has indicated that it will shortly submit proposals to the European Parliament
and the Council for the amendment of the instruments referred to above, so as to introduce the regulatory
procedure with scrutiny and consequently repeal any provisions of these instruments that provide for a
time-limit on the delegation of implementing powers to the Commission. The European Parliament and the
Council will ensure that the proposals are adopted as rapidly as possible.

6.
In accordance with the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2003 on better law-making (1),
the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission draw attention to the important role played by
implementing measures in legislation.
the
Interinstitutional Agreement of 22 December 1998 on common guidelines for the quality of drafting of
Community legislation (2) should apply in any event to measures of general scope adopted under the new
regulatory procedure with scrutiny.

the general principles of

they consider

In addition,

that

(1) OJ C 321, 31.12.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 73, 17.3.1999, p. 1.

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Implementing powers conferred on the Commission (procedures) *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the draft Council Decision amending Decision 1999/
468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the
Commission (10126/1/2006 — C6-0190/2006 — 2002/0298(CNS))

(Consultation procedure — renewed consultation)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the third indent of

Article 202 thereof,

— having regard to Article I-36 of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (1),

— having regard to the draft Council Decision (10126/1/2006) (2),

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council

(COM(2002)0719) (3) and the amended

proposal (COM(2004)0324) (4),

— having regard to its position of 2 September 2003 (5),

— having been reconsulted by the Council pursuant to Article 202 of the EC Treaty (C6-0190/2006),

— having regard to Rules 51 and 55(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0236/2006),

1. Approves the draft Council Decision;

2. Asks its competent committee to examine whether it would be appropriate to modify the Rules of
Procedure, and in particular Rule 81, so as to enable Parliament to make use of its rights under the new
regulatory procedure with scrutiny under the best possible conditions;

3.

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

(1) OJ C 310, 16.12.2004, p. 1.
(2) Not yet published in OJ.
(3) Not yet published in OJ.
(4) Not yet published in OJ.
(5) OJ C 76 E, 25.3.2004, p. 82.

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Payer information with transfers of funds ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European
Parliament and of the Council on information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds
(COM(2005)0343 — C6-0246/2005 — 2005/0138(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2005)0343) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0246/2005),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the

opinion of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0196/2006),

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0138

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 July 2006 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2006 of the European Parliament and Council on information on
the payer accompanying transfers of funds

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

Flows of dirty money through transfers of funds can damage the stability and reputation of the finan-
cial sector and threaten the internal market. Terrorism shakes the very foundations of our society. The
soundness, integrity and stability of the system of transfers of funds and confidence in the financial
system as a whole could be seriously jeopardised by the efforts of criminals and their associates either
to disguise the origin of criminal proceeds or to transfer funds for terrorist purposes.

(1) OJ C 336, 31.12.2005, p. 109.
(2) Position of the European Parliament of 6 July 2006.

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(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

In order to facilitate their criminal activities, money launderers and terrorist financers could try to
take advantage of the freedom of capital movements entailed by the integrated financial area, unless
certain coordinating measures are adopted at Community level. By its scale, Community action
should ensure that Special Recommendation VII on wire transfers (SR VII) of the Financial Action
Task Force (FATF) established by the Paris G7 Summit of 1989 is transposed uniformly throughout
the European Union, and, in particular, that there is no discrimination between national payments
within a Member State and cross-border payments between Member States. Uncoordinated action by
Member States alone in the field of cross-border transfers of funds could have a significant impact on
the smooth functioning of payment systems at EU level, and therefore damage the internal market in
the field of financial services.

In the wake of the terrorist attacks in the USA on 11 September 2001, the extraordinary European
Council on 21 September 2001 reiterated that the fight against terrorism is a key objective of the
European Union. The European Council approved a plan of action dealing with enhanced police and
judicial cooperation, developing international legal instruments against terrorism, preventing terrorist
funding, strengthening air security and greater consistency between all relevant policies. This plan of
action was revised by the European Council following the terrorist attacks of 11 March 2004 in
Madrid, and now specifically addresses the need to ensure that the legislative framework created by
the Community for the purpose of combating terrorism and improving judicial cooperation is
adapted to the nine Special Recommendations against Terrorist Financing adopted by the FATF.

In order to prevent terrorist funding, measures aimed at the freezing of funds and economic resources
of certain persons, groups and entities have been taken, including Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 (1),
and Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 (2). To that same end, measures aimed at protecting the financial
system against the channelling of funds and economic resources for terrorist purposes have been
taken. Directive 2005/60/EC (3) contains a number of measures aimed at combating the misuse of
the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing. Those measures do
not, however, fully prevent terrorists and other criminals from having access to payment systems for
moving their funds.

In order to foster a coherent approach in the international context in the field of combating money
laundering and terrorist financing, further Community action should take account of developments at
that level, namely the nine Special Recommendations against Terrorist Financing adopted by the
FATF, and in particular SR VII and the revised interpretative note for its implementation.

The full traceability of transfers of funds can be a particularly important and valuable tool in the
prevention, investigation and detection of money laundering or terrorist financing. It is therefore
appropriate,
information on the payer throughout the
payment chain, to provide for a system imposing the obligation on payment service providers to have
transfers of funds accompanied by accurate and meaningful information on the payer.

in order to ensure the transmission of

(7)

The provisions of this Regulation apply without prejudice to Directive 95/46/EC (4). For example,
information collected and kept for the purpose of this Regulation should not be used for commercial
purposes.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain
persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism (OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 70). Regulation as last amended by
Council Decision 2006/379/EC (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 21).

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against
certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban (OJ L 139,
29.5.2002, p. 9). Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1286/2006 (OJ L 235, 30.8.2006,
p. 14).

(3) Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the
use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing (OJ L 309, 25.11.2005,
p. 15).

(4) Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of indivi-
duals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 281, 23.11.1995,
p. 31). Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

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(8)

(9)

Persons who merely convert paper documents into electronic data and are acting under a contract
with a payment service provider do not fall within the scope of this Regulation; the same applies to
any natural or legal person who provides payment service providers solely with messaging or other
support systems for transmitting funds or with clearing and settlement systems.

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It is appropriate to exclude from the scope of this Regulation transfers of funds that represent a low
risk of money laundering or terrorist financing. Such exclusions should cover credit or debit cards,
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) withdrawals, direct debits, truncated cheques, payments of taxes,
fines or other levies, and transfers of funds where both the payer and the payee are payment service
providers acting on their own behalf. In addition, in order to reflect the special characteristics of
national payment systems, Member States may exempt electronic giro payments, provided that it is
always possible to trace the transfer of funds back to the payer. Where Member States have applied
the derogation for electronic money in Directive 2005/60/EC,
it should be applied under this
Regulation, provided the amount transacted does not exceed 1 000 Euro.

(10)

The exemption for electronic money, as defined by Directive 2000/46/EC (1), covers electronic money
irrespective of whether the issuer of such money benefits from a waiver under Article 8 of that
Directive.

(11)

In order not to impair the efficiency of payment systems, the verification requirements for transfers
of funds made from an account should be separate from those for transfers of funds not made from
an account. In order to balance the risk of driving transactions underground by imposing overly
strict identification requirements against the potential terrorist threat posed by small transfers of
funds, the obligation to check whether the information on the payer is accurate should, in the case of
transfers of funds not made from an account, be imposed only in respect of individual transfers of
funds that exceed 1 000 Euro, without prejudice to the obligations under Directive 2005/60/EC. For
transfers of funds made from an account, payment service providers should not be required to verify
information on the payer accompanying each transfer of
funds, where the obligations under
Directive 2005/60/EC have been met.

(12) Against the background of Regulation (EC) No 2560/2001 (2) and the Commission Communication
‘A New Legal Framework for Payments in the Internal Market’ (3), it is sufficient to provide for simpli-
fied information on the payer to accompany transfers of funds within the Community.

(13)

In order to allow the authorities responsible for combating money laundering or terrorist financing
in third countries to trace the source of funds used for those purposes, transfers of funds from the
Community to outside the Community should carry complete information on the payer. Those
authorities should be granted access to complete information on the payer only for the purposes of
preventing, investigating and detecting money laundering or terrorist financing.

(14)

For transfers of funds from a single payer to several payees to be sent in an inexpensive way in batch
files containing individual transfers from the Community to outside the Community, provision
should be made for such individual transfers to carry only the account number of the payer or a
unique identifier provided that the batch file contains complete information on the payer.

(15)

In order to check whether the required information on the payer accompanies transfers of funds, and
to help to identify suspicious transactions, the payment service provider of the payee should have
effective procedures in place in order to detect whether information on the payer is missing.

(1) Directive 2000/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the taking up, pursuit

of and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions (OJ L 275, 27.10.2000, p. 39).

(2) Regulation (EC) No 2560/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2001 on cross-border

payments in euro (OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 13).

(3) COM(2003) 0718 final.

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(16) Owing to the potential terrorist financing threat posed by anonymous transfers, it is appropriate to
enable the payment service provider of the payee to avoid or correct such situations when it becomes
aware that information on the payer is missing or incomplete. In this regard, flexibility should be
allowed as concerns the extent of information on the payer on a risk-sensitive basis. In addition, the
accuracy and completeness of information on the payer should remain the responsibility of the
payment service provider of the payer. Where the payment service provider of the payer is situated
in
outside the territory of the Community, enhanced customer due diligence should be applied,
accordance with Directive 2005/60/EC, in respect of cross-border correspondent banking relation-
ships with that payment service provider.

(17) Where guidance is given by national competent authorities as regards the obligations either to reject
all transfers from a payment service provider which regularly fails to supply the required information
on the payer or to decide whether or not to restrict or terminate a business relationship with that
payment service provider, it should inter alia be based on the convergence of best practices and
should also take into account the fact that the revised interpretative note to SR VII of the FATF allows
third countries to set a threshold of 1 000 Euro or USD 1 000 for the obligation to send information
on the payer, without prejudice to the objective of efficiently combating money laundering and
terrorist financing.

(18)

In any event, the payment service provider of the payee should exercise special vigilance, assessing the
risks, when it becomes aware that information on the payer is missing or incomplete, and should
report suspicious transactions to the competent authorities, in accordance with the reporting obliga-
tions set out in Directive 2005/60/EC and national implementing measures.

(19)

The provisions on transfers of funds where information on the payer is missing or incomplete apply
without prejudice to any obligations on payment service providers to suspend and/or reject transfers
of funds which violate provisions of civil, administrative or criminal law.

(20) Until technical limitations that may prevent intermediary payment service providers from satisfying
the obligation to transmit all the information they receive on the payer are removed, those inter-
mediary payment service providers should keep records of that information. Such technical limita-
tions should be removed as soon as payment systems are upgraded.

(21)

Since in criminal investigations it may not be possible to identify the data required or the individuals
involved until many months, or even years, after the original transfer of funds, it is appropriate to
require payment service providers to keep records of information on the payer for the purposes of
preventing, investigating and detecting money laundering or terrorist financing. This period should
be limited.

(22)

To enable prompt action to be taken in the fight against terrorism, payment service providers should
respond promptly to requests for information on the payer from the authorities responsible for
combating money laundering or terrorist financing in the Member State where they are situated.

(23)

The number of working days in the Member State of the payment service provider of the payer deter-
mines the number of days to respond to requests for information on the payer.

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(24) Given the importance of the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, Member States
should lay down effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties in national law for failure to comply
with this Regulation.

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(25)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance
with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of
implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1).

(26) A number of countries and territories which do not form part of the territory of the Community
share a monetary union with a Member State, form part of the currency area of a Member State or
have signed a monetary convention with the European Community represented by a Member State,
and have payment service providers that participate directly or indirectly in the payment and settle-
ment systems of that Member State. In order to avoid the application of this Regulation to transfers
of funds between the Member States concerned and those countries or territories having a significant
negative effect on the economies of those countries or territories, it is appropriate to provide for the
possibility for such transfers of funds to be treated as transfers of funds within the Member States
concerned.

(27)

In order not to discourage donations for charitable purposes, it is appropriate to authorise Member
States to exempt payment services providers situated in their territory from collecting, verifying,
recording, or sending information on the payer for transfers of funds up to a maximum amount of
150 Euro executed within the territory of that Member State. It is also appropriate to make this
in order to allow
option conditional upon requirements to be met by non-profit organisations,
Member States to ensure that this exemption does not give rise to abuse by terrorists as a cover for
or a means of facilitating the financing of their activities.

(28)

Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can
therefore, by reason of the scale or effects of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the
Community may adopt measures,
in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in
Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article,
this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

(29)

In order to establish a coherent approach in the field of combating money laundering and terrorist
financing, the main provisions of this Regulation should apply from the same date as the relevant
provisions adopted at international level,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

SUBJECT MATTER, DEFINITIONS AND SCOPE

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation lays down rules on information on the payer to accompany transfers of funds for the
purposes of the prevention, investigation and detection of money laundering and terrorist financing.

(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as last amended by Council Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006,

p. 11).

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Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1) ‘terrorist financing’ means the provision or collection of funds within the meaning of Article 1(4) of

Directive 2005/60/EC;

2) ‘money laundering’ means any conduct which, when committed intentionally, is regarded as money laun-

dering for the purposes of Article 1(2) or (3) of Directive 2005/60/EC;

3) ‘payer’ means either a natural or legal person who holds an account and allows a transfer of funds from
that account, or, where there is no account, a natural or legal person who places an order for a transfer
of funds;

4) ‘payee’ means a natural or legal person who is the intended final recipient of transferred funds;

5) ‘payment service provider’ means a natural or legal person whose business includes the provision of

transfer of funds services;

6) ‘intermediary payment service provider’ means a payment service provider, neither of the payer nor of

the payee, that participates in the execution of transfers of funds;

7) ‘transfer of funds’ means any transaction carried out on behalf of a payer through a payment service
provider by electronic means, with a view to making funds available to a payee at a payment service
provider, irrespective of whether the payer and the payee are the same person;

8) ‘batch file transfer’ means several

individual

transfers of

funds which are bundled together

for

transmission;

9) ‘unique identifier’ means a combination of letters, numbers or symbols, determined by the payment
service provider, in accordance with the protocols of the payment and settlement system or messaging
system used to effect the transfer of funds.

Article 3

Scope

This Regulation shall apply to transfers of funds, in any currency, which are sent or received by a

1.
payment service provider established in the Community.

This Regulation shall not apply to transfers of funds carried out using a credit or debit card, provided

2.
that:

a)

the payee has an agreement with the payment service provider permitting payment for the provision of
goods and services; and

b) a unique identifier, allowing the transaction to be traced back to the payer, accompanies such transfer of

funds.

3. Where a Member State chooses to apply the derogation set out in Article 11(5)(d) of Directive
2005/60/EC, this Regulation shall not apply to transfers of funds using electronic money covered by that
derogation, except where the amount transferred exceeds 1 000 Euro.

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4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, this Regulation shall not apply to transfers of funds carried out by
means of a mobile telephone or any other digital or Information Technology (IT) device, when such transfers
are pre-paid and do not exceed 150 Euro.

This Regulation shall not apply to transfers of funds carried out by means of a mobile telephone or

5.
any other digital or IT device, when such transfers are post-paid and meet all of the following conditions:

a)

the payee has an agreement with the payment service provider permitting payment for the provision of
goods and services;

b) a unique identifier, allowing the transaction to be traced back to the payer, accompanies the transfer of

funds; and

c)

the payment service provider is subject to the obligations set out in Directive 2005/60/EC.

6. Member States may decide not to apply this Regulation to transfers of funds within that Member State
to a payee account permitting payment for the provision of goods or services if:

a)

the payment service provider of the payee is subject to the obligations set out in Directive 2005/60/EC;

b) the payment service provider of the payee is able by means of a unique reference number to trace back,
through the payee, the transfer of funds from the natural or legal person who has an agreement with the
payee for the provision of goods and services; and

c)

the amount transacted is 1 000 Euro or less.

Member States making use of this derogation shall inform the Commission thereof.

7.

This Regulation shall not apply to transfers of funds:

a) where the payer withdraws cash from his or her own account;

b) where there is a debit transfer authorisation between two parties permitting payments between them
through accounts, provided that a unique identifier accompanies the transfer of funds, enabling the
natural or legal person to be traced back;

c) where truncated cheques are used;

d) to public authorities for taxes, fines or other levies within a Member State;

e) where both the payer and the payee are payment service providers acting on their own behalf.

CHAPTER II

OBLIGATIONS ON THE PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE PAYER

Article 4

Complete information on the payer

1.

Complete information on the payer shall consist of his name, address and account number.

The address may be substituted with the date and place of birth of the payer, his customer identifica-

2.
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3. Where the payer does not have an account number, the payment service provider of the payer shall
substitute it by a unique identifier which allows the transaction to be traced back to the payer.

Article 5

Information accompanying transfers of funds and record keeping

Payment service providers shall ensure that transfers of funds are accompanied by complete informa-

1.
tion on the payer.

2.
The payment service provider of the payer shall, before transferring the funds, verify the complete
information on the payer on the basis of documents, data or information obtained from a reliable and inde-
pendent source.

3.

In the case of transfers of funds from an account, verification may be deemed to have taken place if:

a) a payer's identity has been verified in connection with the opening of the account and the information
obtained by this verification has been stored in accordance with the obligations set out in Articles 8(2)
and 30(a) of Directive 2005/60/EC; or

b) the payer falls within the scope of Article 9(6) of Directive 2005/60/EC.

4.
However, without prejudice to Article 7(c) of Directive 2005/60/EC, in the case of transfers of funds
not made from an account, the payment service provider of the payer shall verify the information on the
payer only where the amount exceeds 1 000 Euro, unless the transaction is carried out in several operations
that appear to be linked and together exceed 1 000 Euro.

The payment service provider of the payer shall for five years keep records of complete information

5.
on the payer which accompanies transfers of funds.

Article 6

Transfers of funds within the Community

1.
By way of derogation from Article 5(1), where both the payment service provider of the payer and the
payment service provider of the payee are situated in the Community, transfers of funds shall be required to
be accompanied only by the account number of the payer or a unique identifier allowing the transaction to
be traced back to the payer.

However, if so requested by the payment service provider of the payee, the payment service provider
2.
of the payer shall make available to the payment service provider of the payee complete information on the
payer, within three working days of receiving that request.

Article 7

Transfers of funds from the Community to outside the Community

Transfers of funds where the payment service provider of the payee is situated outside the Community

1.
shall be accompanied by complete information on the payer.

In the case of batch file transfers from a single payer where the payment service providers of the
2.
payees are situated outside the Community, paragraph 1 shall not apply to the individual transfers bundled
together therein, provided that the batch file contains that information and that the individual transfers
carry the account number of the payer or a unique identifier.

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OBLIGATIONS ON THE PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE PAYEE

Article 8

Detection of missing information on the payer

The payment service provider of the payee shall detect whether, in the messaging or payment and settlement
system used to effect a transfer of funds, the fields relating to the information on the payer have been
completed using the characters or inputs admissible within the conventions of that messaging or payment
and settlement system. Such provider shall have effective procedures in place in order to detect whether the
following information on the payer is missing:

a)

for transfers of funds where the payment service provider of the payer is situated in the Community, the
information required under Article 6;

b) for transfers of funds where the payment service provider of the payer is situated outside the Community,
complete information on the payer as referred to in Article 4, or where applicable, the information
required under Article 13; and

c)

for batch file transfers where the payment service provider of the payer is situated outside the Com-
munity, complete information on the payer as referred to in Article 4 in the batch file transfer only, but
not in the individual transfers bundled therein.

Article 9

Transfers of funds with missing or incomplete information on the
payer

If the payment service provider of the payee becomes aware, when receiving transfers of funds, that
1.
information on the payer required under this Regulation is missing or incomplete, it shall either reject the
transfer or ask for complete information on the payer. In any event, the payment service provider of the
payee shall comply with any applicable law or administrative provisions relating to money laundering and
terrorist
in particular, Regulations (EC) No 2580/2001 and (EC) No 881/2002, Directive
2005/60/EC and any national implementing measures.

financing,

2. Where a payment service provider regularly fails to supply the required information on the payer, the
payment service provider of the payee shall take steps, which may initially include the issuing of warnings
and setting of deadlines, before either rejecting any future transfers of funds from that payment service
provider or deciding whether or notto restrict or terminate its business relationship with that payment
service provider.

The payment service provider of the payee shall report that fact tothe authorities responsible for combating
money laundering or terrorist financing.

Article 10

Risk-based assessment

The payment service provider of the payee shall consider missing or incomplete information on the payer as
a factor in assessing whether the transfer of funds, or any related transaction, is suspicious, and whether it
must be reported, in accordance with the obligations set out in Chapter III of Directive 2005/60/EC, to the
authorities responsible for combating money laundering or terrorist financing.

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Article 11

Record keeping

The payment service provider of the payee shall for five years keep records of any information received on
the payer.

CHAPTER IV

OBLIGATIONS ON INTERMEDIARY PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS

Article 12

Keeping information on the payer with the transfer

Intermediary payment service providers shall ensure that all information received on the payer that accom-
panies a transfer of funds is kept with the transfer.

Article 13

Technical limitations

This Article shall apply where the payment service provider of the payer is situated outside the Com-

1.
munity and the intermediary payment service provider is situated within the Community.

Unless the intermediary payment service provider becomes aware, when receiving a transfer of funds,
2.
that information on the payer required under this Regulation is missing or incomplete,
it may use a
payment system with technical limitations which prevents information on the payer from accompanying the
transfer of funds to send transfers of funds to the payment service provider of the payee.

3. Where the intermediary payment service provider becomes aware, when receiving a transfer of funds,
that information on the payer required under this Regulation is missing or incomplete, it shall only use a
payment system with technical limitations if it is able to inform the payment service provider of the payee
thereof, either within a messaging or payment system that provides for communication of this fact or
through another procedure, provided that the manner of communication is accepted by, or agreed between,
both payment service providers.

4. Where the intermediary payment service provider uses a payment system with technical limitations,
the intermediary payment service provider shall, upon request from the payment service provider of the
payee, make available to that payment service provider all the information on the payer which it has
received, irrespective of whether it is complete or not, within three working days of receiving that request.

In the cases referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, the intermediary payment service provider shall for five

5.
years keep records of all information received.

CHAPTER V

GENERAL OBLIGATIONS AND IMPLEMENTING POWERS

Article 14

Cooperation obligations

Payment service providers shall respond fully and without delay, in accordance with the procedural require-
ments established in the national law of the Member State in which they are situated, to enquiries from the
authorities responsible for combating money laundering or terrorist
that Member State
concerning the information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds and corresponding records.

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Without prejudice to national criminal law and the protection of fundamental rights, those authorities may
use that information only for the purposes of preventing, investigating or detecting money laundering or
terrorist financing.

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Article 15

Penalties and monitoring

1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of
this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Such penalties
shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. They shall apply from 15 December 2007.

2. Member States shall notify the Commission of the rules referred to in paragraph 1 and the authorities
responsible for their application by 14 December 2007 at the latest, and shall notify it without delay of any
subsequent amendment affecting them.

3. Member States shall require competent authorities to effectively monitor, and take necessary measures
with a view to ensuring, compliance with the requirements of this Regulation.

Article 16

Committee procedure

The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on the Prevention of Money Laundering and

1.
Terrorist Financing established by Directive 2005/60/EC, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply,
having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof and provided that the implementing measures adopted
in accordance with this procedure do not modify the essential provisions of this Regulation.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

CHAPTER VI

DEROGATIONS

Article 17

Agreements with territories or countries which do not form part of
the territory of the Community

1.
The Commission may authorise any Member State to conclude agreements, under national arrange-
ments, with a country or territory which does not form part of the territory of the Community as deter-
mined in accordance with Article 299 of the Treaty, which contain derogations from this Regulation, in
order to allow for transfers of funds between that country or territory and the Member State concerned to
be treated as transfers of funds within that Member State.

Such agreements may be authorised only if:

a)

the country or territory concerned shares a monetary union with the Member State concerned, forms
part of the currency area of that Member State or has signed a Monetary Convention with the European
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b) payment service providers in the country or territory concerned participate directly or indirectly in

payment and settlement systems in that Member State; and

c)

the country or territory concerned requires payment service providers under its jurisdiction to apply the
same rules as those established under this Regulation.

Any Member State wishing to conclude an agreement as referred to in paragraph 1 shall send an appli-

2.
cation to the Commission and provide it with all the necessary information.

Upon receipt by the Commission of an application from a Member State, transfers of funds between that
Member State and the country or territory concerned shall be provisionally treated as transfers of funds
within that Member State, until a decision is reached in accordance with the procedure set out in this
Article.

If the Commission considers that it does not have all the necessary information, it shall contact the Member
State concerned within two months of receipt of the application and specify the additional information
required.

Once the Commission has all the information it considers necessary for appraisal of the request, it shall
within one month notify the requesting Member State accordingly and shall transmit the request to the
other Member States.

3. Within three months of the notification referred to in the fourth subparagraph of paragraph 2, the
Commission shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 16(2), whether to authorise
the Member State concerned to conclude the agreement referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.

In any event, a decision as referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adopted within eighteen months of
receipt of the application by the Commission.

Article 18

Transfers of funds to non-profit organisations within a Member State

1. Member States may exempt payment service providers situated in their territory from the obligations
set out in Article 5, as regards transfers of funds to organisations carrying out activities for non-profit chari-
table, religious, cultural, educational, social, scientific or fraternal purposes, provided that those organisations
are subject to reporting and external audit requirements or supervision by a public authority or self-regula-
law and that those transfers of funds are limited to a maximum
tory body recognised under national
amount of 150 Euro per transfer and take place exclusively within the territory of that Member State.

2. Member States making use of this Article shall communicate to the Commission the measures that
they have adopted for applying the option provided for in paragraph 1, including a list of organisations
covered by the exemption, the names of the natural persons who ultimately control those organisations and
an explanation of how the list will be updated. That information shall also be made available to the authori-
ties responsible for combating money laundering and terrorist financing.

An up-to-date list of organisations covered by the exemption shall be communicated by the Member

3.
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Article 19

Review clause

1.
By … (1) the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council giving
a full economic and legal assessment of the application of this Regulation, accompanied, if appropriate, by a
proposal for its modification or repeal.

2.

a)

That report shall in particular review:

the application of Article 3 with regard to further experience of the possible misuse of electronic money,
as defined in Article 1(3) of Directive 2000/46/EC, and other newly-developed means of payment, for
the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing. Should there be a risk of such misuse, the
Commission shall submit a proposal to amend this Regulation;

b) the application of Article 13 with regard to the technical limitations which may prevent complete infor-
mation on the payer from being transmitted to the payment service provider of the payee. Should it be
possible to overcome such technical limitations in the light of new developments in the payments area,
and taking into account related costs for payment service providers, the Commission shall submit a
proposal to amend this Regulation

CHAPTER VII

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 20

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following the day of its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Union, but in any event not before 1 January 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at …, …

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

(1) Five years after the entry into force of this Regulation.

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P6_TA(2006)0312

Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of
Communities *

the European

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general
budget of the European Communities (COM(2005)0181 — C6-0234/2005 — 2005/0090(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0181) (1),

— having regard to Article 279 of the EC Treaty and Article 183 of the Euratom Treaty, pursuant to which

the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0234/2005),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinions of the Committee on

Development and the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0057/2006),

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended on 15 March 2006 (2);

2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty
and Article 119, second paragraph, of the Euratom Treaty;

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

4. Calls for initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the
Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

5. Asks the Council
substantially;

to consult Parliament again if

it

intends to amend the Commission proposal

6.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.
(2) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0085.

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P6_TA(2006)0313

Mutual information procedure *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the establish-
ment of a mutual information procedure concerning Member States' measures in the areas of
asylum and immigration (COM(2005)0480 — C6-0335/2005 — 2005/0204(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0480) (1),

— having regard to Article 66 of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Article 67 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0335/2005),

— having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

— having regard to Rules 51, 41(4) and Rule 35 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of

the Committee on Civil Liberties,

Justice and Home Affairs

(A6-0186/2006),

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

4. Asks the Council
substantially;

to consult Parliament again if

it

intends to amend the Commission proposal

5.

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

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 3a (new)

This procedure should operate on two levels: on the
(3a)
one hand, via a web-based network, the Member States'
administrations inform each other on the measures taken at
national level in areas of asylum and immigration; on the
other, the political authorities engage in regular debates at
European level on those areas.

Amendment 2

Recital 4

The information procedure should be based on solidarity,

(4)
transparency and mutual confidence;

(4)
The information procedure should be based on solidarity,
transparency and mutual confidence and should result in a
concerted and coordinated approach to the asylum and immi-
gration policies of the Member States.

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 3

Recital 4a (new)

(4a)
The creation of this procedure should lead to the
simplification, rationalisation and regrouping of the systems,
structures and networks existing at Community level in the
areas of asylum and immigration.

Amendment 4

Recital 5

(5)
For reasons of efficiency and accessibility, a web-based
network should be the essential element of the information
procedure concerning national measures in the areas of asylum
and immigration;

(5)
For reasons of efficiency and accessibility, a web-based
network managed by the Commission, which will ensure its
security and confidentiality, should be the essential element of
the information procedure concerning national measures in the
areas of asylum and immigration.

Amendment 5

Recital 7

Since the objectives of

(7)
this Decision, namely secure
information exchange and consultation between Member
States, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States
and can therefore, by reason of the effects of the envisaged
action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community
may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsi-
diarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with
the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this
Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to
achieve those objectives;

(7)
Since the objectives of this Decision, namely to secure
information exchange and improve coordination and consulta-
tion between Member States, cannot be sufficiently achieved by
the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the effects
of the envisaged action, be better achieved at Community level,
the Community may adopt measures in accordance with the
principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In
accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in
that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is neces-
sary in order to achieve those objectives.

Amendment 6

Article 1

This Decision establishes a procedure for the mutual exchange
of information concerning national measures in the areas of
asylum and immigration using a web-based network and
allowing for an exchange of views on such measures.

This Decision establishes a procedure for the mutual exchange
of information concerning national measures in the areas of
asylum and immigration using a web-based network. This
procedure shall make it possible to prepare regular exchanges
of views on measures liable to have a significant impact in
several Member States or at Community level, not only at the
administrative level but also at the political level within the
Council.

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 7

Article 2, paragraph 1, introductory wording and point a

1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission
and the other Member States the following measures which
they intend to take in the areas of asylum and immigration if
these measures are susceptible of having an impact on other
Member States or on the Community as a whole:

1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission
and the other Member States the following measures which
they intend to take or have taken in the areas of asylum and
immigration if these measures are susceptible of having an
impact on other Member States,
such as diverting or
attracting migratory flows to or from another Member State,
or on the Community as a whole:

(a) draft legislation, at the latest at the time of submission for

adoption; and

(a)

legislative texts, at the latest at the time of their adoption
or immediately after; and

Amendment 10

Article 2, paragraph 1a (new)

1a. Member States shall communicate to the Commission
and the other Member States measures relating to legal
immigration and the fight against illegal immigration likely
to have a significant impact on other Member States, no
later than when they are presented for adoption.

Amendment 11

Article 2, paragraph 2, introductory wording

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission
and the other Member States:

deleted

Amendment 12

Article 2, paragraph 2, point a

(a) The final texts of the measures referred to in paragraph 1
(a) at the time when they are adopted or immediately
thereafter;

deleted

Amendment 13

Article 2, paragraph 2, point b

(b) The final texts of the measures referred to in paragraph 1
(b) at the time when the Member State expresses its
consent to be bound by such a measure or immediately
thereafter.

deleted

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Amendment 14

Article 2, paragraph 3, introductory wording and point a

3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission
and the other Member States the following decisions if they are
susceptible of having an impact on other Member States or on
the Community as a whole:

3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission
and the other Member States the following decisions if they are
susceptible of having an impact on other Member States, such
as diverting or attracting migratory flows to or from another
Member State, or on the Community as a whole:

(a) Final decisions of courts or tribunals which apply or inter-
law in the areas of asylum or
pret measures of national
immigration, at the time when they are delivered or imme-
diately thereafter; and

(a) Final decisions of national and international courts or
including those that establish a precedent,
tribunals,
which apply or interpret measures of national law or inter-
national agreements in the areas of asylum and immigra-
tion, at the time when they are delivered or immediately
thereafter; and

Amendment 15

Article 2, paragraph 5

5.
The Commission or a Member State may request addi-
tional information concerning a particular measure or decision
communicated by another Member State through the network.
In such a case, the Member State concerned shall provide addi-
information concerning that measure or decision,
tional
within two weeks of
the request being made through the
network. The additional information shall be made available to
the Commission and the other Member States through the
network.

5.
The Commission or a Member State may request addi-
tional information concerning a particular measure or decision
communicated by another Member State through the network.
In such a case, the Member State concerned shall provide addi-
tional
information, within four weeks of the request being
made through the network. The additional information shall
be made available to the Commission and the other Member
States through the network.

Amendment 16

Article 2, paragraph 5a (new)

Individual Member States and/or the Commission may
5a.
request information on measures not communicated before-
hand by a Member State, where they consider that those
measures are liable to have an impact on migration in the
Member State requesting the information or in the Com-
munity as a whole.

Amendment 17

Article 2, paragraph 6

6.
Each Member State shall ensure that a summary of the
text of every measure or decision it transmits through the
network is available in an official language of the Community
other than its own. This summary shall at least include the
objectives and scope of the concerned measure or decision, its
main provisions and an estimation of the impact it could
have on other Member States or on the Community as a
whole.

6.
Each Member State shall ensure that the measures, deci-
sions and evaluations it transmits through the network are
available in one of the three most frequently used official
languages of the Community other than its own.

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Amendment 18

Article 4, paragraph 2

Thursday, 6 July 2006

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

2.
The Commission shall be responsible for the develop-
ment and management of the network, including the structure
and content of the network and access to it. The network shall
include appropriate measures to guarantee its confidentiality.

2.
The Commission shall be responsible for the develop-
ment and management of the network, including the structure
and content of the network and access to it. The network shall
include appropriate measures to guarantee the confidentiality
of all or part of the information concerned.

Amendment 30

Article 4, paragraph 2a (new)

2a.
Legislative texts already adopted in each Member State
and available on the network and final decisions of national
and international courts and tribunals shall be available to
the public.

Amendment 20

Article 4, paragraph 3a (new)

3a. When establishing the mutual information procedure,
Member States shall supply data concerning the state of play
as regards their national
law, thus creating a basic ‘data
bank’.

Amendment 21

Article 4, paragraph 4a (new)

4a.
The network shall have a specific function enabling
Member States to issue requests for information of a specific
nature addressed to one or more Member States and/or the
Commission, in the areas concerned by this Decision.

Amendment 22

Article 4, paragraph 4b (new)

4b.
The network shall have a specific function enabling
the machine translation of on-line information into all the
official languages of the Community, or, at least, the most
widely-used ones, thereby making it easier to understand the
documents.

Amendment 23

Article 4, paragraph 5a (new)

5a.
A secure access point for the network shall be created
at the European Parliament for the use of the Members
thereof.

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Amendment 24

Article 5, paragraph 1

The Commission may, on its initiative or on demand of
1.
a Member State, organise an exchange of views with Member
States' experts on a particular national measure submitted
under articles 2 and 3 of this Decision. The Member State
whose measure is the object of discussion shall be represented
at the exchange of views.

The Commission shall draw up a twice-yearly report
1.
summarising the information forwarded by the Member
States. In preparing its report, the Commission may further
consult the Member States. That report shall be forwarded to
the European Parliament and the relevant services of the
Council with a view to providing the political authorities
with a basis for their exchanges of views.

Amendment 25

Article 5, paragraph 2

The purpose of the exchange of views shall be the iden-

2.
tification of issues of common interest.

deleted

Amendment 26

Article 6, paragraph 1

The Commission shall evaluate the functioning of the system 3
years after the entry into force of this Decision and regularly
thereafter.

The Commission shall evaluate the functioning of the system
two years after the entry into force of this Decision and regu-
larly thereafter.

P6_TA(2006)0314

Modification of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities

European Parliament resolution on modification of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its resolution of 23 June 2005 on the amendment of its decision of 4 June 2003 on

the adoption of the Statute for the Members of the European Parliament (1),

— having regard to the Declaration of 3 June 2005 by Representatives of the Member States, meeting
within Council, in which they agreed that ‘when an instrument laying down the regulations and general
conditions governing the performance of duties of Members of the European Parliament is adopted
pursuant to the terms of Article 190(5) of the Treaty, they will examine the request of Parliament to
revise the relevant provisions of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities
of 1965 insofar as it concerns the Members of the European Parliament with a view to reach a conclu-
sion as soon as possible’,

— having regard to Rule 108(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas its resolution of 23 June 2005 considered the Declaration of 3 June 2005 to be an essential

element for a compromise with the Council on the Statute,

(1) OJ C 133 E, 8.6.2006, p. 48.

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B. whereas its resolution of 23 June 2005 insisted ‘that the overall compromise on the Statute for Members

of the European Parliament should consist of the following elements:

a) a separate and independent examination of that part of the Statute which falls under secondary law
and of that part which falls under primary law, and approval of both parts in accordance with the
institutional provisions applicable to each of them;

b) with regard to that part which falls under primary law, the Member States are called upon to review
the Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities of 8 April 1965 in
respect of the provisions relating to Members of the European Parliament, taking the Statute approved
on 3 and 4 June 2003 as a model’,

1. Recalls the Council's undertaking to consider Parliament's request for a review of those provisions of
the 1965 Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities relating to Members of
the European Parliament, the aim being to reach a conclusion as swiftly as possible; hopes also that, when
the revision is carried out, a clause will be inserted to enable the European Parliament to bring actions
before the Court of Justice of the European Communities for the purpose of safeguarding the privileges and
immunities guaranteed by the Protocol;

2. Confirms that the basis for that revision must be the Statute approved by the European Parliament on
3 and 4 June 2003;

3. Calls on the Council to ensure the appropriate European Parliament involvement in that intergovern-
mental conference;

4.

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

P6_TA(2006)0315

Economic and social consequences of business restructuring in Europe

European Parliament resolution on the economic and social consequences of companies restruc-
turing in Europe

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers 1989 and the related action

programme,

— having regard to Council Directive 75/129/EEC of 17 February 1975 on the approximation of the laws

of the Member States relating to collective redundancies (1),

— having regard to Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European
Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of under-
takings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (2) (European Works Council Directive),

— having regard to the rapid transformations and economic changes that may affect companies, positively

or negatively, in all the Members States,

(1) OJ L 48, 22.2.1975, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive 92/56/EEC (OJ L 245, 26.8.1992, p. 3).
(2) OJ L 254, 30.9.1994, p. 64.

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— having regard to its resolutions of 14 March 2006 on relocation in the context of regional develop-
ment (1) and of 15 March 2006 on restructuring and employment (2), and to its numerous earlier resolu-
tions on company restructuring, relocations, mergers and closures, in particular that of 13 March 2003
on the closure of undertakings after receiving EU financial aid (3),

— having regard to Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March
framework for informing and consulting employees in the European

2002 establishing a general
Community (4),

— having regard to Rule 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas companies should make management decisions that secure the business growth of their enter-
prises, and whereas the restructuring of enterprises should safeguard social and economic progress if the
changes required and address the challenges of fostering the development of a sustainable economy,
combined with a determination to protect social welfare and environment,

B. whereas the Lisbon Strategy is aimed at turning the EU into the world's most competitive and dynamic
knowledge-based economy, capable of sustained economic growth accompanied by the creation of more
and better jobs and greater social cohesion,

C. whereas restructuring must be managed in a socially and environmentally sensitive way, failing which it
may run counter to the Lisbon Strategy, which seeks to promote full employment, the quality of jobs,
social and territorial cohesion and sustainable development,

1. Calls on the Commission, as it has previously done in its resolution of 12 February 2004 on the crisis
in the iron and steel sector (5), to adopt a more decisive strategy to tackle industrial restructuring and its
social impact;

2. Considers that aid from public funds should be linked to long-term agreements by the management of
a company in matters of employment and local development;

3. Asks the Commission, as well as the Member States, to withdraw the subsidies from aid programmes
and to claim the reimbursement of these subsidies from companies that do not respect their obligations;

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote a European dialogue on industrial restruc-
turing as well as on structural reforms of the labour market to secure the advantages of globalisation, while
minimising the negative social impact;

5. Reminds the Commission of the importance of a well-functioning European Works Council Directive,
which ensures that informing and consulting workers is properly carried out;

6. Calls on the Commission to ensure that companies respect their social and financial responsibilities, act
in a corporately responsible fashion and are fair to all stakeholders, including local and regional authorities
and the communities where they are based;

(1) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0077.
(2) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0088.
(3) OJ C 61 E, 10.3.2004, p. 425.
(4) OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 29.
(5) OJ C 97 E, 22.4.2004, p. 637.

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7. Calls on the Commission to draw up, without delay, an evaluation of the application of Directive
75/129/EEC and to make proposals for measures to ensure compliance;

8. Welcomes the forthcoming European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, which will support workers and
improve the social and educational infrastructure with regard to collective redundancies, and calls on the
Council to adopt a common position as soon as possible after Parliament's first reading and to ensure that it
can apply retrospectively where the effects of current closures carry over to 2007;

9.

Expresses its solidarity with all workers, their families and their communities affected by redundancies;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments
the Member States, the European Trade Union Confederation and the Union of

10.
and parliaments of
Employers' and Industrial Confederations of Europe.

P6_TA(2006)0316

Extraordinary rendition

European Parliament resolution on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the trans-
portation and illegal detention of prisoners, adopted midway through the work of the Temporary
Committee (2006/2027(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its resolution of 15 December 2005 on presumed use of European countries by the

CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners (1),

— having regard to its decision of 18 January 2006 to set up a temporary committee on the alleged use of

European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners (2),

— having regard to Rule 175 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the interim report of the Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European coun-

tries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners (A6-0213/2006),

A. whereas the main aim of the work of the temporary committee is to establish whether, in the context of
the allegations, the action of the European Union (EU) and its Member States complies with the founding
principles set out in Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and guarantees, in particular, the
protection of fundamental rights as defined, inter alia, by the Convention on the Protection of Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, adopted by the Council of Europe on 4 November 1950 (the
‘ECHR’),

(1) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0529.
(2) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0012.

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B. whereas in Europe the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (1), proclaimed by the
European Parliament, the Council and the Commission at the European Council meeting in Nice on
7 December 2000 and incorporated in Part II of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe,
constitutes one of the reference texts not only for the Court of Justice of the European Communities,
but also for constitutional courts and other courts in the Member States,

C. whereas the fight against terrorism cannot be won by sacrificing the very principles that terrorism seeks
to destroy, notably that the protection of fundamental rights must never be compromised; whereas
terrorism must be fought by legal means and it must be defeated while respecting international and
national law and with a responsible attitude on the part of governments and public opinion alike,

D. whereas the principle of the inviolability of human dignity appears in the first article of the Charter of
Fundamental Rights and underlies every other fundamental right, in particular the right to life (Article 2),
the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Article 4), the right to
protection in the event of removal, expulsion or extradition (Article 19) and the right to an effective
remedy and to a fair trial (Article 47) and whereas this principle may not be subject to restrictions, even
for the purposes of security in times both of peace and of war,

E. whereas, according to international human rights standards, such as those laid down in the United
Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights and its related instruments, and in particular in the ECHR, the Member States are under an obliga-
tion to ensure that any person under their jurisdiction enjoys the fundamental rights granted at interna-
tional
including the prohibition of transfers where there is a risk of torture or other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,

level,

F. whereas European and international human rights law prohibits enforced disappearances,

including
secret detentions, in which an individual is held incommunicado, without information about his or her
fate or whereabouts being revealed to his or her family or the public, outside the purview of any legal
process,

G. whereas, in addition to the provisions of the ECHR, the allegations may give rise to liability on the part

of the Member States as parties to:

— the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,

adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1984,

— the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted by the United Nations General

Assembly on 16 December 1966,

— the Chicago Convention of 7 December 1944 on International Civil Aviation, and in particular Arti-

cles 3, 4 and 6 thereof,

H. whereas the closest possible cooperation between European, American and all governments in the world

committed to the same cause is necessary to combat terrorism,

I. whereas the closest possible consultation and cooperation is necessary between the temporary
committee and the Council of Europe, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and
the authorities of the Member States, and in particular the national parliaments,

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J. whereas this consultation and cooperation should take account of activities and investigations already

carried out, and in particular:

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— the final reports of the Swedish Ombudsman (1) and the Swedish Parliament's Constitutional Affairs
Committee (2) and the reports still awaited from the United Nations Committee against Torture (3),
which refer inter alia to the rendition to Egypt of Muhammed Al Zery and Ahmed Agiza,

— the information memoranda of 22 November 2005 and 22 January 2006 on ‘Alleged secret deten-
tions in Council of Europe member states’ by Senator Dick Marty, chair and rapporteur for the
Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly,

— judicial investigations in progress in various Member States, in particular the conclusions reached in
Italy in the investigation by the Deputy Public Prosecutor of Milan (4) on the illegal abduction and
rendition to Egypt of the Egyptian national Abu Omar, and the ongoing investigation in Germany by
the Munich Public Prosecution Office on the alleged abduction and detention of the German citizen,
Khaled El-Masri,

— parliamentary inquiries in progress or already concluded in various Member States and accession

countries,

— statements made by the authorities of several Member States, in particular Germany, the United
Kingdom, Spain and Ireland, regarding landings of civil aircraft used by the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) which have taken place on their territories,

K. whereas, in the same way, special importance must be attached to the interim report by the Secretary-
General of the Council of Europe (5), drawn up as part of the inquiry conducted under Article 52 of the
ECHR, and the statements made by the Secretary-General at the press conference on 12 April 2006 in
response to the detailed replies provided by the Member States of the Council of Europe (6), including
the EU Member States; whereas the Secretary-General has stated that it is clear that rendition flights
have taken place, that ‘virtually none of our Member States have proper legislative and administrative
measures to effectively protect individuals against violations of human rights committed by agents of
friendly foreign security services operating on their territory’g and that he has received ‘official acknowl-
edgement of the “handing over” of individuals to foreign officials through procedures which do not
comply with the standards and safeguards required by the ECHR and other legal instruments of the
Council of Europe’ (7),

L. whereas this initial phase of the temporary committee's work has made it possible to assemble a

coherent dossier of information deriving, in particular:

— from the hearings held on 13 and 23 February, 6, 13, 21 and 23 March, 20 and 25 April and 2 May
2006 with lawyers, journalists, representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), alleged
victims of extraordinary renditions, representatives of the public authorities of the Member States
and representatives of the European institutions,

(1) Parliamentary Ombudsman, ‘A review of the enforcement by the Security Police of a Government decision to expel

two Egyptian citizens’, reference No 2169-2004 (22 May 2005).

(2) Swedish Parliament, ‘The Swedish Government's handling of matters relating to expulsion to Egypt’, Scrutiny report

2005/06-KU2
http://www.riksdagen.se/templates/R_PageExtended_7639.aspx.

(3) Decision of the Committee Against Torture, Communication No 233/2003, Mr Ahmed Hussein Kamil Agiza/Sweden

(20 May 2005),
http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/MasterFrameView/3ef42bcd48fe9d9bc1257020005533ca?Opendocument.

(4) Milan Court, Sezione Giudice per le indagini preliminari, Reference numbers 10838/05 R.G.N.R and 1966/05 R.G.GIP.
(5) Secretary-General's report under Article 52 ECHR on the question of secret detention and transport of detainees

suspected of terrorist acts, notably by or at the instigation of foreign agencies,
https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=SG/Inf%282006%295&Sector=secPrivateOffice&Language=lanEnglish&Ver=origi-
nal&BackColorInternet=9999CC&BackColorIntranet=FFBB55&BackColorLogged=FFAC75.

(6) http://www.coe.int/T/E/Com/Files/Events/2006-cia/annexes.asp.
(7) Notes for the press conference given by Terry Davis, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, on Wednesday

12 April 2006,
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— from written contributions from guest speakers and official and other documents to which the

temporary committee has had access to date,

— from statements by representatives of the United States government who acknowledged the practice

of rendition while at the same time denying the fact that torture had been used or outsourced,

M. whereas, in the absence of any quasi-judicial investigatory powers and in the face of alleged activity by
intelligence services being kept secret by national authorities, the temporary committee has gathered
corroborated information that some illegal practices have taken place on European territory affecting
European citizens and residents and has therefore shifted to European governments the burden of
proving whether, in fact, their human rights obligations under Article 6 TEU and the ECHR have been
met,

N. whereas the work carried out to date by the temporary committee confirms the validity of Parliament's
decision of 18 January 2006 to set up the committee but has also shown the need to carry out further
checks and gather additional information, and whereas it must therefore be allowed to continue its work
so that it can fully carry out the mandate conferred on it,

O. whereas paragraph 3 of its decision of 18 January 2006 stipulates that the temporary committee is to

present an interim report to Parliament, with detailed proposals on how it will continue its work,

P. whereas,

in the present resolution,

‘European countries’ should be understood as meaning Member
States and accession, candidate and associate countries, as outlined in the mandate of the temporary
committee adopted on 18 January 2006,

Q. whereas the present resolution covers three different types of arrangement which the USA appears to

have:

— extraordinary rendition,

in which individuals

are

transferred to another government

for

interrogation;

— secret detention, in which individuals are transferred to locations under the control of the USA; and

— proxy detention, in which individuals are transferred to the custody of a third country for detention
at the behest of the USA; while no public record exists of a European country holding an individual
at the behest of the USA it is very possible that individuals may have passed through European coun-
tries on their way to such detention,

On the information obtained to date by the temporary committee

Endorses the conclusions of the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe following the inquiry

1.
conducted under Article 52 of the ECHR;

2. Notes also,
in this context, Opinion No 363/2005 delivered by the European Commission for
Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) (1) to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
and in particular the following points:

— active and passive cooperation by a Council of Europe member state in imposing and executing secret

detentions engages its responsibility under the ECHR,

(1) http://www.venice.coe.int/docs/2006/CDL-AD%282006%29009-e.asp#_Toc130704767.

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— a Council of Europe member state's responsibility is also engaged where its agents (police, security
forces, etc.) cooperate with foreign authorities or do not prevent an arrest or unacknowledged detention
without government knowledge, acting ultra vires;

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3. Regrets that the rules governing the activities of secret services seem inadequate in several Member
States, which means that more effective controls must be set up, in particular as regards the activities of
foreign secret services on their territory, and also at foreign military bases, and considers that rules of coop-
eration should be established at EU level;

4. Regrets that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has denied the temporary committee
access to the full text of the NATO Council Decision adopted on 4 October 2001 on the implementation of
Article 5 of the Washington Treaty; urgently invites NATO to grant access to the full text of the Decision to
clarify the matter;

5. Understands the importance of close co-operation between the intelligence services of the Member
States and those of its allies, but stresses that such cooperation should not be confused with the abandon-
ment of sovereignty over European territory and airspace;

6. Notes the contributions made by the EU Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Mr De Vries, and by the
High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr Solana, who both stated that they
were not aware of any violation of national, European or international law by Member States cooperating
with the CIA, while adding, at the same time, that under EU law they were not competent to request rele-
vant information from Member States;

On the illegal seizures, removals, arrests, abductions, extraordinary renditions and secret detentions
carried out by the CIA, other US agencies or services or other third-country security services

7.
Is concerned that, according to the information which has already emerged in the Member States, the
Council of Europe and the work of the temporary committee, serious and inadmissible violations of funda-
mental human rights have, since 11 September 2001 and as part of the essential action to combat
terrorism, taken place on several occasions, in particular with reference to the ECHR, the United Nations
Convention against Torture, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

8.
Is led to believe on the basis of evidence presented to the temporary committee that, in some cases, the
CIA or other US services have been directly responsible for the illegal seizure, removal, abduction and deten-
tion of terrorist suspects on the territory of Member States, accession and candidate countries and for the
extraordinary rendition of, amongst others, European nationals or residents; recalls that these actions do not
correspond to known international law concepts and are contrary to the fundamental principles of human
rights law;

9. Regrets that the agreements of understanding between the USA and European countries have not been
made available to the temporary committee;

10. Condemns the practice of extraordinary renditions, which is aimed at ensuring that suspects are not
brought before a court but are transferred to third countries to be interrogated, where they could be
tortured, and detained in facilities controlled by the USA or local authorities; considers unacceptable the
practices of certain governments consisting in limiting their responsibilities by asking for diplomatic assur-
ances from countries in respect of which there is strong reason to believe they practice torture, which view
was also expressed in the conclusions of Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on torture; considers,
moreover, that the extraordinary rendition of persons to places where torture is endemic is a violation of
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11. Considers diplomatic assurances,
insofar as they request an exception to the norm, to be a tacit
acknowledgement of the existence of torture practices in third countries and therefore contradictory to the
EU's responsibilities as set forth in the ‘Guidelines to EU policy towards third countries on torture and other
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment’, adopted by the Council on 9 April 2001;

Is disturbed by the testimony given to the temporary committee by the Canadian citizen, Maher Arar,
12.
who was arrested by the US authorities, transferred by the CIA through a European airport and detained for
twelve months in Syria, where he was subjected to torture; notes at the same time the statement given by
US legal adviser, John Bellinger, who stated during the visit of the temporary committee delegation to the
USA that the Arar case was dealt with under US immigration and customs law and had nothing to do with
the alleged cases of rendition;

13.
Is deeply concerned that all the work of the temporary committee so far seems to indicate that Euro-
pean airspace and airports have been used by CIA front-companies in order to bypass the legal obligations
for state aircraft as set out in the Chicago Convention, thus enabling persons suspected of terrorism to be
transferred illegally to the custody of the CIA or the US military or to other countries (including Egypt,
Jordan, Syria and Afghanistan) which frequently use torture during interrogations, as is recognised by the
US government itself (1);

14. Notes that the work of the temporary committee has so far not revealed any evidence or proof of the
existence of secret prisons in the EU; considers, however, that in the following months, the work of the
temporary committee will focus more closely on this subject;

15. Welcomes the reaction of the US Congress, which has implemented the McCain Amendment designed
to ensure better protection for alleged terrorists from illegal treatment by state agencies;

On the possibility that Member States and accession and candidate countries have, through their actions
or by omission, been involved or complicit in arrests, illegal seizures, removals, abductions, expulsions,
extraordinary renditions and secret detentions

16. Considers it implausible, on the basis of the testimonies and documents received to date, that certain
European governments were not aware of the activities linked to extraordinary rendition taking place on
their territory;
in particular, considers it utterly implausible that many hundreds of flights through the
airspace of several Member States, and a similar number of movements in and out of European airports
could have taken place without the knowledge of either the security services or the intelligence services and
without senior officials from those services at least giving thought to the link between those flights and the
practice of extraordinary rendition; notes that this assumption is supported by the fact that senior figures in
the US administration have always claimed to have acted without encroaching on the national sovereignty of
European countries;

17. Considers it equally implausible, in the light of the results of the judicial enquiries and of the testimo-
nies and documentation examined, that the abduction, by CIA agents in Milan on 17 February 2003, of the
Egyptian national, Abu Omar, who was subsequently taken to Aviano and later to Ramstein, could have
been organised and carried out without the Italian authorities or security services being informed thereof in
advance;

18. Calls on the Italian Government, assuming that the conditions which prompted the earlier decision are
no longer deemed to apply, to seek the extradition of the 22 CIA agents implicated in the abduction of Abu
Omar in order to assist the judicial proceedings in progress and help establish the truth;

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19. Condemns the abduction by the CIA of the German national, Khaled el Masri, who was held in
Afghanistan from January to May 2004 and subjected to degrading and inhuman treatment; notes further
the suspicion — not yet allayed — that Khaled el Masri was illegally held before that date, from 31 December
2003 to 23 January 2004, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and that he was transported from
there to Afghanistan on 23-24 January 2004; considers the measures that the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia claims to have taken to investigate the matter to be inadequate;

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20. Welcomes the parliamentary inquiry in the German Bundestag and awaits the final results of its
committee of inquiry;

21.
Emphasises the need for more democratic and judicial scrutiny of EU counter-terrorism measures;
takes the view that the Council's Working Group on the fight against terrorism should systematically deal
with the protection of human rights during its meetings and publish an annual report on this matter;

22. Calls on the future Fundamental Rights Agency to pay particular attention to cases involving the extra-
dition of alleged terrorist suspects from Member States to third countries;

23. Deplores the fact that the Swedish state relinquished control of law enforcement on 18 December
2001 at Bromma airport when the Government's decision to expel two Egyptian citizens, Mohammed Al
Zary and Ahmed Agiza, was executed and US operatives were allowed to exercise public authority on
Swedish territory, which, according to the Swedish Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman, is not compatible with
Swedish law;

24. Deplores the fact that Sweden's expulsion of the Egyptian nationals, Mohammed Al Zary and Ahmed
Agiza, in December 2001, was based solely on diplomatic assurances from the Egyptian government, which
did not provide effective safeguards against torture;

25. Urges that investigations be continued to clarify the role of US soldiers, who were part of the NATO-
led Stabilisation Force (SFOR), in the abduction and transfer to Guantánamo Bay of six Bosnian nationals
and/or residents of Algerian origin, contrary to a binding interim decision by the Human Rights Chamber
for Bosnia and Herzegovina and despite the decision by the Bosnian Supreme Court to release the suspects,
as testified by Manfred Nowak, who was a member of the Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia-Herzegovina
at that time; calls for the possible role of the Bosnian government in this case to be examined further; high-
lights the need for more information on the possible involvement of NATO and the United Nations
International Police Task Force (IPTF) in this connection;

26. Urges that investigations be continued to clarify the alleged existence of a secret detention facility in
Kosovo and the possible involvement of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) in the illegal detention of terrorist
suspects;

27.
Proposes to invite the Secretary-General of NATO to a hearing of the temporary committee to clarify
inter alia the possible involvement of SFOR and KFOR forces in the illegal arrest, handing over and detention
of terrorist suspects;

28. Reminds the Member States that, under the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, States
have substantive and procedural positive obligations as regards human rights, are required to take legislative
measures to prevent human rights violations taking place on their territory and must also investigate alleged
violations and punish those responsible where such violations have taken place; further notes that, in the
event of violations of the ECHR, they may be held liable for failure to comply with those positive obliga-
tions; stresses, consequently, that the Member States have an obligation to carry out investigations to ascer-
tain whether their territory and their airspace have been used in the commission of violations of human
rights, by themselves or by third countries with their necessary direct or indirect cooperation, and that they
must also take all legislative measures needed to prevent the recurrence of such violations;

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On the use of torture

Stresses that the prohibition of torture or cruel,

29.
inhuman and degrading treatment as defined in
Article 1 of the United Nations Convention against Torture, is absolute and allows no exceptions whether in
times of war or threat of war, domestic political instability or any other emergency; recalls that cases of
incommunicado detention, abduction or extraordinary rendition constitute violations of fundamental rights
under international law, in particular Articles 3 and 5 of the ECHR, especially since these acts are synon-
ymous with torture or inhuman and degrading treatment;

30. Recalls that information or confessions extracted under torture or by means of cruel, inhuman and
degrading treatment may under no circumstances be considered as valid evidence, as laid down in the
United Nations Convention against Torture, nor should they be used in any other way; reiterates commonly-
held scepticism regarding the reliability of confessions obtained through torture and their contribution to
the prevention and combating of terrorism, as testified, among others, by the former British Ambassador to
Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, in a hearing before the temporary committee;

31. Urges the Member States and accession and candidate countries to strictly comply with Article 3 of
the UN Convention against Torture, in particular the principle of ‘non-refoulement’ according to which ‘no
state party shall expel, return (“refouler”) or extradite a person to another state where there are substantial
grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture’; calls also on the United
States to review its interpretation of the principle of ‘non-refoulement’, as set out in Article 3 of the
Convention;

32. Calls on the Member States to reject altogether reliance on diplomatic assurances against torture, as
recommended by Manfred Nowak;

33. Calls on the Council to adopt a common position against the use by Member States of diplomatic
assurances from third countries, where there are substantial grounds for believing that individuals would be
in danger of being subjected to torture or ill-treatment;

On the use of European airspace and European airports by the CIA

Believes that many of the flights by aircraft owned or hired by the CIA using the airspace and airports
34.
of Member States and accession and candidate countries have involved repeated violations of the Chicago
Convention because the obligation to obtain authorisation, as laid down by Article 3 of that Convention in
relation to state flights, was not complied with;

35. Deplores the fact that no Member State or accession or candidate country has adopted procedures
aimed at verifying whether civilian aircraft are being used for purposes incompatible with internationally
established human rights standards;

36. Considers European legislation on the single European sky, the use, control and management of
national airspace, the use of Member State airports and European carriers to be totally inadequate; stresses
the need to establish new national, European and international standards; calls on the Commission to imme-
diately improve legislation by bringing forward a directive aimed at harmonising national
laws on the
surveillance of non-commercial civil aviation;

37. Calls on the Commission to bring forward recommendations for Member States on improving stan-
dards of monitoring the activity of privately chartered aircraft using EU airports and airspace;

38. Considers it necessary to shed light on the true substance of the agreement relating to the new transat-
lantic agenda initialled in Athens on 22 January 2003, which speaks of increased use of European transit
facilities to support the return of criminal/undesirable aliens;

39. Considers it necessary to establish how airspace, civil and military airports, and NATO and US bases
have actually been used by the US secret services;

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40. Considers it necessary to ascertain whether there is any evidence to confirm that secret prisons have
been operating in some European countries, as has been alleged in several investigations by journalists and
authoritative NGOs;

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On the official delegation visits undertaken so far by the temporary committee

41. Considers that the two official delegations to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the
information for the work of the temporary
United States of America have been a source of essential
committee and have made it possible to directly ascertain both the political authorities' version of events
and the view held by civil society;

42. Condemns the fact that the German national, Khalid El-Masri, was held illegally in Afghanistan for
more than four months in 2004; deplores the reluctance of the authorities of the Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia to confirm that El-Masri was in Skopje and was probably being held there before his rendition
to Afghanistan by CIA agents;

43. Regrets the US government's strongly restrictive interpretation of the United Nations Convention
against Torture, and notably of the prohibition on any renditions that may lead to extradited prisoners being
subjected to torture or, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;

On the future work of the temporary committee

44. Notes the need to continue the work of the temporary committee and further examine the relevant
events in order to ascertain whether there has been a violation of Article 6 TEU by one or more Member
States; stresses also that the investigations should be extended to events and countries which have not been
explicitly mentioned in this resolution;

45. Decides therefore that the temporary committee will continue its work for the remainder of its estab-
lished twelve-month term, without prejudice to the provisions of Rule 175 of its Rules of Procedure on the
possibility of extending the term;

46. Considers that preparatory legislative work at EU and Council of Europe level should be initiated as
soon as possible in order to provide adequate legal protection for persons within the jurisdiction of Member
States and to ensure effective parliamentary scrutiny of intelligence services at national and European level;
to that end, considers it essential to set up the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and make it
operational;

47. Regrets the clear differences of approach that have emerged to date between the American and
European legal models regarding the matters falling within the temporary committee's remit; recognises,
however, that international terrorism represents one of the key threats to the security and stability of the EU
and the international community as a whole and that this threat can only be fought by legal means in close
cooperation with the USA; points to the urgent need for extraordinary renditions to be clearly prohibited in
international law and for the European institutions to adopt a common position on this matter and address
this issue with the third countries concerned;

48. Considers that the temporary committee should also, on completion of its work, suggest the principles
to be adopted, in particular:

— concerning the need for internal EU monitoring arrangements to ensure that Member States meet their

human rights obligations,

— as regards new rules on the exchange of information between intelligence services,

— as regards agreements with third countries and international organisations on combating terrorism;

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— as regards agreements with third countries in connection with the European Neighbourhood Policy, the

most important underlying principle of which should always be respect for human rights;

49. Calls on its Bureau to take the necessary measures to enable the temporary committee, in view of the
very specific nature of its powers, to fully carry out the mandate conferred on it by granting any appropriate
derogation from Parliament's internal rules until completion of its work, in particular with regard to:

— the number of experts invited to hearings of the temporary committee and entitled to reimbursement of

their expenses,

— the number of visits and members authorised in the context of official delegations of the temporary

committee,

— the drafting of verbatim reports of hearings conducted by the temporary committee, as well as the trans-
lation of those reports into the languages of those EU countries that are affected by the investigations;
50. Welcomes the work done by the Council of Europe, and in particular by the rapporteur of its
Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, and the cooperation established between the Council of
Europe and the temporary committee;

51. Calls on the Council and each of its members, and in particular its Presidency, to lend their full and
unconditional support to the work of the temporary committee, in accordance with the principle of loyal
cooperation as defined by the Treaties and the decisions of
the European
Communities;

the Court of

Justice of

52. Calls on the Member States to take a stronger stance on the closing of the detention centre in
Guantánamo Bay and to take a pro-active role in finding a solution for detainees against whom no legal
proceedings will be brought and who cannot return to their country of origin or residence because they
have become stateless or face torture or other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment;

53. Urges Member States to provide all European citizens and all those having resided in the EU who are
currently detained at Guantánamo with all necessary support and assistance, in particular legal aid;

Encourages the Council of Europe Committee for Prevention of Torture (CPT) to work towards
54.
ensuring that each Council of Europe Member State complies with its obligation (1) to inform the CPT of
any detention facility on their territory and allow access to such facilities;

Encourages the Commission to give its backing to the temporary committee in all the steps it is

55.
required to take;

56. Recalls the vital importance of working in full cooperation with the parliaments of the Member States,
accession countries, candidate countries and associate countries, in particular with those which have under-
taken work on the same subject;

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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments
57.
and parliaments of the Member States and accession countries, candidate countries and associate countries,
the Council of Europe and the Government and both Houses of the United States Congress.

(1) European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Ref.: CPT/

Inf/C (2002) 1 [EN] (Part 1) - Strasbourg, 26.XI.1987, Article 8.

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Interception of bank transfer data from the SWIFT system by the US secret
services

European Parliament resolution on the interception of bank transfer data from the SWIFT system
by the US secret services

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental

Freedoms (the ECHR), in particular Article 8 thereof,

— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 7 and

8 thereof,

— having regard to Council of Europe Convention No 108 for the Protection of Individuals with regard to

Automatic Processing of Personal Data,

— having regard to Article 6 of the EU Treaty and Article 286 of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995
on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free move-
ment of such data (1),

— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by
the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (2),

— having regard to the proposal for a regulation on information on the payer accompanying transfers of

funds (COM(2005)0343),

— having regard to the complaints filed by Privacy International to data protection and privacy regulators
in 33 countries alleging that the SWIFT transfers were undertaken without regard to legal process under
data protection law, and that the disclosures were made without any legal basis or authority,

— having regard to Rule 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas European and US media have recently revealed the existence of the Terrorist Finance Tracking
Program, put in place by the US administration, which has allowed US authorities to access all the finan-
cial data stored by SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications), a Belgian-
based industry-owned cooperative which consists of more than 8 000 commercial banks and institutions
in 200 countries, including a number of central banks,

B. whereas the information stored by SWIFT to which the US authorities have had access concerns hundred
of thousands of EU citizens, as European banks use the SWIFT messaging system for the worldwide
transfer of funds between banks, and whereas SWIFT generates millions of transfers and banking transac-
tions on a daily basis,

C. whereas any transfer of data generated within EU territory that is to be used outside EU territory should

as a minimum be subject to an adequacy assessment pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC,

D. whereas access to data managed by SWIFT makes it possible to detect not only transfers linked to illegal
activities, but also information on the economic activities of the individuals and countries concerned,
and this could give rise to large-scale forms of economic and industrial espionage,

(1) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
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1. Recalls its determination to fight terrorism and believes in the need to strike the right balance between
security measures and the protection of civil liberties and fundamental rights; expresses its serious concern
at the fact that a climate of deteriorating respect for privacy and data protection is being created;

2.
Stresses that the European Union is based on the rule of law and that all transfers of personal data to
third countries are subject to data protection legislation at national and European level, which provides that
any transfer must be authorised by a judicial authority and that any derogation from this principle must be
proportional and founded on a law or an international agreement;

Believes that only by applying Article 8 of the ECHR, acting in the framework of Community law and
3.
having regard to Article 13 of Directive 95/46/EC, can the Member States — in the interests of state
security, public order and safety — derogate from the principle of data finality whereby the onward
forwarding of commercial data is prohibited, which principle is the only legitimate basis for the storing of
personal data by private parties, and thereby reduce the level of data protection only when this is necessary,
proportional and compatible with a democratic society;

4. Notes the abovementioned proposal for a regulation, which may contribute to establishing a legal
framework for the transfer of this information; regrets that the European Parliament — contrary to the prin-
ciple of loyal and constant cooperation between the Community institutions — has not been informed
during negotiations and trialogues by the other institutions, in particular the European Central Bank, of the
existence of the SWIFT transfers;

5. Demands that the Commission, the Council and the European Central Bank (the ECB) explain fully the
extent to which they were aware of the secret agreement between SWIFT and the US government;

6. Demands in this context that the role and functioning of the ECB be clarified, and asks the European
Data Protection Supervisor to check as soon as possible whether,
in accordance with Regulation (EC)
No 45/2001, the ECB was obliged to react to the possible violation of data protection which had come to
its knowledge;

7. Recalls that the ECB is supposed to guarantee that central banks access SWIFT only within a legal
framework;

8. Demands that the Member States check whether and ensure that there is no legal lacuna at national
level and that the Community data protection legislation also covers central banks; asks the Member States
to transmit the results of that check to the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament;

9. Demands that the Council urgently examine and adopt the proposal for a framework decision on the
protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal
matters (COM(2005)0475) in order to ensure that European citizens enjoy a uniform and high level of data
protection throughout the Union's territory;

10. Draws the Council's attention in particular to Amendments 26 and 58 of Parliament's position
adopted on 14 June 2006 (1) on the abovementioned proposal for a framework decision, which aim to regu-
late the treatment of data transferred to private parties in the public interest;

11. Reiterates its great disappointment with the Council's unwillingness to overcome the current legislative
situation, where, under either the first or the third pillar, two different procedural frameworks for the protec-
tion of fundamental rights apply; reiterates, therefore, its demand for this dual framework to be abolished by
activating the bridging clause provided for in Article 42 TEU;

12. Requests that the Commission undertake an evaluation of all EU anti-terrorist legislation that has been
adopted from the point of view of efficiency, necessity, proportionality and respect for fundamental rights;
strongly urges the Commission and Council to consider what measures should be taken to avoid future repe-
titions of such serious privacy breaches;

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13.
Strongly disapproves of any secret operations on EU territory that affect the privacy of EU citizens; is
deeply concerned that such operations should be taking place without the citizens of Europe and their
parliamentary representation having been informed; urges the USA and its intelligence and security services
to act in a spirit of good cooperation and notify their allies of any security operations they intend to carry
out on EU territory;

14. Asks its Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, together with its Committee on
Economic and Monetary Affairs, to hold, as soon as possible, a joint hearing of the ECB, the Commission,
the Council, the European Data Protection Supervisor and other private and public parties that are involved
in the affair in order to uncover what information they may have had;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the European
15.
Central Bank, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, accession countries and candidate
countries, and the United States Government and the two Chambers of Congress.

P6_TA(2006)0318

Integration of immigrants in the European Union

European Parliament resolution on strategies and means for the integration of immigrants in the
European Union (2006/2056(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission Communication of 1 September 2005 entitled ‘A Common Agenda
for Integration — Framework for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals in the European Union’
(COM(2005)0389),

— having regard to Article 13 of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to the EC Treaty, which confers on the Community powers and responsibilities in the

spheres of immigration and asylum, and in particular to Article 63(3)(a) thereof,

— having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Tampere European Council of 15 and 16 October
1999, of the Laeken European Council of 14 and 15 December 2001, of the Seville European Council
of 21 and 22 June 2002 and of the Thessaloniki European Council of 19 and 20 June 2003, which
stress the importance of developing cooperation and exchange of information within the framework of
the newly-established group of national contact points on integration with a view in particular to
strengthening coordination of relevant policies at national and EU level,

— having regard to the Hague Programme adopted by the European Council on 4 November 2004, which
freedom, security and justice in the period

the objectives to be implemented in the area of

set
2005-2010,

— having regard to the informal ministerial meeting in Groningen on 9 November 2004, where ministers

responsible for integration policy met for the first time,

— having regard to the Common Basic Principles for immigrant integration policy in the European Union

adopted by the Council of the European Union on 19 November 2004 (1),

(1) Document 14615/04 of 19 November 2004.

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— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in particular Articles 18,

20, 21 and 22 thereof,

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the

opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0190/2006),

A. whereas the challenge of integrating immigrants is one to which the EU has risen before; whereas a
quarter of a century ago, most of its immigrants were southern Europeans; whereas today, southern
Europe is a thriving part of the Union and its citizens are no longer perceived as immigrants, though at
the time many considered them alien and ‘unintegratable’; whereas the accession of their countries of
origin to the Union strengthened the EU as a whole; whereas likewise, citizens of the new Member
States are now full EU citizens,

B. whereas today the Union faces an integration challenge of a different sort, in that it can no longer
assume that most of its immigrants will eventually become integrated as their countries of origin join
the Union,

C. whereas the number of immigrants in the EU is estimated at 40 million, and their descendants total
millions more; whereas this growing population is extraordinarily diverse but confronted by similar
problems: their rate of labour-force participation is well below average and their success rates in school
lag markedly behind; whereas they are politically under-represented at all levels of government, including
in Member State political parties and in European institutions,

D. whereas although these over 40 million immigrants might be seen as the EU's 26th Member State (and
its fifth largest in terms of population), and the EU's concern and efforts to integrate this population
should be equivalent to EU commitments to integrate accession countries, the Union has, in trying to
overcome this integration challenge — the failure of which could undermine the EU socially, economic-
ally, and politically — committed precious few resources; whereas not only must long-term funding be
allocated to the new European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals (COM(2005)0123),
but it should be ensured that the relevant Commission DGs earmark of their funding towards EU inte-
gration policy,

E. whereas the European Union's commitment to integration has long been curbed by the commonly-held
idea that ‘integration is local’; whereas, in fact, integration is just as global in its implications, especially
when it fails, since the failure by a single Member State to implement successful integration policies can
have adverse consequences for the Union as a whole, for example:

— under-employment of immigrants, weakening the entire Union economy and thwarting fulfilment of

the Lisbon agenda;

— high- and low-skilled workers needed by the EU, seeing how inhospitable Europe can be to them,
being driven into the underground economy or into the arms of the EU's economic competitors;

— absence of effective integration policies, leading to negative perceptions of immigrants and to defen-

sive immigration policies;

— fear among citizens subverting respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of

law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities;

— perceptions and prejudices about immigrants who have not integrated undermining the Union's

successful enlargement,

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F. whereas the success of integration will strengthen the Union's economy in the face of global competition;
whereas the Union, while cognizant of the need to prevent brain drain, will attract the workers and
entrepreneurs its economies need, as well as the scientists and students who are the bedrock of its ability
to innovate; whereas EU cities will be safer and communities stronger where a focused, consistent and
adequately-funded integration policy applies; whereas xenophobic tendencies will be diminished and
respect for the fundamental rights of all fortified; whereas Europe's position in the world will be
enhanced,

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G. whereas local, regional and national authorities play an essential role and whereas their responsibilities in
areas such as town planning, housing and education have a direct impact on the integration process;
whereas such authorities should become more closely involved in the European debate; whereas through
the Community Structural Funds the European Union provides important support for initiatives taken at
these levels,

H. whereas there is no such thing as one clear-cut solution for successful

integration in the European
Union; whereas local, regional, and national authorities (and especially urban centres, where the majority
of immigrants is concentrated) should have the ability and funds to determine and implement precise
integration measures, and Member States and the Union as a whole must zealously develop integration
strategies and monitor the effectiveness and outcomes of these integration measures in a more active
and effective way,
integration strategies whose outcomes
advance the Union's common interests, and to this end the Commission must carry out the proposed
research to map levels of participation and integration across the EU,

thereby ensuring the implementation of

I. whereas integration is a ‘two-way process’ that presupposes both the immigrants' willingness to, and
responsibility in, integrating into their host society and EU citizens' willingness to accept and include
migrants, and consists in integrated actions aimed at influencing the behaviour of both immigrants and
host societies on all relevant levels and mobilising resources on both sides in order to implement poli-
cies; whereas this two-way process involves a mutual commitment, with both rights and obligations, for
the host society and immigrants,

J. whereas the priorities that guide EU actions in the field should include:

— improving the employment prospects of immigrants and reducing the employment gap with the host
population, including through the provision of appropriate information and training programmes by
public authorities and social partners and the recognition of immigrants' training and professional
qualifications, while taking into account particularly the situation of migrant women, among whom
the unemployment rate is often higher,

— enhancing educational and language opportunities for immigrants and their descendants, including
through funding from Commission DG Education and Culture, eventually eliminating the perfor-
mance gap with others, recognising, inter alia, that children of immigrants studying in a different
language and trying to adapt to new customs may encounter more difficulties in the learning process
than their schoolmates, which may, in turn, lead to difficulties in their adaptation to and integration
into society, and also recognising that even migrants who already have high-level qualifications may
still need to adapt them to what is required in the host society,

— increasing political and civic education, participation and representation of immigrants in all appro-

priate domains of governance, civil society and decision- and policy-making,

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— fighting racism, xenophobia and discrimination against immigrants, especially in the workplace,
schools, housing, health, public services, the mass media and politics, increasing mutual respect and
understanding of each other's similarities and differences and facilitating access to information on
equal rights and opportunities tailored to linguistic needs,

whereas the EU institutions should ensure that their well-meant initiatives do not simply become
symbolic policies with no added value,

K. whereas promotion of fundamental rights, equal opportunities for all and non-discrimination are of key
importance to integration; whereas the proposal to make 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities
for All and the plans for a European Year of Intercultural Dialogue in 2008 are major awareness-raising
initiatives that will help to achieve these objectives,

L. whereas there is a clear link between a successful EU integration policy and the European Union's endea-
vour to develop a legal immigration and migration policy; whereas the first practical step should be to
improve coordination between the authorities responsible for the admission of immigrants and the
authorities responsible for the integration of immigrants,

1. Urges the Commission to ensure the effective implementation of the existing Directives linked to inte-
gration, notably Council Directives 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunifica-
tion (1), 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are
long-term residents (2), 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment
between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (3) and 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 estab-
lishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (4); whereas many Member
States lag behind in effectively implementing these Directives, and it is critical for the Commission to
monitor more rigorously both the transposition of integration-related Directives and the effectiveness of
administrative practices that implement the relevant legislation in the day-to-day lives of immigrants;

2. Welcomes the Commission proposal
the
Integration of third-country nationals for the period 2007-2013 and urges that use of this fund follow six
concrete principles, namely:

to establish the abovementioned European Fund for

a) a single annual focal point should define disbursements, allowing the Commission to develop a critical
mass of expertise and more rigorously to assess, evaluate, and invest in programmes; target investment
areas should include reducing the employment gap between immigrants and others, improving immi-
grant participation and performance in education, advancing the education and employment prospects of
women, language and introductory programmes, health, housing and urban living and enhancing poli-
tical and civic participation of immigrants;

b) the fund should favour initiatives with the greatest potential to be broadly applied throughout the Union;

c)

the Commission should dedicate a reasonable and defined percentage of the fund's resources each year to
underwriting evaluations by independent experts of the effectiveness of the programs financed by the
Commission;

d) once these experts have identified promising programmes, immediate priority should be given to disse-

minating and adapting best practices from these programmes for use in other Member States;

(1) OJ L 251, 3.10.2003, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 16, 23.1.2004, p. 44.
(3) OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16.

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e) efforts should be supported among Member States to coordinate their integration efforts and exchange

best practices should be supported;

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f)

there should be a focus on the integration of newcomers, ensuring nevertheless that programmes that
target second and third-generation immigrant descendants also receive funding; programmes aiming to
help refugees as they prepare to enter and integrate into EU societies should also be considered;

3. Welcomes the reference in the abovementioned Commission communication to the Common Basic
Principles (CBPs); is of the firm belief that the CBPs represent a sound set of recommendations which
should be the foundation of EU integration policy; regrets that Member States have failed to follow up the
CBPs in any meaningful way since their adoption in 2004; calls on the Finnish Presidency to put the CBPs
back at the heart of the agenda, especially those principles relating to employment (no. 3),
interaction
(no. 7) and participation (no. 9);

4. Welcomes the Commission's proposal
Integration Forum to facilitate the
exchange of best practice, especially in policies where the EU has a limited role to play but where some
Member States operate policies which could offer guidance to others; considers that this Forum should seek
the participation of representatives from all the authorities involved in integration, being local, regional,
national, or EU authorities, as well as of immigrants themselves;

to promote an annual

5. Calls on the Commission to clarify, expand and coordinate responsibilities for integration across DGs,
including reviving and maintaining a cross-DG working group on integration and defining the precise inte-
gration responsibilities among the various DGs; further calls for action to be taken to make the new
European Integration Fund and the European Social Fund complementary;

6. Welcomes the Commission's recognition of the need for research into and a mapping exercise of
Member States' integration policies and levels of participation of immigrants; considers that this information
is a pre-requisite for any EU policy aimed at fostering better integration in the EU and that, for such a
mapping exercise to be of use, the terms of the EU debate on integration need to be clarified, given that the
word ‘integration’ itself is open to many different interpretations;

7. Calls on the Commission to create a permanent contact group of immigrant representatives, experts,
NGOs and others to advise it on all policies related to integration;

8. Calls on the Commission to place special emphasis on promoting immigration and diversity in the EU
and on mainstreaming integration at all times through its communication strategy and initiatives; calls on
the Commission and Member States to launch information and awareness-raising campaigns to improve
understanding of migration and of the economic and social contribution immigrants make to society;

9. Calls on the Commission to establish rigorous monitoring mechanisms for the evaluation of integration
programmes in the Member States, including through the use of independent experts, and to launch a
rigorous and practical biannual report on migration and integration that:

— focuses on rigorous indices that measure Member State performance with respect to the CBPs on

integration,

— makes Member State reporting of accurate and complete data obligatory; in the absence of such data,

alternative means of gathering data consistent with the Report's indices should be developed,

— enhances the role of national contact points and their cooperation with independent experts,

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— looks to the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report and the European

Inclusion Index as models,

— is released at the annual meeting of EU integration ministers;

Encourages the Commission to consult, as appropriate, migrant communities in defining and imple-

10.
menting European aid and development policies in their home countries;

11. Asks the Commission to multiply research and analysis initiatives aimed at understanding what works
in integration and to ambitiously expand effective efforts to disseminate best practices in cooperation with
Member States and local authorities, not only through the proposed website but by as many other reason-
able means as possible;

12. Calls on the Commission and Member States to utilise the broad potential of Commission delegations
and consular authorities throughout the world to assist in integrating potential immigrants through familiar-
ising them with EU and Member State culture, history, language and civic rights and responsibilities;

Stresses the importance of the composition of the European institutions' staff and the Member States'

13.
public administrations reflecting the composition of the Union's and the Member States' populations;

14. Urges the Council to use the bridging clause of Article 67(2), second indent, of the Treaty to give
Parliament co-decision powers on integration and legal migration and qualified majority voting in the
Council; considers that it is important for Members to have the power of co-decision on integration policy,
given that they represent the political voice of the EU, and considers, therefore, that they should represent
the opinions of both immigrants and citizens and should share responsibility for making integration policy
in the EU legislative process;

15. Urges the Council to make permanent the annual meeting of integration ministers, inaugurated by the
Dutch Council Presidency at Groningen in November 2004;

16. Calls on the Member States, when making their final considerations on the EU Fundamental Rights
Agency, seriously to consider a role for the agency in promoting trust and good relations within neighbour-
hoods and to develop this role organically through the successive annual programmes envisaged for the
agency;

17. Urges the Council to reconsider the Commission proposal to apply the open method of coordination
to integration policy; in this respect, calls for the involvement of Parliament in the whole procedure;

18. Urges the Council to establish a comprehensive and forward-looking framework directive on legal
migration, with due regard to the need for integration;

Encourages Member States to assign responsibility to a single cabinet minister to monitor immigrant
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integration policies, to ensure that policies are mainstreamed throughout agencies at all levels of government
and to consider the appointment of a High Commissioner on Integration or an Integration Ombudsman in
each Member State to coordinate implementation of policies, disseminate information to migrants, review
migrant complaints and take action to correct problems;

20. Calls on every Member State to provide an audit of all government agencies at every level that have or
should have responsibilities related to immigrant integration;

21. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of incorporating the integration of third-country
nationals in the future multiannual programmes of the Fundamental Rights Agency;

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22. Calls on Member States to encourage the political participation of immigrants and discourage their
political and social isolation; in this regard, calls on the Commission to carry out a legal review of existing
provisions relating to European civic citizenship in the various Member States as well as of current Member
State practices regarding the right of long-term resident immigrants to vote in local and municipal elections;

23. Calls on Member States to establish transparent, humane, fast and reasonable procedures for the
granting of long-term resident status, for family reunification and for the naturalization of long-term resi-
dent immigrants and their children, taking into account especially the fact that many of those children are
born in the territory of a Member State;

24. Draws the Member States' attention to the dependent legal status of immigrant women joining their
spouses under family reunification and calls on Member States to review their legislation so as to ensure
that spouses and children are granted an individual status and work permit independent of that of the prin-
cipal legal status holder at the earliest opportunity in order to guarantee and protect their rights fully and
facilitate their social integration;

Encourages political parties, trade unions and civil society as a whole at national level to include immi-

25.
grants as full members at all levels of their respective structures;

26.
Is in favour of integration programmes applied by certain Member States involving a mutual commit-
ment by the host country and immigrants; hopes that immigrants can in this way be made more aware of
the European Union's fundamental values and be enabled at the same time to acquire basic knowledge on
the functioning of the host society; stresses the importance of encouraging the learning of the host society's
language and organising civic education courses;

27.
Encourages Member States to strengthen anti-discrimination and anti-racism laws, enforce existing
ones and consider appropriate affirmative action legislation for migrants in all appropriate fields, using
those Member States where affirmative action has been a success as a guide;

28. Calls on Member States,
in order especially to prevent the potential maltreatment of immigrant
women, to provide them with easily accessible information as regards the legislation of the host country on
gender equality and the rights and protection that derive from that legislation, including the available legal
and administrative remedies;

29. Calls on Member States and regional and local authorities to stimulate interaction between immigrants
and their host society by promoting, inter alia, shared fora, intercultural dialogue, seminars, exhibitions and
cultural and sports activities; further calls for the creation of new, or the support of existing, structures to
allow immigrants to integrate into the host society in order to avoid the social exclusion of newcomers and
of those who have already settled but who find it difficult to integrate; moreover, calls for support to be
provided to migrant organizations in their territories and for the strengthening of ties with the migrants'
home countries;

30.
Encourages Member States to make provision for integration-related measures for refugees during the
reception phase, such as language courses or voluntary work activities, taking into consideration the fact
that the integration process for refugees starts during the reception phase;

Stresses the importance of developing a comprehensive framework for European civic citizenship with

31.
the cooperation of Parliament, the Council and the Commission;

32.
Stresses the importance of establishing annual hearings on integration with the participation of Parlia-
ment, national parliaments and civil society, especially NGOs and immigrant associations, in order to eval-
uate the effectiveness of the Union's integration efforts and assess developments regarding immigrant inte-
gration at Member State level;

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

33.
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P6_TA(2006)0319

Development and migration

European Parliament resolution on development and migration (2005/2244(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the
European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘Migration and
Development: some concrete orientations’ (COM(2005)0390),

— having regard to the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common
standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals
(COM(2005)0391),

— having regard to the communications from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament
on priority actions for responding to the challenges of migration: first follow-up to Hampton Court
(COM(2005)0621), on an EU strategy for action on the crisis in human resources for health in devel-
oping countries (COM(2005)0642) and on a thematic programme for the cooperation with third coun-
tries in the areas of migration and asylum (COM(2006)0026),

— having regard to point

IV of

the Brussels European Council Presidency conclusions of 15 and

16 December 2005 on a global approach to migration,

— having regard to United Nations General Assembly resolutions A/RES/58/208, A/RES/59/241 and
A/RES/60/205, which provide for the holding of a high level dialogue on international migration and
development during the 61st session of the General Assembly in 2006,

— having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific
Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part,
signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (the ‘Cotonou Agreement’) (1), and amended in Luxembourg on
25 June 2005 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof on migration,

— having regard to the Brussels declaration on asylum, migration and mobility and the plan of action for
the implementation of this declaration adopted on 13 April 2006 by the first meeting of ACP ministers
with responsibility for asylum, migration and mobility,

— having regard to the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and its protocols,

— having regard to Decision No 4/2005 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 13 April 2005 on the use
of the reserve of the long-term development envelope of the ninth European Development Fund (3),

— having regard to the report of the United Nations Secretary-General entitled ‘World study on the role of

women in development, 2004: women and international migration’, A/59/287/Add.1,

— having regard to the World Bank report entitled ‘Global Economic Prospects 2006: Economic

Implications of Remittances and Migration’ (4),

— having regard to the report of the Global Commission on International Migration of October 2005

entitled ‘Migration in an interconnected world, new directions for action’ (5),

— having regard to the Charter of fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 18, 19

and 21 thereof,

(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 164, 24.6.2005, p. 46.
(4) http://www.worldbank.org/globaloutlook.
(5) www.gci.org.

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— having regard to the commitments made by the Member States in 2005, and in particular:

— that the European Union and its Member States will, by 2015, achieve the objective of 0.7 % of their
gross national product, set by the United Nations, which should bring the Union's contribution to
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) up from 33 billion Euro in 2003 to 84 billion Euro in
2015 (Brussels European Council Presidency conclusions of 16 and 17 June 2005),

— that the European Union and the other donors will double their aid to Africa, which should provide
it with official development assistance (ODA) of USD 25 billion in 2010 (1) (press release issued on
8 July 2005 by the G8 summit in Gleneagles),

— having regard to ILO Recommendation No 151 on migrant workers,

— having regard to the joint declaration by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the
Member States meeting within the Council,
the European Parliament and the Commission of
20 December 2005 on European Union Development Policy entitled ‘The European Consensus’ (2),
which lays down the general framework for Community action in the field of development,

— having regard to the Vienna Declaration adopted at the IVth European Union/Latin America summit of

12 May 2006,

— having regard to its resolutions of 17 November 2005 on a development strategy for Africa (3),
15 November 2005 on the social dimension of globalisation (4), 26 October 2005 on an EU approach
to managing economic migration (5), 9 June 2005 on the links between legal and illegal migration and
integration of migrants (6) and 12 April 2005 on the role of the European Union in the achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (7),

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2836/98 of 22 December 1998 on integrating of gender

issues in development cooperation (8),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Development and the opinions of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Civil Liberties,
Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (A6-0210/2006),

A. whereas, out of 175 million migrants (3 % of

the world's population), 40 % live in developing

countries,

B. whereas, while migration is not a new phenomenon, the scale of migration in the context of globalisa-
tion and the need to raise the awareness of all international players mean that it is now a vital policy
area for the international community,

C. whereas immigration has increased significantly since the 1980s and whereas the EU Member States

have not responded to it jointly and consistently,

D. whereas the EU takes in immigrants from virtually all developing countries (which means that it
receives a large number of immigrants from Asia, Africa and Latin America) and whereas the phenom-
enon is unlikely to diminish over the next few years,

(1) This is equal to doubling the aid provided in 2004.
(2) OJ C 46, 24.2.2006, p. 1.
(3) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0445.
(4) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0427.
(5) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0408.
(6) OJ C 124 E, 25.5.2006, p. 535.
(7) OJ C 33 E, 9.2.2006, p. 311.
(8) OJ L 354, 30.12.1998, p. 5.

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E. whereas the international community's mobilisation is taking a long time to materialise in the form of

large-scale actions,

F.

whereas the issue of migration calls for a global response from the international community and
whereas the European Union has not to date come forward with any global policy response or
equipped itself with tools adapted to the problem,

G. whereas in the absence of a common policy governing migrant flows, the Member States are able to
take unilateral decisions which make it difficult for a consistent Community stance to be adopted,

H. whereas the response to the phenomenon of immigration should be the outcome of the broadest

possible consensus within the EU,

I.

J.

whereas a high-level dialogue (HLD) on international migration and development is to be held during
the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 and 15 September 2006,

whereas the African Union has made migration a key theme of its actions under the aegis of the
Chairman of the Commission of the African Union, Mr Alpha Oumar Konaré,

K. whereas the diversity of motivations, and therefore of categories, of migrants hinders the implementa-

tion of coherent, global policies aimed at making migration a lever of development,

L.

whereas, while the main centres of migration are Asia and Latin America, Africa stands out on account
of the scale of the negative impact of migration,

M. whereas analyses mainly concentrate on recipient countries in the North, despite the fact that 60 % of

migrants do not leave the southern hemisphere,

N. whereas the Vienna declaration contains a commitment to take forward the comprehensive dialogue
on migration and further enhance cooperation on migration issues between the European Union and
Latin America,

O. whereas merely increasing official development assistance is not a response to the issue of the link
between migration and development, but specific, innovative tools should also be developed in order
to improve recognition and promotion of the role of migrants in the fight against poverty and for
development,

P.

whereas the response to the phenomenon should form part of the national and international anti-
poverty strategies pursued with a view to achieving the MDGs,

Q. whereas the right of southern countries to pursue an autonomous migration policy must be recognised

and supported,

R. whereas, in the view of southern countries, migration is synonymous with the loss of their best trained
and most enterprising citizens and the ‘brain drain’ is undermining the supply and quality of essential
services in various sectors, with particular reference to health and education,

S.

whereas the ‘brain drain’ is being encouraged by selective admission policies for migrants put in place
by northern countries under the term ‘chosen migration’, exacerbating the haemorrhaging of skills
from many southern countries,

T. whereas, according to the Chairman of the Commission of the African Union, Mr Alpha Oumar

Konaré, these policies amount to a denial of Africa's right to development,

U. whereas circular migration, allowing two-way movement between countries of origin and destination,

offers major opportunities for the development of host countries and countries of origin,

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V. whereas co-development, meaning the fulfilment of the potential represented by migrant communities
in developed countries in the service of the development of their country of origin, has the power to
make migration a lever of development and of mutual benefit between peoples,

W. whereas transfers of migrants' funds to their countries of origin constitute a major opportunity for
development, the amount of money transferred in this way broadly exceeds ODA on a world scale and
in the majority of cases the financial and banking cost of such remittances is extremely high and the
processing thereof sometimes lacks transparency; whereas however these transfers are principally
directed towards consumption by families and whereas only a small proportion of them goes towards
investment and development,

X. whereas, however, these transfers are not capable of replacing, or justifying a reduction in, ODA,

Y. whereas, in 2005, there were almost 9.2 million refugees and 25 million person ‘displaced within their
country’ in the world, half of whom were in Africa, with no protection at international level, thereby
creating an intolerable hierarchy of victims,

Z. whereas the number of ‘ecological’ refugees and displaced persons is increasing and could, according to
the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR), reach 50 million within a
few years,

AA. whereas integration of migrants is a two-way process based on the mutual rights and corresponding
obligations of legal migrants and the host society, the aim of which is to ensure that immigrants are
able to participate in society,

AB. whereas migrants, who are victims of human trafficking, discrimination and deteriorating social condi-
tions, are still a group which, on the whole, is inadequately protected by the international community
and certain national laws,

AC. whereas no Member State has ratified the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of

All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,

AD. whereas, since 1999, the European Union has only devoted 15 million Euro to the goal of integration,

i.e. 0.5 Euro per immigrant,

AE. whereas the fight against human trafficking linked to migration and against the trafficking and sexual

exploitation of women and children should be made a priority at EU level,

AF. whereas women make up 51 % of all migrants in the developed world and 46 % in the developing
countries (1), and whereas insufficient information is made available concerning the risks involved in
illegal migration, with the result that migrant women are more exposed to sexual exploitation, violence,
discrimination and exploitation at the workplace, and whereas migration policies do not take account
of the specific role played by women,

AG. whereas migration can enable women to improve their lives, increase their autonomy, support those

who are left behind and escape oppressive social relations,

AH. whereas, however, women are often forced to migrate by problems such as forced marriage, poverty or

armed conflicts,

AI. whereas migrant women are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation, discrimination, exploitation in the

workplace and ‘brain waste’, violence and health risks, social isolation and human trafficking,

AJ. whereas a significant number of migrant women reside in the EU without legal documents, which
heightens the risks of exploitation in the workplace and of sexual exploitation and violence to which
they are exposed,

(1) ILO: Preventing discrimination, exploitation and abuse of women migrant workers: an information guide — booklet 1:

why the focus on women international migrant workers. Geneva, 2003, ILO, p. 9.

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Is convinced that

1.
development;

the European Union must play a major role to make migration a lever of

2.
Stresses that the Union should give a comprehensive political response, regional in nature and focusing
in particular on Africa and South-South migration, to the issue of the link between development and migra-
tion; calls for the migration issue to be placed at the top of the agenda and the political dialogue between
the EU and the various regions with which it has relations, and supports the organisation of a Europe-Africa
summit to identify a common political response;

3. Considers that European migration and development policy should be based above all on the principles
of solidarity with third countries and co-development in order to tackle the underlying causes of migration
and, in particular, eradicate poverty;

4. Reiterates its support for the idea of mobility of human beings as a human right, which therefore
cannot be understood in terms of commercial
logic; emphasises that any policy in this area must be
committed to promoting mobility by choice rather than by necessity;

5.
Points out that the only adequate EU response to the phenomenon of immigration is a common
strategy which clearly sets out the objectives and the mechanisms available to the Member States for the
purpose of addressing the phenomenon jointly and on the basis of mutual support;

6. Recalls that the fight against exploitation and trafficking in people is an obligation on all countries;
recalls the existence of multilateral instruments, such as the UN Convention against Transnational Organised
Crime and its protocols, which constitute effective mechanisms for the fight against trafficking in people
and immigrants and the protection of the latter's fundamental rights, as well as for legal proceedings against
those engaging in the above criminal activities; urges those Member States which have not yet ratified or
acceded to that convention to do so as soon as possible;

Encourages the integration of the migration issue into EU external policies, following the example of

7.
the Barcelona Process;

8. Commends the Council proposal to hold a EuroMed ministerial meeting on migration in 2006; also
welcomes the Euro-African summit on migration to be held in Rabat in July 2006 to debate the issue of
immigration to Europe from the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa;

9. Welcomes any further steps taken to improve migration policy, and emphasises the need for a compre-
hensive approach that contains a clear vision of the most important actions to be taken within the field of
migration policy, instead of supporting fragmented measures towards the development of this policy;

10. Recommends that the Council take appropriate measures to ensure better cooperation and coordina-
tion between those responsible for migration and those responsible for development in each Member State;

Stresses that an increase in development aid is necessary but not sufficient to make migration a lever
11.
of development; calls on the European Union and the Member States to meet the political undertakings
made in 2005;

12. Recommends that migration and its impact on development be taken into account in an overarching
manner in all discussions and actions to achieve the MDGs; points out that a comprehensive strategy will
produce results only if an appropriate legal framework exists both within the EU and in the countries of
origin;

Emphasises that migration should be better integrated into policies and development plans and recom-

13.
mends that, at national level, migration be included in Poverty Reduction Strategy documents (PRSDs);

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14. Recognises the importance of diasporas in strengthening relations between the EU and countries of
origin, particularly in the field of migration; calls for closer cooperation between institutions in developing
countries and the Member States, including in the carrying out of co-development projects;

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15.
Takes the view that co-development, which consists in recognising and supporting the role of
diasporas in serving the development of their countries of origin, should be fully recognised at European
level;

Stresses that, to make migration a lever of development, the Union should adopt two priority

16.
instruments:

— a specific fund, based on sufficiently flexible and reactive management enabling, in particular, co-devel-

opment measures to be financed,

— a guarantee fund to ensure the long-term existence of migrants' micro-projects and to maximise their

impact on development;

17. Considers that the AENEAS programme and the programme which will follow in 2007 should be
used to serve a development strategy, in particular by financing co-development measures, and that this
objective should be strictly adhered to in order to avoid, for example, expenditure on further protection of
the EU's external borders;

18.
Stresses that this programme must enable reliable systems for the efficient management of migrant
flows and for the provision of support to countries of origin and transit countries to be strengthened;
recommends, in pursuit of this aim, that the programme contain the following elements:

— several credit lines (co-development, research, security etc.) with the possibility of funding projects

covering several lines,

— criteria for choosing projects and rules on the type and amount of aid that may be allocated,

— a project selection board that is completely free to make decisions within the framework thus defined,

— a review of the rules imposed on NGOs regarding guarantee fund deposits;

Proposes integrated regional development plans, focusing on the main immigration areas in Africa, to

19.
fund:

— the installation of infrastructure (drinking water, electricity, health centre, school, roads, etc.)

— the partial covering of operating costs through targeted budgetary support;

proposes that similar measures could also be carried out in the main centres of emigration in Latin America
and Asia;

20.
Points out how difficult and how expensive it is for immigrants to send capital back to their countries
of origin, and how little transparency there is in a system which lies outside the banking sector; maintains
that a secure system which protects the data of both sender and receiver is needed in order to ensure that
remittances are sent through regulated channels, since other alternative systems used by immigrants may on
occasion be usuriously expensive;

21. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and national and international financial institutions to
implement policies aimed at:

— promoting and facilitating the transfer of migrants' funds, ensuring that they are less costly, swifter and

safer, in order to encourage migrants to use formal transfer systems,

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— improving migrants' access to financial services,

— channelling transfers of migrants' funds towards productive investment, by facilitating access to credit for
micro-companies and SMEs and having studies carried out on innovative financial products for the
diasporas, such as ‘development savings plans’,

— ensuring the transparency of financial transactions through ‘informal channels’, particularly the hawala

networks;

22. Calls upon the Commission to draw up a proposal for a regulatory framework designed to make the
sending of remittances by immigrants to their countries of origin less expensive and more transparent;
points out that remittances are the second most important source of external finance for developing coun-
tries and that up to 20 % of their total value is consumed by handling charges;

23. Acknowledges the importance of the role played by SMEs in creating jobs and in contributing to
development; urges the Commission — in cooperation with the European Investment Bank — to develop
programmes which will prompt migrants to invest greater amounts in such businesses;

24. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop programmes in order to involve skilled
people in the diasporas in the process of development by covering the costs of wage differentials for highly
skilled migrants prepared to return to their countries or by setting up ‘dual post’ systems for public sector
personnel in southern countries (teachers, researchers and doctors); calls on the Commission to conduct a
study on experiences in the Member States with regard to ‘dual posts’;

25. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine possible actions to be taken to ensure
the transfer of pensions and social security entitlements of migrants returning to their countries of origin;

26. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to consider measures concerning the transfer of pension rights,
the recognition of qualifications and the operation of mechanisms to facilitate the mobility of researchers
and other professionals to enable them, should they so wish, to return to their country of origin and
successfully reintegrate;

27. Calls on the European Union and the Member States to encourage circular migration or commuting:

— by setting up, with the agreement of the countries of origin, temporary migration programmes, such as

the granting of multiple entry visas to certain persons,

— by systematising the transfer of pension benefits and all social security benefits between countries of
origin and countries of destination and ensuring that workers have real access to these benefits (fewer
than 25 % of international migrants live in countries linked by agreements of this type);

28. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to encourage circular migration, with migrants going back and
forth between their country of origin and the destination country, thereby making the knowledge and
experience they have acquired available to their home country; points out that it is necessary to accompany
circular migration with integration measures for outgoing and returning migrants; points to the role of civil
society, NGOs and the social partners in this process;

29. Also welcomes the Commission's proposals to conduct a dialogue on matters relating to residence
and work permits and to administer migrant worker mobility programmes which will match the available
skills of migrants with the needs of the developing country;

30. Calls on the public authorities of the North and of the South to invest in the education and training
of citizens; reiterates its support for the ‘20/20’ objective: 20 % of public aid from the North and 20 % of
the national budgets of the South allocated to basic social services;

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31. Calls on southern countries to develop ‘train and retain’ strategies, in particular by re-evaluating the
social professions and emphasising the situation of women who are often subject to discrimination on the
basis of gender;

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32. Calls on the Union to include in practice the promotion of decent work on the European development
agenda, and in particular:

— to include clauses relating to respect for basic labour standards in all bilateral agreements signed by the

Union or its Member States,

— to set up monitoring instruments (‘bilateral observers’),

— to promote decent work as a fundamental aspect of a ninth MDG;

calls, however, for this concept not to be used by the North as a ‘non-tariff barrier’ to access to their
markets;

33. Calls on the European Union and the Member States to implement policies aimed at mitigating the
adverse economic and social effects of the ‘brain drain’ on southern countries:

— by redirecting training to sectors suffering from labour force shortages,

— by financing co-investment programmes between partners in the North and South for countries and

sectors particularly affected by the ‘brain drain’;

34. Recommends the adoption of a ‘European code of conduct’ and national codes in the Member States
with a view to disciplining recruitment;

35. Welcomes the Commission's intention to come forward with a specific programme to respond to the
human resources crisis in the health sector in Africa;

36. Welcomes the plan to develop a comprehensive and coherent approach to ethical recruitment of staff
in sectors particularly vulnerable to the ‘brain drain’;

37. Welcomes the Brussels European Council Presidency conclusions of 15 and 16 December 2005
concerning a global approach to migration and the recent Commission proposals related to the brain drain,
remittances, diasporas, temporary/circular migration, social security entitlements, multiple-entry visas, etc.;

Stresses that brain ‘circulation’ constitutes a key factor in strengthening the positive contribution of
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migration to development, given that developing countries participate fully in the exchange of skills in the
global labour market; recommends that the Commission and the Member States make a resolute commit-
ment in this area by proposing measures:

— to promote temporary and virtual return on the basis of the EU's current experiences,

— to encourage institutional partnerships between organisations in the developing countries and in the

Member States (research institutes, universities and hospitals),

— to promote the mutual recognition of qualifications;

39. Notes the fact that certain vocational and/or academic qualifications of workers from third countries
are recognised either not at all or only with difficulty, which makes it hard for such workers to enter the
Member States' employment market on equal terms; considers that migrants should have access to training
programmes while employed in the EU so that they may develop their professional competences;

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40. Calls on the Commission to propose initiatives to facilitate recognition of professional qualifications
and lay down minimum standards as regards the establishment of a European system of equivalences for
foreign diplomas;

41. Calls for the specific role of women in migration and development to be more effectively taken into
account and in particular:

— for the gender dimension to be incorporated into all development or co-development programmes and

projects relating to migration,

— for women and women's organisations to be the priority target group for measures aimed at developing

a sense of responsibility in the diaspora and at providing financial support for its projects,

— for information campaigns to be conducted in the countries of origin concerning the terms and condi-
tions of legal immigration, legal immigrants' rights and the risks implicit in illegal immigration, such as
trafficking in human beings, violence and sexual exploitation;

42. Calls on the Member States to promote the means by which female migrant workers may achieve
socio-political, economic and psychological empowerment, particularly with regard to their families, and
acquire the knowledge required for successful integration in the host country, and by which female migrant
workers' rights, position and role are secured, while strengthening the role of gender-oriented NGOs and the
work of female migrant networks;

43. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the principle of non-discrimination is applied with regard
to migrant women's access to and participation in the Community job market and to guarantee that their
basic social and economic rights, including the right to equal pay, are respected;

44. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to the children of migrant women to ensure
they benefit from a high level of protection and easier access to health care and education;

Supports the proposal set out in the Brussels declaration and plan of action adopted on 13 April
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2006, which calls for the creation of a virtual observatory for ACP migration with the purpose of gathering
complete and independent information in order to develop ACP solutions to the challenges of migration;

46. Welcomes the establishment of the ACP-EU facility on migration by the end of 2006; calls, however,
on the Commission to clarify its objectives and guarantee that this instrument will not be diverted from its
development objectives;

47. Questions the appropriateness and effectiveness of agreements and readmission clauses aimed at
linking financial and technical aid to the ‘performance’ of third countries in terms of readmission; empha-
sises that this policy of demanding something in return threatens to impoverish the countries producing
migrants;

48. Calls on the Commission to propose measures to strengthen the southern countries' capacity to
manage autonomous migration policies under the European Migration Fund or the ACP-EU facility;

49.
Stresses that the African Union and African regional organisations can play an important role in chan-
nelling economic migration in Africa, e.g. through cooperation agreements for co-development between the
EU and the countries in which migration originates and bilateral and multilateral agreements, including
clauses relating to respect for human rights and ILO standards, and considers that the European Union
should support such initiatives;

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50. Considers that the ACP-EU partnership is a particularly appropriate framework for putting forward
joint responses to the migration issue, on the basis of Article 13 of the Cotonou Agreement; calls on the
Commission to include, in the current negotiations on economic partnership agreements (EPAs) or any
negotiations on readmission agreements, the following objectives:

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— equal treatment in relation to social security for ACP nationals already provided for in the Lomé

Convention but not applied,

— improved access to short-term visas for nationals of ACP countries, and more favourable rules on the

mobility of temporary workers,

— implementation of an information programme in the ACP countries for those seeking to migrate to the

Union;

51. Calls on the Commission, together with the countries concerned, to draw up a strategy designed to
support the countries of transit and destination which shoulder the heaviest burden of migrants and to
consider action programmes for migrants in identified ‘migration poles’ and transit areas by targeting the
most vulnerable groups of migrants (women and lone children) with the following objectives:

— helping those populations gain autonomy and realise their potential in ways other than mobility,

— improving the conditions of life of migrants in transit, particularly in the Sahel (information centres and

help centres for foreign migrants),

— proposing the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and of AIDS in the poles
and on migratory routes, taking into account the link between the spread of STDs and the circulation of
individuals;

52. Calls for these action programmes to focus in particular on the analysis of the psychological effects of
migration and expulsion and on psychological care and support for women and children suffering from the
negative effects thereof;

53. Calls for the Union to support the initiatives of the international community aimed at clarifying the
concepts of political, economic and environmental refugees and to provide each category with suitable
protection and assistance; considers that displaced persons should receive the same level of protection as
that provided for refugees under the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951; calls on
the Member States and on the international community to ensure respect for the UN's Guiding Principles on
Internal Displacement and recommends that these rules on the protection of displaced persons be enshrined
in an international convention;

Is concerned by the financial difficulties facing the HCR;

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is of the opinion that the Commission
should step up its financial support for projects being run by the HCR and that the EU, which is the main
contributor to the HCR budget, should bring pressure to bear on the other donors in order to ensure that
the HCR has sufficient resources to carry out its role in the best conditions;

55. Calls on the Commission to develop projects in partnership with the HCR and the countries or
regional organisations concerned, relating to:

— voluntary repatriation operations for refugees and displaced persons,

— putting in place accompanying structures to facilitate the resettlement of these populations;

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and development;

57. Asks the Commission to initiate dialogue with the countries of origin and to call upon them to
prohibit practices contrary to human rights such as female genital mutilation, forced marriage, polygamy
and divorce without mutual consent;

58. Calls on the Commission to carry out a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of development aid
expenditure and programmes in third countries and to assess their results in improving the position of
women in migrants' countries of origin;

59. Calls on the Member States to consider more carefully the impact of conflict-induced displacement on
the social, physical and psychological situation of migrant women, who, owing to the precariousness of
their circumstances, are more likely to become victims of violence;

60. Calls on the Member States and the European Union to ensure that migrant women who are victims
of violence are fully informed of their rights, have effective access to legal assistance and are able to obtain
an independent legal status, residence and work permit;

61. Calls on the Commission and the Council systematically to provide information, through their local
representations and embassies, to women who wish to migrate to the EU concerning methods of legal immi-
gration, their prospective rights and obligations and the fundamental values and principles governing
European societies;

62. Calls therefore on the Member States to evolve development policies and specific programmes
designed to ensure that medical, social and psychological care is provided to female victims of conflict-
induced displacement and other female migrants who suffer from the mental, physical and social conse-
quences of their displacement;

Stresses the importance of the exchange of best practices, among the Member States and also with

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third countries, particularly developing countries;

64. Regrets that the Commission has not taken properly into account the gender approach in its commu-
nication entitled ‘Migration and Development: some concrete orientations’; proposes the setting up of a
permanent and high-level interinstitutional task force in charge of monitoring the development of European
immigration policy from a gender perspective,
in particular to develop gender impact assessment tools
before the adoption of any measures in the field of immigration policy;

65. Calls on the Council and the Commission to adopt EU guidelines and concrete and targeted gender
objectives and indicators in the field of immigration policy, including awareness-raising actions at national
level, ensuring the integration of a gender perspective into immigration policy and a regular assessment of
policies from a gender perspective;

66. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to establish a legal framework guaran-
teeing migrant women the right to hold their own passport and residence permit and making it possible to
hold a person criminally responsible for taking these documents away;

67. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to intensify their dialogue with women migrants'
countries of origin with a view to promoting respect for women's rights and gender equality, and combating
poverty and the economic dependence of women;

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68.
Points out that migration and integration are closely linked and that if migration is to be successful
and if all the parties concerned are to benefit, migration strategies must be accompanied by holistic multidi-
mensional integration strategies;

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69. Deplores the lack of progress on integration since the Tampere summit in 1999 and considers that
in this regard, the setting up of the
the EU must now fulfil
European fund for the integration of third-country nationals; supports the rapid creation of a European
migration observatory in order to accelerate the efforts of the EU and of the Member States in terms of inte-
gration;

its responsibilities in this area; welcomes,

70.
Stresses that migrants are an asset for host countries and insists that this role should be more fully
recognised and strengthened; emphasizes the fact that both EU citizens and immigrant workers are subject
to rights and obligations which must be observed at all times;

71. Calls on the Member States to make these positive aspects an integral part of their national informa-
tion campaigns;

72. Calls on the Member States to adopt a fair and transparent procedure to facilitate migrants' access to
employment with decent working and health and safety conditions, as well as conditions of recruitment by
firms, offering them every guarantee of dignity;

73. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop various youth exchange schemes, to take
initiatives under the seventh framework programme of the European Community for research, technological
development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) and to promote closer cultural and educational
links with the third countries concerned, strengthening cooperation between educational establishments in
the EU and the developing countries, as well as to support reintegration measures;

74. Calls upon the Commission, in association with the Member States, to promote and develop exchange
programmes for students and young graduates from developing countries which, as in the case of the
Erasmus, Erasmus-Mundus, Comenius, Socrates and Leonardo da Vinci programmes, will help to secure the
objectives of temporary migration and enable lessons and sound practices to be transferred to the countries
of origin;

75. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the non-financial, social-professional contri-
bution side of development by assessing the role of young people, improving integration and citizenship as
well as linking stakeholders in the field of economic migration such as non-governmental organisations and
the social partners in countries of origin and destination;

76. Calls on the European Union and the Member States not to consider the migration issue in their rela-
tions with third countries as an extension of their restrictive migration policies; is opposed to any out-sour-
cing of the migration policies of the EU and the Member States consisting in passing on responsibility for
migration issues solely to southern countries;

Points out that the management of migration flows should not be a precondition for any association

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agreement;

78. Calls for the Commission and the Member States to put forward practical proposals to promote access
to legal migration channels in order to combat the illegal labour market and the exploitation to which
migrant workers are subjected;

79. Calls on the Member States to introduce a genuine admission policy based on respect for human
rights and international law;

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80. Urges all Member States to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and fully honour their international commitments with
regard to the protection of migrants and their families;

81. Notes the increased exploitation of migrant workers and calls on the Member States to ensure the
enforcement of European and national employment legislation and to provide all migrant workers with legal
and civil protection against abuse and exploitation;

82. Calls on the Union and the Member States to take measures to bring the status of foreigners legally
established in the European Union and nationals of the Member States closer together and to provide them
with maximum legal security and to move towards achievement of the aim of introducing a European citi-
zenship which is open to non-Community nationals;

83. Recognises the great importance of ensuring at least a common minimum level of rights across the
Union for third country nationals; welcomes, therefore, the plans to provide a level playing field for all
immigrants gaining access to the Union's labour markets;

84. Welcomes the plan to establish a fair and transparent admission procedure for seasonal workers and
to grant them rights; believes that due consideration should be given to semi-skilled and low-skilled
migrants; considers that it is important to protect these particularly vulnerable categories of workers from
discrimination and exploitation;

85. Demands that the Member States ensure that an autonomous status and a work permit are granted to
the spouse and children of the principal legal status holder once the request for family reunification is
accepted, in order to guarantee and protect their rights fully and facilitate their social integration;

86. Calls on the Member States to consider appointing a key discussion partner (ombudsman) at national
or local level to deal with immigrants' requests and complaints regarding their working conditions, legal
certainty or discriminatory treatment, and calls on the Commission to conduct research into Member States'
good practice in this area on the national and regional levels;

87. Regrets that there is a lack of recognition of the links between trafficking and migration; notes that
many women who are victims of human trafficking have no access to legal or social protection; calls on the
Commission and the Member States to focus in their anti-trafficking strategies on prevention and protection
of the victims; calls on the Member States to grant these women long-term residence;

88. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that the fight against trafficking in human beings
linked to migration is given priority status at EU level and that adequate financial resources are devoted to
this action; considers that the plan of action in preparation should reflect this priority, attach particular
importance to the most vulnerable people, particularly women and children, and focus on the necessary
collaboration with countries of origin and of transit;

89.
Expects the Commission, when taking measures against organised trafficking in human beings from
developing countries, not to criminalise the victims, but to focus on punishing the perpetrators; notes that
many women who are victims of human trafficking have no access to legal or social protection; calls on the
Member States to grant these women the possibility of long-term residence;

90. Calls on the Council to include the recommendations contained in this resolution in the common
position under preparation, with a view to the high-level dialogue on international migration and develop-
ment to be held by the United Nations in September 2006;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission, the governments of

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P6_TA(2006)0320

Fair Trade and development

European Parliament resolution on Fair Trade and development (2005/2245(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its resolution of 2 July 1998 on fair trade (1),

— having regard to its resolution of 10 April 2003 on the crisis in the international coffee market (2),

— having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament
of 12 February 2004 entitled ‘Agricultural Commodity Chains, Dependence and Poverty — A proposal
for an EU Action Plan’ (COM(2004)0089),

— having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council of 29 November 1999 on

‘fair trade’ (COM(1999)0619),

— having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 27 October 2005 on

Ethical Trade and Consumer Assurance Schemes (3),

— having regard to the Declaration and plan of action on African Commodities adopted by the Conference

of Ministers of Trade of the African Union held in Arusha on 21 — 23 November 2005,

— having regard to São Paulo Consensus, Eleventh Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and

Development (UNCTAD), held in São Paulo on 13 — 18 June 2004,

— having regard to Articles 177 to 181 of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific
Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part,
signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (the ‘Cotonou Agreement’) (4), and amended in Luxembourg on
25 June 2005 (5), and in particular Article 23(g) thereof,

— having regard to the Compendium on co-operation strategies to the Cotonou Agreement, issued by the

Commission in 2001,

— having regard to the Handbook on environmental public procurement of the European Commission

entitled ‘Buying Green’ of 2004,

— having regard to the report of AFNOR (Agence française de normalisation) entitled ‘Les critères applic-

ables à la démarche de commerce équitable’ of 9 December 2005,

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

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

International Trade (A6-0207/2006),

A. whereas Fair Trade has proved to be an effective way of promoting sustainable development,

B. whereas Fair Trade and other independently monitored trading initiatives contributing to raising social
and environmental standards have in common their ambition to market, sell and promote trade in
products which comply with certain social, environmental and development criteria,

C. whereas Fair Trade and other independently monitored trading initiatives contributing to raising social
and environmental standards are important instruments for achieving the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs), particularly the eradication of poverty and the global partnership for development,

(1) OJ C 226, 20.7.1998, p. 73.
(2) OJ C 64 E, 12.3.2004, p. 607.
(3) OJ C 28, 3.2.2006, p. 72.
(4) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 4.

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D. whereas prices for many of the main agricultural exports of developing countries, such as sugar, cotton,
cocoa and coffee, fell by 30 to 60 % between 1970 and 2000 forcing small farmers to sell their goods
below the cost of production and reducing the revenue of many of the poorest countries in the world
and whereas Fair Trade can provide solutions,

E. whereas Articles XXXVI-XXXVIII of

the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) commit
members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to take joint action, where appropriate, to achieve
the stabilisation of commodity prices; whereas the African Union insists that the commodity issue be
part of the ongoing WTO negotiations,

F. whereas Article 23(g) of the Cotonou Agreement stipulates support for the promotion of Fair Trade and
the Compendium on co-operation strategies to the Cotonou agreement specifies in paragraph 64 of
Section 2.6.3. that ‘Co-operation shall provide support to both producer groups in developing countries
and NGOs within the EU through budget headings and EDF resources. This support shall be used to
finance the launching of new product lines, consumer awareness campaigns, educational activity and
capacity building’,

G. whereas Fair Trade pursues two inseparable objectives: on the one hand, to provide opportunities for
development for small-scale producers and workers in developing countries, and, on the other, to encou-
rage the international trading system and private undertakings to operate in a way which is fairer and
more conducive to sustainable development; whereas the international Fair Trade movement pursues the
latter objective by setting an example and by exerting pressure on governments, international organisa-
tions and businesses,

H. whereas a number of other independently monitored trading initiatives contributing to raising social
and environmental standards pursue objectives which both support sustainable development for produ-
cers and workers in developing countries and are designed to enable private companies to become
actively involved in and to support sustainable development,

I. whereas Fair Trade organisations play an important role in raising awareness in relation to North-South
relations, particularly through public campaigns and the strengthening of citizen-to-citizen cooperation,
as well as through the concept of Fair Trade towns and universities,

J. whereas Fair Trade sales have been growing in Europe by on average 20 % per year since 2000, with
more than one million producers and their families benefiting from them and proving that European
consumers are increasingly interested in responsible purchasing; whereas growth in such trade differs
between the Member States, and the overall market share of Fair Trade is still small but developing
rapidly, while international trends are similarly encouraging,

K. whereas an increasing number of European retailers make significant efforts to support Fair Trade and
other independently monitored trading initiatives contributing to raising social and environmental stan-
dards by communicating their values and offering their products in their outlets,

L. whereas millions of producers want to join the Fair Trade system and other independently monitored
trading initiatives contributing to raising social and environmental standards and whereas there is a huge
potential for further growth; whereas international trade and agriculture policies cause difficulties, parti-
cularly for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries, including Fair Trade producers,

M. whereas awareness needs to be raised among European consumers about the positive impact of Fair

Trade on the socio-economic situation of producers and their local communities,

N. whereas producers and consumers benefit from a single identifiable Fair Trade certification mark, as is

already in place,

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O. whereas, in the context of Fair Trade, particular attention should be paid to the role of women, who are

the main economic agents in sustainable development,

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P. whereas Fair Trade has proven to be an effective tool in supporting indigenous people and has given
them the opportunity to sell their goods directly on European markets while pursuing traditional ways
of life and production,

Q. whereas Fair Trade products are marketed under two different routes: the integrated route, whereby
products (mainly crafts) are imported via Fair Trade organisations and distributed mainly in specialised
Fair Trade shops (worldshops), and the labelling route, whereby goods are labelled by specialised Fair
Trade certification agencies to certify that their production chains respect Fair Trade principles,

R. whereas internationally harmonised voluntary standards for labelled and non-labelled Fair Trade
products and organisations have been developed over the last five decades by the international Fair
Trade movement, namely the
following organisations: FLO (Fairtrade Labelling Organizations
International), IFAT (International Fair Trade Association), NEWS (the Network of European Worldshops)
and EFTA (European Fair Trade Association),

S. whereas, in view of the success of Fair Trade and the lack of legal protection, there is a risk that the
concept may be abused by companies that enter the Fair Trade market without complying with the rele-
vant criteria; whereas this may reduce the benefits for poor and marginalized producers in developing
countries, may also reduce transparency for consumers and may infringe consumers' rights to appro-
priate product information,

T. whereas some Member States have started legislative processes to regulate the use of the term Fair Trade

and the criteria for qualification as a Fair Trade organisation,

U. whereas the Commission has no clear policy as regards Fair Trade and other independently monitored
trading initiatives contributing to raising social and environmental standards, and whereas there is no
structured co-ordination between its different Directorates-General in this regard,

V. whereas assistance and support for Fair Trade, Fair Trade organisations and other independently moni-
tored trading initiatives contributing to raising social and environmental standards in Europe is currently
limited and fragmented,

W. whereas Fair Trade products are increasingly being offered in the EU institutions,

X. whereas there are means by which governments can support Fair Trade which are compatible with

WTO rules, provided that they are non-discriminatory between WTO Member States,

1. Urges the Commission to issue a recommendation on Fair Trade, recognising that a non-binding legisla-
tive act is the appropriate form of act at this point in time and would not carry the risk of over-regulation,
and to consider issuing a recommendation on other independently monitored trading initiatives contributing
to raising social and environmental standards;

Believes that, in order to eliminate the risk of abuse, Fair Trade needs to meet a number of criteria,

2.
which are defined by the Fair Trade movement in Europe as being the following:

a) a fair producer price, guaranteeing a fair wage and covering the costs of sustainable production and
living. This price needs to be at least as high as the Fair Trade minimum price and premium, where they
have been defined by international Fair Trade associations;

b) part payments to be made in advance, if so requested by the producer;

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c)

long-term, stable relations with producers and involvement on the part of producers in Fair Trade
standard-setting;

d) transparency and traceability throughout the supply chain to guarantee appropriate consumer informa-

tion;

e) conditions of production which respect

the eight

International Labour Organization (ILO) Core

Conventions;

f)

respect for the environment, protection of human rights and in particular women's and children's rights
and respect for traditional production methods which promote economic and social development;

g) capacity building and empowerment for producers, particularly small-scale and marginalised producers
and workers in developing countries, and their organisations, as well as for the respective communities,
in order to ensure the sustainability of Fair Trade;

h) support for production and market access for producer organisations;

i) awareness-raising activities about Fair Trade production and trading relationships, the mission and aims

of Fair Trade and the prevailing injustice of international trade rules;

j) monitoring and verification of compliance with these criteria, in which Southern organisations must play

a greater role, leading to reduced costs and increased local participation in the certification process;

k) regular impact assessments of Fair Trade activities;

3.
Stresses that the most significant part of the increase in Fair Trade sales has been achieved with respect
to labelled products, and that Fair Trade labelling initiatives have been developed in most European
countries;

4. Notes that Europe is the biggest market for Fair Trade products, with an estimated 60 % to 70 % of
global sales, and that it has potential for further growth;

5. Recalls that the establishment of a free and fair multilateral trading system constitutes the best tool for
achieving the effective management of globalisation, for the benefit of all; recalls, moreover, that the Fair
Trade system has proven to be an important tool for poverty reduction and sustainable development and
believes that, in the long term, it could facilitate the equitable participation of developing countries in the
multilateral trading system, guarantee them stable and sustainable access to the European market and raise
consumer awareness;

6. Recalls that, while international trade agreements fail to deliver for poor countries, the Fair Trade
system has proved to be effective in poverty reduction and sustainable development; believes that, in the
long term, it could allow developing countries to fully participate in the multilateral trading system;

7. Calls on the Commission and the Council to promote Fair Trade and other independently monitored
trading initiatives contributing to raising social and environmental standards as effective tools for achieving
the MDGs and to recognize the important role of Fair Trade organisations and other independently moni-
tored trading initiatives contributing to raising social and environmental standards in supporting small and
marginalised producers in developing countries and in increasing the awareness of European consumers
with regard to sustainable and ethical North-South trading relations in general and to Fair Trade in
particular;

8. Recalls that European trade policies must improve market access for small producers in the South;

9. Calls on the Commission to undertake a study to examine how Fair Trade could develop into a model
for sustainable trade policy which would be capable of stimulating balanced North-South trade, and to iden-
tify the obstacles to trade which impact most seriously on the world's poor;

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10. Calls on the Commission to recognise that there are also other credible schemes that, alongside the
Fair Trade movement and under the umbrella of the International Social and Environmental Accreditation
and Labelling Alliance (ISEAL), contribute to defining social and environmental standard-setting in third-
party certification;

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11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take appropriate measures to ensure that consu-
mers have access to all information they need in order to make informed choices; believes that consumers
must have the right to quick access to product information, which must be easily comprehensible and
presented in a transparent way;

12. Calls on the Commission to liaise with the international Fair Trade movement in supporting clear and
widely-applicable criteria against which consumer assurance schemes can be assessed, underpinning
consumer confidence in such schemes and consolidating the Fair Trade product sectors;

13. Calls on the Commission to launch specific calls for proposals in relation to Fair Trade targeted at
raising consumer awareness, supporting assurance schemes and labelling and systematic data collection and
assessment of effects across the EU;

14. Calls on the Commission to improve coordination of its activities in the field of Fair Trade and other
independently monitored trading initiatives contributing to raising social and environmental standards by
the different Directorates-General responsible for Development, Trade, Employment and Social Affairs,
Consumer Protection, Internal Market and Agriculture and to make Fair Trade and other independently
monitored trading initiatives contributing to raising social and environmental standards integral parts of its
policies in these areas;

15. Asks the Commission and the Council to study and to consider implementing a low VAT rate for Fair
Trade products and to eliminate import duties on Fair Trade products from developing countries; stresses
that any products on which a low VAT rate are levied should be closely monitored in order to avoid abuse;

16. Urges Member States that are currently developing Fair Trade legislation or legislation that may affect
Fair Trade organisations and other independently monitored trading initiatives contributing to raising social
and environmental standards to base any relevant criteria on the knowledge and experience of the relevant
stakeholders, including the international Fair Trade movement, and as a first step thoroughly to assess the
risk of over-regulation as well as the possible impact of such regulation on small and marginalised
producers;

17. Urges the Commission to implement Article 23(g) of the Cotonou Agreement and the provisions as
laid down in the Compendium on co-operation strategies to the Agreement, in particular paragraphs 61 to
64 thereof;

18. Calls on the Commission to establish an internal contact point to ensure regular coordination on Fair
Trade issues between its different services;

19. Calls on the Commission to provide ‘Aid for Fair Trade’:

a)

in developing countries, including therein measures to develop new Fair Trade products, provide technical
assistance and capacity building (for instance to meet the European Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary (SPS)
standards, rules of origin and the growing number of corporate standards), encourage moves into manu-
facturing (value-adding), support capacity building and empowerment programmes, support pre-finan-
cing for Fair Trade producers and assist in the distribution of Fair Trade products on local markets, with
a special emphasis on projects implemented by women;

b) within the EU, including therein measures to support Fair Trade awareness-raising programmes, public
campaigns and advocacy activities, research on impact and best practice, supply chain analyses, trace-
ability and accountability assessments, Fair Trade marketing support and practical
for
worldshops;

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c) within the EU and in developing countries, with a view to promoting the work and role of Fair Trade

organisations.

20.
Invites the Commission, after having consulted stakeholders, to present a proposal to Parliament for
appropriate action and funding in the area of Fair Trade and other independently monitored trading initia-
tives contributing to raising social and environmental standards;

21. Asks the Commission to look into means of further raising awareness in relation to Fair Trade and
other
independently monitored trading initiatives contributing to raising social and environmental
standards;

22. Calls on public authorities in Europe to integrate Fair Trade criteria into their public tenders and
purchasing policies and asks the Commission to promote this by, for example, producing guidelines for Fair
Trade procurement;

23. Recalls that regional authorities in particular make major investments in relevant product markets;
consequently calls on these bodies,
in their calls for tender, to give special consideration to Fair Trade
products;

24. Welcomes the increased efforts of Parliament in particular to offer Fair Trade products, and stresses
that all EU institutions should use Fair Trade products in their internal services;

Emphasises that Fair Trade and other independently monitored trading initiatives contributing to
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raising social and environmental standards can be successful tools for making enterprises socially aware and
socially responsible;

Stresses the importance of making European policy on corporate social responsibility more inclusive
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through the continuation and intensification of multi-stakeholder fora, including fora where Fair Trade orga-
nisations are present;

27. Urges the Commission to support mechanisms for the participation, where feasible, of producers in
price determination, as provided for in paragraph 63 of the Compendium on co-operation strategies to the
Cotonou Agreement;

28. Urges the Commission to support the African Union to include as a matter of priority the issue of
commodity prices in ongoing global trade negotiations in accordance with its WTO commitments, in par-
ticular GATT Articles XXXVI — XXXVIII;

29. Calls on the Commission to take action, in accordance with paragraph 2(a) of GATT Article XXXVIII,
to devise measures designed to stabilise and improve market conditions for primary products of particular
interest to less-developed countries ‘including measures designed to attain stable, equitable and remunerative
prices for exports of such products’;

30. Welcomes the introduction of special social and environmental clauses under the Generalised System
of Preferences + (GSP +), but sees the need for reinforcement of the monitoring mechanism;

31. Urges the Commission to develop a coherent policy for the promotion and protection of small and
marginalised producers, including Fair Trade producers, representing their views, as well as those of produ-
cers associated with other independently monitored trading initiatives contributing to raising social and
environmental standards, in bilateral, regional and multilateral trade negotiations, such as the Economic
Partnership Agreements;

32. Calls on the Commission to take the Fair Trade and other social and environmental trading approaches
into account when formulating EU trade policy;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission as well as to the ILO,

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the United Nations Environment Programme, UNCTAD and the WTO.

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P6_TA(2006)0321

AIDS — Time to deliver

European Parliament resolution on HIV/AIDS: Time to Deliver

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) High-Level Meeting on

HIV/AIDS of 2 June 2006 and the political declaration adopted at that meeting,

— having regard to the UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS,

‘Global Crisis — Global Action’,

adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 27 June 2001, during its 26th Special Session,

— having regard to the United Nations position paper on ‘Preventing the Transmission of HIV among Drug

Abusers’,

— having regard to the forthcoming International Conference on ‘HIV/AIDS: Time to Deliver’, to be held in

Toronto in August 2006,

— having regard to the Abuja Declaration of 27 April 2001 on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related
Infectious Diseases, and to Africa's Common Position to the UNGASS 2006 High-Level Meeting and the
Call for Accelerated Action Towards Universal Access to HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Services
in Africa, signed in Abuja on 4 May 2006 by the African Union,

— having regard to the 2006 report by UNAIDS on the global AIDS epidemic,

— having regard to Rule 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas more than 65 million people in the world have been infected with HIV, more than 25 million
people have died, 15 million children have been orphaned by AIDS, and, of the 40 million people
currently living with HIV, over 95 % live in the developing world, with over 70 % in Sub-Saharan Africa
alone,

B. whereas unprotected heterosexual sex is now the single most important factor in the spread of HIV infec-

tions worldwide and half of all new HIV infections affect young people under the age of 25,

C. whereas women now represent half of all people living with AIDS and 60 % of those living with AIDS in
Africa, with women being between two and four times as susceptible to catching the disease as men,

D. whereas women and girls, young people, older people, men who have sex with men, injecting and other
drug users, sex workers, transgender populations, prisoners, migrant labourers, orphans, people in
conflict and post-conflict situations, indigenous peoples, refugees and internally displaced persons, as
well as HIV/AIDS outreach workers, are amongst the most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and to the impact of
the pandemic,

E. whereas realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all is essential to reduce vulnerability

to HIV/AIDS,

F. whereas many organisations that attended the 2006 UNGASS High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS reported
and publicly denounced the fact that the political and economic interests of a few prevailed over the
needs of millions of people in developing countries, resulting in a weak declaration with no clear targets
or financial commitments,

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G. whereas the countries most affected by HIV and AIDS will fail to achieve the Millennium Development

Goals (MDGs) and will continue to weaken, potentially threatening social stability,

H. whereas the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (‘the Global Fund’), set up in
January 2002, has shown impressive results to date, with more than 540 000 people living with HIV
now having access to life-saving antiretroviral treatment through programmes the Fund is financing,

I. whereas the Doha Declaration placed the protection of public health above the protection of private
commercial interests and confirmed the right of developing countries to use TRIPS Agreement safe-
guards, such as compulsory licences, to overcome patents when necessary in order to protect public
health and promote access to medicines for all,

J. whereas the current pricing system based on companies giving voluntary discounts on medicines to
developing countries does not guarantee the affordability of medicines, with some single-source drugs
being too expensive even with a discount, some discounts not being available because manufacturers
have not registered or are not marketing their drugs in certain countries, and some companies not
offering discounts at all to middle-income countries,

1. Welcomes the commitment to a massive scale-up of HIV prevention, treatment and care, with the aim
of coming as close as possible to the goal of universal access to treatment by 2010 for all who need it,
made at the 2005 meeting of the G8 nations and the September 2005 United Nations World Summit by
world leaders and reconfirmed at the 2006 High-Level meeting on AIDS;

2. Welcomes the UNGASS declaration of 2 June 2006, in particular its references to promoting access to
medicines for all, which includes production of generic antiretroviral drugs and other essential drugs for
AIDS-related infections;

3. Regrets, nevertheless, that the declaration lacks any global targets or timelines on treatment, resources
and prevention, and does not provide a viable action plan to back up the goal of providing universal access
for all HIV-affected people by 2010;

4. Calls on the international community to deliver on its promises during the Toronto Conference in
August, and calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that health spending in developing coun-
tries reaches levels commensurate with the political commitments made;

Expresses grave concern at the fact that half of all new HIV infections occur among children and young

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people;

6.
Expresses disappointment at the fact that, although a large number of infections occur due to the
sharing of drug abuse needles, there are still no effective programmes in operation for providing clean
needles to drug addicts in many countries, including Member States;

7. Calls for measures to be taken to reduce the level of needlestick and medical sharp injuries received by
health-care workers;

Stresses that, in order to effectively halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, it is essential to target key

8.
vulnerable groups with specific measures;

9. Remains deeply concerned by the overall expansion and feminisation of the pandemic and the fact that
women now represent 50 % of people living with HIV worldwide and 60 % of people living with HIV in
Africa;

Emphasises that sexual and reproductive health rights are crucial to combating HIV/AIDS, and urges
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the Commission and partner countries to prioritise broad prevention strategies in Country Strategy Papers,
including programmes promoting the use of condoms and HIV/AIDS education geared towards young
people;

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11. Criticises the Commission's poor track record in development fund spending in the healthcare sector;
stresses, for example, that in 2003 only 5,2 % of the EDF was earmarked for health spending and only 4 %
in 2002, and deplores the fact that the Commission intends to propose that only 6 % of development funds
within the new development cooperation instrument be allocated to human and social development,
covering not only healthcare, HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health, but all other aspects of social devel-
opment, including children, education and gender programmes;

12. Calls on the Commission to double its budget for healthcare in developing countries within the
Development Cooperation Instrument and to aim for at least 50 % of all ODA (Official Development
Assistance) to be spent on achieving the Millennium Development Goals;

13.
Stresses that the Commission is one of the main donors of the Global Fund, contributing overall
522 million Euro over the period 2002-2006; calls on the Commission to consider increasing its contribu-
tion to the Fund;

14. Recognises the importance of country ownership, calls on developing countries to prioritise health
spending in general and combating HIV/AIDS in particular, and calls on the Commission to support
commitments made by the developing countries in line with the Abuja commitment to spending at least
15 % of their general budget on health, and to provide incentives for partner countries in order to encourage
them to prioritise health as a key sector in Country Strategy Papers;

15. Calls on the Commission, when appropriate and subject to strict conditions, to allow for large
increases in sectoral budgetary support to health sectors, particularly to retain key health workers in devel-
oping countries, and calls for the speeding-up of the recruitment and training of health-care workers at all
levels;

16. Urges the promotion, at international, regional, national and local level, of access to HIV/AIDS educa-
tion, information, voluntary counselling, testing and related services, with full protection of confidentiality
and informed consent, and the promotion of a social and legal environment that is supportive of and safe
for voluntary disclosure of HIV status;

Stresses the importance of local action and the fact that prevention, treatment and care responses

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need the involvement of local communities;

18. Notes that 1 January 2005 saw the implementation of the WTO's agreement on TRIPS in India,
compelling India to recognise product patents on medicines; stresses that newer drugs, and particularly
more expensive second-line treatments, must not be produced only by patent holders that could set a mono-
poly price unaffordable for developing countries;

19. Criticises bilateral and regional trade agreements which restrict, if not eliminate, the safeguards estab-
lished by the Doha Declaration; stresses the need to ensure the primacy of health over commercial interests;
points out the responsibility of those countries, in particular the United States, that put pressure on devel-
oping countries to sign such free-trade agreements;

20 Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work with UNAIDS in its role to build on and
support national efforts to set in place inclusive, transparent processes, and ambitious national targets on
HIV prevention, treatment, care and support;

21. Calls for comprehensive reviews of the progress achieved in realising the Declaration of Commitment
on HIV/AIDS to be undertaken in 2008 and 2011, within the annual reviews of the UN General Assembly;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of

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the Member States, the UN Secretary-General, UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation.

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P6_TA(2006)0322

Somalia

European Parliament resolution on Somalia

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Somalia,

— having regard to the previous statements on Somalia made by the High Representative for Foreign and

Security Policy of the Council of the Union, Mr Solana, and by Commissioner Louis Michel,

— having regard to the Memorandum of Understating signed in Brussels on 28 March 2006 by the
President of Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, and the President of the Commission, Manuel Barroso,
the Somali Prime Minister, Ali Mohamed Ghedi, and Commissioner Louis Michel,

— having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. concerned by the prolonged civil war in Somalia and its implications for the peace and reconciliation

process in that country, as well as for the security and stability of the Horn of Africa as a whole,

B. whereas the militia of the Union of Islamic Courts seized control of much of southern Somalia —
including the capital Mogadishu — on 4 June 2006 when they drove out the faction leaders who had
controlled Mogadishu since 1991, when the central administration of Muhammad Siyad Barre was
toppled,

C. whereas, unfortunately, Somalia has not had an effective national government for over 15 years and the
Union of Islamic Courts has started creating radical Islamic courts with a view to taking charge in the
areas it controls; whereas, however, tension persists due to clan loyalties,

D. whereas the United Nations Security Council has required the adoption of a National Security Plan in
lifting of the arms embargo limited to

response to the request by the African Union for a partial
supporting the peace-keeping mission under UN mandate,

E. whereas there are fears that the Union of Islamic Courts includes groups accused of having links to
Al-Qaida and international terrorism, which may threaten the security of not only neighbouring coun-
tries but also the European Union and the rest of the world,

F. whereas the Arab League initiated a dialogue in Khartoum on 22 June 2006 between the Transitional
Federal Institutions and the Union of Islamic Courts in which the Transitional Federal Government recog-
nised the ‘reality’ of the Union of Islamic Courts which, in return, recognised the ‘legality’ of the govern-
ment; whereas the two parties thereby agreed not to fight each other but to continue to engage in
dialogue for peace and reconciliation,

G. whereas the recent meeting of the Union of Islamic Courts delegation with US officials in Khartoum has

opened new prospects for confidence-building measures among the various parties,

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1.
Strongly condemns the recent fighting in and around Mogadishu and the events in Jowhar and else-
where in the country, which resulted in the loss of life of numerous Somali civilians and the murder of
Mr Martin Adler, a Swedish freelance photographer at a pro-Union of Islamic Courts meeting;

2. Appeals to all parties concerned to refrain from any action likely to escalate the current tensions, to
pursue the path of dialogue and to extend the necessary cooperation to the Transitional Federal Government
the
and parliament as the legitimate central authorities in Somalia governed by the framework of
Transitional Federal Charter;

3. Maintains that, if the international community considers the transitional institutions to have sole legiti-
macy, pending the holding of free elections for Somali citizens, they must be given the necessary resources
to establish the necessary institutions, such as a police force;

4.
Supports the initiatives taken by the African Union, the Arab League and the International Authority
on Development (IGAD) — including the communiqué issued by the extraordinary session of the IGAD
Council of Ministers held in Nairobi on 13 June 2006 — as well as their central role in the efforts aimed at
sustaining the peace and reconciliation process in Somalia;

5. Urges the Transitional Federal Institutions and the Union of Islamic Courts to fully assume their respon-
sibilities in the implementation of the dialogue initiated in Khartoum;

6. Calls on the newly formed International Somalia Contact Group, consisting of the African Union, the
United Nations, the European Union, the United States, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Tanzania and others, to focus
on issues of governance and institution-building, humanitarian assistance for the whole of Somali people
and improving regional stability and security as a means to greater policy coordination among members of
the international community;

7. Calls on the EU, in coordination with the African Union and working closely with IGAD and the Arab
League, to provide the requisite political, financial and logistical support to facilitate the peace process,
including the deployment of the African Union Peace Support Mission reaffirmed by the recent African
Union Summit in July 2006;

8. Calls on the international community, and the EU in particular, to increase the provision of humani-
tarian assistance to internally displaced persons and the populations in need;

9. Calls on all parties concerned to respect international humanitarian law and allow relief agencies access
to the populations in need, as well as to ensure the protection of humanitarian workers;

10. Urges strict application and monitoring of the arms embargo against Somalia imposed by the UN in
1992, for which scant respect is shown, and insists that a partial lifting of the embargo should in no way be
linked to a possible UN-mandated peace support mission;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Secretaries-
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General of the UN, the African Union and IGAD, the President of the Transitional Federal Government of
Somalia, the Chairman of the Union of Islamic Courts and the Pan-African Parliament.

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P6_TA(2006)0323

Mauritania

European Parliament resolution on Mauritania

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific
group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part,
signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (‘the Cotonou agreement’), in particular Article 96 thereof,

— having regard to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly's resolution on the situation in West

Africa (1), adopted in Edinburgh (United Kingdom) on 24 November 2005,

— having regard to the 24 undertakings given by the Islamic Republic of Mauritania during the consulta-
tions with the ACP on the Islamic Republic of Mauritania pursuant to Article 96 of the Cotonou
Agreement (Brussels, 30 November 2005),

— having regard to the report of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly's information and study

mission to Mauritania from 23 to 27 February 2006,

— having regard to the report of the working party of its delegation for relations with the Maghreb coun-
tries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya), which visited Mauritania from 3 to 5 May 2006,

— having regard to the decision of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) of

21 June 2006,

— having regard to the Declaration by the Presidency, on behalf of the European Union, on the referendum

in Mauritania of 28 June 2006,

— having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas the former President Ould Taya was overthrown on 3 August 2005 without any bloodshed,

B. whereas the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) declared its willingness to put an end to

the former regime's totalitarian practices and undertook to restore democracy in Mauritania,

C. having regard to the consensus that has emerged among the political parties and civil society in support

of the current process,

D. having regard to the setting up of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) and the adop-
tion of a an electoral timetable for a constitutional referendum, as well as general, municipal and presi-
dential elections,

E. whereas the transitional authorities have so far kept their promises as regards the timetable for elections,

in particular the holding of an electoral census (RAVEL), which was completed on 30 April 2006,

F. whereas there was a turnout of 76.36 % in the referendum of 25 June 2006 and 96.96 % of the electo-

rate voted in favour of constitutional changes,

G. whereas, however, large sections of the Mauritanian population were unable to prove their identity in
order to obtain a polling card in accordance with electoral law, which requires a copy of the birth certifi-
cate of parents and grandparents,

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H. whereas a large number of citizens were unable to obtain their papers and were thus unable to vote on
25 June 2006, both in view of the material conditions and because the elections were held at very short
notice,

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I. having regard to the abolition, ascertained in practice, of media censorship,

J. whereas the oil extraction began in April 2006 and a new agreement on oil was concluded between the
the beginning of

Mauritanian transitional government and the Australian company Woodside at
June 2006,

K. having regard to the undertakings given by the transitional authorities to combat corruption and to

comply with international agreements on the subject,

L. having regard to the substantial numbers of migrants departing for Europe from the coast of Mauritania,

M. whereas the fisheries agreement between the European Union and Mauritania will expire on 31 July

2006,

1. Notes with satisfaction the transitional authorities' undertaking to establish democracy in Mauritania;
encourages them to conduct this process in full compliance with the undertakings given and stresses that it
will carefully monitor the progress of the process until its completion;

2. Welcomes the successful conduct of the referendum of 25 June 2006, appreciated by the international
observers present, and stresses that the massive number of Mauritanians voting in favour of the new
Constitution marks a decisive stage in the process of democratic transition and demonstrates the popula-
tion's determination to build a true democracy and a constitutional State;

3. Urges that all Mauritanians should be able to obtain papers so that they may vote in the forthcoming
elections;

4. Recommends that everything be done to ensure that Mauritanians abroad are able to vote in future
elections;

5. Welcomes the fact that the dynamic forces in the country — political parties and civil society —
believe, overall, in the sincerity of those involved in the transition process;

6. Welcomes the adoption of a timetable for holding a referendum on the Constitution and general, muni-
cipal and presidential elections and calls on the authorities to abide by this timetable;

7. Welcomes the setting up of CENI, whose task will be to carry out the census of the electorate (RAVEL)
and organise the forthcoming elections;

8. Calls on the MCJD, the transitional government and CENI to decide to complete the census and the
distribution of polling cards between the referendum and the elections, in order to bridge the gulf between
the 1995 census and the current electoral roll, including the acceptance of the evidence of witnesses as a
means of proving the identity of refugees who have returned to the country, and in this context welcomes
the open-mindedness shown by the chair of CENI in Brussels on 30 May 2005;

9. Notes that a large number of political parties have been created since 3 August 2005 and observes that
they tend to group together in coalitions; encourages the drawing-up of electoral platforms that make prac-
tical proposals to improve the economic and social situation in the country;

10. Recommends that political parties be funded on the basis of their representation in the municipal elec-
tions, in which proportional representation makes it easier to take account of the country's diversity, and
suggests that part of the funding should take the form of material aid, in order to enable the political parties
to take part in the election campaign under favourable conditions;

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11. Welcomes the transitional authorities' agreement in principle to allow the return of refugees, but notes
with concern that in practice the right has been exercised to only a small extent for two reasons: the inade-
quate financial means of those concerned and the fact that many of them are unable to prove that they have
Mauritanian nationality;

12. Calls, therefore, on the transitional authorities to consider seriously opening up polling stations for
Mauritanians in embassies abroad and in the refugee camps in Mali and Senegal for the general and presi-
dential elections;

13. Notes the decision to reserve 20 % of the list of candidates for women and recognises that this deci-
sion constitutes progress compared with the previous situation; nevertheless fears that in practice this rule
will be ineffective if the parties put female candidates in constituencies that are bound to be lost or place
ineligible ones on the lists of candidates;

14. Calls on the Commission to decide to send a European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM);

15. Welcomes the abolition, ascertained in practice, of media censorship;

16. Welcomes the freedom of expression enjoyed by representatives of political parties and civil society in
Mauritania, which augurs well for a real and dynamic democracy;

17. Calls on the MCJD and the transitional government — whilst recognising that they cannot solve all
the problems of the past — to focus on the humanitarian deficit, refugees and the legacy of slavery, as well
as the impunity of perpetrators of economic crime;

18. Welcomes the undertaking given by the members of the MCJD not to stand in the forthcoming
elections;

19. Calls on the current and future Mauritanian authorities to tackle the question of inequality in the
distribution of wealth and to bring a minimum of social justice to Mauritania;

20. Welcomes the ending of the consultations pursuant to the new Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement
and the full resumption of cooperation between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania,
and the fact that the Islamic Republic of Mauritania will thus not have been penalised by the events of
3 August 2005;

21. Calls on the Mauritanian authorities to exploit the new oil resources to meet the needs of the popula-
tion, especially in the fields of health and education;

22. Welcomes the transitional authorities' commitment to implementing the principles of the Extractive
Industries Transparency Initiative;

23. Welcomes the commitment made by the transitional government to combat corruption and to ratify
international agreements on the subject;

24. Welcomes the Mauritanian authorities' determination to combat illegal immigration, which has made
it possible to conclude important agreements between the EU and Mauritania, including the Atlantis project,
cofinanced by the Commission, which establishes collaboration between EU Member States and Mauritania
in the monitoring of Mauritania's coast by joint Spanish-Mauritanian patrols;

25. Calls on the Commission and the Mauritanian authorities to conclude the fisheries agreement negotia-
tions on time and to devise an adequate policy to protect fish resources and preserve the marine and terres-
trial biodiversity of the Arguin Bank in the vicinity of the extraction sites;

26.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, the MCJD, the
transitional government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
and the Pan-African Parliament.

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P6_TA(2006)0324

Freedom of expression on the Internet

European Parliament resolution on freedom of expression on the Internet

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its previous annual resolutions on the situation of human rights in the world,

— having regard to its previous resolutions on human rights and freedom of the press and on the evalua-

tion of the World Summit on the Information Society held in Tunisia in December 2005,

— having regard to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

— having regard to Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights,

— having regard to the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Dialogue (2001) and on Human Rights Defenders

(2004) and their first evaluation under Austrian Presidency,

— having regard to the Declaration of Principles adopted by the World Summit on the Information Society

on 12 December 2003,

— having regard to the Joint Declaration of 21 December 2005 by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom
of Opinion and Expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the OAS Special
Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression,

— having regards to the EU policy on human rights and democratisation in third countries adopted by the

Council in December 2005,

— having regard to the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR),

— having regard to Rule 115 of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to
freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference
and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers;

B. welcoming the statement of the World Summit in Tunis of 16-18 November 2005 on the primary
importance of the information society for democracy and respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms; in particular the freedom of expression and opinion, as well as the freedom to receive and
access information;

C. whereas the fight for freedom of expression has today largely shifted on-line as the Internet has become
a mean of expression of choice for political dissidents, democracy activists, human rights defenders and
independent journalists worldwide;

D. whereas access to the Internet can strengthen democracy and contribute to a country's economic and
social development and restricting such access is incompatible with the right to freedom of expression;

E. whereas restrictions should only exist in cases of using the Internet for illegal activities, such as incite-
ment to hatred, violence and racism, totalitarian propaganda and children's access to pornography or
their sexual exploitation;

F. whereas, according to Reporters Without Borders, authoritarian regimes and governments have been
working on ever more far-reaching methods of controlling the Internet, chiefly using more and more
sophisticated filtering technology and surveillance of electronic communications and setting-up
cyber-police;

G. whereas, according to human rights organisations, a large number of cyber-dissidents are detained in
prison — most of them in China — including Hao Wu, Chinese blogger and documentary filmmaker,
Yang Zili, Chinese cyber-dissident, Shi Tao, Chinese journalist at the daily Dangdai Shangbao, Motjaba
Saminejad, Iranian blogger, Mohammed Abbou, Tunisian lawyer, Pham Hong Son, Vietnamese doctor
and Habib Saleh, Syrian online journalist; whereas the most recent cases concern the Egyptian bloggers
Mohamed Sharkawy and Karim Lel-shaer;

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H. whereas a number of countries can be seen as enemies of freedom of expression on-line as stated in the
last Reporters Without Borders report, including China, Belarus, Burma, Cuba, Iran, Libya, Maldives,
Nepal, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan and Vietnam;

I. whereas companies based in democratic States partly provide these countries the means to censor the

web and to monitor electronic communication;

J. whereas Chinese government has successfully persuaded companies such as Yahoo, Google and
Microsoft to facilitate the censorship of their services in the Chinese internet market; also notes that
other governments have required the means for censorship from other companies;

K. whereas equipment and technologies supplied by Western companies such as CISCO Systems, Telecom
Italia, Wanadoo, a subsidiary of France Telecom have been used by governments for the purpose of
censoring the Internet preventing freedom of expression;

L. whereas US legislators introduced a bill in February 2006, the Global On-line Freedom Act, aimed at

regulating the activities of Internet businesses when they operate in repressive countries;

M. whereas the EU should demonstrate that the rights of Internet users are at the heart of its concerns and

that it is ready to act to promote free speech on-line;

1. Reaffirms the fact that freedom of expression is a key value shared by all EU countries and that they
have to take concrete steps to defend it;

2. Calls,
in this respect, on the Council and the EU Member States to agree on a joint statement
confirming their commitment in favour of the protection of the rights of internet users and of the promo-
tion of free expression on the internet world-wide;

3. Reiterates its commitment to the principles which were confirmed at the Tunis Summit, viz.:

— building the information society on the basis of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

— combating the digital divide and seeking resources for action plans to foster development,

— developing Internet governance arrangements which are more balanced, pluralist and representative of

the States involved, to meet the new technological challenges (spamming, data protection, etc.);

4.
Strongly condemns restrictions on Internet content, whether they apply to the dissemination or to the
receipt of information, that are imposed by Governments and are not in strict conformity with the guarantee
of freedom of expression; strongly condemns the harassment and imprisonment of journalists and others
who are expressing their opinions on the Internet; calls, in this respect, on the Council and the Commission
to take all necessary measures vis-à-vis the authorities of the concerned countries for the immediate release
of all detained Internet users;

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to draw up a voluntary code of conduct that would put
limits on the activities of companies in repressive countries;

6. Calls on the Commission and the Council to maintain the presence and active participation of the EU
and the presentation of common positions especially with ECOSOC, ITU, UNESCO and UNDP;

7. Calls on the Council and the Commission when considering its assistance programmes to third coun-
tries to take into account the need for unrestricted Internet access by their citizens;

8. Welcomes the Joint Investor Statement on Freedom of Expression and the Internet at the initiative of
Reporters Without Borders; stresses that corporations which provide Internet searching, chat, publishing or
other services should have a responsibility to ensure that the rights of users are respected;

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

9.
and parliaments of the Member States.

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P6_TA(2006)0325

Origin marking

The European Parliament,

European Parliament resolution on origin marking

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a scheme of general-

ised tariff preferences (1),

— having regard to Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005

concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market (2),

— having regard to Article IX and Article XXIV:5 of

the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

(GATT 1994),

— having regard to its resolution of 13 October 2005 on prospects for trade relations between the EU and

China (3),

— having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the
Community Customs Code (4) and to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 (5)
setting up, inter alia, the European Community's non-preferential rules of origin system,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 of 28 March 1983 setting up a Community

system of reliefs from customs duty (6),

— having regard to the Commission Communication on the future of the textiles and clothing sector in the

enlarged European Union (COM(2003)0649),

— having regard to Rule 108(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas, at present, the EU does not have any harmonised provisions or uniform practices on origin
marking in the EU; whereas disparities between regulations in force in the Member States as well as the
absence of clear Community rules in this area result in a fragmentary legal framework,

B. whereas national measures imposing compulsory origin marking on goods imported from other
Member States are prohibited, while there is no such limitation on compulsory origin marking on goods
imported from third countries,

C. whereas, in the Lisbon Agenda, the EU set itself the objective of strengthening the EU economy by, inter
alia, improving the competitiveness of EU industry in the world economy; whereas, for certain categories
of consumer goods, competitiveness may lie in the fact that their production in the EU is associated with
a reputation for quality and high production standards,

D. whereas an origin-marking scheme would have the aim of allowing EU consumers to be fully aware of
the country of origin of the products they purchase; whereas consumers would thus be able to identify
those products with the social, environmental and safety standards generally associated with that
country,

(1) OJ L 169, 30.6.2005, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22.
(3) Texts adopted, P6_TA(2005)0381.
(4) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 105, 23.4.1983, p. 1.

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E. whereas the proposal introducing a mandatory country of origin marking system in the EU is restricted
to a limited number of imported products such as textiles, jewellery, apparel, footwear, leather, lamps
and light fittings, glassware, ceramics and handbags, for which the ‘made in’ requirement provides valu-
able information for final consumer choice,

F. whereas a number of the EU's major trading partners, such as the United States, China, Japan and

Canada, have enacted mandatory origin-marking requirements,

G. whereas it is crucial to ensure that a level playing-field is restored with such trade partners,

H. whereas increased awareness on the part of consumers, making EU products more attractive, would

particularly benefit SMEs and sectors exposed to global competition,

I. whereas the Framework Agreement of 26 May 2005 on relations between the European Parliament and
the Commission obliges the Commission to keep Parliament fully and promptly informed about its legis-
lative proposals,

1. Notes the proposal for a Council Regulation introducing compulsory indication of the country of
origin of certain products imported from third countries into the European Union (‘origin marking’);

2. Deplores the fact that, despite the Commission and the Council's being fully aware of the importance
that Parliament attaches to origin marking, the Commission did not formally send the proposed regulation
to Parliament for information; understands that this proposal does not legally require Parliament to be
consulted; insists, however, that Parliament should always be given the opportunity to express its views on
any relevant initiative taken by other Community institutions in a timely manner;

Insists on the Commission's obligation to ensure the involvement of Parliament, in accordance with the
3.
above-mentioned Framework Agreement, in such a way as to take Parliament's views into account as far as
possible;

4. Calls on the Commission and the Council to inform Parliament without delay about the results of any
further impact assessment and legal analysis carried out, in particular with respect to the alleged inconsisten-
cies of the proposed regulation with existing Community legislation and WTO rules;

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to place special emphasis on promoting the image of EU
industry inside and outside the Community, safeguarding its identity and specificity, and ensuring that the
overall good reputation of the Community's industry and the image and attractiveness of high value EU
products is not tarnished by inaccurate or misleading indications of origin;

Stresses that consumer protection requires transparent and consistent trade rules including, inter alia,

6.
indications of origin;

7. Calls on the Commission and the Council to take all necessary steps to ensure a level playing-field with
trading partners which have implemented origin-marking requirements;

8. Calls on the Commission and the Council to set up proper customs surveillance and enforcement
mechanisms;

9. Urges Member States to maintain a consistent Community approach to this issue to enable EU consu-
mers to receive more complete and accurate information;

10.
Encourages the Commission to strongly intervene, together with the Member States, to defend consu-
mers' legitimate rights and expectations whenever there is evidence of counterfeiting and/or use of fraudu-
lent or misleading origin markings by non-EU producers and importers;

11.

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