European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 April 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation opening tariff quotas for imports into Bulgaria and Romania of raw cane sugar for supply to refineries in the marketing years 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 (COM(2006)0798 - C6-0003/2007 - 2006/0261(CNS))
Date: 2007-04-24
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, cane sugar, import, raw sugar, sugar refining, tariff quota

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

(C6-0047/2007),

— having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Coun-

cil entitled ‘Democratic Control over Europol’ (COM(2002)0095),

— having regard to its recommendation of 30 May 2002 to the Council on the future development of
Europol and its automatic incorporation into the institutional system of the European Union (1),

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

Europol (2),

— having regard to Rules 93, 51 and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of

the Committee on Civil Liberties,

Justice and Home Affairs

(A6-0136/2007),

1.

2.

Approves the initiative by the Republic of Finland;

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

Calls on the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the initiative by the Republic of

3.
Finland substantially;

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

4.
ment of the Republic of Finland.

(1) OJ C 187 E, 7.8.2003, p. 144.
(2) OJ C 64 E, 12.3.2004, p. 588.

P6_TA(2007)0105

Tariff quotas for imports into Bulgaria and Romania of raw cane sugar *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 April 2007 on the proposal for a Council regula-
tion opening tariff quotas for imports into Bulgaria and Romania of raw cane sugar for supply to
refineries in the marketing years 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 (COM(2006)0798 —
C6-0003/2007 — 2006/0261(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2006)0798) (1),

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

(C6-0003/2007),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0072/2007),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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1.

2.

3.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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

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

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal sub-

4.
stantially;

5.

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

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Article 1, paragraph 3a (new)

3a.
From the marketing year 2009/2010, no additional tar-
iff quotas shall be allocated other than under Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10 December 2001 applying a
scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from
1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 (1) (the ‘Everything
But Arms’ Regulation) or in relation to preferential market
access for African, Caribbean and Pacific States.

(1) OJ L 346, 31.12.2001, p. 1.

P6_TA(2007)0106

Waiver of the immunity of Vural Öger

Decision of the European Parliament of 24 April 2007 on the request for waiver of the immunity
of Vural Öger (2006/2198(IMM))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the request for waiver of the immunity of Vural Öger, forwarded by the representative
of the Public Prosecutor at the Brussels Court of Appeal on 11 May 2006, and announced in plenary
sitting on 6 July 2006,

— having heard Vural Öger in accordance with Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to Article 10 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the
European Communities and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of
the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

— having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1) of the Court of Justice of the

European Communities,

(1) Case 101/63 Wagner v Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195 and Case 149/85 Wybot v Faure and others [1986]

ECR 2391.