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28.10.96 EN Official Journal of the European Communities No C 320 / 125

Thursday, 19 September 1996

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING OF THURSDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 1996

( 96 / C 320 / 04 )

PART I

Proceedings of the sitting

IN THE CHAIR : Mr HANSCH

President

( The sitting opened at 10 a.m .)

1 . Approval of Minutes

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved .

Mr Moretti expressed his disapproval, through a procedural
motion, of what he considered a serious violation of fundamen ­
tal civil and democratic rights by the Italian police, which had,
the previous day, searched the Milan headquarters of the
Northern League ( the President cut him off, as this was not a
procedural matter ).

2 . Documents received

The President announced that he had received from the

Council the following text :

— Draft general budget of the European Communities for the
financial year 1997 established by the Council ( C4-0350 / 96 )

— moved the oral question which she had tabled on behalf of
the Committee on Budgetary Control, jointly with Mr Marin ­
ho, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal
Affairs, to the Commission on the Convention on the protec ­
tion of the European Communities ' financial interests ( B4 ­
0840 / 96 ).

The following spoke : Mr Bontempi, draftsman of the opinion
of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Mr Tomlinson, on behalf
of the PSE Group, Mr Chanterie, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Mr De Luca, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mrs Kjer Hansen, on
behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Marset Campos, on behalf of
the GUE / NGL Group, Mrs Muller, on behalf of the V Group,
Mr Vandemeulebroucke, on behalf of the ARE Group, Mr Lu ­
kas, Non-attached Member, Mr Blak, Mr Bardong, Mr Rosado
Fernandes and Mr Costa Neves .

IN THE CHAIR : Mrs FONTAINE

Vice-President

The following spoke : Mr Amadeo, Mr Perry, Mr Martinez,
Mrs Gradin, Member of the Commission, and Mrs Theato,
rapporteur and chairman of the Committee on Budgetary
Control .

The President announced that she had received the following
motion for a resolution pursuant to Rule 40(5 ):

— Mrs Theato, on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary
Control, and Mr Marinho, on behalf of the Committee on Civil
Liberties and Internal Affairs, on the Convention for the
protection of the European Communities ' financial interests
( B4 - 1009 / 96 ).

referred to ( B4 - 1009 / 96 ).
responsible : BUDG
opinion : committees concerned The President closed the debate .

3 . Combating fraud ( debate )

The next item was a joint debate on two reports drawn up on
behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control, and an oral
question .

Mrs Wemheuer introduced her report on the European Com ­
mission 's Work Programme for the fight against fraud for 1996
### ( CQM(96)0017 - C4-01 17 / 96 ) ( A4-0257 / 96 ).

Mrs Theato :

Vote : Item 28 .

4 . Elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina ( statement

followed by debate )

Mr Papoutsis, Member of the Commission, made a statement
on the elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina .

The following spoke : Mr Wilson, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Mrs Pack, chairman of the Delegation for relations with
South-east Europe, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Girão
Pereira, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mr Bertens, on behalf of
the ELDR Group, Mr Pettinari, on behalf of the GUE / NGL
Group, Mr Tamino, on behalf of the V Group, Mr Hory, on
behalf of the ARE Group, and Mr Wiebenga .

— introduced her report on the follow-up to the interparlia ­ Group, Mr Tamino, on behalf
mentary conference on combating fraud against the Commun ­ behalf of the ARE Group, and
ity budget ( 23 and 24 April 1996 ): For concerted action by the
Union and the Member States ( A4-0263 / 96 ). The President closed the debate .

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IN THE CHAIR : Mrs PERY

Vice-President

VOTING TIME

The President said that, on the request of the political group
chairmen, all the texts on the agenda up to the motions for
resolutions on the political situation in Turkey would be put to
the vote during the current voting time .

The following spoke :

— Mrs Todini, who called for the vote on the motions for
resolutions on child abuse to be held that morning, given the
importance of the subject ;

— Mrs Castellina, who called for the reports by Mr Herman
( A4-0244 / 96 ), Mr Barzanti ( A4-0255 / 96 ) and Ms Tongue
( A4-0243 / 96 ) to be voted on before the Thyssen report
( A4-0249 / 96 ) ( the President assured her that as everything
would be voted on up to the motions for resolutions on the
political situation in Turkey, the three reports would be put to
the vote ; she said she would ask Parliament subsequently
whether it still intended to vote on other items during the
present voting time, adding that the items not voted on then
would be put to the vote following topical and urgent debate );

— Mr Mezzaroma, who, after expressing a protest against the
campaign in France against the papal visit, called for Parlia ­
ment to express its solidarity with the Pope, as both a head of
state and head of a religion .

6 . Protection of occupants of motor

vehicles *** II ( vote )
Recommendation for 2nd reading by Mr Alan J. Donnelly
  - A4-0275 / 96

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL C4-0326 / 96 
94 / 0323(COD ):

Amendments adopted : 1 to 13 collectively

The common position was thus amended ( Part II, Item 2 ).

7 . SMEs multiannual programme - ( vote )

Thyssen report — A4-0249 / 96

### PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION COM(96)0098 - C4-0232 / 96 - 96 / 0087(CNS ):

Amendments adopted : 1 to 8 collectively ; 49 ; 9 to 1 1 collec ­
tively ; 50 ; 53 by EV ( 189 for, 134 against, 1 abstention ); 13 ; 51
by EV ( 171 for, 136 against, 1 abstention ); 15 ; 48 ; 18 ; 16 ; 17 ;

19 ; 55 by EV ( 176 for, 127 against, 1 abstention ); 56 ; 20 to 23
collectively ; 24 ; 57 by EV ( 185 for, 159 against, 0 abstentions );
58 ; 25 to 28 collectively ; 29 ; 52 by EV ( 1 63 for, 1 55 against, 1 1
abstentions ); 30 to 36 collectively ; 37 ; 47 ; 39 to 46 collective ­
ly ;

Amendments rejected : 12 ; 59 ; 54

Amendments fallen : 14 ; 38

Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended
( Part II, Item 3 ).

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION :

5 . Interconnection in telecommunications *** II
Parliament adopted the legislative resolution ( Part II, Item 3 ).
( vote )
Recommendation for 2nd reading by Mrs Read — A4 ­
0276 / 96

8 . Information society ( vote )

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL C4-0329 / 96 
95 / 0207(COD ):

Amendments adopted : 1 ; 2 ; 3 and 4 collectively ; 5 ; 6 ; 7 ; 8 ; 9 ;
10 ; 1 1 ; 12 ; 13 ; 14 and 15 collectively ; 16 ; 17 ; 18 ; 19 ; 20 and 21
collectively ; 22 to 25 collectively ; 26 ; 27 ; 28 ; 29 and 30
collectively ; 31

Amendment rejected : 33

Amendments withdrawn : 32, 34

The following spoke during the vote :

— the rapporteur explained the withdrawal of ams . 32 and 34 .

Separate votes : ams . 2, 5, 6, 8 ( UPE ); 10 ( PSE ); 12 ; 13 ; 16 ; 18 ;

19 ; 26 ; 27 ; 28 ; 31 ( UPE )

Herman report ( A4-0244 / 96 ), Barzanti report ( A4-0255 /
96 )

( a ) A4-0244 / 96 :

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Amendments adopted : 1 ; 2 ; 20 ; 3 ; 10 by EV ( 203 for, 136
against, 8 abstentions ); 4 ; 8 by EV ( 192 for, 146 against, 24
abstentions ); 5 ; 6 ; 7(1 st part ); 7(2nd part ) by EV ( 192 for, 159
against, 3 abstentions ); 7(3rd part ); 14 by EV ( 191 for, 174
against, 1 abstention )

Amendments rejected : 9 ; 11 ; 15 ; 16 ; 17 ; 12 ; 13 ; 21

Amendments withdrawn : 18 ; 19

The different parts of the text were adopted in order ( the
second part of para . 1 by RCV ; paras . 26 and 27 collectively by
EV ( 208 for, 133 against, 2 abstentions ), para . 34 by EV ( 191
for, 174 against, 2 abstentions ), the second part of para . 61 by
EV ( 200 for, 156 against, 9 abstentions )).

The common position was thus amended ( Part II, Item I ). Separate votes : Recital G ( EDN ); para . 34 ( PPE )

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Split votes : 9 . Public service television ( vote )

Tongue report — A4-0243 / 96
para . 1 ( EDN ):

1 st part : up to the 3rd indent
2nd part : 4th indent MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

am . 7 ( PPE ):

1st part : up to ' needed '
2nd part : up to ' salaried workers '
3rd part : remainder

para . 61 ( PPE ):

1st part : text without the words ' the possibility of implement ­

'
ing ... could be used to
2nd part : these words

Amendments adopted : 1 ; 2 by EV ( 178 for, 158 against,
0 abstentions ); 32 by EV ( 220 for, 143 against, 1 abstention ); 3 ;
4 ; 5 ; 23 ; 6 ; 30 by EV ( 181 for, 160 against, 1 1 abstentions ); 7 ;
8 ; 9 ; 33 ; 13 ; 10 ; 11 ; 12 ; 14

Amendments rejected : 17 ; 15 by EV ( 157 for, 197 against, 2

abstentions ); 21 by EV ( 156 for, 200 against, 0 abstentions );

16 ; 22 ; 20 ; 24 ; 19 ; 25 ; 26 ; 27 ; 29 by EV ( 132 for, 224 against,
0 abstentions )

Results ofRCVs : Amendment fallen : 28

para . 1 ( 2nd part ) ( EDN ):

Members voting : 337
For : 300

Against : 23
Abstentions : 14

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 4(a )).

( b ) A4-0255 / 96 :

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

The following spoke : Mr Augias, deputizing for the rappor ­
teur, who said that the corrigendum, which affected all the
language versions, was an integral part of the text and should
therefore be put to the vote ; he added that a correction should
be made to para . 26 (' the ownership of rights ' should be
replaced by ' the holding of rights '), and called for a split vote
on para . 9 ; and Mr Pasty, who welcomed the presence in the
gallery of a delegation from the Quebec Assembly .

Amendments adopted : 6 ; 3 ; 9 by EV ( 199 for, 146 against,

1 abstention ) and 12

Amendments rejected : 1 by EV ( 131 for, 1 65 against, 0 absten ­

tions ); 7 ; 8 ; 10 ; 11 ; 13 ; 14 ; 15 ; 16 ; 17 ; 18 ; 4 ; 2 by EV ( 162 for,

185 against, 8 abstentions ); 5

The different parts of the text were adopted in order ( para . 23
by EV ( 210 for, 135 against, 5 abstentions )).

The second part of para . 9 was rejected by EV ( 151 for, 173

against, 14 abstentions ).

The following spoke during the vote :

— Mr Augias, deputizing for the rapporteur, spoke on the
split vote on para . 9 .

Separate votes : paras . 23, 24 ( PPE )

Amendment withdrawn : 1 8

Amendment cancelled : 31

The different parts of the text were adopted in order ( on a
proposal by the rapporteur, the order of the paragraphs was
changed : para . 5 was moved to come after para . 1 1 ; para . 8
after para . 17 ); ( Recital J by EV ( 241 for, 114 against,
0 abstentions )); ( Recital N by EV ( 187 for, 157 against, 2
abstentions ), para . 3 by EV ( 223 for, 133 against, 7 absten ­
tions ), para . 8 2nd part by EV ( 220 for, 139 against, 2
abstentions ), para . 10 2nd part by EV ( 194 for, 157 against,
0 abstentions )).

The third part of Recital E was rejected by EV ( 1 60 for, 1 79
against, 4 abstentions ).

Separate votes : Recitals C ; D ; I ; J ; N ; X ; Y ; paras . 3 ; 7 ; 31 ; 32 ;
39 ; 42 ; 43 ( PPE )

Split votes :

recital E ( PPE ):

1 st part : introduction
2nd part : first indent : up to ' Member States '
3rd part : first indent : remainder
4th part : 2nd to 4th indents
5th part : 5th indent
6th part : 6th to 9th indents
7th part : 10th to 12th indents

para . 8 ( PPE ):

1 st part : introduction up to ' telecoms networks '
2nd part : remainder

para . 10 ( PPE ):

Split votes : 1st part : up to ' their remits '
2nd part : remainder

para . 9 ( PSE ):

1st part : text without the words ' particularly the opportuni ­ para . 11 ( PSE ):
ties ... new services '
2nd part : these words 2nd 1st part part : up : ' broadcasting to ' citizenship ' ' and without ' broadcasting '
Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 4(b )). 3rd part : remainder

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para . 38 ( PPE ): Results of RCVs :

1st part : text without the words ' such as Arte and Euronews
2nd part : these words para . 4 ( PSE ):

339

291

40

8

338

300

27

11

Parliament adopted the resolution by RCV ( PSE ) ( Part II,
Item 5 ).

Members voting : 367

Members voting :
For :

Against :
Abstentions :

For : 214
para . 5 ( PSE ):
Against : 140

Abstentions : 13 Members voting :
For :

Against :
Abstentions :

10 . Turkey ( vote ) Parliament adopted the resolution by RCV ( PSE ):

Motions 0990 and for 0991 resolutions / 96 . B4-0985, 0986, 0987, 0988, 0989, Members For : voting : 362 319

Against : 23
Abstentions : 20

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B4-0985 / 96 :

Parliament rejected the motion for a resolution .

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0986, 0987, 0988, 0989,

0990 and 0991 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Members :

Green, Sakellariou, Tsatsos, Kranidiotis, on behalf of the
PSE Group,
McMillan-Scott, Lambrias, Dimitrakopoulos, on behalf of
the PPE Group,

( Part II, Item 6 ).

In view of the hour, the President asked Parliament whether it
still wished to vote on the motions for resolutions on child

abuse .

The following spoke : Mrs Green, on behalf of the PSE Group,
who asked for the motions for resolutions on Iraq to be voted
on as well, and Mr Martens, on behalf of the PPE Group, who
supported this request .

Daskalaki, on behalf of the UPE Group, .
Bertens Puerta, Ephremidis,, Alavanos, Piquet, Carnero Gonzalez, Voting therefore continued, on the
Miranda, on behalf of the GUE / NGL Group, Iraq and child abuse .
Roth, Aelvoet, on behalf of the V Group,
Lalumière, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, on behalf of the ARE
Group,
( the ELDR Group withdrew its signature ) 11 . Situation in Iraq ( vote )
to replace these motions with a new text : Motions for resolutions

Voting therefore continued, on the motions for resolutions on
Iraq and child abuse .

Motions for resolutions B4-0993, 1018, 1026, 1027, 1028,

1044 and 1064 / 96
Amendments rejected : 2 ; 3 ; 1 ; 4 ; 5

The different parts of the text were adopted in order ( paras . 4
and 5 by RCV ).

Para . 6 was rejected .

The following spoke during the vote :

— Mr Sakellariou proposed an oral amendment, on which the
representatives of the PSE, ELDR, GUE / NGL, V, ARE and
PPE Groups agreed, inserting after Recital A the following
new recital : ' having regard to the recent ruling of the European
Court of Human Rights on human rights in Turkey '.

— Mr McMillan-Scott opposed voting on this oral amend ­
ment, since it did not have the support of at least 1 1 Members,
this being the minimum required pursuant to Rule 124(6 ) to
prevent an oral amendment being put to the vote .

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0993, 1018, 1026, 1044
and 1064 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Members :

Colajanni, Green, Kouchner, Newens, Sakellariou, on
behalf of the PSE Group,
Oostlander, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Cars, on behalf of the ELDR Group,
Aelvoet, Roth, on behalf of the V Group,
Dupuis, Pradier, on behalf of the ARE Group,
to replace these motions with a new text :

Amendments rejected : 1 ; 2 and 3

The different parts of the text were adopted in order .

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 7 ).

Separate votes : paras . 4, 5 ( PPE ); 6 ( ELDR, PPE, PSE ) ( Motions for resolutions B4-1027 and 1028 / 96 fell ).

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12 . Child abuse ( vote )

Motions for resolutions B4   - 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004,

1005 and 1006 / 96

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-1000, 1001, 1002, 1003,

1004, 1005 and 1006 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

at the moment of voting ; he considered that Members should
be previously informed of any such amendments in writing
( the President said that this was a matter for the Committee on
the Rules of Procedure ).

Explanations of vote :

Members : Thyssen report ( A4-0249 / 96 ):

Zimmermann ma, Van Lancker, Happart, Cot,, Dury Schulz, De, Newman Coene, Willockx, Gröner,, d'An Desa ­ — in writing : Mr Caudron ; Mr Titley ; Mr Gasòliba i Bohm ;
cona, on behalf of the PSE Group, Herman report ( A4-0244 / 96 ):
Banotti, Colombo Svevo, Deprez, Bennasar Tous, Chan ­ — in writing : Mr Wolf and Mr Cushnahan
terie, on behalf of the PPE Group,

Todini, Hermange, Daskalaki, Andrews, on behalf of the Barzanti report ( A4-0255 / 96 )
UPE Group, — in writing : Mr Montesano
André-Léonard, Monfils, Larive, Spaak, Boogerd-Quaak,
on behalf of the ELDR Group, Tongue report ( A4-0243 / 96 )
Pailler, Sornosa Martinez, Manisco, Castellina, Mohamed — in writing : Mr Wolf ; Mr
Ali, on behalf of the GUE / NGL Group,

— in writing : Mr Montesano, Mr Baldarelli ; Mr Howitt

Tongue report ( A4-0243 / 96 )

,,,, — in writing : Mr Wolf ; Mr Dell'Alba ; Mr Holm ; Mr Vieira ;
Ali Lannoye, on behalf, Ahern of, Aelvoet the GUE, van / NGL Dijk Group, Orlando,, Soltwedel ­ Mr nardini Gallagher ; Mr Berthu, Mrs Lulling ; Mrs Darras, Mr Ber ­

Schafer, on behalf of the V Group,
Leperre-Verrier, on behalf of the ARE Group, Turkey
Seillier, on behalf of the EDN Group,

Turkey

,, — oral : Mr Antony ; Mr Cars

to replace these motions with a new text :

— in writing : Mr Martinez ; Mr Caudron ; Mr Dillen

Preamble, recital and paras . 1 to 3 : adopted

Iraq

— oral : Mr Gahrton, on behalf of the V Group,
para . 4 : adopted — in writing : Mr Cushnahan

para . 5(i ): adopted

Mrs Todini spoke, on behalf of the UPE Group, proposing an
oral amendment to para . 5(ii ) as follows : '... specialised
information, in particular via the creation of specific databases
on individuals found guilty of paedophile acts '.

Mrs Van Dijk and over 1 1 other Members objected to this oral
amendment . It was, therefore, not voted on, pursuant to
Rule 124(6 ).

The following spoke : Mrs Roth, explaining the position of the
Members who had opposed the oral amendment, Mrs Banotti,
on those Members ' attitude, and Mrs Todini, who said that she
had explained the content of the oral amendment in her speech
the previous day .

Child abuse

— oral : Mr Antony ; Mr Hallam

— in writing : Mr Caudron ; Mr Dillen ; Mr Féret ; Mr Sjöstedt ;
Mr Cushnahan ; Mr Burenstam Linder ; Mr Holm, Mrs Schörl ­
ing, Mr Gahrton, Mrs Lindholm

Corrections to votes

Tongue report ( A4-0243 / 96 ):

final vote :

— Mr Cushnahan had intended to vote in favour

Turkey :

para . 5(ii ): adopted para . 4 :

para . 5(iii ) to 5(v ): adopted

para . 6 : adopted

— Mrs Carlsson had intended to vote in favour and not

against

— Mrs Heinisch had intended to abstain

— Mr Brendan P. Donnelly had intended to vote in favour
paras . 7 to 9 : adopted para . 5 :

para . 10 : adopted

para . 1 1 : adopted

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 8 ).

Mr Falconer spoke, calling for the Bureau to be consulted on
the subject of the admissibility of oral amendments introduced

— Mrs Carlsson had intended to vote in favour

— Mrs Heinisch had intended to abstain

— Mr Brendan P. Donnelly had intended to vote in favour

text as a whole :

— Mrs Heinisch had intended to abstain

( The sitting was suspended at 1.25 and resumed at 3 p.m .)

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IN THE CHAIR : Mr GUTIERREZ DIAZ

Vice-President

TOPICAL AND URGENT DEBATE

The next item was the topical and urgent debate ( for titles and
authors of motions for resolutions, see Minutes of 17.9.1996,
Part I, Item 14 ).

The following spoke : Mr Barros Moura, on behalf of the PSE
Group, and Mrs Maij-Weggen, on behalf of the PPE Group .

IN THE CHAIR : Mrs FONTAINE

Vice-President

Mr Girão Pereira spoke, on behalf of the UPE Group .
13 . Situation in Cyprus ( debate )

The next item was a joint debate on six motions for resolutions Alexander Nikitin
( B4-0994, 1024, 1039, 1043, 1058 and 1073 / 96 ).

The following introduced the motions for resolutions : Mr Bert ­
ens, Mr Hatzidakis, Mrs Aelvoet and Mrs Rothe .

The following spoke : Mr Ephremidis, on behalf of the
GUE / NGL Group, and Mr Pinheiro, Member of the Commis ­
sion .

The President closed the debate .

The following introduced the motions for resolutions : Mr Eis ­
ma, Mr Dupuis, Mrs Gonzalez Alvarez and Mrs Hautala .

Romania

The following introduced the motions for resolutions :
Mrs Sierra Gonzalez, Mrs Müller and Mr Dupuis .

Vote : Item 19 . The following spoke : Mr David, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Mr Pettinari, on behalf of the GUE / NGL Group, and Mrs Van
Dijk, on behalf of the V Group .
14 . Situation in Burundi ( debate )

The next item was a joint debate on seven motions for
resolutions ( B4-1010, 1015, 1019, 1033, 1038, 1045 and
1074 / 96 ).

The following introduced the motions for resolutions : Mr Ber ­
end, Mrs Andre-Leonard, Mr Pradier, Mrs Baldi, Mrs Aelvoet
and Mrs Sauquillo Perez del Arco .

Colombia

The following introduced the motions for resolutions :
Mrs Müller and Mrs Gonzalez Alvarez .

Mr Camisón Asensio spoke, on behalf of the PPE Group .

Mr Pinheiro, Member of the Commission, spoke on the human

The following spoke : Mr Andrews, on behalf of the UPE rights questions raised as a whole .
Group, Mr Bertens, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Amad ­
eo, Non-attached Member, and Mr Pinheiro, Member of the The President closed the joint debate .
Commission .

Vote : Item 21 .
The President closed the debate .

Vote : Item 20 . Mr Eisma spoke, pointing out that the TV screens displaying
the speakers ' names were not visible from the back of the
Chamber and called for an extra screen to be added .

15 . Human rights ( debate )

The next item was a joint debate on twenty-one motions for
resolutions ( B4-0992, 1021, 1042, 1050, 1059, 1060, 0997,

1011, 1031, 1041, 1048, 1075, 0995, 1020, 1036, 1046, 1057,
1063, 1081, 1049 et 1053 / 96 ).

The President announced that each item under this heading
would be considered separately and the Commission would
make a global statement at the end of the debate .

Permanent International Criminal Court

The following introduced the motions for resolutions : Mr Bert ­
ens, Mr Dell'Alba, Mrs Müller, Mr Pettinari and Mrs Banotti .

16 . Communication of common positions of the

Council

Pursuant to Rule 64(1 ), the President announced that she had
received from the Council, in accordance with Articles 189b
and 189c of the EC Treaty, the following common positions,
together with the reasons which had led to their adoption, and
the Commission 's positions :

— Common position adopted by the Council with a view to
adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive amend ­
ing Council Directives 90 / 387 / EEC and 92 / 44 / EEC for the
purpose of adaptation to a competitive environment in tele ­
communications ( C4-0469 / 96 — 95 / 0280(COD ))

Indonesia referred to
The following introduced the motions for resolutions : Mr Cos ­ responsible : ECON
ta Neves, Mr Moorhouse, Mr Ribeiro, Mr Macartney, Mr Tel ­ opinion : RTDE,
kämper and Mr Newens . legal basis : Art .

opinion : RTDE, LEGA, TRAN

legal basis : Art . 100a EC

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— Common position adopted by the Council with a view to
adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive con ­
cerning the processing of personal data and the protection of
privacy in the telecommunications sector, in particular in the
integrated services digital network ( ISDN ) and in the public
## digital mobile networks ( C4-0470 / 96 - 00 / 0288(CQDj )

referred to

responsible : LEGA

opinion : BUDG, ECON, RTDE, ENVI

legal basis : Art . 100a EC

— Common position adopted by the Council with a view to
adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive amend ­
ing Directive 94 / 35 / EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs
### ( C4-0471 / 96 - 95 / 0251 ( COD ))

However, in the case of the common positions on :

— adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive
concerning the processing of personal data and the protection
of privacy in the telecommunications sector, in particular in the
integrated services digital network ( ISDN ) and in the public
digital mobile networks ( C4-0470 / 96 — 00 / 0288(COD )) and

— adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive
concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity
( C4-0457 / 96 — 00 / 0384(COD )) ( as already announced on
5 September 1996 ; see Part I, Item 15 of Minutes of that date ),

Parliament wished to have an additional month .

A letter would be sent to the President-in-Office of the Council

requesting this .

referred to

responsible : ENVI
opinion : ECON
17 . Expulsion of illegal immigrants in Europe

legal basis : Art . 100 EC ( debate )

— Common position adopted by the Council with a view to
adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive amend ­
ing Directive 89 / 398 / EEC on the approximation of the laws of
the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular
nutritional uses ( C4-0472 / 96 — 94 / 0327(COD ))

referred to

responsible : ENVI
opinion : ECON

legal basis : Art . 100a EC

— Common position adopted by the Council with a view to
adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive amend ­
ing Directive 95 / 2 / EC on food additives other than colours and
### sweeteners ( C4-0473 / 96 - 95 / 01 14(COD ))

referred to

responsible : ENVI
opinion : ECON

The next item was a joint debate on eight motions for
resolutions ( B4-0999, 1023, 1040, 1047, 1061, 1065, 1066 and

1069 / 96 ).

The following introduced the motions for resolutions :
Mrs Pailler, Mr Nordmann, Mrs Leperre-Verrier, Mr Wolf,
Mr Hernandez Mollar, Mrs Van Lancker, Mrs Dury and
Mrs Miranda de Lage .

The following spoke : Mrs d'Ancona, on behalf of the PSE
Group, Mr Camison Asensio, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Mrs Guinebertiere, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mr Mohamed
Ali, on behalf of the GUE / NGL Group, Mr Berthu, on behalf of
the EDN Group, Mr Vanhecke, Non-attached Member,
Mrs Lindeperg and Mr Pinheiro, Member of the Commission .

The President closed the joint debate .

Vote : Item 22 .

legal basis : Art . 100a EC
18 . Disasters ( debate )

— Common position adopted by the Council with a view to
adopting a European Parliament and Council Decision on the
maintenance of national laws prohibiting the use of certain
additives in the production of certain specific foodstuffs
### ( C4-0474 / 96 - 95 / 0085(COD ))

referred to

responsible : ENVI
opinion : ECON

The next item was a joint debate on fourteen motions for
resolutions ( B4-0967, 1013, 1030, 1076, 1014, 1025, 1032,

1035, 1062, 1079, 0998, 1052, 1071 and 1072 / 96 ).

The President announced that each item under this heading
would be considered separately and the Commission would
make a global statement at the end of the debate .

Biescas
legal basis : Art . 100a EC

The following introduced the motions for resolutions : Mr Mar ­

The three-month period available to Parliament to deliver its
opinion would therefore begin the following day, Friday,
20 September 1 996 .

set Campos, Mr Siso Cruellas and Mr Izquierdo Collado .

Mrs Miranda de Lage spoke, on behalf of the PSE Group .

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Floods in Spain 20 . Situation in Burundi ( vote )

The following introduced the motions for resolutions : Mrs Fer ­
rer, Mr Novo Belenguer and Mrs Sornosa Martinez .

Storms in Greece

The following introduced the motions for resolutions : Mr Eph ­
remidis and Mr Trakatellis .

Hazardous waste trade in South Africa

The following introduced the motions for resolutions : Mr Tel ­
kämper and Mrs d'Ancona .

The following spoke : Mr Eisma, on behalf of the ELDR Group,
and Mrs Aelvoet, on behalf of the V Group .

Pilgrim route to Santiago

Mrs Izquierdo Rojo introduced the motion for a resolution .

Mr Varela Suanzes-Carpegna spoke, on behalf of the PPE
Group .

Mr Pinheiro, Member of the Commission, spoke on the
disasters as a whole .

Motions for resolutions ( B4-1010, 1015, 1019, 1033, 1038,

1045, 1074 / 96 )

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-1010, 1015, 1019, 1033,

1038, 1045, 1074 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Members :

Sauquillo Perez del Arco, Pons Grau and Kouchner, on
behalf of the PSE Group,
Maij-Weggen and Günther, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Baldi, on behalf of the UPE Group,
Andre-Leonard and Bertens, on behalf of the ELDR
Group,
Pettinari, Carnero Gonzalez and Jove Peres, on behalf of
the GUE / NGL Group,
Aelvoet and Telkämper, on behalf of the V Group,
Pradier, on behalf of the ARE Group,
to replace these motions with a new text :

The different parts of the text were adopted in order, except
para . 7, rejected .

Separate vote : para . 7 ( PSE )

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 10 ).

21 . Human rights ( vote )
IN THE CHAIR : Mr GUTIERREZ DIAZ Motions for resolutions ( B4-0992, 1021, 1042, 1050, 1059,

Vice-President

The President closed the joint debate .

1060, 0997, 1011, 1031, 1041, 1048, 1075, 0995, 1020,
1036, 1046, 1057, 1063, 1081, 1049 and 1053 / 96 )

Permanent International Criminal Court
Vote : Item 23 .

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0992, 1021, 1042, 1050,

VOTE

1059, 1060 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Members :
19 . Situation in Cyprus ( vote ) Kouchner, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Motions for resolutions ( B4-0994, 1024, 1039, 1043, 1058, Lenz, on behalf of the PPE Group,

1073 / 96 ) Bertens, De Vries, La Malfa, on behalf of the ELDR

Group,

Motions for resolutions ( B4-0994, 1024, 1039, 1043, 1058,

1073 / 96 )

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0994, 1024, 1039, 1043,

1058, 1073 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Members :

Kranidiotis, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Hatzidakis and Dimitrakopoulos, on behalf of the PPE

Sierra Gonzalez, Mohamed Ali, Pettinari, on behalf of the
GUE / NGL Group,
Aglietta, Ripa di Meana, Ullmann, on behalf of the
V Group,
Dell ' Alba, Dupuis, Hory, on behalf of the ARE Group,
to replace these motions with a new text :

, on Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 11(a )).

Group,
Pasty, on behalf of the UPE Group,
Bertens, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Indonesia
Puerta, Papayannakis, Ephremidis, Theonas, Alavanos,
Marset Campos, Ainardi, Vinci and Miranda, on behalf of MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0997, 101 1, 1031
the GUE / NGL Group, 1048 and 1075 / 96 :
Aelvoet, Roth, Orlando and Tamino, on behalf of the
V Group, — joint motion for a resolution tabled by the
Pradier and Vandemeulebroucke, on behalf of the ARE Members :
Group, Newens, Barros Moura and Malone, on behalf of
to replace these motions with a new text : Group,

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0997, 101 1, 1031, 1041,

1048 and 1075 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 9 ).

Members :

Newens, Barros Moura and Malone, on behalf of the PSE
Group,
Moorhouse, Maij-Weggen and Pronk, on behalf of the
PPE Group,

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Girão Pereira, on behalf of the UPE Group, Colombia
Gredler, Andre-Leonard and Bertens, on behalf of the
ELDR Group, The
Ribeiro, Jove Peres, Elmalan, Vinci and Alavanos, on
behalf of the GUE / NGL Group, — Mrs
Telkämper, Van Dijk and McKenna, on behalf of the for
V Group, President
Vandemeulebroucke, Leperre-Verrier and Macartney, on
behalf of the ARE Group, — Mrs
to replace these motions with a new text : supported

The following spoke :

— Mrs d'Ancona, who asked for the vote on the two motions
for resolutions to be held over to the next part-session ( the
President replied that this was not permitted by the Rules );

— Mrs Gonzalez Alvarez, on behalf of the GUE / NGL Group,
supported this request ;

The different parts of the text were adopted in order, para . 7 by
EV ( 94 for, 50 against, 2 abstentions ), except para . 8, rejected .

Separate votes : para . 7, para . 8 ( PPE )

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 11(b )).

Alexander Nikitin

— Mrs Oomen-Ruijten and Mr Robles Piquer, who spoke in
support of the previous speeches ( the President recalled that
under Rule 47 such votes could not be held over ; he stated that
the motions for resolutions would therefore be put to the vote
unless they were withdrawn by their authors );

— Mrs Aelvoet, on behalf of the V Group, and Mrs Gonzalez
Alvarez, on behalf of the GUE / NGL Group, who said that the
motions for resolutions tabled by their groups would be
retained ;

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B4 - 1049 / 96 :

MOTIONS 1046 / 96 : FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0995, 1020, 1036 and Parliament rejected the motion for a resolution .

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Members :

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B4 - 1053 / 96 :

d ' Ancona, on behalf of the PSE Group, Parliament rejected the motion for a resolution .
Lehne, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Eisma, and Pimenta, on behalf of the ELDR Group,
Gonzalez Alvarez and Sierra Gonzalez, on behalf of the
GUE / NGL Group, 22 . Expulsion of illegal immigrants in Europe
Hautala, Roth, Schroedter, Lannoye and Gahrton, on ( vote )
behalf of the V Group, Motions for resolutions ( B4-0999, 1023, 1040, 1047, 1061,

Mamère, on behalf of the ARE Group, 1065, 1066 and 1069 / 96 )
to replace these motions with a new text :

Amendments rejected : 1 by EV ( 73 for, 92 against, 1 absten ­

tion ); 2 ; 3

The different parts of the text were adopted in order .

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 11(c )).

Romania

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-1057, 1063 and 1081 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Members :

d'Ancona and David, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Vinci, Pettinari, Pailler, Gutierrez Diaz and Svensson, on
behalf of the GUE / NGL Group,
Ripa di Meana, Roth and Müller, on behalf of the V Group,
Dupuis and Dell'Alba, on behalf of the ARE Group,
to replace these motions with a new text :

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 11(d )).

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0999, 1023, 1040, 1047,

1061, 1065, 1066 and 1069 / 96

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Members :

Van Lancker, Dury and Pons Grau, on behalf of the PSE
Group,
Palacio Vallelersundi, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Wiebenga and Andre-Leonard, on behalf of the ELDR
Group,
Pailler, Mohamed Ali, Manisco, Ribeiro, Sierra Gonzalez,
Ephremidis, Sjöstedt and Alavanos, on behalf of the
GUE / NGL Group,
Roth, Cohn-Bendit and Kreissl-Dörfler, on behalf of the
V Group,
Saint-Pierre, on behalf of the ARE Group,
to replace these motions with a new text :

The different parts of the text were adopted in order .

Split votes :

para . 1 ( EDN )

1st part : text without the words ' and education '
2nd part : these words

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para . 6 ( EDN ) Storms in Greece

1st part : text without the words ' or the competent Commission
departments and '
2nd part : these words

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-1035, 1062 and 1079 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Parliament adopted the resolution by RCV ( UPE ) ( Part II, Members :
Item 12 ): Lambraki, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Members voting : 187 Dimitrakopoulos, on behalf of the PPE Group,
For : 171 Theonas, on behalf of the GUE / NGL Group,
Against : 1 1 to replace these motions with a new text :

Abstentions : 5
Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 13(c )).

Hazardous waste trade in South Africa

Mr Pasty reminded Members that the public should remain

silent in the gallery .

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0998, 1052 and 1071 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Members :

d ' Ancona, on behalf of the PSE Group,
23 . Disasters ( vote ) Günther and Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group,

Motions for resolutions ( B4-0967, 1013, 1030, 1076, 1014, Eisma, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

1025 . 1032, 1035, 1062, 1079, 0998, 1052, 1071 and Iversen, Gonzalez Alvarez and Marset Campos, on behalf
1072 / 96 ) of the GUE / NGL Group,

Biescas

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0967, 1013, 1030 and

1076 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Members :

Izquierdo Collado and Cabezón Alonso, on behalf of the
PSE Group,
Sisó Cruellas and Galeote Quecedo, on behalf of the PPE
Group,
Pasty, on behalf of the UPE Group,
Gasòliba i Bohm, on behalf of the ELDR Group,
Puerta, Carnero Gonzalez, Gonzalez Alvarez, Gutier ­
rez Diaz, Jove Peres, Marset Campos, Mohamed Ali,
Sierra Gonzalez and Sornosa Martinez, on behalf of the
GUE / NGL Group,

Telkämper and Aelvoet, on behalf of the V Group,
Mamère, on behalf of the ARE Group,
to replace these motions with a new text :

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 13(d )).

Pilgrim route to Santiago

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B4 - 1072 / 96

Parliament adopted the resolution by RCV ( PSE ) ( Part II,
Item 13(e )):

Members voting : 172
For : 107

Against : 53
Abstentions : 12

Vandemeulebroucke and Pradier, on behalf of the ARE
( Motion for a resolution B4                                                               - 1080 / 96 was withdrawn ).
Group,
to replace these motions with a new text :

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 13(a )).

Floods in Spain

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-1014, 1025 and 1032 / 96 :

— joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following

Members :

Corrections to votes

Expulsion of illegal immigrants

Final vote :

Pons Grau, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Ferrer, on behalf of the PPE Group, — Mrs Ferrer had intended to vote in favour and not against
Gasòliba i Bohm, on behalf of the ELDR Group,
Gutierrez Diaz, Sornosa Martinez, on behalf of the GUE / Pilgrim route to Santiago
NGL Vandemeulebroucke Group,, on behalf of the ARE Group, — Mrs Peijs had intended to vote against
to replace these motions with a new text :

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 13(h )). END OF TOPICAL AND URGENT DEBATE

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IN THE CHAIR : Mrs PERY

Vice-President

Separate votes : para . 11(g ) ( PSE, ELDR ); 1 1(h ) ( PSE ); 16, 17
( PSE, ELDR ); 18 ( PSE ); 19 ( PSE, ELDR ); 20(d ) ( PSE )

Split votes :
24 . Membership of political groups

am . 9 ( UPE ):
The President announced that Mrs Van Bladel had informed
her that she had joined the UPE Group as from that day, 1st part : up

1 9 September 1 996 .

1st part : up to ' ECU 33 per kg '
2nd part : remainder

am . 25 ( PSE ):

VOTING TIME 1 st part : up to ' Member State '
2nd part : remainder

para . 1 1 ( i ) ( PSE ):
25 . Guarantees covered by budget ( vote )

Tomlinson report — A4-0254 / 96 1st part : up to ' Member State
2nd part : remainder

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Results of RCVs :
Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part 11, Item 14 ).

am . 9 ( 1st part ) ( UPE ):

Members voting : 165
26 . Excise duties ( vote ) For : 16
von Wogau report — A4-0253 / 96 Against : 149
Abstentions : 0

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION am . 1 1 ( EDN )

Amendments adopted : 4 ; 7 by EV ( 96 for, 53 against,
0 abstentions ); 19 ( compromise ); 20 ( compromise ); 21 ( com ­
promise ); 22 ( compromise by EV ) ( 169 for, 5 against, 2
abstentions )); 10 ; 23 ( compromise by RCV ); 24 ( compromise );
25 ( compromise ( 1st part )); 25 ( compromise ( 2nd part ) by EV
( 98 for, 79 against, 0 abstentions )); 14

Amendments rejected : 8 ; 9 ( 1st part ) by RCV ; 1 1 by RCV ; 12

by RCV ; 13 by RCV ; 15 by RCV ; 16 by RCV ; 17

Amendments fallen : 1 ; 9 ( 2nd part ); 5 ; 6

Amendments withdrawn : 18 ; 2 ; 3

The different parts of the text were adopted in order ( para . 12
and 14 by RCV ; para . 15 by EV ( 88 for, 79 against, 2
abstentions ); para . 1 8 by EV ( 93 for, 69 against, 3 abstentions );
20 by EV ( 127 for, 39 against, 1 abstention )).

Rejected : para . 3 by EV ( 73 for, 74 against, 8 abstentions );
para . 11(c ) by EV ( 87 for, 88 against, 0 abstentions ); para . 1 1
( g ) by RCV ; 16 by EV ( 66 for, 98 against, 2 abstentions ); 17 ;

19 ; 20(d ) by RCV .

Para . 8 fell following the adoption of am . 21 and para . 1 1(h )
fell following the adoption of am . 4 .

The following spoke during the vote :

— Mr Fantuzzi asked, with respect to am . 24, for the word
' overproduction ' to be replaced by ' production ' ; the rapporteur
gave his agreement to this change, which he considered to be
purely phraseological . The amendment was therefore put to the

vote .

Members voting : 179
For : 27

Against : 151
Abstentions : 1

am . 12 ( EDN ):

Members voting : 177
For : 14

Against : 162

Abstentions : 1

am . 23 ( compromise ( PSE ):

Members voting : 1 80
For : 145

Against : 22
Abstentions : 1 3

am . 13 ( EDN ):

Members voting : 174
For : 14

Against : 159
Abstentions : 1

para . 11(g ) ( EDN ):

Members voting : 172
For : 24

Against : 139
Abstentions : 9

para . 12 ( EDN ):

Members voting : 170
For : 154

Against : 9
Abstentions : 7

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para . 14 ( EDN ): ( b ) A4-0263 / 96 :
Members voting : 171 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
For : 85
Against Abstentions : : 8 1 5 Mr Schulz, deputizing for Mr

am . 15 ( EDN ):

Members voting : 172
For : 16

Against : 154

Abstentions : 2

para . 20(d ) ( EDN ):

Members voting : 172
For : 69

Against : 98
Abstentions : 5

Mr Schulz, deputizing for Mr Bontempi, draftsman of the
opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties, called for the
committee 's conclusions to be included as oral amendments in

the motion for a resolution .

The rapporteur agreed to paras . 1(d ), 2(a ) and ( b ), and 6(b )
from the conclusions of the Civil Liberties Committee 's

document being included in the text .

The President noted that there were not objections to the
inclusion of these amendments .

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part 11, Item 17(b )).

am . 16 ( V ) ( c ) B4 - 1009 / 96 :

Members voting : 175 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B4   - 1009 / 96 :
For : 19
Against : 147 Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 17(c )).
Abstentions : 9

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 15 ).

The rapporteur spoke .

Explanations of vote :

von Wogau report ( A4-0253 / 96 )
27 . Standardization ( vote )

Meier report — A4-0248 / 96 — oral : Mrs Lulling

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

— in writing : Mrs Lindholm ; Mrs Ahlqvist ; Mrs Lööw ;
Mr Andersson ; Mr Wibe ; Mrs Theorin ; Mr Gahrton ;
Mrs Schörling

Amendments adopted : 4 by EV ( 78 for, 33 against, 2 absten ­ Meier report ( A4-0248 / 96 )

tions ); 5 ; 7 ; 2 modified orally

— in writing : Mr Sjöstedt
Amendments rejected : 3 ; 6 ; 1 ; 8 ; 9

Theato report ( A4-0263 / 96 )

The different parts of the text were adopted in order .

The following spoke during the vote :

— the rapporteur, on ams . 3, 9, 1 and 2 . On the last-named
amendment he proposed an oral amendment to modify the end
of the amendment as follows : ' calls for the establishment of a

European Standardization body to be responsible for the
standardization of aviation components, airframes and avionic
systems '; Mr Cassidy, co-author of the amendment, on behalf
of the PPE Group, gave his agreement . The President noted
that there was no objection to this oral amendment .

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 16 ).

28 . Combating fraud ( vote )

Wemheuer ( A4-0257 / 96 ) and Theato ( A4-0263 / 96 )
reports, motion for a resolution B4   - 1009 / 96 .

( a ) A4-0257 / 96 :

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Parliament adopted the resolution ( Part II, Item 17(a )).

— in writing : Mr Vieira ; Mr Sjöstedt ; Mr Schulz

Correction of vote

von Wogau report ( A4-0253 / 96 )

am . 15 : Mr Ribeiro had intended to vote against .

END OF VOTING TIME

29 . East - West cooperation in energy and nuclear

security ( debate )

Mr Adam introduced his report drawn up on behalf of the
Committee on Research, Technological Development and
Energy on East-West cooperation activities in energy and
nuclear security ( A4-0242 / 96 ).

The following spoke : Mr Desama, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Mr Ferber, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Mrs Plooij-van
Gorsel, on behalf of the ELDR Group .

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IN THE CHAIR : Mrs SCHLEICHER

Vice-President

31 . Agenda for next sitting

The President announced the following agenda for the sitting
Mr Pinheiro, Member of the Commission, spoke . of Friday, 20 September 1996 :

The President closed the debate .

9 a.m .
Vote : Minutes of 20.9.1996, Part I, Item 10 .

— Vallvé report on coastal fishing ( Rule 52 )

30 . Cooperation in Baltic ( debate ) — procedure without report

The next item was the report drawn up by Mr Toivonen on
behalf of the Committee on External Economic Relations on

the Commission report on the current state of and the prospects
for cooperation in the Baltic Sea region ( COM(95)0609 —
C4-00 17 / 96 ) ( A4-0259 / 96 ).

The President announced that the rapporteur was absent
because of next month 's elections in Finland and would be

replaced by Mr Kittelmann .

Mrs Stenius-Kaukonen noted that other Finnish Members were

nevertheless present .

Mr Kittelmann, deputizing for the rapporteur, introduced the
report .

The following spoke : Mrs Schroedter, draftsman of the opinion
of the Committee on Regional Policy, Mr Poettering, drafts ­
man of the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Mr Sindal, chairman of the Delegation for relations with
Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, who also spoke on behalf of the
PSE Group, Mr Pelttari, on behalf of the ELDR Group,
Mr Sjöstedt, on behalf of the GUE / NGL Group, Mrs Schörling,
on behalf of the V Group, Mr Van der Waal, on behalf of the
EDN Group, Mrs livari, Mrs Stenius-Kaukonen, Mr Pinheiro,
Member of the Commission, and Mrs Schroedter, who put
questions to the Commission which Mr Pinheiro answered .

The President closed the debate .

Vote : Minutes of 20.9.1996, Part I, Item 11 .

Enrico VINCI

Secretary-General

— vote on texts on which the debate had closed

— Funk report on beef and veal (')

— Rosado Fernandes report on protection of calves - (')

— Martinez report on zoonoses - (')

— Carnero Gonzalez report on observing democratic princi ­
ples in agreements between EC and third countries (')

— Lulling report on Edicom **!(')

— Moretti report on aid to shipbuilding - (')

— Añoveros Trias de Bes report on utility models in single
market (')

— Kouchner report on 9th EC-UNRWA Convention *(')

— oral question by Mr Hughes on working time in maritime
transport (')

— joint debate on two oral questions on biomedicine (')

( The sitting closed at 7.50 p.m .)

(') Text to be voted at the end of the debate .

Nicole FONTAINE

Vice-President

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PART II

Texts adopted by the European Parliament

1 . Interconnection in telecommunications *** II

A4-0276 / 96

Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European
Parliament and Council Directive on interconnection in telecommunications to ensure universal

service and interoperability through open network provision ( ONP ) ( C4-0329 / 96 — 95 / 0207(COD ))

( Codecision procedure : second reading )

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the common position of the Council, C4-0329 / 95 — 95 / 0207(COD ),

— having regard to its opinion at first reading (') on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council, COM(95)0379 ( 2 ),

— having regard to the amended Commission proposal, COM(96)0121 ( 3 ),

— having regard to Article 189b(2 ) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 72 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Economic and
Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy ( A4-0276 / 96 ),

1 . Amends the common position as follows ;

2 . Calls on the Commission to support Parliament 's amendments in the opinion it is required to deliver
pursuant to Article 189b(2)(d ) of the EC Treaty ;

3 . Calls on the Council to approve all Parliament 's amendments, amend its common position
accordingly and definitively adopt the act ;

4 . Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission .

COMMON POSITION AMENDMENTS

OF THE COUNCIL BY PARLIAMENT

( Amendment 1 )

Recital 8

( 8 ) Whereas the Council Resolution of 7 February 1994 sets
out conditions for financing a universal voice telephony
service ; whereas obligations for the provision of universal
service contribute to the Community objective of economic
and social cohesion and territorial equity ; whereas there may
be more than one organization in a Member State with
universal service obligations ; whereas the calculation of the
net cost of universal service should take due account of costs

O OJ C 65, 4.3.1996, p . 69 .
( 2 ) OJ C 313, 24.11.1995, p . 7 .
(<) OJ C 178, 21.6.1996, p . 3 .

( 8 ) Whereas obligations for the provision of universal
service contribute to the Community objective of economic
and social cohesion and territorial equity ; whereas there may
be more than one organization in a Member State providing
universal service ; whereas the aim should be to introduce
new technologies like the integrated digital services net ­
work ( ISDN ) as soon as possible and on as broad a basis as
possible ; whereas at its current stage of development in the

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COMMON POSITION

OF THE COUNCIL

and revenues, as well as economic externalities and the
intangible benefits resulting from providing universal service
but should not hinder the on-going process of tariff rebalanc ­
ing ; whereas costs of universal service obligations should be
calculated on the basis of transparent procedures ; whereas
financial contributions related to the sharing of universal
service obligations should be unbundled from charges for
interconnection ; whereas, when a universal service obligation
represents an unfair burden on an organization, it is appropriate
to allow Member States to establish mechanisms for sharing
the net cost of universal provision of a fixed public telephone
network and a fixed public telephone service with other
organizations operating public telecommunications networks
and / or publicly available voice telephony services ; whereas
this should respect the principles of Community law, in
particular those of non-discrimination and proportionality and
should be without prejudice to Article 100a(2 ) of the Treaty ;

AMENDMENTS

BY PARLIAMENT

Member States ISDN is not accessible for all users and as

such cannot yet be subject to universal service obligations ;
whereas the calculation of the net cost of universal service

should take due account of costs and revenues, as well as
economic externalities and the intangible benefits resulting
from providing universal service but should not hinder the
on-going process of tariff rebalancing ; whereas costs of
universal service obligations should be calculated on the basis
of transparent procedures ; whereas financial contributions
related to the sharing of universal service obligations should be
unbundled from charges for interconnection ; whereas, when a
universal service obligation represents an unfair burden on an
organization, it is appropriate to allow Member States to
establish a mechanism for sharing the net cost of universal
provision of a fixed public telephone network or a fixed public
telephone service with other organizations operating public
telecommunications networks and / or publicly available voice
telephony services ; whereas this should respect the principles
of Community law, in particular those of non-discrimination
and proportionality and should be without prejudice to Article

100a(2 ) of the Treaty ;

( Amendment 2 )

Recital 11

( 11 ) Whereas, when an organization enjoys significant
market power, appropriate accounting separation between
interconnection activities and other activities ensures transpar ­
ency of internal cost transfers ; whereas, where an organization
with special or exclusive rights in a non-telecommunications
field also provides telecommunications services, accounting
separation or structural separation are appropriate means to
discourage unfair cross-subsidies at least above a certain
turnover in telecommunications activities ;

( 11 ) Whereas, when an organization enjoys significant
market power, appropriate breakdown of all costs and
revenues, and in some cases accounting separation between
interconnection activities and other activities ensures transpar ­
ency of internal cost transfers ; whereas, where an organization
with special or exclusive rights in a non-telecommunications
field also provides telecommunications services, accounting
separation or structural separation are appropriate means to
discourage unfair cross-subsidies at least above a certain
turnover in telecommunications activities ;

( Amendment 3 )

Recital 12

( 1 2 ) Whereas national regulatory authorities have an impor ­
tant role in encouraging the development of a competitive
market in the interests of Community users, and of securing
adequate interconnection of networks and interoperability of
services ; whereas negotiation of interconnection agreements
can be facilitated by national regulatory authorities setting
down certain conditions in advance, and identifying other
areas to be covered in interconnection agreements ; whereas in
the event of a dispute over interconnection between parties in
the same Member State, an aggrieved party must be able to call
on the national regulatory authority to resolve the dispute ;
whereas national regulatory authorities must be able to require
organizations to interconnect their facilities, where it can be
demonstrated that this is in the users ' interests ;

( 1 2 ) Whereas national regulatory authorities have an impor ­
tant role in encouraging the development of a competitive
market in the interests of Community users, and of securing
adequate interconnection of networks and interoperability of
services ; whereas negotiation of interconnection agreements
can be facilitated by national regulatory authorities setting
down certain conditions in advance according to common
guidelines defined by the Commission so as to facilitate the
development of a seamless harmonized European home
market, and identifying other areas to be covered in intercon ­
nection agreements ; whereas in the event of a dispute over
interconnection between parties in the same Member State, an
aggrieved party must be able to call on the national regulatory
authority to resolve the dispute ; whereas national regulatory

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authorities must be able to require organizations to intercon ­
nect their facilities, where it can be demonstrated that this is in
the users ' interests ; whereas each operator must be respon ­
sible for carrying calls and setting the tariffs for its
subscribers up to the most appropriate interconnection
point ;

( Amendment 4 )

Recital 15

( 1 5 ) Whereas numbering is a key element for equal access ;
whereas national regulatory authorities should have the res ­
ponsibility for administering and controlling national number ­
ing plans, and those naming and addressing aspects of
telecommunications services where coordination at a national

level is required, so as to ensure effective competition ; whereas
in exercising this responsibility, national regulatory authorities
must have regard to the principle of proportionality, particu ­
larly as to the effect of any measures on network operators,
resellers and consumers ; whereas number portability is an
important facility for users, and should be implemented as
soon as practicable ; whereas numbering schemes should be
developed in full consultation with all the parties involved and
in harmony with a long-term Europe-wide numbering frame ­
work and international numbering schemes as being consi ­
dered in the European Conference of Postal and Telecommu ­
nications Administrations ( CEPT ); whereas numbering
requirements in Europe, the need for the provision of pan ­
European and new services and the globalization and synergy
of the telecommunications market make the coordination of
national positions in international organizations and fora
desirable where numbering decisions are taken ;

( 15 ) Whereas numbering is a key element for equal access ;
whereas national regulatory authorities should have the res ­
ponsibility for administering and controlling national number ­
ing plans, and those naming and addressing aspects of
telecommunications services where coordination at a national

level is required, so as to ensure effective competition ; whereas
in exercising this responsibility, national regulatory authorities
must have regard to the principle of proportionality, particu ­
larly as to the effect of any measures on network operators,
resellers and consumers ; whereas number portability is an
important facility for users, and should be implemented as
soon as practicable ; whereas numbering schemes should be
developed in full consultation with all the parties involved and
in harmony with a long-term Europe-wide numbering frame ­
work and international numbering schemes as being consi ­
dered in the European Conference of Postal and Telecommu ­
nications Administrations ( CEPT ); whereas numbering
requirements in Europe, the need for the provision of pan ­
European and new services and the globalization and synergy
of the telecommunications market require a coordinated
position by the Member States and the Community in
international organizations and fora where numbering deci ­
sions are taken ;

( Amendment 5 )

Recital 18

( 18 ) Whereas in addition to the rights of recourse granted
under national or Community law, there is a need for
conciliation procedures for cross-border disputes which lie
outside the competence of a single national regulatory authori ­
ty ; whereas these procedures, to be initiated by any of the
national regulatory authorities concerned, should be respon ­
sive, inexpensive and transparent, and should involve all the
parties concerned ;

( 18 ) Whereas in addition to the rights of recourse granted
under national or Community law, there is a need for simple
procedures to resolve cross-border disputes which lie outside
the competence of a single national regulatory authority ;
whereas these procedures, to be initiated by any of the parties
concerned, should be responsive, inexpensive and transparent,
and should involve all the parties concerned ;

( Amendment 6 )

Recital 21

( 21 ) Whereas an agreement on a modus vivendi between the Deleted
European Parliament, the Council and the Commission con ­
cerning the implementing measures for acts adopted in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189b of the
EC Treaty (') was reached on 20 December 1994 ;

(') OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p . 1 .

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( Amendment 7 )

Recital 22

( 22 ) Whereas the implementation of certain obligations
must be linked to the date of liberalization of telecommunica ­

tions services and infrastructure and, in particular in regard to
the relevant Member States, take full account of the transition
periods granted in the Council Resolution of 22 July 1993 on
the review of the situation in the telecommunications sector
and the need for further development in that market and the
Council Resolution of 22 December 1994 on the principles and
timetable for the liberalization of telecommunications infra ­
structures ('), including the retention of special or exclusive
rights in relation to direct interconnection between the mobile
networks of those Member States and the fixed or mobile

networks of other Member States ; whereas deferment of the
obligation to provide number portability may be granted where
the Commission agrees that the obligation would impose an
excessive burden on certain organizations ;

( 22 ) Whereas the implementation of certain obligations
must be linked to the date of liberalization of telecommunica ­

tions services and infrastructure and, in particular in regard to
the relevant Member States, take full account of the transition
periods granted by the Article 2(2 ) of Commission Directive
90 / 388 / EEC as amended by Commission Directive 96 /

19 / EC ('), including the retention of special or exclusive rights
in relation to direct interconnection between the mobile

networks of those Member States and the fixed or mobile

networks of other Member States ; whereas deferment of the
obligation to provide number portability may be granted where
the Commission agrees that the obligation would impose an
excessive burden on certain organizations ;

(') OJ C 379, 31.12.1994, p . 4 . (') OJ L 74, 22.3.1996, p . 13 .

( Amendment 8 )

Recital 25

( 25 ) Whereas the essential goal of interconnection of net ­
works and interoperability of services throughout the Com ­
munity cannot be sufficiently achieved at Member State level,
and can therefore be better achieved at Community level by
this Directive ;

( 25 ) Whereas the essential goal of interconnection of net ­
works and interoperability of services throughout the Com ­
munity cannot be sufficiently achieved at Member State level,
and can therefore be better achieved at Community level by
this Directive ; whereas it is desirable, when this Directive is
reviewed, to envisage the possibility of establishing a
European regulatory authority to be responsible for those
tasks carried out by the Commission or the national
regulatory authority under this Directive, which would be
more efficiently carried out by such a European regulatory
authority, in particular monitoring satisfactory intercon ­
nection in a situation of limited competition, numbering,
equal standards and spectrum allocation ;

( Amendment 9 )

Article 1, second paragraph a ( new )

When effective competition is achieved in the market, the
Treaty 's competition rules will in principle be sufficient to
monitor fair competition ex-post so that the need for this
Directive will be reconsidered, with the exception of the
provisions on universal service and the settlement of
disputes .

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( Amendment 10 )

Article 2(1 )( a )

( a ) ' interconnection ' means the physical and logical linking of
telecommunications networks used by the same or a
different organization in order to allow the users of one
organization to communicate with users of the same or
another organization, or to access services provided by
another organization ;

( a ) ' interconnection ' means the physical and logical linking of
telecommunications networks and telecommunications

services via an interconnection point and / or interface
used by the same or a different organization in order to
allow the users of one organization to communicate with
users of the same or another organization, or to access
services provided by another organization ;

( Amendment 11 )

Article 5(1 )

1 . Where a Member State determines, in accordance with
the provisions of this Article, that universal service obligations
represent a unfair burden on an organization, it may establish
mechanisms for sharing the net cost of the universal service
obligations with other organizations operating public telecom ­
munications networks and / or publicly available voice telepho ­
ny services . Member States shall take due account of the
principles of transparency, non-discrimination and proportion ­
ality in setting the contributions to be made . Only public
telecommunications networks and publicly available telecom ­
munications services as set out in Part 1 of Annex I may be
financed in this way .

1 . Where a Member State determines, in accordance with
the provisions of this Article, that universal service obligations
represent a unfair burden on an organization, it shall establish
a mechanism for sharing the net cost of the universal service
obligations with other organizations operating public telecom ­
munications networks and / or publicly available voice telepho ­
ny services . Member States shall take due account of the
principles of transparency, non-discrimination and proportion ­
ality in setting the contributions to be made . Only public
telecommunications networks and publicly available telecom ­
munications services as set out in Part 1 of Annex I may be
financed in this way .

( Amendment 12 )

Article 5(2 )

2 . Contributions to the cost of universal service obligations
if any may be based on a mechanism specifically established
for the purpose and administered by a body independent of the
beneficiaries, and / or may take the form of a supplementary
charge added to the interconnection charge .

2 . Contributions to the cost of universal service obligations
if any shall be based on a mechanism specifically established
for the purpose and administered by a body independent of the
beneficiaries .

( Amendment 13 )

Article 5(5 ), first subparagraph

5 . Where the mechanisms referred to in paragraph 4 are
established, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that the
principles for cost sharing, and details of the mechanism used,
are open to the public in accordance with Article 14(2 ).

5 . Where a mechanism for sharing the net cost of
universal service obligations as referred to in paragraph 4 is
established, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that the
principles for cost sharing, and details of the mechanism used,
are open to public inspection in accordance with Article 14(2 ).

( Amendment 14 )

Article 5(6 )

6 . Until such time as the procedure described in para ­
graphs 3, 4 and 5 is implemented, any charges payable by an
interconnected party which include or serve as a contribution
to the cost of universal service obligations shall be notified,
prior to their introduction, to the national regulatory authority .

6 . Until such time as the procedure described in para ­
graphs 3, 4 and 5 is implemented, any charges payable by an
interconnected party which include or serve as a contribution
to the cost of universal service obligations shall be notified,
prior to their introduction, to the national regulatory authority .

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Where the national regulatory authority finds on its own
initiative, or after a substantiated request by an interested party,
that such charges are excessive, the organization concerned
shall be required to reduce the relevant charges . Such reduc ­
tions shall be applied retrospectively, from the date of
introduction of the charges, but not before 1 January 1998 .

Without prejudice to Article 17 of this Directive, where the
national regulatory authority finds on its own initiative, or after
a substantiated request by an interested party, that such charges
are excessive, the organization concerned shall be required to
reduce the relevant charges . Such reductions shall be applied
retrospectively, from the date of introduction of the charges,
but not before 1 January 1998 .

( Amendment 15 )

Article 5(6a ) ( new )

6a . The Commission shall, by 31 October 1996, draw up
a proposal for a European Parliament and Council Direc ­
tive on the costing and financing of universal service .

( Amendment 16 )

Article 7(2 )

2 . Charges for interconnection shall follow the principles of
transparency and cost orientation . The burden of proof that
charges are derived from actual costs including a reasonable
rate of return shall lie with the organization providing inter ­
connection to its facilities . National regulatory authorities may
request an organization to provide full justification for its
interconnection charges, and where appropriate shall require
charges to be adjusted . This paragraph shall also apply to
organizations set out in Part 3 of Annex I which have
significant market power .

2 . Charges for interconnection shall follow the principles of
transparency and cost orientation . The burden of proof that
charges do not exceed the amounts that can be derived from
actual costs including a reasonable rate of return, which would
in particular correspond to a contribution to the net fixed
costs of the local network when such a contribution is

justified, shall lie with the organization providing interconnec ­

tion to its facilities . National regulatory authorities may request
an organization to provide full justification for its interconnec ­
tion charges, and where appropriate shall require charges to be
adjusted . This paragraph shall also apply to organizations set
out in Part 3 of Annex I which have been notified by national
regulatory authorities as having significant market power on
the national market for interconnection .

( Amendment 17 )

Article 7(5 ), first subparagraph

5 . National regulatory authorities shall ensure that the cost
accounting systems used by the organizations concerned are
suitable for implementation of the requirements of this Article,
and are documented to a sufficient level of detail, as indicated

in Annex V.

5 . The Commission shall, acting in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 15, draw up guidelines on
cost accounting systems and accounting transparency in
relation to interconnection . National regulatory authorities
shall ensure that the cost accounting systems used by the
organizations concerned are suitable for implementation of the
requirements of this Article, conform to the above ­
mentioned guidelines, and are documented to a sufficient
level of detail, as indicated in Annex V.

( Amendment 18 )

Article 7(6 )

6 . Where they exist, charges related to the sharing of the Deleted
cost of universal service obligations, as described in Article 5,
shall be unbundled and identified separately .

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( Amendment 19 )

Article 8 ( 1 ), first subparagraph

1 . Member States shall require organizations providing
public telecommunications networks and / or publicly available
telecommunications services which have special or exclusive
rights for the provision of services in other sectors in the same
or another Member State to keep separate accounts for the
telecommunications activities, to the extent that would be
required if the telecommunications activities in question were
carried out by legally independent companies, or to have
structural separation for the telecommunications activities .

1 . Member States shall require organizations providing
public telecommunications networks and / or publicly available
telecommunications services which have special or exclusive
rights for the provision of services in other sectors in the same
or another Member State to keep transparent, and if they
deem it necessary, separate accounts for the telecommunica ­
tions activities, to the extent that would be required if the
telecommunications activities in question were carried out by
legally independent companies, or to have structural separation
for the telecommunications activities, so as to identify all
elements of cost and revenue, with the basis of their
calculation and the detailed attribution methods used,
related to their telecommunications activities and among
these to their interconnection activity, including an item ­
ized breakdown of fixed asset and structural costs .

( Amendment 20 )

Article 8(2 ), first subparagraph

2 . Member States shall require organizations operating
public telecommunications networks and / or publicly available
telecommunications services as set out in Parts 1 and 2 of

Annex I and notified by national regulatory authorities as
organizations having significant market power which provide
public telecommunications networks and / or telecommunica ­
tions services available for users and which offer interconnec ­

tion services to other organizations, to keep separate accounts
for, on the one hand, their activities related to interconnec ­
tion - covering both interconnection services provided inter ­
nally and interconnection services provided to others - and, on
the other hand, other activities .

2 . Member States shall require organizations operating
public telecommunications networks and / or publicly available
telecommunications services as set out in Parts 1 and 2 of

Annex I and notified by national regulatory authorities as
organizations having significant market power which provide
public telecommunications networks and / or telecommunica ­
tions services available for users and which offer interconnec ­

tion services to other organizations, to keep transparent, and
if they deem it necessary, separate accounts for, on the one
hand, their activities related to interconnection - covering both
interconnection services provided internally and interconnec ­
tion services provided to others - and, on the other hand, other
activities, so as to identify all elements of cost and revenue,
with the basis of their calculation and the detailed attribu ­

tion methods used, related to their interconnection activity,
including an itemized breakdown of fixed asset and struc ­
tural costs .

( Amendment 21 )

Article 9(1 ), indent 3a ( new )

— the need to ensure the fair and proper development of a
seamless harmonized European telecommunications
home market, thus coordinate their policies, guidelines
and actions with their counterparts in other Member
States and with the Commission and provide them help
and assistance when necessary,

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( Amendment 22 )

Article 11

Where an organization providing public telecommunications
networks and / or publicly available telecommunications ser ­
vices has the right under national legislation to install facilities
on, over or under public or private land, or may take advantage
of a procedure for the expropriation or use of property, national
regulatory authorities shall encourage the sharing of such
facilities and / or property with other organizations providing
telecommunications networks and publicly available services .

Agreements for collocation or facility sharing shall normally
be a matter for commercial and technical agreement between
the parties concerned . The national regulatory authority may
intervene to resolve disputes, as provided for in Article 9 .

In particular, Member States may impose facility and / or
property sharing arrangements ( including physical collocation )
only after an appropriate period of public consultation during
which all interested parties must be given an opportunity to
express their views . Such arrangements may include rules for
apportioning the costs of facility and / or property sharing .

Where an organization is granted a general right under national
legislation to install facilities for telecommunications purposes
on, over or under public or private land, or may take advantage
of a procedure for the expropriation or use of property for
telecommunications purposes, national regulatory authorities
shall encourage the sharing of such facilities and property with
other organizations providing public telecommunications ser ­
vices, in particular where essential requirements deprive
other organizations of access to viable alternatives .

Agreements for collocation or facility sharing shall normally
be a matter for commercial and technical agreement between
the parties concerned . The national regulatory authority may
intervene to resolve disputes, as provided for in Article 9 .

Member States may impose facility sharing arrangements
( including physical collocation ) only after an appropriate
period of public consultation during which all interested
parties must be given an opportunity to express their views .
Such arrangements may include rules for apportioning the
costs of facility sharing .

( Amendment 23 )

Article 12(2 )

2 . In order to ensure full interoperability of European-wide
networks and services, Member States shall take all necessary
steps to ensure the coordination of their national positions in
international organizations and fora where numbering deci ­
sions are taken, taking into account possible future develop ­
ments in numbering at a European level .

2 . In order to ensure full interoperability of European-wide
networks and services, Member States and the Community
shall ensure the coordination of their positions in international
organizations and fora where numbering decisions are taken,
taking into account possible future developments in numbering
at a European level .

( Amendment 24 )

Article 12(3 )

3 . Member States shall ensure that national telecommunica ­

tions numbering plans are controlled by the national regulatory
authority, in order to guarantee independence from organiza ­
tions providing telecommunications networks or public tele ­
communications services . In order to ensure effective compe ­
tition, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that the
procedures for allocating individual numbers and / or number ­
ing ranges are transparent, equitable and timely and the
allocation is carried out in an objective, transparent and
non-discriminatory manner . National regulatory authorities
may lay down conditions for the use of certain prefixes or
certain short codes, in particular where these are used for

3 . Member States shall ensure that national telecommunica ­

tions numbering plans are controlled by the national regulatory
authority, in order to guarantee independence from organiza ­
tions providing public telecommunications networks or public
telecommunications services and facilitate number portabil ­
ity . In order to ensure effective competition, national regulato ­
ry authorities shall ensure that the procedures for allocating
individual numbers and / or numbering ranges are transparent,
equitable and timely and the allocation is carried out in an
objective, transparent and non-discriminatory manner . Nation ­
al regulatory authorities may lay down conditions for the use of
certain prefixes or certain short codes, in particular where these

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services of general public interest ( e.g. freephone services,
kiosk billed services, directory services, emergency services ),
or to ensure equal access .

are used for services of general public interest ( e.g. freephone
services, kiosk billed services, directory services, emergency
services ), or to ensure equal access .

( Amendment 25 )

Article 12(5 )

5 . National regulatory authorities shall encourage the ear ­
liest possible introduction of the number portability facility
whereby end-users who so request can retain their number(s )
on the fixed public telephone network at a specific location
independent of the organization providing service, and shall
ensure that this facility is available at least in all major centres
of population before 1 January 2003 .

5 . National regulatory authorities shall encourage the ear ­
liest possible introduction of the number portability facility
whereby end-users who so request can retain against a
reasonable fee approved by the national regulatory auth ­
ority, their national number at a specific location indepen ­
dent of the organization providing service, and shall ensure
that this facility is available at least in all major centres of
population before 1 January 2003 . If this facility is not yet in
use, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that, once
a user has changed supplier, a telephone call to his old
number can be rerouted to the user against a reasonable fee
approved by the national regulatory authority, or that
during a reasonable period callers are given an indication
of the new number, without charging the user or the callers
for this service .

( Amendment 26 )

Article 16

Regulatory Committee procedure Deleted

1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 15, the follow ­
ing procedure shall apply in respect of the matters covered by
Article 19 .

2 . The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
committee a draft of the measures to be taken . The committee
shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which
the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the
matter . The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid
down in Article 148(2 ) of the Treaty in the case of decisions

which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the
Commission . The votes of the representatives of the Member
States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set
out in that Article . The chairman shall not vote .

3 . The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if
they are in accordance with the opinion of the committee .

4 . If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the
opinion of the committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the
Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Council a
proposal relating to the measures to be taken . The Council

shall act by a qualified majority .

If on the expiry of a period of three months from the date of
referral to the Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed
measures shall be adopted by the Commission .

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( Amendment 27 )

Article 17

Conciliation procedure for disputes between organizations Dispute resolution at Community level
operating under authorizations provided by different Member
States

1 . Without prejudice to : 1 . Without prejudice to :

( a ) any action that the Commission or any Member State may

take pursuant to the Treaty ;

( b ) the rights of the party invoking the procedure in para ­

graphs 2 and 3, of the organizations concerned or of any
other party under applicable national law ;

the procedure set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall be available
in the event of an interconnection dispute between organiza ­
tions operating under authorizations granted by different
Member States, where such dispute does not fall within the
responsibility of a single national regulatory authority exercis ­
ing its power in accordance with Article 9 .

2 . Any party may refer the dispute to the national regulatory
authorities concerned . The national regulatory authorities shall
coordinate their efforts in order to bring about a resolution of
the dispute, in accordance with the principles set out in
Article 9(1 ).

3 . If the national regulatory authorities concerned do not
agree between themselves on a solution within six months of
referral, the procedure provided for in paragraph 4 may be
invoked by one of them by way of a notification to the
Commission, with copies to all the parties and national
regulatory authorities concerned . The solution shall have
binding effect only if all parties are agreed .

4 . Following a notification to the Commission based on
paragraph 3, the Commission shall refer the matter to the
chairman of the ONP Committee .

The chairman of the ONP Committee shall convene as soon as
possible a working group including at least two members of the
ONP Committee and one representative of each of the national
regulatory authorities concerned and the chairman of the ONP
Committee or another official of the Commission appointed by
him . The working group shall normally meet within 10 days of
the meeting being convened . The chairman may decide, upon
proposal of any of the members of the working group, to invite
a maximum of two other persons as experts to advise it .

The working group shall give the party invoking the procedure,
the national regulatory authorities of the Member States and
the organizations involved the opportunity to present their
opinions in oral or written form .

The working group shall endeavour to reach agreement
between the parties involved . The chairman shall inform the
ONP Committee of the results of this procedure .

( a ) any action that the Commission or any Member State may

take pursuant to the Treaty ;

( b ) the rights of the party invoking the procedure in para ­

graphs 2 and 3, of the organizations concerned or of any
other party under applicable national law ;

the procedure set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall be available
in the event of an interconnection dispute between organiza ­
tions operating under authorizations granted by different
Member States, where such dispute does not fall within the
responsibility of a single national regulatory authority exercis ­
ing its power in accordance with Article 9 .

2 . Any party may refer the dispute to the national regulatory
authorities concerned . The national regulatory authorities shall
coordinate their efforts in order to bring about a resolution of
the dispute, in accordance with the principles set out in
Article 9(1 ) and shall inform the Commission .

3 . If the national regulatory authorities concerned do not
agree between themselves on a solution within six months of
referral, the procedure provided for in paragraph 4 may be
invoked by any of the parties or national regulatory
authorities concerned by way of a notification to the Com ­
mission, with copies to all the parties and national regulatory
authorities concerned . The solution shall have binding effect .

4 . Following a notification to the Commission based on
paragraph 3, the Commission shall convene as soon as possible
a working group including at least two members of the ONP
Committee and one representative of each of the national
regulatory authorities concerned and the chairman of the ONP
Committee or another official of the Commission appointed by
him . The working group shall normally meet within 10 days of
the meeting being convened . The chairman may decide, upon
proposal of any of the members of the working group, to invite
a maximum of two other persons as experts to advise it .

The working group shall give the party invoking the procedure,
the national regulatory authorities of the Member States and
the organizations involved the opportunity to present their
opinions in oral or written form .

The working group shall endeavour to reach agreement
between the parties involved or otherwise define its position
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solution to be implemented at a national level without
delay . If an agreed position is not reached, or if an agreed
position is not implemented within a reasonable time which
shall not, except in justified cases, exceed two months, the
appropriate solution shall be adopted by the Commission in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15 .
This solution shall not prejudice the possibilities which
exist in national legislation for one party to claim in the
relevant courts for the granting of damages if it appears
that the behaviour of another party has led to financial
losses due to distortion of competition . However, issues
which have been settled at EU level cannot be questioned
under these claims .

( Amendment 28 )

Article 19

Modifications necessary to adapt Annexes IV, V and VII to the
Directive to new technological developments or to changes in
market and consumer demand shall be determined by the
Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 16 .

Modifications necessary to adapt Annexes IV, V and VII to the
Directive to new technological developments or to changes in
market and consumer demand shall be determined by the
Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 15 .

( Amendment 29 )

Article 20(1 )

1 . Deferment of the obligations under Articles 3(1 ), 3(2 ),
4(1 ), 4(2 ), 9(1 ) and 9(3 ) insofar as those obligations concern
direct interconnection between the mobile networks of that

Member State and the fixed or mobile networks of other

Member States, and under Article 5, shall be granted to those
Member States identified in the Council Resolutions of
22 July 1993 and 22 December 1994 which benefit from an
additional transition period for the liberalization of telecom ­
munications services for as long as and to the extent that they
avail themselves of such transition periods . Member States
shall inform the Commission of their intention to make use of

them .

1 . Member States with less developed networks which
are granted an additional period of up to five years in
which to implement all or some of the obligations under
Directive 96 / 19 / EC may request a corresponding deferment
of some or all the requirements of Articles 3(1 ) 3(2 ), 4(1 ),
4(2 ), 9(l)and 9(3 ) insofar as those requirements concern direct
interconnection between the mobile networks of that Member

State and the fixed or mobile networks of other Member States,
and under Article 5, to the extent justified by any special or
exclusive rights for telecommunications services and infra ­
structure allowed under Community law .

( Amendment 30 )

Article 20(2 )

2 . Deferment of the obligations under Article 12(5 ) may be
requested where the Member State concerned can prove that
they would impose an excessive burden on certain organiza ­
tions or classes of organization . The Member State shall
inform the Commission of the reasons for requesting a
deferment, the date by which the requirements can be met, and
the measures envisaged in order to meet this deadline . The
Commission shall consider the request taking into account the
particular situation in that Member State and the need to ensure
a coherent regulatory environment at a Community level, and
shall inform the Member State whether it deems that the

particular situation in that Member State justifies a deferment
and, if so, until which date such deferment is justified .

2 . Deferment of the obligations under Article 12(5 ) may be
requested where the Member State concerned can prove that
they would impose an excessive burden on certain organiza ­
tions or classes of organization . The Member State shall
inform the Commission of the reasons for requesting a
deferment, the date by which the requirements can be met, and
the measures envisaged in order to meet this deadline . The
Commission shall consider the request taking into account the
particular situation in that Member State and the need to ensure
a coherent regulatory environment at a Community level, and
also the existing possibilities of otherwise meeting the
requirements and shall inform the Member State whether it
deems that the particular situation in that Member State
justifies a deferment and, if so, until which date such deferment

is justified .

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( Amendment 31 )

Article 22(2)(b ) and second subparagraph a ( new )

( b ) to confirm the timetable laid down in Article 12(5 ). ( b ) to confirm or advance the timetable laid down in
Article 12(5 ).

The Commission shall also investigate the possibility of
setting up swiftly a European Regulatory Authority to
carry out those tasks carried out by the Commission or the
national regulatory authorities according to this Directive,
which can better be undertaken at Community level, in
particular monitoring satisfactory interconnection in a
situation of limited competition, numbering, equal stan ­
dards and spectrum allocation .

2 . Protection of occupants of motor vehicles *** II

A4-0275 / 96

Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European
Parliament and Council Directive on the protection of occupants of motor vehicles in the event of a

frontal impact and amending Directive 70 / 156 / EEC ( C4-0326 / 96 — 94 / 0323(COD ))

( Codecision procedure : second reading )

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the common position of the Council, C4-0326 / 96 — 94 / 0323(COD ),

— having regard to its opinion at first reading (') on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council, COM(94)0520 ( 2 ),

— having regard to the amended Commission proposal, COM(95)0510 ( 3 ),

— having regard to Article 189b(2 ) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 72 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Economic and
Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy ( A4-0275 / 96 ),

1 . Amends the common position as follows ;

2 . Calls on the Commission to support Parliament 's amendments in the opinion it is required to deliver
pursuant to Article 189b(2)(d ) of the EC Treaty ;

3 . Calls on the Council to approve all Parliament 's amendments, amend its common position
accordingly and definitively adopt the act ;

4 . Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission .

(') OJ C 249, 25.9.1995, p . 50 .
( 2 ) OJ C 396, 31.12.1994, p . 34 .
O OJ C 17, 22.1.1996, p . 4 .

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( Amendment 1 )

Annex 11, Appendix 7(1.4.1 )

1.4.1 . When each tibia is impacted at 2,1 ± 0,3m / s in
accordance with paragraph 1.3, the impact force, which is the
product of the pendulum mass and the deceleration, shall be
5 ± IkN .

1.4.1 . When each tibia is impacted at 2,1 ± 0,3m / s in
accordance with paragraph 1.3, the impact force, which is the
product of the pendulum mass and the deceleration, shall be
2,3 ± 0,3kN .

( Amendment 2 )

Annex II, Appendix 7(2.2 )

2.2 . The complete Hybrid III lower leg assembly, left
( 86-5001-001 ) and right ( 86-5001-002 ) shall be used, including
the knee assembly . The load cell simulator ( 78051-319 Rev A )
shall be used to secure the knee-cap assembly ( 78051-16
Rev B ) to the test fixture .

2.2 . The complete Hybrid III lower leg assembly, left ( 86 ­
5001-001 ) and right ( 86-5001-002 ), equipped with the foot
and ankle assembly, left ( 78051-614 ) and right ( 78051-615 ),

shall be used, including the knee assembly . The load cell
simulator ( 78051-319 Rev A ) shall be used to secure the
knee-cap assembly ( 78051-16 Rev B ) to the test fixture .

( Amendment 3 )

Annex II, Appendix 7(2 . 3.2a ) ( new )

2.3.2a . Align the impactor accelerometer with its sensi ­
tive axis parallel to the direction of impact at contact with
the foot .

( Amendment 4 )

Annex II, Appendix 7(2.3.3 )

2.3.3 . Mount the leg assembly to the fixture shown in
Figure 2 . The test fixture shall be secured rigidly to prevent
movement during the impact test . The centre line of the femur
load cell simulator ( 78051-319 ) shall be vertical ± 0,5° . The
lower leg shall rest on a rigid horizontal platform . Adjust the
mount such that the calf of the leg is 10 ± 5mm above the
surface and the heel rests on aflat, low-friction ( PTFE sheet )
surface . Set the ankle joint to 90° . Adjust the knee and ankle
joint to 1,5 ± 0,5 g range before each test .

2.3.3 . Mount the leg assembly to the fixture shown in
Figure la . The test fixture shall be secured rigidly to prevent
movement during the impact test . The centre line of the femur
load cell simulator ( 78051-319 ) shall be vertical ± 0,5° . Adjust
the mount such that the line joining the knee clevis joint and
the ankle attachment bolt is horizontal ± 3° with the heel

resting on two sheets of low-friction ( PTFE ) material .
Ensure that the tibia flesh is located towards the knee end

of the tibia . Adjust the ankle such that the plane of the
underside of the foot is vertical ± 3° . Adjust the knee and
ankle joint to 1,5 ± 0,5 g range before each test .

( Amendment 5 )

Annex II, Appendix 7(2.3.4 )

2.3.4 . The rigid impactor shall have a mass of 1, 25 ± 0,05 kg
including instrumentation . The impact face shall be a cylinder
of radius 25 ± 1mm mounted with its longitudinal axis
horizontal and perpendicular to the direction of impact .
The pendulum shall impact the underside of the foot, at a
distance of 1 85 ± 2mm from the base of the heel resting on the
rigid horizontal platform, so that the longitudinal centre line of
the pendulum arm falls within 1° of a vertical line at impact .
The impactor shall be guided to exclude significant lateral,
vertical or rotational movement at time-zero .

2.3.4 . The rigid impactor comprises a horizontal cylinder
diameter 50 ± 2mm and a pendulum support arm diameter

19 ± 1mm ( Figure 3a ). The cylinder has a mass of 1,25 ±
0,02kg including instrumentation and any part of the support
arm within the cylinder . The pendulum arm has a mass of
285 ± 5g . The mass of any rotating part of the axle to which
the support arm is attached should not be greater than

lOOg . The length between the central horizontal axis of the
impactor cylinder and the axis of rotation of the whole
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mounted with its longitudinal axis horizontal and perpendicu ­
lar to the direction of impact . The pendulum shall impact the
underside of the foot, a distance of 1 85 ± 2mm from the base of
the heel resting on the rigid horizontal platform, so that the
longitudinal centre line of the pendulum arm falls within 1° of
a vertical line at impact . The impactor shall be guided to
exclude significant lateral, vertical or rotational movement at
time-zero .

( Amendment 6 )

Annex II, Appendix 7(2.4 . J )

2.4 . 1 . When the ball of each foot is impacted at 6,7 ± 0,2m / s
in accordance with paragraph 2.3, the maximum tibia bending
moment about the y-axis ( My ) shall be between 180 and
220 Nm .

2.4 . 1 . When the ball of each foot is impacted at 6,7 ± 0,2m / s
in accordance with paragraph 2.3, the maximum tibia bending
moment about the y-axis ( My ) shall be between 100 Nm and
140 Nm .

( Amendment 7 )

Annex II, Appendix 7(3.2 )

3.2 . The complete Hybrid III lower leg assembly, left
( 86-5001-001 ) and right ( 86-5001-002 ) shall be used, including
the knee assembly . The load cell simulator ( 7805 1-3 19 Rev A )
shall be used to secure the knee-cap assembly ( 78051-16
REV B ) to the test fixture .

3.2 . The complete Hybrid III lower leg assembly, left
( 86-5001-001 ) and right ( 86-5001-002 ), equipped with the
foot and ankle assembly, left ( 78051-614 ) and right ( 78051 ­
615 ), shall be used, including the knee assembly . The load cell
simulator ( 78051-319 Rev A ) shall be used to secure the
knee-cap assembly ( 78051-16 REV B ) to the test fixture .

( Amendment 8 )

Annex II, Appendix 7(3.3.4 )

3.3.4 . Mount the leg assembly to the fixture shown in
Figure 3 . The test fixture shall be secured rigidly to prevent
movement during the impact test . The centre line of the femur
load cell simulator ( 78051-319 ) shall be vertical ± 0,5° . The
lower leg shall rest on a rigid horizontal platform . Adjust the
mount such that the calf of the leg is 10 ± 5mm above the
surface and the heel rests on a flat, low-friction ( PTFE sheet )
surface . Set the ankle joint to 90° . Adjust the knee and ankle
joint to 1,5 ± 0,5 g range before each test .

3.3.4 . Mount the leg assembly to the fixture shown in
Figure lb . The test fixture shall be secured rigidly to prevent
movement during the impact test . The centre line of the femur
load cell simulator ( 78051-319 ) shall be vertical ± 0,5° . Adjust
the mount such that the line joining the knee clevis joint
and the ankle attachment bolt is horizontal ±3° with the

heel resting on two sheets of low-friction ( PTFE ) material .
Ensure that the tibia flesh is located towards the knee end

of the tibia . Adjust the ankle such that the plane of the
underside of the foot is vertical ± 3° . Adjust the knee and
ankle joint to 1,5 ± 0,5 g range before each test .

( Amendment 9 )

Annex II, Appendix 7(3.3.5 )

3.3.5 . The rigid impactor shall have a mass of 1,25 ± 0,05 kg
including instrumentation . The impact face shall be a cylinder
of radius 25 ± 1mm mounted with its longitudinal axis
horizontal and perpendicular to the direction of impact . The
pendulum shall impact the underside of the foot, at a distance
of 62 ± 2mm from the base of the heel resting on the rigid
horizontal platform, so that the longitudinal centre line of the
pendulum arm falls within 1° of a vertical line at impact . The
impactor shall be guided to exclude significant lateral, vertical
or rotational movement at time-zero .

3.3.5 . The rigid impactor comprises a horizontal cylinder
diameter 50 ± 2mm and a pendulum support arm diameter

19 ± 1mm ( Figure 3a ). The cylinder has a mass of 1,25 ±
0,02kg including instrumentation and any part of the
support arm within the cylinder . The pendulum arm has a
mass of 285 ± 5g . The mass of any rotating part of the axle
to which the support arm is attached should not be greater
than lOOg . The length between the central horizontal axis of
the impactor cylinder and the axis of rotation of the whole
pendulum shall be 1 250 ± 1mm . The impact cylinder is

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mounted with its longitudinal axis horizontal and perpendicu ­
lar to the direction of impact . The pendulum shall impact the
underside of the foot, a distance of 62 ± 2mm from the base of
the heel resting on the rigid horizontal platform, so that the
longitudinal centre line of the pendulum arm falls within 1 ° of
a vertical line at impact . The impactor shall be guided to
exclude significant lateral, vertical or rotational movement at
time                                - zero .

( Amendment 10 )

Annex II, Appendix 7(3.4.1 )

3.4 . 1 . When the heel of each foot is impacted at 4,4 ± 0,2m / s
in accordance with paragraph 3.3, the impact force, which is
the product of the pendulum mass and the deceleration, shall
be 5± 1,0 kN .

3.4.1 . When the heel of each foot is impacted at 4,4 ± 0,2m / s
in accordance with paragraph 3.3, the maximum impactor
acceleration shall be 340 ± 50g .

( Amendment 1 1 )

Annex II, Appendix 7, Figure la ( new )

# Upper Foot Impact Test

( Amendment 12 )

Annex II, Appendix 7, Figure lb ( new )

# Lower Foot Impact Test >

vertical [
plane .

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( Amendment 13 )

Annex II, Appendix 7, Figure 3a ( new )

AMENDMENTS

BY PARLIAMENT

MATERIAL : ALUMINIUM ALLOY

M ASS OF ARM : 285 ±5a

MASS OF IMPACT CYLINDER : 1250 ±20a

PENDULUM IMPACTOR

3 . SMEs multiannual programme 

A4-0249 / 96

Proposal for a Council Decision on a third multiannual programme for small and medium-sized
enterprises ( SMEs ) in the European Union ( 1997 to 2000 ) ( CQM(96)0098 — C4-0232 / 96 —

96 / 0087(CNS ))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments :

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( Amendment 1 )

Tide

Proposal for a Council Decision on a third multiannual
programme for small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs ) in
the European Union ( 1997 to 2000 )

(*) OJ C 156, 31.5.1996, p . 5 .

Proposal for a Council Decision on a third multiannual
programme for small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs )
and craft trades in the European Union ( 1997 to 2000 )

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( Amendment 2 )

Recital 3a ( new )

3a . Whereas SMEs make a major contribution towards
entrenching the role of industry in the European Union,
thereby counteracting the trend towards the relocation of
businesses ; whereas the social role played by SMEs, in
particular through personal relations with customers and
staff, the scope for personal development offered to many
businessmen and businesswomen, and the presence of
SMEs in rural areas should not be underestimated ;

( Amendment 3 )

Recital 6a ( new )

6a . Whereas the principle of subsidiarity must be res ­
pected when this multiannual programme is implemented ;
whereas this should not be an obstacle to assisting SMEs
which do not operate in more than one country in overcom ­
ing their structural weaknesses ;

( Amendment 4 )

Recital 9

9 . Whereas this Decision is especially directed at SMEs ( 7 ),
regardless of sector, legal structure and geographical location,
and provides for specific actions in favour of the craft sector
and enterprises in commerce and distribution ;

(') As defined in the Commission recommendation concerning the definition of
SMEs ( doc . C 96 / 261 ).

9 . Whereas this Decision is especially directed at SMEs, as
defined in the Commission recommendation of 3 April 1996
(C 96 / 261 ), regardless of sector, legal structure and geographi ­
cal location, and provides for specific actions in favour of the
craft sector and micro-enterprises, small enterprises, enter ­
prises in commerce and distribution, women, young entre ­
preneurs and enterprises owned by minorities ; whereas it is
also applicable to persons engaged in the liberal profes ­
sions ;

( Amendment 5 )

Recital 9a ( new )

9a . Whereas, where appropriate, a selective approach
should be adopted, both towards defining the measures
taken pursuant to this programme and towards the evalu ­
ation of the implementation of such measures, as a function
of the different segments of SMEs as defined in the
Commission recommendation referred to above ;

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( Amendment 8 )

Recital 10, second indent a ( new )

— improving the integration and organization of SMEs,
especially small enterprises and craft trades, in the
single market ;

( Amendment 6 )

Recital 10a ( new )

10a . Whereas SMEs may not have all the facilities for
cooperation to which they are driven by increased compe ­
tition on the internal market, with particular regard to the
difficulties which SMEs encounter compared with large
chains ; whereas, therefore, there is an urgent need for the
Green Paper on vertical agreements planned by the Com ­
mission in the context of its competition policy ;

( Amendment 7 )

Recital 10b ( new )

10b . Whereas the activities of SMEs are hampered in the
various Member States by an excessive amount of bureau ­
cratic rules in matters relating to administration, taxation
and labour relations, which not only restricts their poten ­
tial for developing a European and international profile
but also creates discrimination because these rules differ

from one state to another ;

( Amendment 49 )

Recital 10c ( new )

10c . Whereas an overwhelming majority of businesses
involved in tourism are small or medium-sized ; whereas
both this programme and the Philoxenia multiannual
programme for European tourism should therefore com ­
bine initiatives within a common general framework in
which the distinctive nature of SMEs involved in tourism is

given prominence ;

( Amendment 9 )

Recital 13

13 . Whereas it is therefore necessary to adopt a third
programme for a four-year period and to endow it with
sufficient resources to attain its objectives ;

13 . Whereas it is therefore necessary to adopt a third
programme for a four-year period and to endow it with

sufficient resources to attain its objectives ; whereas the
credibility of an approach which focuses on SMEs and the
feasibility of the intended objectives require budgetary
funding to take account of the recent enlargement of the
Community ;

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( Amendment 10 )

Recital 14a ( new )

14a . Whereas the various SME organizations have been
consulted on the multiannual programme and will be
consulted again in connection with its implementation ;

( Amendment 11 )

Recital 14b ( new )

14b . Whereas the total appropriation for this programme
covered by the ceiling of own-resources presupposes the
revision of heading 3 ' internal policies ' of the Financial
Perspective ;

( Amendment 50 )

Article 1, second paragraph ( new )

This programme shall be coordinated, as regards those
aspects which affect SMEs involved in tourism, with the
Philoxenia multiannual programme ( 1997-2000 ) for Euro ­
pean tourism .

( Amendment 53 )

Article 2(1 ), introduction

1 . simplify and improve the administrative and regulatory
business environment :

1 . simplify and improve the administrative and regulatory
business environment while preserving a high level of
environmental protection and social security for em ­
ployees :

( Amendment 13 )

Article 2(1 ), third indent

increase transparency and the spread of best practices on — increase transparency and the spread of best practices on
simplifying and improving the administrative and regula - simplifying and improving the administrative, fiscal and
tory environment, regulatory environment,

( Amendment 5 1 )

Article 2(1 ), fourth indent a ( new )

— bring about full participation by a specific representa ­
tive of SMEs and their employees in European social
dialogue,

( Amendment 15 )

Article 2(2 ), fourth indent a ( new )

— stimulate small entrepreneurs and those starting up
businesses by providing an attractive tax situation,

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( Amendment 48 )

Article 2(2 ), fourth indent b ( new )

— allow the application of the reduced rate of VAT to
labour-intensive services,

( Amendment 18 )

Article 2(3 ), indent -1 ( new )

— promote access by SMEs to the information society,

( Amendment 16 )

Article 2(3 ), first indent

— develop information services, — develop information services and improve their adapta ­
tion to the requirements of enterprises, particularly by
developing a partnership with the existing recognized
professional organizations for aid to SMEs, including
those for the craft trades .

( Amendment 17 )

Article 2(3 ), sixth indent a ( new )

— stimulate the development of and access to venture
capital,

( Amendment 19 )

Article 2(4 ), second indent a ( new )

— improve advisory aid to SMEs, particularly in the craft
trades and small enterprises,

( Amendment 55 )

Article 2(4 ), third indent

— adaptation to environmental requirements ; — adaptation to environmental requirements and developing
environmentally friendly production and distribution
schemes ;

( Amendment 56 )

Article 2(4 ), third indent a ( new )

— stimulate the participation of the workforce ;

( Amendment 20 )

Article 2(5 ), second indent

— craft and small enterprises, — craft and small enterprises and micro-enterprises,

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( Amendment 2 1 )

Article 2(5 ), fourth indent a ( new )

— promote the inclusion by training establishments of
entrepreneurship as a study topic .

( Amendment 22 )

Article 2(5 ), second paragraph

policy development and improvement of knowledge about 6 . improve awareness of policy instruments in favour of
SMEs . SMEs .

( Amendment 23 )

Article 2, second paragraph ( new )

In determining the specific measures to implement this
programme and in evaluating such measures the target
group shall, where necessary, be determined for each
measure as a function of the size of enterprise .

( Amendments 24, 57 and 58 )

Article 4

1 . The Commission shall be assisted by a committee of an
advisory nature composed of the representatives of the Mem ­
ber States and chaired by a representative of the Commission .

2 . The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
committee a draft of the measures to be taken . The Committee

shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which
the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the
matter, if necessary by taking a vote .

3 . The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes ; in addition,
each Member State shall have the right to ask to have its
position recorded in the minutes .

4 . The Commission shall take the utmost account of the

opinion delivered by the committee . It shall inform the
committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken
into account .

1 . The Commission shall be assisted by a committee of an
advisory nature composed of one representative per Member
State and a delegate of the European Trade Union Confed ­
eration and chaired by a representative of the Commission .

2 . The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
committee a draft of the measures to be taken . The Committee

shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which
the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the
matter, if necessary by taking a vote .

3 . The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes ; in addition,
each Member State and the trade union delegate shall have
the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes .

4 . The Commission shall take the utmost account of the

opinion delivered by the committee . It shall inform the
committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken
into account . Committee meetings shall in principle be
public, save where a specific, duly substantiated decision to
the contrary is taken and published in good time . The
committee shall publish its agendas two weeks before the
meetings . It shall publish the minutes of its meetings . It
shall draw up a public register of declarations of interest by
its members .

( Amendment 25 )

Article 5(2 )

2 . The Commission shall submit to the European Parlia ­
ment, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and
the Committee of the Regions a regular report on the
development of the inclusion of the SME dimension in all
Community policies and programmes .

2 . The Commission shall submit to the European Parlia ­
ment, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and
the Committee of the Regions an annual report on the
development of the inclusion of the SME dimension in all
Community policies and programmes .

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( Amendment 26 )

Article 8(2 )

2 . The budgetary authority shall determine the appropria ­
tions available for each financial year in accordance with the
principles of good management referred to in Article 2 of the
Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the
European Communities .

2 . The budgetary authority shall determine the appropria ­
tions for each financial year according to the schedule
adopted for the duration of the programme and in accord ­
ance with the principles of good management and cost ­
effectiveness analysis referred to in Articles 2 and 3 of the
Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the
European Communities .

( Amendment 27 )

Annex ( A.l )

Integration of the SME dimension into the conception of
Community policies . Promotion of the coordination of Com ­
munity actions in favour of SMEs which enable SMEs to
participate fully in all Community actions and programmes,
including the Structural Funds, R&TD, international cooper ­
ation and environmental programmes .

Integration of the SME dimension into the conception of
Community policies . Promotion of the coordination of Com ­
munity actions in favour of SMEs which enable SMEs to
participate fully in all Community actions and programmes,
including the Structural Funds, R&TD, international cooper ­
ation and environmental programmes as well as competition
policy and EMU . Analysis of the situation of and the
difficulties encountered by small enterprises and craft
trades in Community actions and programmes . Systematic
consultation of organizations representing SMEs, including
those representing small enterprises and craft trades ;
achievement of full participation in the European social
dialogue by a body specifically representing SMEs ;
increase in the resources made available to DG XXIII,
more particularly in the field of small enterprises, craft
industries, and trade and distribution .

( Amendment 28 )

Annex ( A. 2 )

Actions to avoid and reduce unnecessary administrative burd ­
ens and compliance costs in Community legislation which
hinder the creation and development of enterprises, in particu ­
lar SMEs, through the implementation of a pragmatic metho ­
dology for the evaluation of the impact of legislative proposals
( including the use of an improved business impact assessment
system and cost / benefit analyses wherever appropriate )

Actions to avoid and reduce unnecessary administrative burd ­
ens and compliance costs in Community legislation which
hinder the creation and development of enterprises, in particu ­
lar SMEs, without dismantling social and environmental
protection, through the implementation of a pragmatic metho ­
dology for the evaluation of the impact of legislative proposals
( including the use of an improved business impact assessment
system and cost / benefit analyses wherever appropriate ).

( Amendments 29 and 52 )

Annex ( A.3 )

Actions to promote the spread of best practices in particular in
the field of administrative simplification ; promotion of actions
on transfer of businesses and retention of title clauses .

Actions to promote a rapid and broad spread of best practices
in particular in the field of administrative simplification ;
purposeful and specific actions to encourage the Member

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States to make real progress in eliminating excessive
national bureaucratic, administrative, fiscal and social
regulations which hamper enterprise and often give rise to
discrimination between Member States ; promotion of
actions on transfer of businesses, retention of title clauses and
prevention and monitoring cells ; simplification of the
transfer of businesses, both through statutory, financial
and fiscal measures and through supporting, and imple ­
menting at Community level, existing national transfer
systems .

( Amendment 30 )

Annex ( B.l )

Promotion of innovative practices in the field of better access
of SMEs to loan financing ( including mutual guarantee
schemes, round table of bankers and SMEs ).

Promotion of innovative practices in the field of better access
of SMEs, in particular small enterprises and those run by
women, to loan financing ( including mutual guarantee
schemes, Community guarantee systems such as ELISE
which are specifically intended for small enterprises, round
table of bankers and SMEs ). Promotion of equal fiscal
treatment of equity capital and capital from outside

sources .

( Amendment 31 )

Annex ( B.3 )

Promotion of the development of specific financial instru ­
ments of interest to SMEs, in particular factoring and credit
insurance .

Promotion of the development of specific financial instru ­
ments of interest to SMEs, in particular factoring and credit
insurance and venture capital funds .

( Amendment 32 )

Annex ( B.4 ), new paragraph

Come forward with proposals for removing some remain ­
ing regulatory barriers ( including restrictions on invest ­
ments by pension funds ) to the effective and successful
running of a European capital market for fast-growing
SMEs

( Amendment 33 )

Annex ( B.4a ) ( new )

B.4a Analyse the specific requirements of small enter ­
prises and craft trades and the means for meeting them

Improvement of access to loans . Research into adapting
EIB and EIF financing to the smallest enterprises . Study,
creation and development of financial tools specifically
adapted to the requirements of those enterprises .

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( Amendment 34 )

Annex ( C.I )

C.l Development of information services ( Euro-Info ­
Centres as ' First-Stop-Shops ')

Better access to Community information for enterprises :
development of the Euro-Info-Centre network as a ' First ­
Stop-Shop ', directing each request to the relevant service
provider ; improvement of the composition and quality of
services ; enlarge and reinforce the information task of the
EICs including proactive information activities, in particular in
the areas of accessing Community programmes, the internal
market, internationalization, environmental issues and the
introduction of the single currency ; facilitating access of SMEs
to market information .

C.l Development of information services ( Euro-Info ­
Centres as ' First-Stop-Shops ' ) without blurring the distinc ­
tion between, or overlapping with, information organiza ­
tions

Better access to Community information for enterprises :
development of the Euro-Info-Centre network as a ' First ­
Stop-Shop ', directing each request to the relevant service
provider ; improvement of the composition of the network by
applying existing evaluation methods ; further professional ­
ization of the information task of the EICs including proactive
information activities, in particular in the areas of accessing
Community programmes, the internal market, internationaliza ­
tion, environmental issues and the introduction of the single
currency ; facilitating access of SMEs to market information .

( Amendment 35 )

Annex ( C.l ), second paragraph ( new )

Maximize the efficient use of these networks by all types of
SMEs by making use of synergies : strengthen and improve
partnership between these information networks and
recognized professional organizations which traditionally
have the closest contact with SMEs, with particular regard
to small enterprises and craft trades .

( Amendment 36 )

Annex ( C.2 )

Promotion campaigns in coordination with EIC network ;
organization of European Business Weeks .

General and decentralized promotion campaigns in coordi ­
nation with EIC network ; organization of European Business
Weeks .

( Amendment 37 )

Annex ( C.6 )

Test innovative approaches in particular by facilitating SMEs '
access to new markets and encourage their internationaliza ­
tion .

Test innovative approaches in particular by facilitating SMEs '
access to new markets and encourage their internationaliza ­
tion . The Commission should develop an instrument ena ­
bling small and medium-sized enterprises to make opti ­
mum use of the internal market .

( Amendment 47 )

Annex ( C.6 ), second paragraph ( new )

Promote access of SMEs and craft trade enterprises to the
information society .

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( Amendment 39 )

Annex ( D.l )

Identify best practices and test concrete approaches through Identify best practices and test concrete approaches through
pilot actions, in particular in the fields of developing firms with pilot actions, in particular in the fields of developing firms with
growth potential and new-technology-based firms ( NTBFs ). growth potential and new-technology-based Firms ( NTBFs ).
Rapid and wide-scale dissemination of the results of pilot
actions as examples of successful business experience .

( Amendment 40 )

Annex ( D.2 )

Helping to identify and test positive approaches in the field of Helping to identify and test positive approaches in the field of
management training ( mainly through pilot projects ). management training and consultancy services tailored to
SMEs ( mainly through pilot projects ).

( Amendment 4 1 )

Annex ( D.2a ) ( new )

D.2a Targeted vocational training

Aiming in particular at encouraging women in SMEs to
acquire new skills in non-traditional areas of female
employment .

( Amendment 42 )

Annex ( D.3a ) ( new )

D.3a Improve advisory aid to SMEs, particularly in the
craft trades and small enterprises .

( Amendment 43 )

Annex ( E.l ), second paragraph ( new )

Dissemination of data which illustrate the social and

economic value of entrepreneurship and SMEs .

( Amendment 44 )

Annex ( E.2 ) title

E.2 Craft and small enterprises E.2 . Craft and small enterprises and micro enterprises

( Amendment 45 )

Annex ( E.4 )

Identification of the specific problems faced by women and Identification of the specific problems faced by women and
young entrepreneurs, as well as small enterprises owned by young entrepreneurs, as well as small enterprises owned by
minorities, and support for innovative schemes . minorities, and support for innovative schemes . Promotion of
the position of spouses working in the same enterprise .

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AMENDMENTS

BY PARLIAMENT

( Amendment 46 )

Annex

Policy development and improvement of knowledge about SMEs

Improved statistics on SMEs without increasing the burden on
enterprises ; European Observatory for SMEs ; studies ; data ­
base concerning SME policy measures ; evaluation of existing
policy actions and development of proposals for new Com ­
munity measures in areas affecting enterprises .

Improved statistical information on SMEs under the super ­
vision of Eurostat without increasing the burden on enter ­
prises ; European Observatory for SMEs ; studies ; database
concerning SME policy measures ; evaluation of existing
policy actions and development of proposals for new Com ­
munity measures in areas yielding added value for enter ­
prises .

Legislative resolution embodying Parliament 's opinion on the proposal for a Council Decision on a
third multiannual programme for small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs ) in the European
### Union ( 1997 to 2000 ) ( CQM(96)0098 - C4-0232 / 96 - 96 / 0087(CNS ))

( Consultation procedure )

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(96)0098 — 96 / 0087(CNS ) ('),

— having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 130(3 ) of the EC Treaty ( C4-0232 / 96 ),

— having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
and the opinions the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Research, Technological Develop ­
ment and Energy, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens ' Rights, the Committee on Social
Affairs and Employment and the Committee on Women 's Rights ( A4-0249 / 96 ),

1 . Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament 's amendments ;

2 . Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 189a(2 ) of the EC
Treaty ;

3 . Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by
Parliament ;

4 . Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the
Commission proposal ;

5 . Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and the Commission .

(') OJ C 156, 31.5.1996, p . 5 .

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4 . Information society — Copyright

( a ) A4-0244 / 96

Resolution on ' Europe and the global information society — Recommendations to the European
Council ' and on a communication from the Commission of the European Communities : ' Europe 's

'
way to the information society : an action plan ( COM(94)0347 — C4-0093 / 94 )

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission 's White Paper : ' Growth, Competitiveness, Employment ',

— having regard to the recommendations to the European Council, ' Europe and the global information
society ',

— having regard to the communication from the Commission of the European Communities to the
Council and the European Parliament and to the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee
of the Regions : ' Europe 's way to the information society : an action plan ', ( COM(94)0347 —
C4-0093 / 94 ),

— having regard to its resolution of 30 November 1994 (') on ' Europe and the global information society
— Recommendations to the European Council ' and on a communication from the Commission of the
European Communities : ' Europe 's way to the information society : an action plan ',

— having regard to the conclusions of the G7 ministerial conference on the information society held in
Brussels on 25-26 February 1995,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
and the opinions of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens ' Rights, the Committee on Social
Affairs and Employment, the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media, the Committee
on Research, Technological Development and Energy, the Committee on Regional Policy and the
Committee on Women 's Rights ( A4-0244 / 96 ),

A. whereas technological innovation and market prospects tend to accelerate the emergence of new
social events relating to the introduction of new telecommunications and information technology
services, while reducing the investment threshold both for networks and for terminal equipment ;

B. whereas it is now clear from the trends in the market that the Internet will be the lingua franca of
multimedia communication on a global scale, transcending the specific technologies of underlying
networks ;

C. whereas recent incidents have shown the inadequacy of the current legislative environment to enforce
adequately and proportionally the principles of protection of individual freedom, intellectual property
and public order on the electronic networks ;

D. convinced that speedy achievement of a European information society can contribute to strengthening
the Union 's social and economic position, to a more democratic society with greater social awareness
and to the creation of more jobs,

E. whereas without appropriate Community and national social and regional policies, the positive
aspects of the information society may be lost, entailing the risk that the unskilled, the poorly
qualified, migrants, older people, the disabled and peripheral and ultra-peripheral regions, will be
further marginalized and that the equal opportunities for women and girls will once again be eroded,

F. whereas the digital revolution is occurring so quickly that speedy decisions have to be taken on
education, training, social regulations, job creation and equal opportunities with regard to access to
the information superhighway,

G. believing that the European Union and the national governments must therefore work out social
objectives for the information society and devise a European policy to achieve them as soon as
possible,

(') OJ C 363, 19.12.1994, p . 33 .

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H. whereas the Commission 's policy with regard to the information society has for too long had an
economic slant, with technological developments given prominence ; whereas there has been no
questioning of who such developments serve, what they signify for the citizens and whereas there has
been no dialogue on developments which will radically alter all our lives, although an in-depth
dialogue is taking place with industry,

I. whereas given the rapid and far-reaching developments in the information society there is no time to
wait for a Commission Green Paper ; whereas before the end of 1 996 the Commission should produce
a practical action plan followed up by an annual report similar to the economic annual report,

J. convinced that the development of information offers substantial employment opportunities provided
that the employment policy pursued fulfils society 's new needs and takes account of new quality
requirements for work, training and working conditions and with the redistribution of work playing an
important role,

K. whereas the present education system no longer fulfils the needs of a rapidly changing society,

L. whereas the information society will fundamentally change our working methods, working conditions
and working relationships,

M. believing that, as the information society is expected to lead to greater flexibility, deregulation and

individualization, there is a need for a review of European social legislation to ensure maximum
public protection,

N. whereas there is a risk that differences in access to information technology, owing to differences in
training and the costs incurred in the purchase and use of information technology, will cause divisions
in society,

0 . whereas the information society will have a globalizing and decentralizing effect and there is
therefore a need for a qualitatively new form of cooperation, by national and European governments,
with an international perspective,

P. whereas many aspects of the information society are such that they cannot be regulated by legislative
or other provisions ; whereas measures must therefore be aimed at preparing citizens thoroughly for
adjustment to the changes,

Q. whereas cultural goods, in particular cinema and television programmes, are privileged mediums of
identity, pluralism and integration and therefore cannot be treated like other products ( see the
Commission 's statement in the action plan, section III ),

R. whereas the management of scarce resources such as broadcasting frequencies and cable channels is
subject to the subsidiarity principle,

S. whereas the action plan submitted by the Commission is silent on the problem of protecting children
and minors,

T. whereas the cultural, educational, social and linguistic consequences and problems of the information
society are not yet known,

U. whereas the use of interactive media can and should alter the nature of learning from instruction to
construction and that, to this end, interpersonal communication involving teaching staff remains
essential,

V. whereas the dissemination of the necessary equipment will in all likelihood proceed more slowly
within education than within the economy,

W. whereas the principle of equality of opportunity within education is harmed if the new technologies

are not universally available,

X. whereas the capabilities of the new technologies should be put to use in the area of cooperation within
higher education,

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Y. whereas Europe must retain its cultural diversity, conveyed through its multilingualism, in the use of
the new technologies too,

Z. whereas the extent to which individuals or groups of citizens have access to government databases
will be very important for the development of democratic culture,

AA . whereas the development of the global information society will influence Europe 's relations with

the less developed countries,

1 . Recalls the options embodied in its abovementioned resolution of 30 November 1994 and confirms
its support for them, and in particular :

— the fact that information is not just an ordinary commodity and that public authority has to guarantee
to all citizens its availability and pluralism ;

— the risks of a two-tier society, and the necessary commitment to using information technologies to
reduce these risks rather than to increase them ;

— the need for a strong regulatory framework for the control and use of networks and contents,
intellectual property, personal security and the new forms of distance working, trading, health care or
other social activities, so as to ensure that personal and social rights are enhanced rather than
menaced ;

— the necessity of implementing new policies at European level to avoid inconsistencies, duplication of
efforts and delays ; in particular the need for a European Regulatory Authority for communications
regulation, and the promotion of standards at European and global level ;

2 . Considers that EU action pertaining to information society related issues must develop in the
following areas, while making a clear distinction between them :

— regulation, R&D and industrial policy measures designed to encourage, facilitate or accompany the
realization of experimental or operational products, services or general interest activities in the short
to medium term ; in particular fostering concrete operational applications in areas of public interest,
and in particular education, health care, fighting social exclusion and gender inequality, traffic
management and pollution control, through the support of application development and the supply of
generic tools and services to facilitate such developments ;

— strategic orientations based on profound and continued social and societal assessment of the
transformations induced by technological change ;

3 . Considers that it is the task of the public authorities to guide, encourage and coordinate investment
initiatives, in accordance with the private sector, through attributing particular importance to the
information society in public investment and spending programmes ;

4 . Stresses, in this respect, that it is incumbent upon the public authorities actively to promote, both by
setting examples and by using financial incentives, the swift establishment of, initially, European
standards and, subsequently, international standards enabling networks and applications to be intercon ­
nected under optimal conditions and without any deterioration in performance or user friendliness, and by
encouraging the dissemination of multimedia products and interoperable services on a pan-European
scale, while taking into account the specific linguistic and cultural characteristics of the people of Europe ;

5 . Requests for this reason that, in the context of implementing the action plan, specific measures be
taken for the strategic integration of the European Union 's thinly populated rural areas and most remote
regions in particular into all domains of the emerging information society ;

6 . Requests that SMEs should be encouraged and enabled to provide services sensitive to local and
regional cultural and linguistic needs ;

7 . Requests that the Commission take into special consideration the needs of SMEs, so that they can
derive benefit from the development of new telecommunications technologies not only as providers, but
also as users ;

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8 . Expresses concern about the increased dangers for pluralism of information and cultures arising
from global standardization and from obliteration of the boundaries between suppliers of infrastructure,
services or applications and content at multinational level, and calls for the formulation at Community and
whenever possible international level of uniform rules for the control of concentrations and prevention of
unlawful mergers with regard to both infrastructures and basic services and applications ;

9 . Considers that Public Service Broadcasters must be able to invest in new audiovisual services and be

encouraged to take a lead in their development in order to :

— promote local, regional, national and European cultures and the growth of Europe 's audiovisual
industries in the Information Society ;

— produce the high quality multi-media material essential for the Information Society, and which Public
Service Broadcasters with their extensive film archives are well placed to supply ;

— increase cultural expression and genuine consumer choice ;

Societal consequences and rights of the citizen

10 . Stresses that the main objective of political authorities regarding the emergence of the information
society must be to make it possible for people to be in control of information, and to be able to make use of
it for individual or collective purposes, both as receivers and authors, rather than use information to
control people ;

1 1 . Calls on the Commission to launch an inquiry, based on gender considerations, into the impact of
the information society across Europe on women and men in economic, social and political life, the
accessibility of the Internet to women and men, the influence of women on the establishment of the
information society and its influence on the nature and extent of employment opportunities ;

12 . Calls on the Commission to target both sexes in its information campaigns and awareness-raising
activities and to launch an additional, specific campaign for women ;

13 . Urges increased use of the structural funds to facilitate vocational training through information
technology in order both to improve career choice for women with low skills and to increase the influence
of women in more highly trained employment groups, as well as participation in social and political life .

14 . Welcomes in this respect the work done in the Forum on the information society and in the
high-level group of experts on the social and societal aspects of the information society, and calls for a
similar involvement of representatives of the civilian society in the elaboration of future Community
measures, and in the preparation of the public political debate ;

15 . Takes the view that new forms of electronic distribution should be used to spread public
information widely to all citizens at European and national level ; regrets therefore the weakness in terms
of quality, currency and comprehensiveness of the Community documentation available on-line to the
general public and urges the Commission and Council as well as its Secretary General to make every effort
to make their documents rapidly available free, in an easily searchable form and in all the official
languages taking advantage of hypermedia capabilities ;

16 . Calls on the Commission to take account, in its proposals to Parliament and the Council, of the
concerns and suggestions of the consultative bodies set up by the Commission itself, such as the
Information Society Forum ;

Industrial policy and telecommunications

17 . Notes with satisfaction that, despite an unfavourable situation regarding many forms of electronic
equipment, the European information technology and telecommunications industry is competitive and has
promising capabilities in these fast growth markets ; regrets however that on a whole European businesses
are slow to incorporate the most recent technological innovations and, what is even worse, do not perceive
with the same accuracy as their competitors the intrinsic value of information as an asset or a means of
keeping in touch with the customers or suppliers, and the importance of its collection and exploitation as
well as of its diffusion ;

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18 . Emphasizes that the information revolution will prove its worth to society to the extent that its
impact on the employment situation turns out to be on balance positive ; welcomes, in this respect, the new
technological developments as an opportunity to create modern and environmentally safe jobs and to
make human work easier ; calls, however, for a detailed evaluation of the danger of undermining freedom
of association and trade union representation as a result of the decentralization and individualization of
working relations ;

19 . Considers it the duty of employers, employees and public authorities jointly to formulate in a clear
manner and effectively manage problems linked to different forms of teleworking, with particular
attention to making generally available the training and retraining necessary to bring the level of skills of
the labour force up to the level required by the new technologies, and especially for the less qualified,
migrant workers, the disabled and the elderly ;

20 . Considers that the development of competitiveness of European industry rests in particular with the
EU 's ability to ensure low-cost communication with efficient networks and services, that businesses,
especially the SMEs can make use of, and insists on the necessity of encouraging the development of
ISDN with associated generic services so as to help the emergence of numerous applications in the short
term, and of fostering the progressive development of broadband capabilities to carry multimedia services
and applications ; stresses, in this respect, the importance of the Trans-European Networks projects in
telecommunications ;

21 . Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create the legislative and in particular fiscal
framework within which risk capital will be made available for newly established and innovative SMEs in
order to promote the development and use of the information society services ; calls, in this respect, also
for SMEs to be given special consideration concerning access to the new telecommunications structures
and information technology, taking account of their specific needs and opening financial options to them,
to create the appropriate conditions whereby SMEs can contribute to the development of the information
society on a competitive basis ;

22 . Confirms its approval of the process of liberalization of the telecommunications markets in the
European Union as a means to lower the costs of telecommunications and to foster the increased supply of
state-of-the-art products, provided that it is not only based on competition rules and that a high-profile
policy for an evolving universal service is pursued, so as to include, as their availability on the market
increases, access to the telecommunications networks, services and contents by all citizens, both as
individuals and in the framework of public interest institutions such as schools, libraries or social centres,
and NGO 's, etc . and to strengthen the social and economic cohesion of the Union ;

23 . Considers that a strong production base and high levels of investment in the European audio       - visual
industry are necessary to ensure that Europeans benefit economically, culturally and socially from the
development of the Information Society ;

24 . Requests that liberalization of the telecommunications network should be accompanied by
guarantees of a universal public service based on conditions to be fulfilled by telecommunications owners
and operators, where necessary underpinned by European Union or national government incentives ;

25 . Requests that the process of liberalization take account in particular of the objective, enshrined in
the Treaty on European Union, of strengthening economic and social cohesion ;

26 . Expresses its deepest dissatisfaction at the behaviour of the US government during the WTO
negotiations on the liberalization of telecommunications, in formulating last-minute demands that were
unacceptable for any of its counterparts and thereby causing the postponement of the engaged round ;

27 . Urges the Commission to commit itself to a successful result of WTO negotiations whereby the
undergoing liberalization process in the Union would not mean opening European markets to operators
stemming from third countries unless comparable opportunities are open to EU operators and investors,
this applying to contents as well as to networks and services ;

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Legal aspects and intellectual property

28 . Stresses the fact that, even if the universal availability of ' information highways ' allowing use of
telecommunications services at a nominal cost is not to be expected in the short run, the eagerness of
investors to enter the telecommunications markets and the swift evolution of hard and software will lift

more rapidly than previously forecast the bottlenecks in terms of access to applications, thus making
necessary the rapid implementation of an adapted legal framework on information production, distribution
and use, whilst respecting intellectual property rights ( copyright and related rights ) in accordance with
continental rules ;

29 . Requires in particular that State intervention in the field of information society, in particular
intellectual property, citizen 's rights and crime-fighting, and specifically on the uses of the Internet, be
subject to international co-operation to define the requirements in terms of public action necessary to
protect individuals and society as a whole against criminal or dishonest practices, without limiting the
legitimate rights of users to freely exchange and communicate on the interconnected networks nor
extending national restrictions beyond the geographical area where they are appropriate ;

30 . In this view, instructs its President to invite the Parliaments of the G7 countries to a establish
permanent links in order to plan possible common parliamentary initiatives in these areas and a common
follow-up of on-going legislative work ;

3 1 . Urges the Commission and the Council to closely follow — and where possible anticipate — the
very fast technological and legal changes, as well as the evolution of business strategies and alliances, and
the emergence of new social events caused by such changes, so as to be able to react in very short time
before loopholes lead to unacceptable faits accomplis ;

32 . Emphasizes the need for an appropriate and well-timed regulatory and legal framework to provide a
simultaneous accompaniment to the prospect of an information society, which if it is to have a positive
impact also, needs to be guided and governed at supranational level ;

33 . Stresses that it is essential for the development of the information society and for the
competitiveness of Europe that the new services be able to exploit the advantages of the internal market ;
stresses the need to improve the exchange of information, coordination and transparency concerning
legislative initiatives of the Member States in order to prevent legal fragmentation ;

34 . Considers that, in accordance with the decision already taken, 1 998 should remain the target date by
which — barring certain derogations granted by common accord — the Union will be required to complete
the liberalization of telecommunications infrastructure ;

35 . Believes that the numerous problems of regulation connected with the substantial programme
proposed must be tackled in all the Member States, proceeding from a determination to avert the risk of a
two      - or multi-speed Europe, as it will otherwise be impossible to respond to the challenges with the
necessary breadth of vision and devise strategies that will allow Europe as a whole to become an energetic
and competitive player on the international stage ;

36 . Takes the view that the work carried out by the Commission in connection with the information
society is distinctly lacking in substance on the crucial question of content, i.e. which programmes should
be disseminated and what protection should be given to cultural and linguistic aspects ;

37 . Considers that the European Union must be represented within the WIPO and the WTO ( TRIPS )
and uphold a common position of the Member States, particularly as regards extending the protection of
intellectual property ;

38 . Considers that the Commission 's excessive use of Article 90 of the EC Treaty to adopt some of the
most important liberalization Directives ( cable television networks, mobile telephony and alternative
infrastructures ) may serve to exacerbate differences between the Member States, unless it is accompanied
by the necessary debate within the European Parliament and the other relevant institutional bodies, render
democratic debate between operators of the sector and the general public null and void and hence have
very adverse effects ;

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39 . Takes the view that the traditional concept of broadcasting must be reviewed and updated so that it
includes transmission to a potential public, with a view to ensuring that works are treated uniformly and
also to avoiding preferential conditions when it comes to competition ;

40 . Considers that there is every justification for ensuring that the conditions governing broadcasting
and cable distribution activities continue to be the preserve of national laws insofar as such activities fall
within their jurisdiction, and provided that such laws are compatible with Community legislation ;

41 . Notes the Commission 's formal expression of its intention to draw up a proposal for a Directive in
1996 on safeguarding the rules of competition and guaranteeing the basic conditions for pluralism in the
sphere of information, so that the markets can be made uniform while fully respecting fundamental rights
such as those enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights, in particular Article 10 thereof ;

42 . Expresses its full approval of the establishment, pursuant to the Directive proposed in paragraph 37,
of an authority at European level which, fully respecting the principle of subsidiarity, and in complete
independence, should guarantee real convergence of decisions and action plans and the continuous
monitoring of fair competition and the conditions required for the expansion of real pluralism ;

43 . Believes that rules and instruments designed to protect users and especially minors from violent
and pornographic programmes must be drawn up and put into effect as rapidly as possible, inter alia by
encouraging network managers to implement suitable self-regulatory codes ;

44 . Takes the view that it would be a great mistake to include every product or work under the generic
heading of ' information ' and stresses therefore the urgent need to ensure in an effective and modern way
that databases and personal freedom are safeguarded by means of a framework Directive on the protection
of personal data and privacy ;

45 . Believes that infrastructure liberalization is an aim to be pursued taking into account general
interests, the role and operation of the universal service, the openness of licensing procedures,
opportunities for access to networks, and such adjustments to the rules as might be necessitated ;

46 . Considers that it is of crucial importance to extend cable networks and promote forms of access to
public utility services in population centres, particularly those of historical and artistic interest ;

47 . Regrets, as far as universal service is concerned, that such a crucial issue has been dealt with in only
the vaguest terms, without attributing to it the primary importance it deserves ;

48 . Expresses its alarm at delays in the implementation of the programme regarding the protection of
intellectual property and copyright and neighbouring rights and calls for the adoption of the provisions
according to schedule, stressing particularly the urgent nature of the Directive on the use of private copies
of audiovisual productions ;

49 . Welcomes the fact that the necessary studies are under way to verify the applicability of technical
systems for protecting works to prevent unauthorized private digital copying ; Considers that commit ­
ments should be entered into within the WIPO to promote similar regulations in the various Member
States ;

50 . Believes that combating the pirating of audio and audiovisual works must be a priority ; urges that
copyright and neighbouring rights be given more adequate protection and that a public awareness
campaign be mounted to promote respect for intellectual property at European level ;

5 1 . Takes the view that the development of digital technology as such does not require that substantial
changes be made as regards the protection of existing rights ;

52 . Believes that the proposal revising Directive 89 / 552 should be discussed and adopted as quickly as
possible in order that the Directive may be made more explicit and clear-cut and updated in line with a
general context in which broadcasting systems are undergoing radical changes ;

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53 . Stresses that, in the audiovisual field, it is necessary to consolidate the partial but positive results
obtained at the end of the GATT negotiations because of the special and exceptional treatment which this
sector must be given, inter alia in the WTO, starting with the launch of the new round of negotiations
scheduled for early 1 996 ;

54 . Deplores the lack of coordination at European level within the International Telecommunication
Union and expresses its astonishment at the decision taken within that body in November 1995 giving the
USA excessively favourable access to satellite frequencies ;

55 . Shares the misgivings of those who believe that, unless attention is paid to the social, cultural and
linguistic aspects originating in the as yet barely perceptible characteristics of a global-scale information
society, unless there is strict coordination of scientific research and technological development, and unless
in audiovisual policy there is a ' content strategy ' commensurate with the challenges involved, the
prospects which have been clearly outlined are in danger of turning out to be the result of excessive
euphoria rather than of an accurate assessment of the opportunities offered ;

Social aspects

56 . Stresses that the versatility of new communications services will allow for new forms of work and
social activity, that will in many cases respond to the individuals ' requirements for more personalized and
flexible organization of time, for which an adapted framework should be designed to preserve and
increase the fundamental social rights, but that this social demand should not be impaired by conservative
or corporatist schemes ;

57 . Believes that information to teleworkers on the hazards of using VDU equipment is essential in
order that health and safety standards for office workers are maintained in the case of those working from
home ; calls for a comparative study to be carried out on the effect of teleworking on the health of
teleworkers and for safety standards to be incorporated into a code of good practice ;

58 . Considers that clarification of the legal employment status of teleworkers is essential and that
legislation is needed which specifies that teleworkers have employee status and hence enjoy all the same
rights as other salaried workers ; calls in this regard for a specific Directive giving teleworkers legal
employment status ;

Employment

59 . Supports the development and liberalization ol telecommunications infrastructures — provided
they are subject to strict conditions regarding geographical cover and universal provision of services and
also provide the opportunity to create a dual system of public and private operators — as an important
opportunity for the creation of new jobs but Considers that the potential loss of employment in this sector
must be compensated for by special measures ;

60 . Urges that in access to the new telecommunications structures particular account should be taken of
the needs and financial and training options of SMEs and VSEs ;

61 . Urges that the European Union should make funding freely available for the promotion of
innovative projects and concepts such as telecentres, electronic employment offices, teleworkshops for
prospective entrepreneurs and alternative economies and for fuller research into the potential of
teleworking ;

62 . Points again to the importance of the proposals in the Delors White Paper for a speedy shift in the
tax burden, particularly for the least-skilled workers, from work to consumption and energy, to create a
policy in which the use of information technology will help employment ;

63 . Calls on the Member States and the European Union to apply information technologies in the public
sector in a way that will simplify bureaucracy and leave staff free to improve customer services ;

64 . Calls on the Commission and the Member States as part of the transition to the information society
to initiate a wide-ranging discussion on future essential and desirable forms of the public provision of
services and the production of materials ;

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Education and training

65 . Believes that the present system of education must be thoroughly overhauled so it is capable of
preparing young people for a place in the information society while ensuring that people of all ages will
find a place and, in this connection, points to the need for and importance of education, training and
additional training courses, especially for those groups in society who are threatened with further
marginalization by the new developments ;

66 . Calls on the Commission to investigate the possibility of implementing the proposal by
Commissioner Cresson to introduce a levy of 0,5% on communications traffic, the revenue from which
could be used to encourage the establishment of educational programmes and vocational training,
on-going training and further training ; instructs its committees responsible to draw up a report requesting
the Commission, pursuant to Article 138b of the Treaty, to submit the appropriate proposals ;

67 . Cautions against the illusion that information and communications technology can solve existing
problems in education and draws the attention of the EU and national governments to the need to make
special efforts to enforce the principle of equal educational opportunities in the information society and to
make the appropriate changes to public education provision ;

68 . Calls on the European Union Member States to encourage cooperation between libraries, schools,
higher education establishments and industry, especially the SMEs, with regard to the introduction and use
of information and communications technology ( ICT ) and training in this area and points out the
importance of public institutions such as public libraries in making information available to everyone in
order to prevent the exclusion of certain groups from society ;

69 . Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the European Year of Education and Training, to
give particular attention to the new information technologies ' possibilities ;

70 . Draws attention to the fact that because of the employment opportunities for peripheral and
ultraperipheral regions made available through ICT there is a need to provide appropriate training for the
local population ;

Work organization and the quality of work

71 . Advocates social dialogue with the two sides of industry on forthcoming changes in working
relationships and the risk of an erosion of workers ' rights ; calls on the Commission, in consultation with
the two sides of industry, to develop a social legislation framework for the information society as quickly
as possible and to examine the existing framework in the light of new developments ;

72 . Points out that, in view of the expected increase in teleworking, measures have to be taken with
regard to housing, child-care and the protection of privacy ; measures must also be taken to provide
equality for teleworkers with other workers under employment law and calls on the Commission to submit
a Directive on teleworking and home working as quickly as possible ; wishes particular attention to be paid
to the ' apparently ' self-employed and employees with poor social insurance ;

73 . Calls on the governments of the Member States at the next IGC to give the European Union the
necessary powers to sign the international treaties needed in the global information society to prevent
social dumping ;

Social cohesion

74 . Shares the Committee of the Regions ' concern that the Commission 's approach is over-centralized
and the local and regional authorities ' role is not clearly enough defined, which could pose a threat to the
new possibilities for a fair division of employment offered by the new information technologies and could
lead to some areas being completely marginalized ;

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75 . Urges, therefore, that not only should the structural funds and the cohesion fund be used to bring the
electronic superhighway to less-favoured regions but that in particular it should be used to develop a
meaningful local economy in these regions with high-quality employment, thus avoiding industrial
centres dumping the ' odd jobs ' on the peripheral regions ;

76 . Calls therefore for a policy that ensures that the planned electronic superhighway is accessible to
everyone, both in terms of cost, for example through basic regulation and subsidy for certain connections
and services making the concept of ' universal provision of services ' a dynamic one developing along with
the changes in the information society, and in terms of intelligibility ;

77 . Calls on the Commission in the action plan it has announced to include measures to combat the
exclusion from society associated with transition to the information society ;

78 . Calls on the European Union in its plans for the electronic superhighway also to take account of the
needs of Third World countries and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet
Union, so the development of the information society does not widen the gulf between rich and poor
countries ;

Cultural aspects

79 . Points out that many children are introduced to information technology, and their fears of it allayed,
from an early age ; calls in consequence for greater encouragement to be given to all initiatives designed
specifically to encourage girls in schools and further education, and for targeted campaigns and further
training programmes for women .

80 . Is extremely concerned at violations of the dignity of women through pornography on the Internet
and at the dissemination via the Internet of pornographic and racist material which would be punishable by
law if disseminated in the Member States ; calls on the Commission, in the future debate on the information
society, to consider technical and legal measures to combat at European and global level the problem of
the use of the information superhighways for criminal purposes, including trafficking in women and
children and pornography, and to investigate measures to restrict access for young people to pornography
on the Internet .

81 . Considers that there is a growing gulf between the rate of technological innovation, the scale of
change which it is causing and the ability of social structures to cope with these changes ; requests rules
which correspond to social ethics and democratic principles .

82 . Considers that the aim is to allow differences, a diversity of traditions and cultures, pluralism and
dialogue to survive .

83 . Considers that a working party comprising business representatives and bodies representing civil
society should coordinate the action plan for the information society .

84 . Considers it of prime importance that the information society coordination group should include,
among others, trade unions, to ensure that the opportunities afforded by distance working do not result in
social dumping .

Broadcasting

85 . Advocates retaining the concept of broadcasting involving special legislative decisions and
licensing procedures . An examination can be conducted as to whether graded licensing criteria,
e.g. concerning the criterion of diversity of opinion, are possible and useful with regard to full
programmes, special-interest programmes, pay-per-view or video-on-demand offerings and other
services ;

86 . Advocates non-discriminatory access for providers and users, in particular in order to safeguard
diversity of opinion, this to apply especially to broadcasts which are not produced by network operators ;

87 . In connection with the planned measures to safeguard encrypted television broadcasts, it must be
made possible to take effective action to protect minors ;

88 . The recently established European Telecommunications Standards Institute ( ETSI ) should become
involved in the standardization debate . Standardization work should be based on voluntary cooperation
between the economic partners involved, such as industry, service providers and network operators, and
not be dictated by government ;

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89 . The worldwide discussions on various issues concerning the information society should also
involve the World Conference of Broadcasting Unions in addition to the International Telecommunication
Union ;

90 . As regards applications in the audiovisual sector, not only private      - sector activities but also publicly
financed broadcasting structures play a key role . These structures must not be subsumed under
government-financed institutions ;

91 . In connection with the liberalization of satellite communications, not only traditional satellite
operators must benefit, but individual satellite users too, such as broadcasting stations, must be able to
gain from this liberalization ;

92 . The consultations on the possible establishment of a European authority should not, having regard
to the subsidiarity principle, incorporate the question of the management of scarce resources such as
broadcasting frequencies and cable channels ;

Cultural, educational, socwl and linguistic aspects

93 . Calls for more broadly based consultations on the cultural, educational, social and linguistic
implications and problems than those hitherto proposed in the action plan ; the European sector of a global
information society, including its databases, must be multilingual ; calls for the creation of appropriate
programmes to foster such a development ; in this connection, minority language rights must be
safeguarded ;

94 . Advocates that, on grounds also of equality of opportunity within education, networks be designed
with maximum density and identical financing ;

95 . Calls for promotion of an exchange of empirical educational research findings and for pooling of
conceptual discussions in the area of developing media competence within the education system which
goes beyond the operation of machines ;

96 . Recommends to the Commission that funding should also be made available for multimedia
communications under, for instance, the Socrates programme to promote cooperation within higher
education ;

97 . In the interests of developing democratic culture in Europe, calls for the development of a European
Freedom of Information Act, with the aim of maximizing access by individuals or groups of citizens to
government databases and direct communications with government departments ;

98 . Calls for consultations, involving representatives of the countries concerned, on the shaping of
Europe 's relations with the less developed countries in the light of the global information society ;

99 . Calls on the Commission to adopt all the necessary measures to establish a legal framework for the
protection of pluralism of information and cultures in establishing the information society, with a view to
tackling the problem of dominant positions and the standardization caused by the global market ;

100 . Calls on all appropriate levels of government to ensure free access to information infrastructure
for all educational institutions ; cultural institutions ; libraries ; health and community centres ;

101 . Calls on the Commission to urgently present a programme of support through prior projects for
the development of European multimedia software, especially European educational material for
CD-ROM ;

1 02 . Calls on the Commission to conduct studies into the implications of the Information Society on the
present and the future labour market so young people can make informed decisions about their education
and training ;

103 . Calls on governments at all appropriate levels to ensure equal access for all young people in
schools to new information technologies and materials and the necessary training of teachers to achieve
this goal .

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Research and development aspects

1 04 . Takes the view that the citizen is at the centre of the information society and that the superhighway
must develop in a way that is in the public 's interest ;

105 . Calls on the European Union and the Member States to develop a joint coordinated strategy to
respond to the challenge of the information society, and

— to develop liberalized, open and technically advanced infrastructure,

— to lay down a dynamic, state-of-the-art-oriented definition of universal services together with
potential solutions to the problem of financing them,

— to dismantle monopolies while guarding against the emergence of oligopolies of major international
companies, which would erode the advantages offered by greater competition,

— to adjust national legislation with a view to precluding any obstructive effects,

— to ensure the necessary coordination with authorized institutes qualified in this field during the
establishment of globally applicable standards with a view to giving shape to the information society,

— to draw up new rules to structure the information society, if possible worldwide,

— to draw up conditions to ensure that the information society is an instrument of cohesion .

106 . Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop without delay the necessary
supplementary regulatory measures and legislation on ;

— copyright and related rights

— data security / confidentiality

— digital identification

— standardization

— protection of privacy

—
licensing

— interconnection

— selective and protected access ( e.g. to data banks )

while bearing in mind the objectives of worldwide rules on these matters ;

107 . Calls on the Commission to review the European Union 's position in relation to the worldwide
information society, as proposed in the Bangemann report . Well-considered changes should be
introduced, in particular, in the three specific Information and Communications Technology programmes,
especially with a view to interconnection of networks and to supporting the introduction of interoperable
services at European level ;

1 08 . Calls on the Member States to coordinate demonstration and pilot projects as closely as possible in
order to avoid the erection of new barriers within the common market ;

109 . Calls on the Commission to coordinate the numerous projects and proposals for legislation in
progress in various directorates-general and to ensure greater transparency both within the Commission
and to the outside world ;

110 . Calls on the Member States and the Commission, when developing the European information
society, to analyse and use the knowledge already acquired by organizations in this field and in other
countries ;

111 . Draws attention to the significance of the information and communications society to regional
development, as traditional factors governing location will tend to decline in importance in the new
markets, which will offer economically weaker regions good opportunities for development . This will
however make regional links and the development of know-how in the field of information and
communications a major task for the regions in which small and medium-sized undertakings in particular
will play an important role ;

112 . Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create the conditions whereby SMEs can
contribute to the development of the information society on a competitive basis . Particular emphasis must
be placed on linking up similar types of SMEs in order to boost development units ;

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1 13 . Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide greater support for European-level
schemes to link SMEs to networks and to include them in demonstration or pilot projects, in which use can
be made of services which have already been liberalized . Scope should be created for experiments so that
undertakings can gain experience now before liberalization is completed as of 1 January 1998 . SMEs must
be able to participate in this experimental work since they are the most fertile source of new employment ;

1 14 . Calls on the Member States and the Commission to open electronic ' counters ' in the public sector
at regional, national and European level to give citizens and businesses, in particular SMEs, access to
information on public services . It is desirable that such information be easily available free of charge
through the electronic superhighway . Existing European standards and norms should also be observed and
applied by the authorities ;

115 . Calls on the Member States to include in their national curricula instruction on the opportunities
offered by the information society ; university training for teachers should take account of the didactic
possibilities offered by the information society in respect of teaching in schools ; if an early start is made in
familiarizing pupils with the information superhighway, greater use will be made of it, and the gap
between users and non-users of the information society will be narrowed ;

1 1 6 . Calls on the Member States to be aware of the risk that certain groups including members of ethnic
minorities, girls and women, people with disabilities and above all low income families and individuals
will be even further disadvantaged by the growth of the information society . Asks all Member States to
draw up strategies to avoid such disadvantage and asks the Commission to consider establishing a
programme to help in this aim ;

117 . Calls on the Member States to ensure high-quality networking between European and
non-European universities and research establishments ( including those in the less-developed countries );
urges the Commission to conduct research in the next few years into applications for the new information
technologies in such areas as education, health care and policy on the elderly ;

118 . Calls on the Member States and the Commission to encourage, on a mutual basis, communication
between universities and research institutes throughout the Union by interconnecting, improving and
expanding existing national and cross-border networks ; new services as well as standards can be tested on
this trans-European glass fibre network ;

119 . Calls on the Member States to organize these new academic disciplines in order to produce
personnel capable of supporting mainstream education in preparing and implementing plans for
appropriate future use of services in the information society by pupils ;

120 . Calls on the Member States to provide citizens and businesses with as much information as
possible on progress on the development of the information society . That information must inter alia
provide an understanding of the services to be implemented and the way in which citizens and businesses
will be able to make use of the newly created services ;

121 . Calls on the Commission and the Member States to keep the universal service flexible and open to
extensive future development, as a new public will arise in the course of convergence . Participation by the
various groups in society must be given active encouragement ( in accordance with the principle of
subsidiarity ) and the electronic area created must be incorporated in the public area ( e.g. in libraries,
schools, universities, post offices, administrations, etc .). The universal service should in future provide
comprehensive access for a broad and varied public and offer opportunities for creative expression to the
most widely varying minorities — but without seeking to lay down special rules in each case ;

122 . Calls on the Member States to create the legislative and in particular fiscal framework within
which risk capital will be made available for newly established and innovative SMEs in order to promote
the development and use of such services ;

123 . Calls on the Commission and the Member States to analyse, together with all the social partners,
including trade union organizations, the socio-economic consequences of introducing information society
and superhighway technologies ;

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124 . Calls on the Commission to start up without delay the demonstration projects referred to in the
Bangemann report and agreed at the G7 Conference, in order to involve users and service providers and
thus stimulate the market ; this must have top priority so that pilot programmes for the dissemination of
expected applications and activities of the information society may heighten the awareness of the general
public ;

1 25 . Calls on the Member States and the Commission to introduce a concept for a future control system
to prevent network crime ;

126 . Draws attention to the essential financial role being performed by the Union with regard to the
Fourth Framework Programme for research ; Considers it desirable that a fundamental debate be held on
the mutual interest in participation in specific programmes of the Fourth Framework Programme and
similar programmes in the USA and Japan by undertakings, in view of the growing integration of large
European undertakings with American and Japanese enterprises in the field of information and
communications technologies ;

127 . Notes that worldwide standards should be developed and tested, as the choice of standards will
have a substantial impact on technology and types of information, which in turn will have industrial and
commercial and, in the long run, social and cultural repercussions ;

128 . Calls on the Commission to work out a strategy for speedily and effectively linking the
communications networks of central and eastern Europe and the CIS as well as the Mediterranean region
and to provide appropriate technical support and instruments to encourage investment .

129 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Council, the
Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States .

( b ) A4-0255 / 96

Resolution on the Green Paper on copyright and related rights in the information society
### ( COM(95)0382 - C4-0354 / 95 )

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Articles 7a, 52 et seq ., 59 et seq . and 100a of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to the Commission Green Paper on copyright and related rights in the information
### society ( COM(95)0382 - C4-0354 / 95 ),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens ' Rights and the opinions of
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy and Committee on Culture,
Youth, Education and the Media ( A4-0255 / 96 ),

A. whereas the European Union must urgently adopt a consistent approach to the issues of copyright and
related rights in the information society in order to provide effective protection for the rights in
question, at both Community and international level,

B. whereas it is a matter of the greatest importance and urgency to expand or revise the instruments
designed to protect authors ' rights in the context of the information society,

C. whereas the new system must be established in good time,

D. whereas the texts adopted so far, although they cannot cover every new aspect of the problem, are of a
high quality and provide an indispensable starting point from which to seek solutions to a number of
essentia ] questions,

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E. convinced that it is necessary to lay down guidelines and rules to achieve genuine European
harmonization, which must remain open and able to adapt to rapid, unpredictable technical
developments,

F. whereas it is essential that the harmonization process take account of a number of uniquely European
features, such as the moral right of authors,

G. convinced that the provisions to be adopted in the area of copyright and related rights must also ensure
the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms ;

H. whereas the information society must develop with due regard for cultural and linguistic diversity,
providing an appropriate level of accessibility for all,

1 . Welcomes the work done by the Commission in defining and identifying the main aspects of
copyright and related rights which should be given priority in the information society and hopes for further
investigation of the issues discussed ; considers, in particular, that it is necessary to find a correct balance
between the defence of copyright and appropriate consideration for consumers ;

2 . Calls on the Commission to take due account of the legal aspects of the protection of copyright and
related rights on the basis of the general principle that protection of such rights is the essential
pre-condition for the harmonious development of the information society ;

3 . Draws attention to problems arising from the relationships between the traditional copyright of the
author of a work of art and the new rights emerging with the development of information technology, and
particularly the risk that the position of the author of the original work could be weakened ;

4 . Considers it essential and a matter of urgency to take measures to harmonize legislation on the legal
basis of Articles 100a and 57 of the EC Treaty in order to remove obstacles to the operation of the Single
Market in this sector ;

5 . Points out that it is important to attain a far-reaching and optimum level of harmonization at
European level while respecting the principle of subsidiarity and taking due account of the cultural aspects
of the information society in accordance with Article 128(4 ) of the EC Treaty ;

6 . Believes that the fundamental criterion should be that the legal protection given to a work must be
effective, whatever the technology used for transmission ;

7 . Considers that the Commission should actively draw on developments in international forums,
particularly by combining the conclusions reached during the consultation process with the proposals
made in the World Trade Organization and the new problems relating to digital technology within the
World Intellectual Property Organization, bodies in which the European Union should speak with one
voice ;

8 . Advocates the systematic insertion, in bilateral agreements concluded between the Community and
non-member countries, of clauses guaranteeing an equivalent level of protection of copyright and related
rights in those countries and calls on the Commission to monitor their practical application ;

9 . Calls for greater attention to be given to issues such as protection of citizens ' rights, confidentiality
and the free circulation of information which may arise in the development of the information society ;

10 . Draws attention to the risks to users that may arise from the new technologies designed to
contribute to the identification and protection of protected works and calls on the Commission to ensure
that the application of such technologies is in conformity and compatible with the protection of
fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens, and in particular their right to protection of privacy and of
personal data ;

1 1 . Takes the view that it is necessary constantly to seek a correct balance between the protection of
intellectual property and the general interest in such a way as to promote, as far as possible, citizens ' rights
to access to all information as a fundamental democratic right ;

1 2 . Calls on the institutions of the European Union and the Member States to take appropriate measures
to enable citizens to have equal access to works and services deemed to be of public interest ;

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13 . Considers it important, with reference to public libraries and services of public interest in general,
to guarantee the application of specific standards, by analogy with those applying to books, in order to
promote maximum dissemination for cultural and scientific purposes and to take account of the public
service role of the establishments concerned ;

14 . Calls for consideration to be given to the general consequences arising from the relationship
between the exclusive rights that form the core of copyright and of competition policy, with particular
reference to the implications of the Court of Justice judgment in the Magill case (');

15 . Takes the view that as far as the applicable law is concerned it is not possible to refer only to that
which is in force in the country in which the service originates but that full account must be taken of the
application of the law of the country of reception so as not to undermine the protection of works and, in
particular, the substance of the laws and the way in which they are applied, and points out that any
provisions concerning the applicable law must comply with the principle of legal certainty ;

1 6 . Takes the view that, as far as the right of reproduction is concerned, this can be applied, on the basis
of the principle enshrined in Article 9 of the Berne Convention, to digitalization techniques ;

17 . Is of the opinion that further thought must be given to issues such as identifying the law applicable
to the on-line dissemination of protected works, avoiding any general solution that conflicts with the
relevant international texts, primarily the Berne Convention, the Rome Convention and TRIPS ;

18 . Agrees with the Commission 's view on the inapplicability of the principle of exhaustion of
Community rights to the dissemination of works incorporated in services subject to protection ;

19 . Draws attention to the need for careful consideration of the specific rights which are of importance
in the information society, in the light of the consultation process, in order to identify, on the one hand, any
new rights that should be accorded to authors and holders of related rights and, on the other, the
appropriate legal position of rightholders involved in preparatory work and coordination when multimedia
works are created ;

20 . Reminds the Commission of the principle that it is up to the author and holders of related rights to
decide whether, and on what terms, to allow their works to be exploited on the basis of contractual
licences ;

21 . Considers it essential for the moral right of authors to continue to be adopted as the distinctive
feature of Community and Member States ' legislation ; believes that the option to exercise these rights
personally should also be safeguarded ;

22 . Considers that careful consideration is needed in order to

— identify all the problems raised by networks such as the Internet ;

— ascertain whether existing legislation in the various sectors concerned ( e.g. personal data protection )
is suitable for dealing with the specific nature of such networks ;

— find effective solutions involving legislation, codes of conduct, international conventions or a
combination of these measures ;

23 . Takes the view that, as regards the right to communicate to the public, the problem to be tackled is
that of defining the use of this principle in the digital context, by clearly delimiting its scope, which is
much more extensive than in the traditional context ;

24 . Believes that the right to communicate to the public must be given careful consideration and
properly defined, as currently provided for in the Berne Convention, in order to make it applicable to all
interactive digital transmissions ;

25 . Believes that the definition of television broadcasting must be broadened so as to include all types
of transmission which, while activated by individual request, are potentially addressed to a mass public ;

26 . Is puzzled by the hypothesis of establishing a specific exclusive right for digital broadcasting, given
that this could lead to solutions based on different approaches according to the transmission technology ;

(') Judgment of 6 April 1995 in Joined Cases C-241 / 91 and C-242 / 91 .

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27 . Calls on the Commission to give full consideration to the problems related to the holding of rights
with a view to regulating them effectively following the changes that are in progress ;

28 . Deplores the fact that the decision-making procedure has still not resumed on the Directive on
private copying, which is indispensable to harmonize the rules which should govern, in each of the
Member States, the tax to be levied on the various media used for duplication ;

29 . Calls on the Commission to follow as closely as possible, and if necessary propose the introduction
of specific rules to regulate, technological developments designed to create systems for identifying and
protecting protected works in order to facilitate procedures for acquiring rights ; calls on the Council and
the Commission, in parallel with the work in progress within the Council of Europe, to work towards the
conclusion at international level of a multilateral agreement to combat piracy ; stresses that technical
identification systems will facilitate the normal exploitation of digital works and help to counter piracy,
and emphasizes the value of public research into copyright management information and of international
standards acceptable to all the parties concerned ;

30 . Considers that studies and experiments should be launched with a view to exploring the possibility
of adopting electronic systems for identifying works which might make the collective and individual
management of rights an attractive option, given that the accessibility of content to the public depends on
the rationalization of the rules for acquiring and managing those rights, which nevertheless must not
cancel out the individual responsibility of rightholders ;

31 . Considers that the ' one-stop shop ' could also be a useful instrument, while warning against the
attendant risks ;

32 . Considers that the growing and independent role of collective copyright management companies
must be strengthened and defined without giving rise to distortions of the rules of competition and whilst
preserving complete transparency ;

33 . Asserts the need for harmonized common rules in national legislation that provide for civil and
criminal penalties for those who produce, market, possess, use, manufacture, sell or install devices or who
offer, solicit, advertise or perform services capable of rendering systems of protection ineffective .

34 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the
governments of the Member States .

5 . Public service television

A4-0243 / 96

Resolution on the role of public service television in a multi-media society

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its resolution of 16 September 1992 on media concentration and diversity of
opinions ('),

— having regard to its resolution of 20 January 1994 on the Commission Green Paper ' pluralism and
media concentration in the internal market ' ( 2 ),

— having regard to its resolution of 1 5 June 1 995 on pluralism and media concentration ( 3 ),

(') OJ C 284, 2.11.1992, p . 44 .
( 2 ) OJ C 44, 14.2.1994, p . 177 .
( 3 ) OJ C 166, 3.7.1995, p . 133 .

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— having regard to its resolution of 14 July 1995 on the Green Paper ' Strategy options to strengthen the
European programme industry in the context of the audiovisual policy of the European Union '
( COM(96)0096 ) ('),

— having regard to its opinion of 14 February 1996 on the proposal for a European Parliament and
Council Directive amending Directive 89 / 552 / EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid
down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of
television broadcasting activities ( 2 ),

— having regard to Article 92(3)d of the EC Treaty, which provides that ' aid to promote culture and
heritage conservation, where such aid does not affect trading conditions and competition in the
Community to an extent that is contrary to the common interest ', may be considered to be compatible
with the common market and therefore authorized,

— having regard to Article 128(1 ) and ( 4 ) of the EC Treaty, which states that ' the Community shall
contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and
regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore ' and ' shall
take cultural aspects into account in its action under other provisions of the Treaty ',

— having regard to the resolution on the future of PSB adopted unanimously at the 4th European
Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy, Council of Europe ( Prague, 7-8 December 1994 ),

— having regard to the European Court of First Instance judgment of 11 July 1996 in the
EBU / Eurovision case,

— having regard to Rule 148 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media
( A4-0243 / 96 ),

A. whereas ' citizenship as mentioned in Article A of the EU Treaty and Article 8 of the EC Treaty is
normally understood as civil society, a political community and a public sphere where democratic
debate takes place and where citizens can articulate their own opinions about the important European
issues of the day,

B. whereas public sector broadcasting is an aid to informed citizenship ; whereas it is an agency of
representative pluralism bringing together different groups in society in a common conversation that
shapes public opinion,

C. whereas television, as the dominant mass medium, is today the main source influencing thought and
imagination in the Member States of the EU,

D. whereas all television companies, whether wholly publicly owned or private, should be considered as
providing a public service, not only as the recipients of concessions or authorizations but also and
primarily as being jointly responsible in ethical terms to the viewers,

E. whereas PSB is a fundamental player in the public sphere with a remit to :

— offer a wide range of quality production in all genres to the whole population in their respective
Member States,

— reflect and support the cultures of Europe 's nations and regions through a wealth of original
productions,

— encourage understanding of the non-European cultures and ethnic groups present in the Union,
transmitting the notion of shared experience in diversity,

— set quality standards in popular programmes followed by mass audiences,

— serve minority interests and cater for all different sections of the population,

0 )
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— provide unbiased and fully independent information, both in news coverage and in-depth factual
programming, capable of earning the audience 's trust and of representing a reference point in the
rapidly expanding information market,

— play a major role in encouraging the public debate that is vital for the proper functioning of
democracy and provide a forum for debate for all groups and organizations in society,

— ensure that the general population has access to events of general public interest, including sports

events,

— pioneer innovative programme types, genres and services,

— encourage audiovisual creation and the expression of new talents particularly by providing
broadcasting opportunities for independent producers,

— lead the way in applying the full potential of new audiovisual technology such as terrestrial and
satellite-based digital transmission, audiovisual services and CD-ROM to public policy areas
such as education, health and government information,

— ensure, on the basis of the principle of democratic access to the new media, that where access to
new technology is not available to individuals these new services are made readily accessible to
the community at large within public institutions and public places,

F. whereas television will remain the most influential medium in society and the main vehicle for the
transmission of cultural and democratic values,

G. whereas public service television has a specific role to play in visual education and teaching,

H. whereas the media have enormous power to influence viewers ; whereas, therefore, the closest
attention should be paid to the harmful effects that the depiction of violence on television may have,
particularly on young people,

I. whereas a genuine quality public-service channel must aim to put the viewer in the position of a
citizen and actor in relation to modern information and not simply in the position of a viewer or

consumer,

J. whereas over the last 15 to 20 years EU Member States have developed mixed private / public
broadcasting systems in which public service broadcasting plays a specific role,

K. whereas the rapid processes of concentration under way are leading to the emergence of highly
powerful private transnational groups, with the result that public service broadcasting may be reduced
to a marginal role, especially in the smaller countries,

L. whereas it is vital that the inherent quality and content of PSB 's popular programming, including
special interest programmes for minority audiences, are clearly differentiated in the public perception
from programming by commercial broadcasters, who are obliged to give a priority to high audience
ratings and profitability as a direct responsibility to their shareholders ; whereas, although there will
naturally be an overlap in areas of popular programming — sport, comedy, drama, news and current
affairs — the public should continue to be aware of the importance of PSB independence of thought
and impartial social commentary,

M. whereas both commercial and public service broadcasting sectors should be regulated where

appropriate, while recognising that commercial and public service sectors should be seen as having
separate and specific priorities, aims and objectives in relation to their audience ; whereas certain
public service tasks can however also be performed by commercial broadcasters,

N. whereas public service broadcasters have a crucial role to play in the promotion of local, regional,
national and European cultures and of the cultures of non-European origin which exist alongside them
in the Union, thus enriching its cultural diversity, and the growth of Europe 's audiovisual industries in
the information society,

O. whereas it would be meaningless to speak of public sector broadcasting only where it is specifically
aimed at a particular section of the public or a minority ; whereas public service programmes should
encompass a suitable balance of entertainment, culture, spectacles and education,

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P. whereas PSB is a television producer within the nation-state and can also play an increased role in
building the European public sphere of citizenship,

Q. whereas the choice of programmes of non-national European content broadcast by PSBs is less than

10%, so at the present time there is no significant pan-European dimension,

R. whereas PSBs should address local, regional, national and pan-European needs,

S. whereas pan-European PSBs have a central role to play in serving the collective interests of
Europeans rather than individual national interests,

T. whereas, increasingly, centres of academic excellence as well as schools are incorporating television
programmes into the curriculum ; whereas the vital impact of drama and documentary film can
stimulate the imagination, provoke discussion and revitalize our understanding of many subjects —
literature, history, language, geography and society,

U. whereas greater European content on TV would give citizens important knowledge and information
for their participation in the civic, social, political and economic development of the EU,

V. whereas a strong production base in the European programme industry is essential on economic,
social and cultural grounds,

W. whereas PSBs are, in general, the main investors in original European production, among the main
exporters of European programming and a great and unique resource for European audiovisual
production,

X. whereas public service broadcasters must be able to invest in the new technologies and the new
audiovisual services, so that they can adapt to present and future television broadcasting,

Y. whereas there is a need for a vast production of high quality multi-media material for the
information society, which PSB broadcasters with their extensive archives are well placed to supply,

Z. whereas EU competition rules should not produce a harmful fragmentation of European public
service television when it is facing global competition, particularly where the acquisition of sports
rights is concerned,

AA . whereas, given that the role of public service television also includes stimulating employment by
promoting the training of young people in the new media professions, there should be a policy of
incentives for creativity, new projects and new productions,

AB whereas less than a quarter of behind-the-camera non-acting work in television in the EU is done by
women, thus necessitating equal opportunity policies, particularly in the field of technical training,

AC . whereas public service broadcasters are beginning to convert to programmes of improved technical
standards, which will be essential to sustain their audience and thus maintain their mission of
information, entertainment and popular education,

1 . Considers that media policy in Europe, at a national and European level, should support public
service broadcasting and proclaim its specific role within the rapidly changing audiovisual environment ;

2 . Welcomes the addition of Article 92(3)(d ) of the EC Treaty which allows for appropriate support for
the Member States ' cultures, and calls on the Commission to make the greatest possible use of this
provision to underwrite national financing systems of support for radio, television and the press ;

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3 . Considers that competition and internal market policy should take account of the positive role of
public broadcasting in achieving EU objectives, and calls on the Commission to produce guidelines for an
EU approach to PSB in these contexts ;

4 . Recognizes that Member States are free to decide how their public broadcasting services are
financed ;

5 . Considers that national and European media policy objectives coincide with the objectives of PSB at
its best — notably to foster Europe 's diverse cultures, to promote equal citizenship and to ensure that the
information society does not divide Europeans by developing an information-rich and information-poor
society ;

6 . Considers that PSB is a key element for the development of an information society for all, ensuring
that the largest possible number of citizens benefit from the potential offered by new digital applications
and services ;

7 . Considers that the development of new services must be a means of increasing cultural expression
and genuine consumer choice and therefore public service broadcasters must take a lead in the
development of new services and full use of all the new technologies ;

8 . Believes that public broadcasters must also be allowed to broadcast new digital material provided its
content is compatible with their remits and that in particular consumer instructions in decoder systems
must make public full-spectrum service channels easily identifiable ;

The Commission

9 . Calls on the Commission to propose as soon as possible adjustments in the Treaty so the Union can
develop a positive policy on PSB recognising its crucial importance in building national and European
citizenship rather than a policy which is based exclusively on exceptions to provisions on competition and
internal market policy ;

10 . Calls on the Commission to continue to view public funding as legitimate for public service
companies provided they strictly fulfil their public service obligations ; welcomes the fact that the
Commission is currently preparing guidelines on state aid for culture, the arts and the audiovisual sector in
order to clarify state aid policy in this field ; considers that public funding for public service broadcasting
organizations does not constitute state aid as long as the overall funding, including any commercial
revenue from advertising and sponsorship, is commensurate with the broadcaster 's public service remit ;
confirms that licence fees paid by customers to broadcasters are not covered by Article 92 of the EC
Treaty ;

1 1 . However, in the interim, calls on the Commission to exclude PSBs from the provisions of the
proposal for a Directive on media concentration and pluralism ;

12 . Calls on the Commission to build on the strength of national broadcasters working together in the
EBU and not to pursue policies that fragment European public service television ; calls on the Commission
to renew the exemption ( under Article 85(3 )) granted to the Eurovision system for the joint acquisition of
rights ;

13 . Calls on the Commission to refrain from measures which could endanger the autonomy of Member
States to regulate the financing systems of their respective PSBs ;

14 . Calls on the Commission to support, enhance and extend the communication between EU public
broadcasters in the interests of pan-European co-productions and pan-European broadcasting ;

15 . Calls on the Commission to finance preliminary feasibility studies which assist in the establishment
of pan-European public service channels specialising in European film, drama, news and documentaries ;

16 . Calls on the Commission to encourage the adoption of a common charter or code of conduct for
European public service broadcasting organs to guarantee the public service ethic ;

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17 . Calls on the Commission, in its forthcoming Green Paper on new audiovisual services, to recognize
a key role for PSB in the development of such services ;

18 . Considers that, for PSBs to remain available to all citizens, EU policy for the information society
must ensure that they are capable of reaching the audience that finances them through all digital and
analogue delivery systems — satellite, terrestrial, cable, telecoms networks — when necessary through :

— obligations for cable companies to offer PSB programmes ;

— obligations for satellite TV companies to offer PSB programmes to viewers receiving satellite channel
packages when these programmes are receivable by satellite ; and

— obligations to make PSB programmes easy to find for viewers in multi-channel navigation systems
( electronic programme guides );

19 . Calls on the Commission to research and, where appropriate, to foster the development of digital
services capable of operation as public service broadcasting multiplexes, thus sustaining the cultural
diversity at the heart of the public service ethic, which is an important buttress to genuine pluralism ;

20 . Calls upon the Commission to support financially European public service broadcasting
organizations such as Arte and Euronews, with a pan-European remit, serving the collective interests of
Europeans ;

21 . Calls on the Commission to encourage the granting of transmission rights for major sports events to
free-to-air television channels ;

22 . Considers inadmissible — including from the point of view of the correct application of the rules on
competition — the improper granting of exclusive rights to broadcast sporting events and scientific and
technical shows or events, which should be broadcast by all information media for the widest audience ;

Public service broadcasters

23 . Calls on PSBs to increase the broadcasting of non-national and multi-cultural programming,
thereby fulfilling their mandate to educate and inform, which will help to build a European and democratic
public sphere, where citizens can articulate their own opinions about the important European issues and
policies of the day ;

24 . Calls on broadcasters to invest in intra-European co-production and exchange of programmes,
making use of support programmes such as MEDIA 2 and the proposed European Audiovisual Guarantee
Fund ;

25 . Calls on PSBs to maintain their excellent news analysis and impartial programming, in particular in
documentary, news and current affairs coverage, since this authentic reporting is central to our ' common
culture ' and therefore to our democracy ;

26 . Calls on PSBs to strengthen their commitment to regional programming and regional employment ;

27 . Calls on public service broadcasters to enact real equal opportunities to improve the representation
of women and ethnic minorities in all television employment ;

28 . Calls on PSBs to invest further in educational programming, and to continue to support distance
learning by means of services like the BBC Open University ;

29 . Considers that PSBs must continuously work at improving their accountability to the public and
that the principles that govern all aspects of their activity — including editorial policy — should be clear
and available for public scrutiny and debate ;

30 . Invites the PSBs to make viewer-citizens aware of their responsibilities by giving them clear and
objective information ;

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31 . Calls on broadcasters " to review marketing and pricing policies to encourage the circulation of
European programmes as well as to engage in the appropriate negotiations with the various rightholders to
assist in this process ;

32 . Calls on PSBs to take the necessary initiatives to ensure that they play at least an equivalent role in
the new mass-media services as they do in the traditional ones ;

33 . Calls on PSBs to strengthen their efforts to become fully independent from governments, which is
necessary to realize a more pluralistic programming than what is offered now in certain Member States,
reflecting the debates that are going on in society and in all Member States of the European Union ;

34 . Calls on PSBs to draw up a set of guidelines on the principles which govern all aspects of their
activity, for example the obligations of transparency as regards the use of public funds and independence
from government ; these guidelines should be published and receive widespread publicity and public
debate on them should be encouraged ;

35 . Calls on broadcasters to consider their role in the sphere of audiovisual creation and the fostering of
new talents, setting aside broadcasting time for innovative programmes, enabling a network of
independent producers to be maintained ;

36 . Calls on broadcasters to apply strictly their obligation to broadcast a majority proportion of
European works ;

37 . Call on public broadcasting companies to broadcast programmes with a multicultural content, in
order to promote a feeling of solidarity among people of different cultures ;

38 . Calls on public broadcasters to step up their cooperation, involving media specialists and
educationalists with the aim of developing quality standards and guidelines for programme content, the
exchange of programmes and joint production ;

Member States

39 . Calls on Member States to ensure consistent, stable and realistic funding for PSBs, in order to
ensure their viability in a competitive market, but without being entirely dependent on Advertising revenue
and allowing them to fulfil their public service obligations ;

40 . Calls on Member States to guarantee independence of PSB channels against political and economic
interference by establishing appropriate structures such as pluralistic internal bodies or other independent
bodies ;

41 . Calls on Member States to support financially public service broadcasting organizations such as
Arte and Euronews, with a pan-European remit, serving the collective interests of Europeans ;

42 . Calls on Member States to ensure that, in the case of new services, especially pay-TV, PSB
channels are made available to the largest possible number and that, to this end, they may be included, at
their request and without discrimination, in the services offered by commercial operators ;

43 . Calls on Member States to assist diversity by enabling public service broadcasters early and fair
entry to the digital field, through the development of multiplex systems which will have the public service
as an integral part of their operation ;

44 . Further calls on Member States to facilitate mixed public and private investment in such systems,
so that public service broadcasters are able to begin transferring their services from analogue to digital
broadcasting, within which high quality and diversity can be sustained by the abundance of new and better
outlets, locally, nationally and internationally ;

45 . Calls on Member States to include clear provisions for public service in any new Treaty
arrangement in the framework of the Intergovernmental Conference ;

46 . Calls on Member States to regulate for the free-to-air transmission of major sporting events and
entertainment or scientific events of particular value and interest ;

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47 . Calls on Member States to regulate so that when other sporting events and entertainment or
scientific events of particular value or interest are shown exclusively on pay television, comprehensive
highlights must be available on free-to-air television ;

48 . Calls on Member States to provide reserved channels and carry rules for PSB channels in any future
digital terrestrial, cable or satellite broadcasting regime ;

49 . Calls on Member States to ensure that new licences for digital TV are allocated principally on the
basis of quality, diversity, original production and free-to-air services ;

50 . Calls on Member States to encourage a greater European dimension in PSB ;

5 1 . Calls on Member States to guarantee that all PSBs strictly adhere to their obligation to produce and
transmit a majority proportion of European works ;

52 . Calls on Member States to oblige PSBs, through their broadcasting laws, to provide high quality
training in all audiovisual mediums and skills to personnel both inside and outside the institution ;

53 . Calls on Member States to place obligations in broadcasting laws on PSB channels to provide
regional programming in order that regional diversity and identity are protected and enhanced ;

Others

54 . Calls on the Council to continue support for the MEDIA 2 programme and to adopt as soon as
possible the proposed European Audiovisual Guarantee Fund ;

55 . Calls on rightholders to review their strategy on secondary rights with a view to encouraging the
development of pan-European secondary TV markets ;

56 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, Council and the governments
of the Member States .

6 . Turkey

B4-0986, 0987, 0988, 0989, 0990, and 0991 / 96

Resolution on the political situation in Turkey

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its previous resolutions on Turkey,

A. with particular reference to its resolution of 13 December 1995 on the human rights situation in
Turkey ('), adopted in connection with its assent to the EU-Turkey customs union, in which the
improvements promised by the then Prime Minister Tansu Ciller in the areas of democratization and
human rights, progress in the Cyprus question and a peaceful solution to the Kurdish problem were
emphasized as the firm expectations of the new contractual relationship between the European Union
and Turkey,

(') OJ C 17, 22.1.1996, p . 46 .

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B. having regard to the recent judgment of the European Court on Human Rights on the human rights
situation in Turkey,

C. whereas, since the establishment of the customs union, the human rights situation in Turkey has
noticeably deteriorated and no appreciable progress has been made towards democratization, while
external tensions, such as provocations in the Aegean Sea and Cyprus and aggression in northern Iraq,
have multiplied,

D. deploring the fact that Leyla Zana, winner of the Sakharov Prize, and three other DEP ex ­
parliamentarians of Kurdish origin are still in prison despite appeals from the European Parliament
and from all over the world,

E. deeply concerned at the military operations recently conducted by the Turkish armed forces in eastern
Turkey and their refusal to seek ways of reaching a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Kurdistan,

F. whereas, in signing several international agreements, including the Council of Europe 's Convention
on Human Rights, Turkey has committed itself to guaranteeing human rights and multi-party
democracy,

G. whereas the negotiations on the accession of Cyprus will begin six months after the conclusion of the
Intergovernmental Conference,

H. appalled at the brutal, cold-blooded killing of two young unarmed Cypriots by Turkish soldiers
supported by Turkish paramilitary forces at the demarcation line of the occupied part of the island,

I. deploring the many incidents in the neutral zone, which have claimed several victims from both sides
of the demarcation line,

J. concerned at the Turkish authorities ' plan to set up a ' security zone ' in northern Iraq, in violation of
international agreements,

1 . Demands that the Turkish Government explain clearly its position to the European Union in the four
areas — human rights, democratization, the Cyprus question and the Kurdish problem — raised in
Parliament 's abovementioned resolution of 13 December 1995, which was the basis for its assent to the
customs union ;

2 . Expects the Turkish Government to confirm the obligations ensuing from its signing of the
agreement on the customs union ;

3 . Declares that the continuing human rights violations in Turkey are in conflict with the letter and
spirit of the agreement and irreconcilable with the specific financial aid instruments and the MEDA

programme ;

4 . Decides, therefore, to begin the procedure for entering in the reserve the appropriations relating to
the EC-Turkey agreement ;

5 . Calls on the Commission, for the same reason, to block, with immediate effect, all appropriations set
aside under the MEDA programme for projects in Turkey, except those concerning the promotion of
democracy, human rights and civil society, pending clarification of unresolved questions and improve ­
ments in the abovementioned areas ;

6 . Condemns vigorously the killing of Anastasios Isaak and Solomon Solomou by Turkish soldiers and
paramilitary forces and calls for all those who took part in these killings to be arrested and convicted ;

7 . Urges the Turkish Government to accept and apply the UN resolutions that call, in particular, for the
withdrawal of the occupying military forces and for a fair and viable solution to the Cyprus question and
appeals to the Government of Cyprus and to the leadership of the Turkish-Cypriot community to continue
to look for a peaceful solution to the Cyprus problem in accordance with the UN Security Council
resolutions ;

8 . Believes it to be more than ever necessary to open the negotiations on the accession of Cyprus six
months after the conclusion of the Intergovernmental Conference in order to defuse an explosive situation
and emphasizes that the security of the two Cypriot communities should take precedence over any other
consideration ;

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9 . Denounces in the strongest possible terms Turkey 's intention to create a security zone in northern
Iraq, seeing this as a grave violation of international law, and calls on the Council to persuade Turkey to
abandon this plan ;

10 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Council, the
Commission, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Turkish, Cypriot and Iraqi
Governments .

7 . Situation in Iraq

B4-0993, 1018, 1026, 1044 and 1064 / 96

Resolution on the situation in the Kurdish security zone in northern Iraq

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its resolutions on the situation in Iraq, particularly those concerning the situation in
Iraqi Kurdistan,

A. regretting that the negotiations conducted under the auspices of the United States between the rival
Kurdish factions of Massoud Barzani 's Kurdish Democratic Party ( KDP ) and Jalal Talabani 's
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ( PUK ), which share power in Iraqi Kurdistan, were unsuccessful,

B. whereas recently Iraqi ground forces entered the protection zone in order to give support to one of the
Kurdish factions which resulted in that faction taking over control in a large part of that zone,

C. whereas the US aimed to destroy a major part of the Iraqi air defence system while at the same time
declaring that it would enforce a wider no-fly zone over part of Iraq,

D. whereas the Iraqi armed forces ' incursion into the Kurdish area has given rise to a serious refugee
problem in the region,

E. whereas the US action, launched unilaterally and without consultation with the European Union, has
failed to halt the advance of Iraqi troops alongside the KDP activists,

F. whereas, according to several accounts, Saddam Hussein 's men have apparently executed 96 dissi ­
dents or deserters ; whereas a veritable man-hunt is under way in the area, where opponents of the Iraqi
regime are being hounded down,

G. recalling the appalling suffering inflicted on the Kurdish people of Iraq by the Iraqi dictatorship of
Saddam Hussein over many years, including the effects of the use of chemical weapons at Halabja, the
destruction of Kurdish villages, the enforced flight of Kurds in the aftermath of the Gulf War, and
other flagrant infringements of human rights,

H. whereas the crisis is very serious and could spread to the entire region, jeopardizing a Middle East
peace process which is already undermined,

I. noting that once again the European Union proved unable to reach a common position with regard to a
major international crisis,

J. concerned by the fact the Turkey is envisaging the creation of a security zone in northern Iraq,

1 . Condemns the Iraqi incursion into the Kurdish area and calls on the Council to hold an immediate
meeting in order to work out a common response to Saddam Hussein 's repeated violations of United
Nations resolutions ;

2 . Calls upon the Council and the Commission to take any initiative deemed appropriate in order to :

— reach a common EU position on measures taken or to be taken in order to make Iraq respect all
relevant UN Security Council resolutions ;

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— contribute to international efforts to supply aid to the refugees following the Iraqi incursion into the
Kurdish area ;

— take the initiative to mediate between the rival Kurdish parties, the PUK and KDP ;

3 . Calls for the full withdrawal of all Iraqi forces, including intelligence units, from the protected area ;

4 . Regrets that the EU is unable to have a major impact on the way the international community reacts
to the Iraqi Government 's actions because its Member States fail to agree a common position ;

5 . Calls on the Council to insist on close consultations on the measures to be taken in the days ahead
with a view to resolving the present crisis in northern Iraq and calls for that process initially to involve the
United States and later to be widened to include all countries which have supported the various United
Nations resolutions on Iraq ;

6 . Calls on neighbouring countries not to take unilateral action in response to the Iraqi incursion ;

7 . Deeply regrets that the Kurdish factions have not been able to reach agreement on assuming
authority in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan and deplores both the involvement of Iranian forces
in the internal struggle, at the behest of the PUK, and of Iraqi forces of Saddam Hussein, at the behest of
the KDP ;

8 . Calls for the Iraqi Government to respect the conditions which would allow the rapid implementation
of UN Resolution 986 on food for oil in order to provide relief for the Iraqi people suffering the greatest
hardship and most affected by the impact of the international embargo ;

9 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of
the United States, Russia, and the Arab countries, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations .

8 . Child abuse

B4-1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005 and 1006 / 96

Resolution on minors who are victims of violence

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Title VI of the Treaty on European Union and in particular the provisions on judicial
and police cooperation and the setting up of Europol,

— having regard to its previous resolutions on the rights of the child and on trade in human beings,

— having regard to the declaration and programme of action adopted by the World Congress against
sexual exploitation of children for commercial purposes held in Stockholm from 27 to 31 August

1996,

— having regard to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,

— having regard to the January 1996 Council of Europe Convention on the exercise of the rights of
children,

— having regard to the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights,

— having regard to the September 1996 Council declaration on the sexual exploitation of children,

— having regard to the Vienna Declaration of 10 and 1 1 June 1996 on trafficking in women,

— having regard to previous Council resolutions and declarations on this subject,

A. whereas children are sacred and the sexual exploitation of children is unacceptable and intolerable,

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B. whereas the scourge of paedophilia, trade in children and sexual exploitation is constantly increasing,
not only in isolated cases but also through transnational networks and sex tourism, which involve
extreme violence,

C. whereas the European institutions should review the effectiveness of their current contribution to
children 's welfare,

1 . Shares the grief of the families of the victims and commends their courage and dignity ;

2 . Considers that combating the sexual exploitation of children must be an absolute priority for all
Member States, and the European Union must support their efforts ;

3 . Notes the limits to national action on this issue and therefore calls on the Member States to make

proposals for common action establishing a clear and consistent legal framework allowing police and
judicial cooperation capable of breaking up the organized child prostitution networks and to ensure that

this framework is properly applied, not least in cases where acts of sexual exploitation are committed by
EU nationals in non-member countries ;

4 . Calls for the introduction of a comprehensive Community action programme, properly funded, to
combat sexual offences against children and, in particular, to help implement the measures called for in the
Stockholm declaration and draw up general strategies to prevent, combat and punish sexual offences
against children both within and outside the Community ;

5 . Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States, each within its sphere of competence,

to :

( i ) adopt a joint action under Article K.3 of the EU Treaty to set up a centralized register of abducted or
missing children, pending completion of the Convention on the European Information System ;

( ii ) provide Europol with the resources to enable it to conduct active investigations into criminal networks

through exchanges of experience and specialized information on organized crime, particularly crime
involving children ;

( iii ) improve judicial and police cooperation to make it possible to recognize and deal properly and

consistently with the scourge of paedophilia both within and outside the territory of the Member
States ;

( iv ) introduce training courses for law officers and policemen specializing in matters relating to sexual

offences against children ;

( v ) set up a EU pilot initiative with adequate financial resources in order to consider, explore and prevent,

as a matter of urgency, the sexual exploitation of minors and maltreatment of children, particularly
where these are linked to paedophile networks, the Internet and other forms of information
technology ;

6 . Urges the Commission to promote and support at national and European level the setting-up and
funding of specialist NGOs to facilitate coordination, prevention and information at European level ;

7 . Calls on the EU Member States to take urgent and practical measures to counteract sex tourism, not
only in the country of departure but also the country of destination ;

8 . Calls on all Member States to ratify and implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child ;

9 . Calls on the Member States to ensure that, within the framework of a structured dialogue,
cooperation and coordination in the areas of combating trade in and exploitation of children, with
countries that have applied to join the EU, is not only made a priority but also and above all a clear
requirement ;

10 . Calls on the IGC to incorporate into the future revised Treaty a chapter containing provisions on the
human rights of children ;

11 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the
governments of the Member States .

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9 . Situation in Cyprus

B4-0994, 1024, 1039, 1043, 1058 and 1073 / 96

Resolution on the situation in Cyprus

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Cyprus and to its resolution of 1 2 July

1995 on Cyprus ' application for membership of the European Union ('),

A. deeply shocked by the killings that took place in August 1996 during a peaceful demonstration for the
reunification of the island, where two Greek Cypriots were killed and several wounded, including two
UN peacekeepers, by the security forces of the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus,

B. having regard to the so-called counter-demonstrations organized by the Turkish authorities with the
massive involvement and participation of sections belonging to the Turkish armed forces and the
illegal occupying powers,

C. whereas a large contingent of extremist Turkish ' Grey Wolves ', armed with crowbars and spiked
clubs, were brought from Turkey in order to instigate a violent escalation of the so-called
counter-demonstrations, thereby creating the false impression that peaceful coexistence between
Greek and Turkish Cypriots is impossible,

D. whereas, according to a statement by the Cypriot Government, a member of the Denktash regime has
been identified as being apparently involved in the assassination of the Greek Cypriot Solomon
Solomou,

E. whereas these tragic events have been denounced internationally and condemned by all governments
and international organizations,

F. having regard to the urgent need for a fair and viable solution, based on international law and UN
resolutions, and in accordance with established Community law,

1 . Condemns the murders of the two young Greek Cypriots by the Turkish army of occupation and
members of the unlawful Denktash regime, and expresses its support for the families of the two victims ;

2 . Expresses deep concern at the indiscriminate use of violence by these forces ;

3 . Condemns the fact that members of the Turkish extremist organization ' Grey Wolves ' were brought
from Turkey to Cyprus so that they could enter into conflict with unarmed demonstrators and takes the
view that this policy is endangering peace and security in Cyprus ;

4 . Calls on Turkey to cooperate by taking all necessary measures to identify, arrest and bring to justice
all those implicated in the murders and firing at unarmed civilians ;

5 . Calls on the United Nations to cooperate in seeking those responsible for these crimes ;

6 . Calls on the Council and Commission, as a matter of urgency, to intensify their joint action and joint
endeavours to resolve the Cyprus problem in accordance with paragraph 19 of its abovementioned
resolution of 12 July 1995 ;

7 . Welcomes the decision of the Irish Presidency to maintain a special EU representative for the Cyprus
problem ; asks, in this respect, the Council to make every effort to coordinate the initiatives of the UN,
British and US representatives in a joint and more effective action and invites the representative of the
Council Presidency for Cyprus, Ambassador Kester Heaslip, to report also to Parliament on his visits to
the region during the summer ;

8 . Supports the proposal of the Cyprus government for the demilitarisation of the island and asks
Turkey to withdraw its occupation forces and abide by the UN resolutions on Cyprus ;

(') OJ C 249, 25.9.1995, p . 74 .

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9 . Appeals to the government of Cyprus and the leadership of the Turkish-Cypriot community to
continue to look for a peaceful and just solution to the Cyprus problem, along the lines of relevant UN
Security Council resolutions ;

10 . Deplores the numerous incidents in the neutral zone which have caused several victims along both
sides of the demarcation line ;

1 1 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments
of the Member States, the governments and parliaments of Cyprus and Turkey and the United Nations .

10 . Situation in Burundi

B4-1010, 1015, 1019, 1033, 1038, 1045 and 1074 / 96

Resolution on the situation in Burundi

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Burundi,

— having regard to the Council statements on Burundi, in particular those of 26 July and 1 9 August 1 996,

A. dismayed at the coup of 25 July 1996 against the civil authorities democratically elected in June 1993,

B. deeply Concerned by the persistent instability in Burundi and the recent escalation of fighting that

followed Major Buyoya 's coup ;

C. protesting at the coercion still being brought to bear on the President, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya,

D. profoundly shocked by the assassination of the archbishop, Mgr . Ruhuna, during an ambush on
9 September 1996 which also claimed two other victims,

E. deeply concerned at the departure from the country of the various intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations,

F. convinced that general political negotiations need to be achieved in Burundi, involving without
exception all the political components of that country 's society, including the rebels, in order to stop
the escalation of violence, promote stability and re-establish democracy in the country,

G. whereas regional leaders imposed economic and diplomatic sanctions on Burundi following the coup,
to force Major Buyoya to negotiate in order to end an ethnic civil war that has claimed an estimated

150 000 lives in the last three years,

H. pointing out the responsibilities of neighbouring countries, Zaire in particular, which continue to
tolerate the reorganization of extremist gangs and the illegal trade in weapons,

I. Resolutely condemns the coup of 25 July 1996 by means of which Major Pierre Buyoya came to
power and calls for the re-establishment of the rule of law and constitutional government in Burundi ;

2 . Appeals to all the parties concerned for an immediate ceasefire in order to create safe conditions
throughout the country and facilitate political dialogue and to start direct discussions relating to the
peacemaking efforts of the former President df Tanzania, Julius Nyerer ^, in particular as regards
institutional matters including the reform of the armed forces and security forces and the judicial system ;

3 . Calls on the relevant European institutions and the Member States not to recognize the authority of
the new regime in Bujumbura, but to make efforts to achieve dialogue and to restore a climate of
confidence and security ;

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4 . Supports fully the peace efforts deployed by the regional leaders, the OAU, the EU special envoy and
Julius Nyerere, and encourages them to continue their work ;

5 . Welcomes the pressure which the international community has already exerted on Major Buyoya 's
regime and supports the embargo imposed by the neighbouring African countries on Burundi until
constitutional legality has been re-established ;

6 . Stresses that this embargo should be extended to cover arms and ammunition ;

7 . Condemns forcefully the assassination of Mgr . Ruhuna, and of two other persons during the ambush
of Gitega, and calls on the local authorities to institute legal proceedings against those responsible for
these murders ; recalls in this connection that none of the investigations into the murders of foreign
humanitarian and religious representatives, in particular three ICRC delegates and three Italian
missionaries, has yet produced any results ;

8 . Insists that the UN Security Council must take action in order to respond to the request from its
Secretary-General with regard to the creation of a prevention force for Burundi ;

9 . Welcomes the announcement made by some African countries concerning contributing troops to
such a force ;

10 . Warns the governments of neighbouring countries, in particular Zaire, that unless they cease all
support — whether financial, logistical, military or political — for the Burundi extremists, their relations
with the EU will be affected ;

1 1 . Demands that the individuals involved in the murder of President Ndadaye, according to the report
published by the UN committee of inquiry, be handed over to the judicial authorities without delay ;

1 2 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the government of
Burundi, the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and the OAU and the Co-Presidents of the
ACP-EU Joint Assembly .

11 . Human rights

( a ) B4-0992, 1021, 1042, 1050, 1059 and 1060 / 96

Resolution on the establishment of the Permanent International Criminal Court

The European Parliament,

A. having regard to the growing number of war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed in a
large number of countries and going unpunished,

B. whereas it is urgently necessary to create the basic core of an impartial international justice system,
mainly in order to try war crimes and crimes against humanity wherever they may be committed,

C. whereas significant progress has been made in this direction thanks to the creation and the first
concrete actions of the ad hoc international tribunals on former Yugoslavia and Rwanda,

D. welcoming the fact that there is no provision for the death penalty either in the statutes of the ad hoc
tribunals or in the draft statutes of the permanent court,

E. whereas the 50th session of the UN General Assembly formally decided in autumn 1 995 to instruct a
preparatory committee to complete the work on putting the statutes of the international court into their
definitive form with a view to enabling the UN to convene the constituent conference of the
Permanent International Criminal Court,

F. whereas the preparatory committee closed its last session on 30 August 1996, calling on the UN
General Assembly to convene the plenipotentiary diplomatic conference before the end of 1998,

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G. whereas in spite of this positive outcome, obtained chiefly as a result of the determination of a large
number of Member States of the European Union, there is still strong opposition from some
non-member countries as well as reservations from two Member States of the EU,

H. whereas the Italian Government has already stated its willingness to host the plenipotentiary
diplomatic conference for the establishment of the Court,

1 . Calls on the Council and the Member States to reach a common position as soon as possible on the
need to establish the Permanent International Criminal Court, and to act in concert at the 51st General
Assembly of the UN to ensure that it renews the mandate of the Preparatory Committee and takes the
decision to convene a plenipotentiary diplomatic conference to establish a Permanent International
Criminal Court before the end of 1998 ;

2 . Calls, therefore, on the Irish Presidency and the Commission to do all within their power to ensure
that the Union speaks with one voice on this important issue ;

3 . Stresses that the Union must be involved, in budgetary terms, in the efforts to set up the permanent
Court ;

4 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of
the Member States, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the General
Assembly of the United Nations .

( b ) B4-0997, 1011, 1031, 1041, 1048 and 1075 / 96

Resolution on the human rights situation in Indonesia

The European Parliament

— having regard to its previous resolutions on Indonesia,

A. whereas the Indonesian authorities have launched a crackdown against peaceful campaigners of the
pro-democracy movement, resulting in a wave of arrests and police interrogations of active members
of this movement, which has created a situation of fear forcing many hundreds of pro-democracy
activists into hiding,

B. deeply concerned at the violent seizure of the headquarters of the Indonesian Democratic Party ( PDI )
by military and paramilitary forces on 27 July 1996,

C. having regard to the preliminary report of the Indonesian National Commission of Human Rights on
the events of 27 July 1996 which refers to 5 deaths, 149 wounded and 74 missing persons,

D. whereas further restrictions on the freedom of expression are occurring, in particular the curbing of
the press and the maltreatment of journalists trying to cover the events of 27 July ; whereas the
Government continues to deny the rights of freedom of speech and assembly,

E. noting that the Government of Indonesia has not yet ratified the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights or the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment,

1 . Condemns the seizure of the PDI building by military and para-military forces and the casualties
inflicted on 27 July 1996 and the subsequent wave of arrests of members of the pro-democracy movement ;

2 . Reaffirms its solidarity with the aims and goals of the Indonesian pro-democracy movement in the
struggle for a just, democatic and pluralist society ;

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3 . Calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all those who have been arrested for the

peaceful expression of their political aspirations, notably Mucktar Pakpathan, leader of the SBSI Workers '
Union, and the release of all political prisoners, including those from East Timor and Irian Jaya ;

4 . Calls on the Indonesian authorities to halt the legal proceedings against Mrs Megawati Sukarnoputri,
president of the Indonesian Democratic Party ;

5 . Requests that the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions be asked
to undertake an investigation into the events of 27 July 1996 and the whereabouts of people still missing ;

6 . Appeals for restrictions on the freedom of expression and for the ill-treatment of journalists who
reported on the events of 27 July to be ended forthwith ;

7 . Reiterates its demand for the Member States of the European Union to withhold all military
assistance and all arms sales to Indonesia ;

8 . Calls on the Commission to keep the establishment of trade relations with ASEAN subject to respect
for human rights and to adhere to the position that these two matters cannot be discussed separately ;

9 . Urges the Indonesian authorities to stop violating the rights of peaceful critics and activists and to
guarantee to all individuals, including independent journalists, their rights to freedom of speech and
association, as expressed in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights ;

1 0 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Government of
Indonesia, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights .

( c ) B4-0995, 1020, 1036 and 1046 / 96

Resolution on the case of Alexander Nikitin

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its resolutions of 16 November 1995 on the harassment of the Bellona Foundation by
Russian security authorities (') and 15 February 1996 on the arrest of Alexander Nikitin ( 2 ),

A. whereas following the arrest of Alexander Nikitin on 6 February 1996 he remains in custody at the
FSB prison in St Petersburg, where his health is deteriorating,

B. whereas Mr Nikitin was arrested and imprisoned for taking part in the production of a report by the
Norwegian ecological organization Bellona on the pollution caused by the Russian nuclear fleet 's
installations and submarines, in particular in the Kola peninsula,

C. whereas Amnesty International, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the
Helsinki Committee have declared Alexander Nikitin a prisoner of conscience,

D. deploring the fact that, despite protests all over the world, the Russian Government has shown no
willingness to release Alexander Nikitin and has even openly refused to make any information
available,

E. whereas there is widespread concern that the trial of Alexander Nikitin might be held in a military
court, which would prevent public access to the trial and information, thereby denying the chance of a
fair trial,

(') OJ C 323, 4.12.1995, p . 112 .
( 2 ) OJ C 65, 4.3.1996, p . 162 .

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1 . Calls on the Russian authorities to provide a full and detailed explanation of the charges made
against Alexander Nikitin and to provide a clear timetable for a fair and open trial in a civilian court
system, and calls for his immediate release pending his trial ;

2 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the Government of

Russia and the Bellona Foundation .

( d ) B4-1057, 1063 and 1081 / 96

Resolution on stiffer penalties for homosexuals in Romania

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

— having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms,

— having regard to its previous resolution on Romania,

A. shocked at the decision of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies to introduce stiffer penalties for any
homosexual relations between consenting adults in the context of a revision of the Romanian penal
code,

B. whereas homosexuality is now subject in Romania to prison sentences of between six months and
three years ; whereas the proposal to amend Article 200 of the penal code would make acts of
homosexuality punishable by up to five years ' imprisonment,

C. whereas the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, among others, has called on Romania
to decriminalize relationships between adults of the same sex,

D. whereas the law will only come into force if a compromise text is approved by both Chambers and
signed by the President of the Republic of Romania,

1 . Expresses its profound indignation at these decisions by the Romanian Parliament and condemns
any attempt to criminalize sexual relations between adults of the same sex ;

2 . Calls on the President of Romania to use all his powers to prevent the entry into force of the proposed
amendments to the penal code ;

3 . Recalls the importance it attaches to respect for human rights and calls on the Government of
Romania to adhere to its undertakings to the Council of Europe to repeal all laws criminalizing
homosexuality ;

4 . Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States, each within their respective spheres of
responsibility, to exert pressure to prevent discriminatory provisions from being adopted ;

5 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Council of
Europe and the President, Government and Parliament of Romania .

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12 . Expulsion of illegal immigrants in Europe

B4-0999, 1023, 1040, 1047, 1061, 1065, 1066 and 1069 / 96

Resolution on expulsions of illegal immigrants

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 on the Status of Refugees,

— having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms,

— having regard to the Council Recommendations of 22 December 1995 on combating illegal
immigration and illegal employment,

— having regard to its previous resolutions on immigration and the right of asylum and in particular its
resolution of 21 September 1995 on the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the
European Parliament on immigration and asylum policies ( COM(94)0023 — C3-01 07 / 94 ) ('),

— having regard to its previous resolutions on racism, xenophobia and antisemitism,

A. having regard to the realities of immigration in Europe and the presence on the territory of the Union
of immigrants whose situation is not in order,

B. deploring the incidents that have taken place in recent months in some European Union Member
States, in particular France, Spain and Belgium, «

C. whereas developments in the immigration laws of certain European Union Member States have led to
a considerable deterioration in the situation of certain immigrants ; whereas a large number of
immigrants have lost their right of residence and thus become illegal,

D. whereas the right of families to live together is guaranteed under the Geneva Convention,

E. shocked by the fact that some immigrants who have been expelled from the European Union have
been executed or arrested because of their beliefs on their return to their original country,

1 . Reaffirms the need to guarantee under any circumstances respect for human rights and humane
treatment of illegal immigrants, particularly in the fields of health and education ;

2 . Believes that any return of illegal immigrants to their country of origin must be conditional on
information which is known to be true concerning respect for their safety and basic rights in their country
of origin and takes account of their economic and social reintegration into their country ;

3 . Calls on the Member States to deal with the question of illegal immigrants on a case-by-case basis,
avoiding any summary procedure and treating all cases equally from the outset ;

4 . Asks the Council to take measures to strengthen concerted action by the Member States on policies
relating to illegal immigrants ;

5 . Criticizes the Council 's recourse to recommendations, which are not mentioned under Title VI of the
TEU, and on which the European Parliament was never consulted ; points out that this practice results in a
lack of parliamentary control, since the ' Europeanization ' of the subject results in the exclusion of national
parliaments, at the same time as there is no accountability to the European Parliament ;

6 . Instructs its competent committee to carry out a thoroughgoing study into the legislation and
practices on expulsion and refoulement policies in the Member States of the European Union and to draw
up a detailed report ; calls on the competent Commission departments and the committee set up under
Article K.4 of the EU Treaty to lend their assistance in this study ;

7 . Condemns vigorously any statements which promote distrust towards immigrants and enhance the
credibility of those who encourage a demagogic policy of exclusion and xenophobia ;

(') OJ C 269, 16.10.1995, p . 156 .

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8 . Calls on the Member States to introduce harsher penalties for all those who exploit immigrants and
take advantage of their precarious situation ;

9 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission .

13 . Disasters

( a ) B4-0967, 1013, 1030 and 1076 / 96

Resolution on the disaster at the ' Las Nievas ' campsite in Biescas ( Spain )

The European Parliament,

A. concerned at the disaster which occurred at the ' Las Nievas ' campsite in Biescas ( Spain ) on 7 August

1 996, which left 86 people dead, one missing and hundreds injured and caused substantial material
damage,

B. whereas those who were killed, injured or caught up in the disaster came not only from the
Autonomous Community of Aragon but also from many other Spanish regions and other countries of
the European Union, with the result that many families throughout Europe are suffering grief and loss,

C. whereas serious damage was also caused to basic infrastructures in the region ( roads, bridges,
drainage system for the Aras ravine, water supply to local populations ), as well as damage to housing,
farms and tourist amenities, crops and livestock,

D. stressing the support offered by the people of Biescas, Jaca and Sabinanigo and all those who worked
from the very beginning and in the days immediately following the tragedy,

E. noting the Commission ' s swift response to the disaster and expressing, together with the Commission,
its solidarity and willingness to provide any aid needed,

1 . Expresses its sympathy and solidarity with the victims and their families ;

2 . Calls on the Commission to provide emergency aid for the families of victims and any others who
suffered, through an immediate allocation of funds from the heading covering natural disasters in the 1996
budget ;

3 . Calls on the Commission to draw up a recovery programme for the region in cooperation with the
Spanish authorities, allocating the funds needed for the rebuilding of infrastructures, housing, farms and
tourist amenities ;

4 . Calls on the Member States to tighten up the legislative and technical requirements for authorizing
the locations of campsites, with the inclusion of environmental impact assessments, to review the siting of
campsites so as to ensure that they are in safe areas and to prohibit them in areas at risk from avalanches or
floods ;

5 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of
the Member States, the Government of the Autonomous Region of Aragon ( Spain ), and the town council
of Biescas .

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( b ) B4-1014, 1025 and 1032 / 96

Resolution on the floods in the region of Maresme ( Barcelona ) and the Region of Valencia

The European Parliament,

A. concerned at the recent floods which occurred in the districts of Cabrils, Cabrera, Vilassar del Mar,
Vilassar de Dalt, Premia de Mar, Premia de Dalt, El Masnou and Teia, in the region of Maresme,
which caused two deaths and 2 000 million pesetas ' worth of damage,

B. having regard also to the floods of 10 and 1 1 September 1996 in the Region of Valencia,

C. having regard in particular to the damage done by the torrential rains to crops and farms in the region,

1 . Expresses its sympathy and solidarity with the victims and their families ;

2 . Calls on the Commission to draw up a recovery plan for the affected area of Maresme in cooperation
with the competent authorities, allocating funds as a priority for channelling watercourses and for the
building of infrastructures, housing and farms ;

3 . Calls for the drawing up of a similar plan, together with the regional authorities, for the affected areas
of the Region of Valencia ;

4 . Points out the need, in view of the recurrence of such floods in the Mediterranean basin, for a budget
line for the prevention and remedying of their effects ;

5 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Generalitat de
Catalunya, the Generalitat Valenciana and the Spanish Government .

( c ) B4-1035, 1062 and 1079 / 96

Resolution on natural disasters, high winds and hailstorms in the Thessaly region of Greece

The European Parliament,

A. having regard to the major disasters, high winds and hailstorms which occurred in the region of
Thessaly ( prefectures of Karditsa, Trikala and Larisa ) early in August,

B. having regard to the incalculable flood damage to houses, cars, businesses, farms and regional
infrastructures ( roads, power supplies etc .),

C. whereas the hailstorms caused damage of biblical proportions to cotton, tobacco, maize and other
crops in these areas,

D. whereas the total destruction of apple crops in thousands of acres of orchard in the prefecture of
Magnisia occurred only ten days before harvesting was due, causing major financial losses to
producers, running to billions of drachmas,

E. whereas apples are the sole crop produced in this area of Magnisia, and are the only source of income
and livelihood for hundreds of small producers and their families,

F. whereas crops in these areas were totally destroyed,

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1 . Expresses its consternation at these major disasters and its undivided support for the inhabitants of
the stricken areas ;

2 . Calls on the Commission and the Council to make every effort to procure and make available funds
in the form of immediate financial aid to help make good the damage suffered and assist producers in the
stricken areas ;

3 . Calls on the Commission to provide support for the residents of north-eastern Pilion in their efforts
to resume cultivation of the land in the same way as before, since, in addition to producing apples and
ensuring their livelihood, it is closely linked with the conservation of the natural beauty and the
environment of the area, and to provide material and technical assistance to the national and local
authorities for the protection of Pilion and its traditional character ;

4 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the Greek

Government .

( d ) B4-0998, 1052 and 1071 / 96

Resolution on toxic waste in South Africa

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the ongoing negotiations between South Africa and the European Union concerning
South Africa 's accession to the Lome Convention,

— having regard to Article 39 of the Lome Convention concerning the ban on imports and exports of
hazardous waste between the European Union and ACP States, including hazardous waste for
recycling,

— having regard to the Bamako Convention adopted by the OAU which prohibits the import into Africa
of any hazardous waste,

— having regard to the decision taken by the Convening Parties of the Basle Convention on
22 September 1995 ( designated 11 / 12 ) to ban all exports of toxic waste to non-OECD countries after

1 January 1998,

A. noting that the British multinational, Thor Chemicals Ltd has exported hundreds of tonnes of toxic
mercury waste from EU countries — United Kingdom, Spain and Italy — to its plant in Cato Ridge,
South Africa for ' recycling ', claiming that this represents environmentally sound waste management,

B. noting that, despite claims that the mercury would be reprocessed, most of the waste was simply
stored while attempts were made to operate a very hazardous incinerator, leaving the South African
administrators and the general public facing 5 000 metric tonnes of toxic waste, i.e. 10 000 barrels of
hazardous mercury wastes, a sludge pond containing 2 500 tonnes and heaps of hazardous ash from
the incinerator,

C. appalled at the news of the death or disability of more than 20 South African workers at Thor
Chemicals from mercury poisoning, the case being classified by Greenpeace as the worst incident of
the waste trade yet discovered, as no other case investigated by that organization showed ' such abuse
of an economically dependent, under-educated workforce ',

D. alarmed by the chronic mercury contamination of the environment surrounding the Thor plant, in soil,
water and wildlife, with water and sediment contamination readings in excess of 1 000 times the
WHO drinking water standard,

E. whereas, in August 1993, the Attorney-General of Natal charged Thor and three top management
officials with culpable homicide and 42 other criminal charges, the charges later being dropped when
Thor pleaded guilty to breaches of health and safety regulations and accepted responsibility for the
deaths of two workers,

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F. whereas Thor chemicals operated the first and only toxic waste incinerator in South Africa, which was
shut down because of major problems,

1 . Welcomes President Mandela 's initiative to establish a judicial commission of inquiry into Thor
Chemicals ;

2 . Calls on the Member States, particularly the Governments of the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain,
to take the initiative for the repatriation of the toxic wastes exported from their countries to Thor
Chemicals in South Africa ( namely : 470 metric tonnes from Thor Chemicals, UK, 57 metric tonnes from
Ausimont, Italy, and about 10 metric tonnes from Gomensaro, Spain ) and calls on the Commission to give
maximum support to that end ;

3 . Calls on the Government of South Africa to consider the inclusion of Article 39 in the planned
protocol of accession of South Africa to the Lome Convention ;

4 . Calls on the Member States, the European Commission and the Government of South Africa to
respect the September 1995 decision amending the Basle Convention and to encourage the Convening
Parties of the Basle Convention to make the more restrictive EU hazardous waste list the basis for

implementation ;

5 . Calls on the Commission and the Member States to explore all avenues for the technology transfers
to South Africa required to enable the country to cope with its present toxic waste crisis ;

6 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of
the Member States, the Government of South Africa and the Bamako and the Basle Convention

secretariats .

e ) B4        - 1072 / 96

Resolution on support for conservation of the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela in the face of

the brutal destruction of and assault on the village of Pazos

The European Parliament,

A. having regard to the severe damage to and brutal assault on the human environment and the historical
and cultural heritage caused by work on the stretch of the N.550 passing through Pazos ( Padron ),
Public Works project 33-LC-2350,

B. whereas this section is one of the most distinctive parts of the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela
— Ruta Xacobea — designated the ' foremost European cultural itinerary ' by the Council of Europe
and ' world cultural heritage ' by Unesco, the destruction of which constitutes an act of barbarism,

C. whereas the project to widen the road, at the very heart of the village of Pazos, will cause irreparable
damage to a significant and exceptional section of the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela,
demolishing manor houses, Roman bridges, 55 exceptionally         - old stone houses, chapels, shrines,
crucifixes, walls, granaries, fountains, washing places, wells and outstanding, centuries-old oak
groves, apart from other damage — a veritable ravaging of the architectural heritage, the landscape
and the environment,

D. having regard to the failure to comply with Law 3 / 1996 on the protection of the pilgrim routes to
Santiago de Compostela ( DOG, 23.5.96 ) and Law 8 / 1995 on the cultural heritage of Galicia, the
Statute of Autonomy and the Spanish Constitution itself,

E. whereas the Galician regional government and other responsible authorities have failed to take action ;
whereas the transport department did not deliver a favourable report and whereas the Padron
Council 's report rejecting the scheme has been ignored,

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1 . Insists on the immediate suspension of work on the N.550 at Pazos ;

2 . Demands the restitution of expropriated property, the reconstruction of demolished stone walls and
full repair of the damage caused ;

3 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission .

14 . Guarantees covered by budget

A4-0254 / 96

Resolution on the report from the Commission on guarantees covered by the general budget —
### situation at 30 June 1995 ( COM(95)0625 - C4-0064 / 96 )

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the report from the Commission on guarantees covered by the general budget —
### situation at 30 June 1995 ( COM(95)0625 - C4-0064 / 96 ),

— having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council on limits imposed by the
Guarantee Fund mechanism on Community loans and loan guarantees in respect of third countries
( CC)M(95)0404 ),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on
Budgetary Control ( A4-0254 / 96 ),

A. whereas the report from the Commission to the Council on guarantees covered by the general budget
at 30 June 1 995 is the ninth of its kind going back to a request made by Parliament in its resolution of

15 May 1991 on the draft supplementary and amending budget 1 / 1991, as amended by the Council (')
to report to the budgetary authority twice a year,

B. whereas the report of the Commission covers both the borrowing and lending operations inside the
Community and outside,

C. whereas the European Council in Cannes decided to increase the Community 's lending and borrowing
activities in order to strengthen economic ties and trade relations,

D. whereas the borrowing and lending activities of the Community appear at present to be stagnating due
to constraints imposed by the Guarantee Fund mechanism,

E. whereas the guarantees for loans and risk coverage for lending and borrowing activities is an
increasingly important issue for the general budget of the Community as more and more countries of
the former Soviet Union — often hit by internal conflicts and severe economic and social difficulties —
require macro-financial assistance, timely repayments of which are more and more in danger of
default,

F. whereas it is imperative to draw on the instrument of the Guarantee Fund in the event of default in
order to protect the general budget from transfers from other budget items according to Article 1 2 of
Council Regulation ( EEC, Euratom ) 1552 / 89 of 29 May 1989 implementing Decision 88 / 376 / EEC,
Euratom on the system of the Communities own resources ( 2 ) and to avoid the exposure of the general
budget to increasing loan risks,

G. whereas the Commission ' s report on the guarantee situation is mainly descriptive of both the situation
and the guarantee procedures, lacking any analysis of the perspectives and future developments,

H. whereas the situation of guarantees can only be fully evaluated when considered in relation with the
situation of the Guarantee Fund,

(') OJ C 158 . 17.6.1991, p . 89 .
( 2 ) OJ L 155, 7.6.1989, p . 1 .

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I. whereas it is imperative to include in the evaluation of the guarantee situation an evaluation of the
Guarantee Fund mechanism as shown by the Commission in its above-mentioned communication,

J. whereas the Guarantee Fund only entered into force in October 1 994 and payments for loans from the
guarantee reserve to the Guarantee Fund have only been provisioned for loans concluded after

1 January 1993,

K. whereas by the end of 1 996 and at the beginning of 1 997 a number of loan allocations which had been
concluded before 1 January 1993 will have to be renewed ; whereas the provisioning of the Guarantee
Fund will require funds beyond the limits of the guarantee reserve,

L. whereas the European Council in Cannes asked for an extension of the lending and borrowing
activities of the Community in order to help develop third countries and to strengthen economic ties
and trade relations between them and the Community,

M. whereas the current limits imposed by the guarantee reserve will neither allow for extending lending

and borrowing activities nor the maintenance of current levels of allocation,

N. whereas the situation of the Guarantee Fund mechanism can be influenced by changing one or more of
the following four factors : the level of lending and borrowing activities ( 1 ), the amount of the
guarantee reserve in the general budget ( 2 ), the rate of risk coverage for lending activities by the
general budget ( 3 ), and the provisioning rate of the Guarantee Fund for loans disbursed ( 4 ),

O. whereas, since modification of any of the four factors may be contested by either the Member States,
the budgetary authority or the EIB, a settlement of the critical situation could be sought in a mixture of
measures modifying more than only one factor of the Guarantee Fund mechanism,

P. whereas the Commission has been asked by the Council to present a proposal before the end of 1 996
for a settlement of the situation,

1 . Notes that the Commission has presented, in accordance with Parliament 's above-mentioned
resolution, the ninth report on guarantees covered by the general budget as of 30 June 1995 ;

2 . Notes the figures and the situation for lending and borrowing activities inside and outside the
Community described in this report ;

3 . Regrets that the Commission presented only a descriptive assessment with no analytical approach
and no regard to future perspectives and developments ;

4 . Reminds the Commission that the situation of the Guarantee Fund mechanism is — according to its
own analysis in another communication — a particularly critical one ;

5 . Would have expected that any evaluation of the guarantee situation, especially concerning loans
outside the Community, would be undertaken in relation to the Guarantee Fund mechanism ;

6 . Notes that a report on the guarantee situation containing no mention of the limitations imposed by
the guarantee reserve for loans to third countries is tantamount to presenting misleading statements ;

7 . Reminds Commission and Council that they should have known for over a year that the lending ahd
borrowing activities of the Community will by 1997 face a situation when not even the present level of
allocations can be maintained given the level of the guarantee reserve in the Financial Perspective ;

8 . Notes that the European Council at its summit meeting in Cannes decided an extension of lending
and borrowing activities of the Community to third countries ;

9 . Supports, in principle, this proposal of an extension of lending activities to third countries since this
will strengthen economic ties and trade relations and is in the interest of both the recipient countries and
the Community ;

10 . Reminds the Commission and Council that implementation of the Cannes conclusions requires a
modification of the Guarantee Fund mechanism, either in respect of the total volume of loans, the amount
of the guarantee reserve in the Financial Perspectives, the level of risk coverage for loans, or the
provisioning rate of the Guarantee Fund ;

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1 1 . Declares that any modification of the Guarantee Fund mechanism must neither be undertaken
unilaterally at the expense of an increased exposure of the general budget to higher loan risks nor solely at
the expense of a slower provisioning of the Guarantee Fund ;

12 . Calls for compulsory and binding consultation of the budgetary authority before any Community
budget guarantee is made available, in the course of which, complete information shall be provided on the
budgetary situation of the loan beneficiary ;

13 . Asks the Commission to reconsider the mechanism whereby it informs the budgetary authority of
defaults on guaranteed loans, paying particular attention to the question of whether confidentiality is
necessary, helpful or realistic ;

14 . Asks the Commission and Council to propose a revision of the Guarantee Fund mechanism which
contains an adequate balance between an increase of the Guarantee reserve by way of a revision of the
Financial Perspective as well as a flexible application of the risk coverage by the Guarantee Fund and of its
provisioning rate ; the volume of lending and borrowing activities must then be adapted accordingly ;

15 . Asks Commission and Council to include the European Parliament from the outset in its
deliberations on a settlement of the problems with the Guarantee Fund mechanism ;

16 . Regrets that the Commission has failed to include a revision of the guarantee reserve in its recent
proposal for a revision of the Financial Perspective ;

17 . Asks the Commission to present its report for a revision of the Guarantee Fund mechanism — due
before the end of 1 996 — well before that date and as soon as possible, since at the turn from 1 996 to 1 997
loan decisions will have to be taken and it may be too late for procedures to revise the determining factors
of the Guarantee Fund mechanism ;

18 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the
governments of the Member States .

15 . Excise duties

A4-0253 / 96

Resolution on the Commission Report to the Council and European Parliament on the rates of duty
laid down in Council Directive 92 / 79 / EEC of 19 October 1992 on the approximation of taxes on
cigarettes, Council Directive 92 / 80 / EEC of 19 October 1992 on the approximation of taxes on
manufactured tobacco other than cigarettes, Council Directive 92 / 84 / EEC of 19 October 1992 on the
approximation of the rates of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages and Council Directive
92 / 82 / EEC of 19 October 1992 on the approximation of the rates of excise duties on mineral oils
### ( COM(95)0285 - C4-0430 / 95 )

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission Report to the Council and European Parliament ( CC)M(95)0285 —
C4-0430 / 95 ),

— having regard to its resolutions of 13 June 1991 on excise duty on mineral oils (') and 10 March 1992
on excise duty on cigarettes, manufactured tobacco and alcoholic beverages ( 2 ),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
and the opinions of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, the Committee on
Transport and Tourism and the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection

( A4-0253 / 96 ),

(')
( 2 )

OJ C 183, 15.6.1991, pp . 286, 290 and 293 .
OJ C 94, 13.4.1992, pp . 33, 35, 38 and 41 .

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General principles

1 . Calls on the Commission to draw up an annual report on trends in the evasion of excise duties and to
request Member States to prepare annual reports on the problems experienced in differential rates of
excise duty and the steps taken to rectify the problems in line with the principles of the single market ;

2 . Emphasizes that health considerations should be taken into account as part of the excise duty review ;

Taxes on cigarettes and manufactured tobacco

3 . Calls on the Commission to study the present system and, if it finds no serious distortions, to keep
the present system ; otherwise it should come forward with new proposals ;

4 . Calls on the Commission to study the problem of the ' automatic trigger ' and come forward with
proposals if distortions are identified ;

5 . Urges the Commission to make provision in its forthcoming proposals for definite upward
harmonization of tobacco prices, based on higher duty rates across the EU for reasons of health and wider
objectives of the Treaty on European Union ;

6 . Is of the opinion that the four types of market failure in relation to smoking — social costs, health
risks, nicotine addiction, and monopolistic practices — should be addressed, and asks the Commission to
examine if such market failures could be corrected by excise duties ;

7 . Is of the opinion that the Commission should consider the impact on cigarette retail prices of price
discrimination among markets possibly practised by cigarette manufacturers ;

8 . Calls on the Commission to put forward appropriate proposals as soon as possible to end the
smuggling of products intra and extra EU on which no duty has been paid and which are fraudulently sold
in the EU at a substantial profit, owing to the high level of excise duty ;

9 . Believes that, in the interests of better operation of the internal market and a consistent health policy,
the relationship between excise duty on cigarettes and hand-rolled tobacco must be reviewed and asks the
Commission to present a proposal as soon as possible if anomalies are identified ;

10 . Calls on the Commission to ensure that its next review carried out under Directive 92 / 79 and 92 / 80

is carried out in a timely fashion and requests the Commission to put forward legislative proposals to
resolve the problems identified in its 1995 Review ;

1 1 . Requests the Commission — in case of negative employment effects stemming from higher taxation
— to come forward with a conversion programme for the Community tobacco industry and the
tobacco-growing areas, which are situated in the less-favoured regions of the EU ;

Excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverage

12 . Calls on the Commission in its forthcoming proposal to examine — and then propose the
appropriate amendments to the existing Directives — the following guidelines :

( a ) the difference between the rates of excise duty on wine, beer and spirits should not be increased,

( b ) retaining, expanding or creating the possibility of small distillers ' and brewers ' products being subject

to excise duty at a lower rate,

( c ) a report on the production of wine including all relevant aspects such as taxation, should be submitted

to the Council and the European Parliament within a year following adoption of this resolution,

( d ) all new forms and mixtures of alcohol i.e. alcoholic lemonade, ready made cocktails, etc ., should be

subject to excise duty,

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( e ) cognizance should be taken of the Court of Justice decision on the question of cross-border shopping

on payment for excise duty either at point of purchase or at point of destination,

( f ) Member States in conjunction with the Commission should assess the external costs ( social, economic

and health ) of alcohol consumption in each Member State ; this assessment should include both the
positive and negative aspects of alcohol consumption ;

13 . Calls on the Commission to work towards the achievement of an equitable tax system where there
is no distortion of competition between alcoholic beverages ;

14 . Recalls the terms of Article 99 of the Treaty, and notably that approximation of national taxation
systems is not an end in itself ; it would only be necessary if the attainment of the single market were to be
compromised ;

15 . Recalls that any study on competition between beverages cannot be limited to alcohol alone but
must involve an analysis of the cross-elasticity of demand ;

16 . Calls on the Commission not to amend the Directive on structures ;

17 . Calls on the Commission to subject alcohol other than ethyl alcohol, which is not authorized in the
manufacture of alcoholic beverages since the condition of agricultural origin is not met, to the same
controls and monitoring as ethyl alcohol with the aim of properly protecting the health of consumers ;

Excise duties on mineral oils

18 . Calls on the Commission in its forthcoming proposal to examine — and then propose the
appropriate amendments to the existing Directives — the following guidelines :

( a ) that as a tried and tested tax instrument excise duties on motor fuels should be used actively to

promote a wide range of transport, energy, environmental and economic policy objectives ; this is
especially so in the light of difficulties in introducing new fiscal instruments such as the proposed C0 2

tax ;

( b ) that a substantia ] increase in minimum rates on motor fuels should be contemplated, to be introduced

over a number of years, with a view to reaching ambitious minimum rates ;

( c ) that tax differentials on motor fuels, such as unleaded, super unleaded and leaded petrol and various

diesel fuels, should be graduated upwards from the minimum with reference to internalising their
external costs and to the polluter pays principle ; mineral oil products that are more polluting should
never be treated more favourably in tax matters than less polluting competing products ;

( d ) that heating gas oil and motor fuel excise rate differentials operating in favour of certain Member

States should be phased out on the grounds of their potential distortion of the internal market ;

( e ) that a comprehensive tax base for mineral oils and competing products be defined ; if, as at present,

natural gas ( coal ) and kerosene for aviation are excluded from the tax base, the justification for such
exclusion should be clearly established and its implications for the operation of the internal market
and the attainment of wider Treaty objectives be explored ;

( f ) the extent to which the active employment of excise duties on mineral oil would generate indirect tax

revenue as an offset for direct taxes on labour and how through the annual Broad Guidelines of
Economic policy such tax switching from direct to indirect sources might be facilitated ;

                                       

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19 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the parliaments
of the Member States .

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16 . Standardization

A4-0248 / 96

Resolution on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European
Parliament on the broader use of standardization in Community policy ( CC)M(95)0412 —

C4-0504 / 95 )

The European Parliament,

— having regard to communication from the Commission on the broader use of standardization in
### Community policy ( COM(95)0412 - C4-0504 / 95 ),

— having regard to the Commission 's Green Paper on the development of European standardization
( CC)M(90)0456 ),

— having regard to the Commission communication on standardization in the European economy
( COM(91)0521 ) ('),

— having regard to the working document drawn up by its Directorate-General for Research on
environmental protection and European standards ( PE 165.735 ),

— having regard to the Council resolution of 1 8 June 1 992 on the role of European standardization in the
European economy ( 2 ),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
and the opinions of the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy, the
Committee on External Economic Relations and the Committee on Transport and Tourism
( A4-0248 / 96 ),

A. whereas European standardization has made a major contribution to European development,
particularly in the achievement of the free movement of goods and services ; whereas the number of
standards has increased almost tenfold in the past ten years,

B. whereas a voluntary approach is one of the essential requirements for uniform European
standardization ; whereas the widest possible public consensus is vital for the democratic legitimation
of standards, even if this means that it takes longer for standards to be adopted,

C. whereas international and European standardization are already closely linked and more than 40% of
CEN standards are identical to ISO standards, the proportion in Cenelec 's case actually reaching about
75%,

D. whereas the participation of various interested groups in standardization is hampered by the expense,
time and language problems involved,

1 . Welcomes the Commission communication and the list it contains of policies affected by
standardization, which extend well beyond conventional standardization under industrial policy ;

2 . Considers that any dependence of standardization on authorities or institutions closely associated
with authorities should continue to be avoided in the future ;

3 . Emphasizes that, in the interests of the efficiency of the European standardization organizations,
current cooperation among the three standardization institutes is being increased and that any coordination
problems must be solved ;

4 . Emphasizes that the CEN optimization programmes have helped to improve the internal efficiency
of the standardization organizations in recent years ;

5 . Believes that consumer and environment organizations as well as public interest groups concerned
must be involved in the development of standards, reviews of their suitability and their subsequent
adaptation so that transparency in public may be ensured ;

(') OJ C 96, 15.4.1992, p . 2 .
( 2 ) OJ C 173, 9.7.1992, p . 1 .

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6 . Considers that far more resources should be made available to consumer and environment

organizations at national and EU level to enable them to participate adequately in the standardization

process ;

7 . Proposes that the scientific background and scientific advisory function for the consumer
organizations participating in standardization work should be particularly promoted through the
establishment, for example, of a joint European scientific staff unit to advise such organizations ;

8 . Draws attention to the success of the budget line, established at the instigation of Parliament, to
support small and medium-sized undertakings in their involvement in the European standardization
process and calls in this connection for adequate financial support to be available also in future ;

9 . Suggests that SMEs and consumer and environment organizations should receive more funding to
cover their travel, accommodation and translation expenses ;

10 . Calls for the introduction of a separate budget heading for financial support for European
standardization ;

1 1 . Emphasizes the need for an information campaign accompanied by seminars and training
programmes for SMEs, since the latter have been found to lack information ;

12 . Believes that the use of new technologies will contribute to a significant improvement in
transparency and access options ;

1 3 . Calls on the business community to seize the opportunities presented by standardization in view of
its major importance even in economically difficult times ; considers that the business community should
review its participation in standardization activities and ensure that its representatives are familiar with the
process that leads to the adoption of standards ;

14 . Calls on the European standardization institutes to review their relations with the Central and
Eastern European countries and to seek further integration where the legal and economic environment in
the various countries is comparable ;

15 . Believes that standards relating to environmental protection, e.g. stringent environmental impact
assessment requirements, result in better comparability and emphasizes the importance of standards for
uniform test procedures and pollution measuring and monitoring methods ;

16 . Emphasizes the significance of research and innovation for the competitiveness of the European
economy and underlines the importance of close relations between research and development activities
and standardization ;

17 . Stresses that standards should not, however, be obstacles to innovation ;

18 . Draws attention to the important role of prenormative research for European standardization and
stresses that such research must be closely related to the requirements of those involved in standardization ;

19 . Concedes that prenormative research plays an important part in the standardization policy and that
a separate, technically highly skilled and employment-intensive branch of industry is needed for
certification and approximation ;

20 . Believes that the principle of distinguishing the Community 's activities within the general
guidelines and criteria on which voluntary standardization is based should be applied with some flexibility
according to the requirements of the market and with the assistance of the European standardization and
certification bodies ;

2 1 . Points out that for both industry and the standardization, certification and other review bodies there
is a risk that the standards emerging as a result of the new conception of the Community standardization
policy will be interpreted arbitrarily unless detailed technical specifications are established for these
standards ;

22 . Advocates focusing the European standardization policy on specific areas in a way that is
compatible with competitiveness, growth and employment ;

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23 . Believes it necessary to continue working towards a proposal for a statute of a Community agency
for the European standardization and certification bodies CEN, Cenelec, ETSI and EOTC and that the
Commission should publish a common declaration of intent in order once again to document its
association with these standardization bodies and so achieve maximum transparency ; calls for the
establishment of a European standardization body to be responsible for the standardization of aviation
components, airframes and avionic systems at European level ;

24 . Refers to the urgent need for the harmonization of the activities governed by the ECSC Treaty in
Member States with less advanced scientific and technical infrastructure for measurements and testing ;

25 . Calls on the Commission to clarify the criteria to be applied with regard to compatibility between
the standardization systems for military equipment on the one hand and the conditions observed by
industry in the civil sector on the other ;

26 . Calls on the Commission to continue providing institutional and organizational support for the
development of such horizontal standards as quality guarantees and management of the environment so
that internal disputes may be avoided and a competitive advantage may be gained over other economic
blocs ;

27 . Calls on the Commission to ensure consensus at the level of the European standardization bodies in
order to prevent the industrial dominance of certain countries from resulting in their national standards
becoming the basis of European or international standards ;

28 . Calls on the Commission to strengthen the measures connected with the thematically oriented
quality networks in the proposal for the special standardization, measurement and testing programme
associated with the Fifth Framework Programme so that not only are practical problems in technology and
industry solved, but SMEs are also assisted, a frame of reference is created for national demand analyses, a
centre for the dissemination of technical know-how and appropriate training is provided and progress is
achieved in the implementation of a model of sustainable development ;

29 . Calls on the Commission to submit, in the next special programme for sectoral research and
technological development, proposals for the further expansion and the harmonization of criminological
measures to combat illegal trade in radioactive materials ;

30 . Endorses the research measures that enable customs laboratories to check whether labels and

contents correspond, since this is in the interests of consumers and environmental protection ;

31 . Welcomes the statement in the Commission communication that European standards are
increasingly replacing national standards and sees this as strengthening the internal market and the
competitive position of European suppliers in world markets ;

32 . Advocates close cooperation between the European and international standardization organizations
so as to ensure that due account is taken of European interests during the establishment of universally
applicable standards and that the development of separate European standards is avoided ;

33 . Refers to the particular importance of European and international standards in the areas of
information technology and telecommunications that permit free access to and the interoperability of
global information and telecommunications networks ;

34 . Draws special attention in this context to the standardization activities in the transport sector
relating to the creation of trans-European networks ;

35 . Calls for an efficient European standardization system capable of providing industry with a
state-of-the-art system of standards quickly ;

36 . Shares the reservations expressed by the Commission on competition policy grounds about the
possibility of the market position of individual suppliers being unduly protected by standards and
therefore advocates a version of technical standards geared less to specific technical procedures than to
performance and test features ;

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37 . Sees the introduction of a European label that draws the consumer 's attention to compliance with
the relevant European standards as a suitable instrument of European quality policy which may help to
improve the international competitiveness of European products ;

38 . Sees the establishment of international standards in the areas of environmental protection and
industrial safety as a major contribution to the debate on environmental and social clauses within the
World Trade Organization ;

39 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the
governments and parliaments of the Member States .

17 . Combating fraud

( a ) A4-0257 / 96

Resolution on the European Commission 's Work Programme for the fight against fraud for 1996
### ( COM(96)0017 - C4-01 17 / 96 )

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the 1996 Work Programme for the fight against fraud ( COM(96)0017 —
C4-0 117 / 96 ),

— having regard to the Commission 's 1995 Annual Report on the fight against fraud ( COM(96)0173 ),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee
on Legal Affairs and Citizens ' Rights ( A4-0257 / 96 ),

1 . Adopts the following position :

( a ) an effective and credibly implemented campaign against fraud is a factor which contributes to

acceptance of the European Union by its citizens and thereby has an effect which goes beyond the
financial aspect ;

( b ) in the narrower sense also, fighting fraud not only protects the financial interests of the Community,

but also contributes directly to protecting the financial interests of all European tax-payers ;

( c ) the measures to combat fraud, their successes and failures, are therefore being followed increasingly

closely and critically by a wide public ;

( d ) the Commission 's Annual Report and its Work Programme form an important basis on which to judge

the anti-fraud strategy ;

( e ) it is therefore of the greatest importance that these documents should be readable, clearly structured

and comprehensible, and that it should be possible to check the information in them . The European
Parliament welcomes the Commission 's efforts in this respect and calls on the Commission to
continue along the same lines ;

( f ) the Commission should endeavour to bring the publication dates of the Work Programme and the
Annual Report closer together . With the present structure it is difficult to make a direct link between
the measures announced in the Work Programme and an assessment of their success or failure ;

( g ) the period covered by the Work Programme should no longer be that of the calendar year, but should

be more closely linked to the publication of the Annual Report . The proposed Work Programme
would be published jointly with the Annual Report, at a time such that Parliament would be able to
deliver its opinion on both documents before the summer recess ;

( h ) this would make it possible to incorporate in the Annual Report all the analytical and evaluative parts

of the Work Programme, as well as pure statements of intent . The Work Programme could then take
the form of a list of clearly defined points . This would enable it to be shorter, making it easier to assess
the success of the measures ;

( i ) measures intended to extend over a long period or to operate on a permanent basis should be
indicated ;

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( j ) all points mentioned in the Work Programme must be taken up in the Annual Report, and their
effectiveness assessed ;

( k ) the Annual Report should include the following :

— the previous Work Programme with a precise evaluation of the measures implemented,

— a clearly structured overview of the state of legislation in the European Union and the Member
States . Political difficulties in transposition of legislation should be precisely and comprehensibly
described and their consequences analysed,

— a report on the work of the task groups,

— an overview of developments in high-risk areas and a clear definition of what is regarded as a
high-risk area and why,

— a report on the extent to which knowledge gained from experience in combating fraud has been
incorporated into the Commission 's legislative activity,

— a separate report and analysis of the consequences of fraud which are not simply financial in
nature, such as distortion of competition, breakdowns in consumer protection, etc .,

— an annex containing, for example, important Council decisions or recommendations, basic
Commission or Parliament documents, etc .;

( 1 ) the European Parliament calls on the Commission to analyse in more depth whether, and to what
extent, encouragements to fraud are already present in Directives and Regulations ( in the high-risk
areas ) or are a result of their complexity or the difficulty of checking compliance with them .
The Commission should consider in particular whether, in the high-risk areas, the instruments used
( subsidies, refunds, etc .) adequately fulfil their real purpose or whether they could be replaced by
other instruments which are more efficient and less open to fraud . The Commission should comment
on these questions each year in the Annual Report ;

2 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission and Council .

( b ) A4-0263 / 96

Resolution on the follow-up to the interparliamentary conference on combating fraud against the
Community budget ( 23 and 24 April 1996 ): for concerted action by the Union and the Member

States

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Rule 148 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinions of the Committee
on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs and the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens ' Rights
( A4-0263 / 96 ),

A. recalling that the interparliamentary conference of 23 and 24 April 1996 on combating fraud against
the Community budget was convened to establish the bases for necessary cooperation between
national and Community authorities founded on :

— the common interest of the Union and the Member States, which are also affected by the financial
and political harm caused by such fraud,

— decentralized allocation of responsibilities and competences between the two levels,

B. noting that the conference identified important loopholes in the legislation intended, at the national
and Community levels, to protect Union finances,

C. considering that finding should be followed up by making specific proposals inspired by those
principles and findings,

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D. whereas the Intergovernmental Conference should be entrusted with the problem of providing the
Treaty with the means of protecting the Community 's financial interests at an equivalent level in an
effective, proportionate and dissuasive manner,

E. whereas considerable progress has been achieved on legislation and administrative sanctions and
controls, whereas, however, it is necessary to supplement the legislation on legal and judicial
instruments for the protection of Community finances,

F regretting, however, that criminal-law protection against fraud has been relegated to the third pillar,

G. considering that the fight against cross-border fraud and corruption should be conducted by
multi-disciplinary bodies bound to one another by special links,

H. recalling that cross-border cooperation between the Member States and with the Commission is the
only effective method of combating fraud by large criminal organizations which profit from the
globalization of markets and differences between the national legal orders,

Harmonizing responsibilities and competences

1 . Calls on the participants in the IGC to create within the Treaty the instruments that are essential for
effectively prosecuting fraud, e.g. :

( a ) a legal basis permitting the adoption of anti-fraud legislation under a codecision procedure ;

( b ) a duty to safeguard Community finances in the various Member States in an equivalent manner ;

( c ) the communitization of certain fields which are part of Title VI of the TEU ( Justice and Home

Affairs ), such as those referred to in Articles K. 1, K.7, K.8 and K.9 in so far as they concern protection
of the Community 's financial interests ;

( d ) an explicit reference in the Treaty to the ' fight against corruption ' as a matter of common interest ;

Supplementing legislation

2 . Calls on the Commission to re-examine sectoral legal instruments with a view to harmonizing them
with Regulation No 2988 / 95 on administrative sanctions and controls, in particular as regards exclusion
from or withdrawal of the benefit in cases of irregularity ;

3 . Recommends the Member States, the Commission and the Council to establish more preventive
rules to combat fraud and corruption, with the aim of increasing the transparency ( and thus facilitating the
monitoring ) of revenue and expenditure of relevance to the budget and the associated decision-making

processes ;

4 . Calls on the Council to press ahead speedily with its deliberations on the second additional Protocol
to the Convention on the Protection of the European Communities ' Financial Interests ( concerning the
liability of legal persons ) and, in so doing, to take due account of the European Parliament 's opinions,
which it has yet to deliver ;

5 . Recalls that, if it proved impossible to obtain unanimous ratification of the convention on protecting
the financial interests of the Community and any protocols which might follow it, it would get back its
freedom of action and could ask the Commission to propose a Community initiative ;

6 . Recommends to the Members States and the Commission that, in partnership, they make more
homogenous the following legal and judicial instruments, which could influence the protection of
Community finances in the judicial proceedings and recovery stage :

— out-of-court settlements : this practice would be allowed exceptionally, never for amounts due or for
intentional irregularities, and always on the basis of prior authorization of the Community authority,
which would have to be systematically informed ;

— bringing a private action for damages in parallel with criminal prosecution, which, in States where this
action is not available, would have to be replaced by equivalent protection mechanisms ;

— specialized bodies dealing with Community fraud, which could be established within Member States '
prosecuting authorities and court systems ;

— collection and recovery, which should be entrusted to the bodies primarily competent, acting
according to harmonized procedures ( compulsory communication to the Commission ; Treasury debt
and Community debt to enjoy equivalent privileges ; uniform limitation periods ), and monitored by a
centralized Community service .

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Consolidating the anti-fraud organization

7 . Invites :

( a ) the Member States to establish these multi-disciplinary bodies and to provide them with specialized

staff ;

( b ) the Commission and the Member States to cooperate in implementing a vast training programme for

investigators and in defining a legal instrument providing national investigators with comparable
powers of investigation ;

( c ) the Commission to define more closely the role of the Unit for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention

( UCLAF ), which should be based on four pillars :

— systematic information about all fraud ;

— coordination of national investigations ;

— investigations initiated by UCLAF in cases of fraud ;

— recovery / collection initiatives in cases of serious national shortfalls or if Community action is
taken to set an example ;

Creating bases for cooperation

8 . Requests the Commission :

( a ) to present proposals for the legislation it considers necessary to reintorce administrative cooperation ;

( b ) to propose, in the context of joint consideration with the Member States :

— a legal instrument governing cooperation on the pre      - judicial suppression of fraud ;

— an initiative to establish genuine judicial cooperation by eliminating existing legal barriers and
giving a single country power to prosecute, and to regulate letters rogatory and their probative
value ;

9 . Recommends the Council to define in a separate ( horizontal ) act general obligations on the Member
States with the aim of removing existing substantive obstacles ( such as the requirement of liability to
punishment in both countries ) to extradition and legal assistance in criminal cases and of facilitating and
accelerating the procedures governing judicial cooperation among the Member States in criminal cases ;

10 . Considers that effective transnational cooperation must be based on the centralization of
information and the coordination of acts by a Community body, such as UCLAF ; requests the
Commission, therefore, to provide for the UCLAF to play this role in the initiative designed to regulate
administrative, police and judicial cooperation ;

1 1 . Considers that the application of letters rogatory would be facilitated by conferring a specific
competence on a Community body, which would act at the request of the Member State competent for
prosecution and in application of that State 's law and calls on the Commission and the Member States to
consider this subsequent development ;

                                       

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12 . Calls on the Commission to study the question of bringing criminal proceedings in cases of
offences harming the EU 's financial interests, in particularly as a result of corruption of officials ;

13 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and to all
participants in the interparliamentary conference and to the speakers of the various houses of parliament of
the Member States .

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( c ) B4            - 1009 / 96

Resolution on the Convention for the protection of the European Communities ' financial interests

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council Act of 26 July 1995 drawing up the Convention for the protection of the
European Communities ' financial interests ('),

— having regard to its opinion of 15 March 1995 on the proposal for a Council of the European Union
Act establishing a Convention for the protection of the European Communities ' financial interests
### ( CC)M(94)0214 - C4-0 156 / 94 - 94 / 0146(CNS ) ( 2 ),

A. whereas, at the present time, no Member State has ratified the Convention,

B. whereas progress in the national ratification procedures does not point to their completion within a
reasonable timescale,

C. whereas the Convention 's entry into force depends on first finding a solution to the problem
concerning the Court of Justice 's power to give a preliminary ruling and on ratification by all

1 5 Member States,

D. whereas due account has not, so far, been taken of Parliament 's views regarding the first additional
protocol to the Convention for the protection of the European Communities ' financial interests,

E. whereas the parallel establishment of separate legal instruments, whose content is sometimes identical
( first additional protocol to the Convention for the protection of the European Communities ' financial
interests, on the one hand, and the Convention on the fight against corruption, on the other hand )
creates ambiguity, leading to uncertainty, which will not facilitate the efficient detection of fraud or
lasting measures to combat it,

1 . Deplores the unfortunate decision by the Commission and the Council to have recourse, for the
protection of the European Communities ' financial interests, to the legal framework of the third pillar of
the EU Treaty, whose weakness will compromise the instrument 's effective entry into force within a
reasonable period of time ;

2 . Points out that, in the absence of equivalent protection of Community finances in all the Member
States, organized crime will be able to exploit the present differences between the national legal systems,
to the detriment of the Community budget and Community tax payers ;

3 . Considers, therefore, that protection under criminal law of the Community 's finances is an urgent
objective which cannot be delayed any longer ;

4 . Calls, therefore, on the Council and the national constitutional bodies to do everything possible to
ensure the speedy ratification of the Convention ;

5 . Calls on the Commission to initiate studies immediately on a Community instrument providing
protection equivalent to that under the Convention if the latter should continue to be inoperable until 1997 ;

6 . Appeals to the parliaments of the Member States to monitor closely the measures the national bodies
and Community institutions will set in train in the near future to find a rapid solution to this problem ;

7 . Invites the Council Presidency to fulfil its obligations under Article K.6(2 ) of the TEU and to ensure
that the European Parliament 's views concerning the first additional protocol to the Convention for the
protection of the European Communities ' financial interests are duly taken into consideration ;

8 . Proposes that this first additional protocol and the Convention on the fight against corruption be
combined in a single legal instrument ;

9 . Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the parliaments
of the Member States .

(') OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p . 48 .

( 2 ) OJ C 89, 10.4.1995, p . 82 .

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

19 September 1996

The following signed :

d'Aboville, Adam, Aelvoet, Aglietta, Ahern, Ahlqvist, Ainardi, Alber, Amadeo, d'Ancona, Andersson,
Andre-Leonard, Andrews, Angelilli, Añoveros Trias de Bes, Antony, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Arias
Cañete, Arroni, Augias, Azzolini, Baggioni, Baldarelli, Baldi, Balfe, Banotti, Bardong, Barros Moura,
Barthet-Mayer, Barton, Barzanti, Baudis, Bébéar, Belleré, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Berès,
Bernard-Reymond, Bernardini, Bertens, Berthu, Bianco, Billingham, van Bladel, Blak, Bloch von
Blottnitz, Blokland, Blot, Böge, Bosch, Bonde, Bontempi, Boogerd-Quaak, Botz, Bourlanges, Bowe, de
Brémond d'Ars, Breyer, Brinkhorst, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Cabezón Alonso, Caccavale,
Caligaris, Camisón Asensio, Campos, Capucho, Carlotti, Carlsson, Carnero Gonzalez, Carniti, Carrère
d'Encausse, Cars, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnède, Castellina, Castricum, Caudron, Cederschiold,
Cellai, Chanterie, Chesa, Chichester, Christodoulou, Coates, Cohn-Bendit, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca,
Collins Gerard, Collins Kenneth D., Colombo Svevo, Colom i Naval, Cornelissen, Correia, Corrie, Costa
Neves, Cot, Cox, Crampton, Crawley, Crepaz, Crowley, Cunningham, Cushnahan, Dankert, Darras,
David, De Clercq, De Coene, De Esteban Martin, Dell ' Alba, De Luca, De Melo, Deprez, Desama, de
Vries, Díez de Rivera Icaza, van Dijk, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Di Prima, Donnay, Donnelly Alan John,
Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Dührkop Dührkop, Dupuis, Dybkjær, Ebner, Eisma, Elchlepp, Elliott,
Elmalan, Ephremidis, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Evans, Ewing, Fabra Valles, Falconer, Fantuzzi,
Farassino, Farthofer, Fassa, Fayot, Ferber, Féret, Fernández-Albor, Ferrer, Ferri, Filippi, Florenz, Florio,
Fontaine, Fontana, Ford, Formentini, Fouque, Fourçans, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Frutos Gama, Funk,
Gahrton, Galeote Quecedo, Gallagher, Garcia Arias, Garosci, Garriga Polledo, Gasòliba i Bohm, de
Gaulle, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillis, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Girão Pereira, Glante, Glase, Goepel,
Goerens, Görlach, Gollnisch, Gomolka, Gonzalez Alvarez, Gonzalez Triviño, Graefe zu Baringdorf,
Graziani, Green, Gröner, Grosch, Grossetete, Günther, Guinebertière, Gutierrez Diaz, Haarder, von
Habsburg, Hallam, Hardstaff, Harrison, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hautala, Hawlicek, Heinisch, Hendrick,
Herman, Hermange, Hernandez Mollar, Holm, Hory, Hume, Hyland, Iivari, Imaz San Miguel, Imbeni,
Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jacob, Järvilahti, Janssen van Raay, Jarzembowski,
Jean-Pierre, Jensen Kirsten M., Jöns, Jove Peres, Jung, Junker, Katiforis, Kellett-Bowman,
Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kerr, Kestelijn-Sierens, Killilea, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kittelmann, Kjer Hansen,
Klaß, Koch, Kofoed, Konecny, Konrad, Kouchner, Kranidiotis, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristoffersen,
Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, La Malfa, Lambrias, Lang Carl, Lange, Langen, Lannoye,
Larive, Laurila, Lehne, Lenz, Le Pen, Leperre-Verrier, Liese, Lindeperg, Lindholm, Linkohr, Linser,
Linzer, Lööw, Lomas, Lucas Pires, Lüttge, Lukas, Lulling, Macartney, McCartin, McGowan, McIntosh,
McMahon, McMillan-Scott, McNally, Maij-Weggen, Malangré, Malone, Mamère, Manisco, Mann Erika,
Mann Thomas, Manzella, Marin, Marinho, Marinucci, Marset Campos, Martens, Martin David W., Martin
Philippe-Armand, Martinez, Mayer, Medina Ortega, Megahy, Meier, Mendiluce Pereiro, Mendonça,
Menrad, Metten, Mezzaroma, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Mohamed Ali, Mombaur, Monfils, Moniz,
Moorhouse, Moran Lopez, Moreau, Moretti, Morgan, Morris, Mosiek-Urbahn, Müller, Mulder, Murphy,
Muscardini, Nassauer, Needle, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nordmann,
Novo, Nußbaumer, Oddy, Olsson, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Orlando, Paakkinen, Pack, Pailler,
Papayannakis, Parigi, Pasty, Peijs, Pelttari, Perez Royo, Perry, Pery, Peter, Pettinari, Pex, Piecyk, Piquet,
des Places, Plooij-van Gorsel, Podestà, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pollack, Pompidou, Pons Grau, Posselt,
Pradier, Pronk, Provan, Puerta, van Putten, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rauti,
Read, Redondo Jimenez, Rehder, Rehn Olli Ilmari, Ribeiro, Riis-J0rgensen, Rinsche, Robles Piquer,
Rocard, Rönnholm, Rosado Fernandes, de Rose, Roth, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rovsing, Rübig, Rusanen,
Ryynänen, Sakellariou, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samland, Sandbæk, Santini, Sanz Fernandez,
Sauquillo Perez del Arco, Scapagnini, Schäfer, Schaffner, Schiedermeier, Schlechter, Schleicher, Schmid,
Schmidbauer, Schnellhardt, Schörling, Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwaiger, Seal, Secchi, Seillier,
Sierra Gonzalez, Simpson, Sindal, Sisó Cruellas, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Smith, Soltwedel-Schäfer, Sonneveld,
Sornosa Martinez, Spaak, Speciale, Spencer, Spiers, Spindelegger, Stasi, Stenius-Kaukonen, Stenmarck,
Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Stirbois, Stockmann, Striby, Sturdy, Tamino, Tannert, Taubira-Delannon,
Telkämper, Terron i Cusí, Teverson, Theato, Theorin, Thomas, Thyssen, Tillich, Titley, Todini,
Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Truscott, Tsatsos, Väyrynen,
Valdivielso de Cue, Valverde Lopez, Vandemeulebroucke, Vanhecke, Van Lancker, Varela
Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, Vecchi, van Velzen W.G., van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Verwaerde,
Vieira, Vinci, Viola, Virgin, Voggenhuber, van der Waal, Waddington, Walter, Watson, Watts, Weber,
Weiler, Wemheuer, West, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiebenga, Wiersma, Wijsenbeek, Willockx, Wilson,
von Wogau, Wolf, Wurtz, Wynn, Zimmermann .

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ANNEX

Result of roll-call votes

(+) = For

(— ) = Against

( O ) = Abstention

1 . Herman report A4-0244 / 96

Paragraph 1 ( second part )

(+)

ARE : Barthet-Mayer, Dupuis, Hory, Lalumière, Leperre     - Verrier, Macartney, Pradier,
Vandemeulebroucke

ELDR : André-Léonard, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Cars, Costa Neves, Cox, De Clercq, De
Melo, de Vries, Dybkjær, Eisma, Gasòliba i Böhm, Järvilahti, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Mendonça,
Monfils, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Olsson, Pelttari, Plooij-van Gorsel, Spaak, Teverson, Watson

NI : Amadeo, Parigi

PPE : Alber, Añoveros Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Arias Cañete, Banotti, Bardong, Baudis, Bébéar,
Bennasar Tous, Böge, de Brémond d'Ars, Burenstam Linder, Camisón Asensio, Cederschiold, Colombo
Svevo, Cornelissen, Cushnahan, De Esteban Martin, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Ebner, Escudero, Estevan
Bolea, Fabra Vallés, Ferber, Fernández      - Albor, Ferrer, Florenz, Fontaine, Fourçans, Fraga Este vez,
Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Gillis, Goepel, Graziani, Grosch, Grossetète,
Günther, von Habsburg, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Imaz San Miguel, Janssen van Raay,
Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kittelmann, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen,
Lambrias, Langen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lulling, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Malangré, Mann Thomas,
Martens, Mayer, Mombaur, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Poettering, Pronk, Provan,
Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rinsche, Robles Piquer, Rusanen, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Schiedermeier,
Schleicher, Schröder, Schwaiger, Secchi, Sonneveld, Stasi, Stenmarck, Stevens, Theato, Thyssen, Tillich,
Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Valverde López, van Velzen W.G., Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin

PSE : Ahlqvist, d'Ancona, Andersson Jan, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Augias, Balfe, Barros-Moura,
Barton, Berès, Billingham, van Bladel, Bontempi, Bòsch, Cabezón Alonso, Carlotti, Castricum, Caudron,
Coates, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D., Colom i Naval, Correia, Crampton, Crawley,
Crepaz, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Donnelly Alan John,
Dührkop Dührkop, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Frutos Gama, Gebhardt,
Ghilardotti, Glante, Green, Gröner, Hallam, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hendrick, Hindley, Iivari,
Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten, Jöns, Junker, Kindermann, Kinnock, Konecny,
Kouchner, Kranidiotis, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kühne, Lage, Lange, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lüttge, Lööw,
McGowan, McMahon, McNally, Mann Erika, Marinho, Medina Ortega, Megahy, Meier, Metten, Miller,
Moran Lopez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Needle, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paakkinen, Pérez Royo, Peter,
Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Rapkay, Rocard, Rothe, Rönnholm, Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz
Fernandez, Sauquillo Perez del Arco, Schäfer, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal,
Skinner, Smith, Spiers, Stockmann, Tannert, Theorin, Titley, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres
Marques, Truscott, Tsatsos, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer,
White, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann

UPE : d'Aboville, Baldi, Crowley, De luca, Garosci, Pasty, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Todini, Vieira

V : Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Gahrton, Hautala, Holm, Müller, Roth, Schroedter,
Schörling, Soltwedel-Schäfer, Tamino, Telkämper, Wolf

(-)

EDN : Blokland, de Gaulle, des Places, Sandbæk, Striby, van der Waal

GUE / NGL : Sjöstedt, Stenius-Kaukonen

NI : Antony, Dillen, Féret, Gollnisch, Lang Carl, Vanhecke

PPE : Glase

PSE : Miranda de Lage

UPE : Carrère d'Encausse, Guinebertière, Hermange, Jacob, Martin Philippe, Pompidou, Schaffner

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( O )

EDN : de Rose

GUE / NGL : Ainardi, Elmalan, Gonzalez Alvarez, Gutierrez Diaz, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Pailler, Pettinari,
Puerta, Sierra Gonzalez, Sornosa Martinez

PPE : Carlsson

V : Lindholm

2 . Tongue report A4-0243 / 96

Resolution

(+)

ARE : Barthet-Mayer, Dupuis, Hory, Lalumière, Leperre     - Verrier, Taubira-Delannon,
Vandemeulebroucke

EDN : de Gaulle, de Rose, Sandbæk, Seillier, Striby

GUE / NGL : Ainardi, Carnero Gonzalez, Castellina, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Gonzalez Alvarez, Marset
Campos, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Pailler, Pettinari, Piquet, Puerta, Ribeiro, Sierra Gonzalez, Sjöstedt,
Sornosa Martinez, Stenius-Kaukonen

PPE : Banotti, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, de Brémond d'Ars, Cornelissen, Fontaine, Fourçans,
Gillis, Graziani, Grossetête, Imaz San Miguel, Oostlander, Peijs, Pex, Pronk, Stasi, Trakatellis

PSE : Adam, d'Ancona, Andersson Jan, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Augias, Balfe, Barros-Moura,
Barton, Berès, Billingham, van Bladel, Blak, Bontempi, Bösch, Cabezón Alonso, Carlotti, Castricum,
Caudron, Coates, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D., Colom i Naval, Correia, Crampton,
Crawley, Crepaz, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Donnelly Alan
John, Dührkop Dührkop, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Frutos Gama,
Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Green, Gröner, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hendrick,
Hindley, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Jensen Kirsten, Jöns, Junker, Katiforis, Kerr, Kinnock, Konecny,
Kouchner, Kranidiotis, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lange, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lüttge, Lööw, McGowan,
McMahon, McNally, Mann Erika, Marinucci, Medina Ortega, Megahy, Meier, Metten, Miller, Miranda de
Lage, Moniz, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Needle, Newens, Newman, Paakkinen, Pérez Royo, Pery, Peter,
Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Rothe, Rönnholm,
Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz Fernandez, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz,
Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Spiers, Stockmann, Tannert, Terron i Cusí, Theorin, Thomas, Titley,
Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Marques, Trautmann, Truscott, Tsatsos, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim,
Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx,
Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann

UPE : Crowley, Vieira

V : Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Holm,
Lannoye, Lindholm, Müller, Roth, Schroedter, Schörling, Tamino, Voggenhuber, Wolf

-)

EDN : Blokland, van der Waal

ELDR : André-Léonard, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Cars, Costa Neves, Cox, De Clercq, De
Melo, de Vries, Dybkjær, Eisma, Järvilahti, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kofoed, Larive, Monfils,
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Olsson, Pelttari, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jørgensen, Teverson, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek

NI : Amadeo, Antony, Dillen, Feret, Lang Carl, Martinez, Vanhecke

PPE : Alber, Anoveros Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Arias Canete, Bardong, Bébéar, Bennasar Tous,
Berend, Böge, Burenstam Linder, Camisón Asensio, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Chanterie,
Chichester, Colombo Svevo, Cushnahan, De Esteban Martin, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly
Brendan, Ebner, Escudero, Fabra Vallés, Ferber, Fernandez       - Albor, Ferrer, Florenz, Fraga Estévez,
Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Grosch, Günther, von
Habsburg, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Janssen van Raay, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman,
Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kittelmann, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Lambrias, Langen, Lehne, Lenz, Lulling,
McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangré, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mayer, Menrad, Mombaur,
Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Perry, Poettering, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl,

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Redondo Jimenez, Robles Piquer, Rusanen, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Schleicher, Schnellhardt,
Schröder, Schwaiger, Sisó Cruellas, Sonneveld, Stenmarck, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Sturdy, Theato,
Thyssen, Tillich, Valdivielso de Cué, Valverde Lopez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen W.G.,
Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, von Wogau

UPE : Aironi, De luca, Garosci, Martin Philippe, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Todini

V : Soltwedel-Schäfer, Telkämper

( O )

EDN : Berthu

ELDR : Vaz Da Silva

PPE : Nicholson, Schiedermeier

UPE : d'Aboville, Andrews, Carrère d'Encausse, Guinebertière, Hermange, Jacob, Pasty, Pompidou,
Schaffner

3 . Joint resolution — Turkey

Paragraph 4

(+)

ARE : Barthet-Mayer, Dell'Alba, Hory, Lalumière, Leperre-Verrier, Macartney, Pradier,
Taubira-Delannon, Vandemeulebroucke

EDN : Sandbæk

ELDR : André-Léonard, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Cars, Costa Neves, Cox, De Melo, de Vries, Eisma,
Formentini, Järvilahti, Kestelijn-Sierens, Monfils, Moretti, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Olsson, Pelttari,
Riis-Jørgensen, Spaak, Teverson, Vaz Da Silva, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek

GUE / NGL : Ainardi, Carnero González, Elmalan, Ephremidis, González Alvárez, Marset Campos,
Mohamed Ali, Novo, Pailler, Pettinari, Piquet, Puerta, Ribeiro, Sierra González, Sjöstedt, Sornosa
Martínez, Stenius-Kaukonen

NI : Amadeo, Antony, Dillen, Féret, Lang Carl, Martinez, Vanhecke

PPE : Anoveros Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Arias Canete, Banotti, Bardong, Baudis, Bennasar Tous,
Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Böge, Bourlanges, de Brémond d'Ars, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Camisón
Asensio, Cassidy, Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Cushnahan, De Esteban Martin, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos,
Donnelly Brendan, Ebner, Escudero, Fabra Vallés, Fernández-Albor, Ferrer, Fontaine, Fourçans, Fraga
Estévez, Galeote Quecedo, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Gillis, Graziani, Grosch, Grossetête, Günther,
Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Imaz San Miguel, Kellett-Bowman, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Lambrias,
Lenz, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Martens, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Nicholson,
Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Poettering, Pronk, Redondo Jiménez, Robles Piquer,
Rusanen, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Schiedermeier, Schleicher, Schroder, Sisó Cruellas, Sonneveld,
Stenmarck, Stewart-Clark, Thyssen, Tillich, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Valverde Lopez, Varela
Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen W.G., Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin

PSE : d'Ancona, Andersson Jan, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Augias, Barros-Moura, Barton, Berès,
Billingham, Blak, Bontempi, Bösch, Cabezón Alonso, Carlotti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino
Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D., Colom i Naval, Correia, Crampton, Crawley, Crepaz, Cunningham,
Dankert, Darras, De Coene, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Donnelly Alan John, Dührkop Dührkop, Dury,
Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Fouque, Frutos Gama, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante,
Green, Gröner, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hendrick, Ii vari, Jensen Kirsten, Jöns,
Junker, Kerr, Kinnock, Konecny, Kouchner, Kranidiotis, Lage, Lange, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lüttge, Lööw,
McGowan, McMahon, McNally, Mann Erika, Marinucci, Medina Ortega, Megahy, Meier, Metten, Miller,
Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Needle, Newens, Newman, Paakkinen, Pérez Royo,
Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Rothe, Rönnholm,
Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz Fernandez, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Simpson,
Sindal, Skinner, Spiers, Stockmann, Tannert, Terrön i Cusí, Theorin, Thomas, Titley, Tomlinson, Tongue,
Torres Marques, Trautmann, Truscott, Tsatsos, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Waddington, Walter,
Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann

UPE : Crowley

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V : Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Holm,
Lindholm, Müller, Roth, Schroedter, Schörling, Soltwedel-Schäfer, Tamino, Telkamper, Voggenhuber,
Wolf

                   

EDN : Blokland, van der Waal

ELDR : De Clercq

PPE : Carlsson, Ferber, Florenz, Funk, von Habsburg, Janssen van Raay, Kittelmann, Klaß, Koch, Konrad,
Langen, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, Malangré, Mann Thomas, Mombaur, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Schnellhardt,
Schwaiger, Stasi, Sturdy

PSE : Kuhn, Peter

UPE : d'Aboville, Andrews, Baldi, Garosci, Guinebertière, Hermange, Jacob, Martin Philippe, Pasty,
Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Todini, Vieira

( O )

EDN : de Rose

PPE : Alber, Friedrich, Goepel, Menrad, Pack

PSE : Balfe

UPE : Carrère d'Encausse

4 . Joint resolution — Turkey

Paragraph 5

(+)

ARE : Dupuis, Hory, Lalumière, Leperre     - Verrier, Macartney, Pradier, Taubira-Delannon,
Vandemeulebroucke

EDN : de Gaulle, de Rose, Sandbæk, Striby

ELDR : André-Léonard, Bertens, Brinkhorst, Cars, Costa Neves, Cox, De Melo, de Vries, Eisma,
Formentini, Järvilahti, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kofoed, Monfils, Moretti, Olsson, Plooij-van Gorsel,
Riis-Jørgensen, Spaak, Vaz Da Silva, Wiebenga, Wiisenbeek

GUE / NGL : Ainardi, Carnero Gonzalez, Castellina, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Gonzalez Alvarez, Marset
Campos, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Pailler, Pettinari, Piquet, Puerta, Ribeiro, Sierra Gonzalez, Sjöstedt,
Sornosa Martinez, Stenius-Kaukonen

NI : Antony, Dillen, Feret, Lang Carl, Martinez, Vanhecke

PPE : Anoveros Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Arias Canete, Banotti, Bardong, Bébéar, Bennasar Tous,
Bernard-Reymond, Böge, Bourlanges, de Brémond d'Ars, Burenstam Linder, Camisón Asensio,
Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Cornelissen, Cushnahan, De Esteban Martin, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos,
Escudero, Fabra Vallés, Fernández-Albor, Ferrer, Fontaine, Fourçans, Fraga Estévez, Funk, Gillis,
Graziani, Grosch, Grossetête, von Habsburg, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Imaz San Miguel, Janssen
van Raay, Kellett-Bowman, Lambrias, Lenz, Liese, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Martens, Moorhouse,
Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Nicholson, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Poettering, Pronk,
Provan, Robles Piquer, Rusanen, Schroder, Sisó Cruellas, Sonneveld, Stasi, Stenmarck, Stevens,
Stewart-Clark, Sturdy, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Valverde López, Varela
Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen W.G., Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, von Wogau

PSE : Adam, d'Ancona, Andersson Jan, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Augias, Barros-Moura, Barton,
Berès, Billingham, Blak, Bontempi, Bosch, Cabezón Alonso, Carlotti, Castricum, Caudron, Coates,
Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Crampton, Crawley, Crepaz, Cunningham,
Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Donnelly Alan John, Dührkop Dührkop, Dury,
Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Fouque, Frutos Gama, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante,
Green, Gröner, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hendrick, Hindley, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado,
Jensen Kirsten, Jöns, Junker, Kinnock, Konecny, Kouchner, Kranidiotis, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Lage, Lange,
Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lüttge, Lööw, McGowan, McMahon, McNally, Mann Erika, Marinucci, Medina
Ortega, Megahy, Meier, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Needle,
Newens, Newman, Paakkinen, Perez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath,

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Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Rothe, Rönnholm, Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz Fernandez, Sauquillo
Perez del Arco, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Spiers, Stockmann,
Tannert, Theorin, Thomas, Titley, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Marques, Trautmann, Truscott, Tsatsos,
Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Waddington, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe,
Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann

UPE : Andrews, Baldi, De luca, Garosci, Rosado Fernandes

V : Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Holm,
Lannoye, Lindholm, Müller, Roth, Schroedter, Schöning, Soltwedel-Schäfer, Tamino, Telkämper,
Voggenhuber, Wolf

                   

EDN : Blokland, van der Waal

PPE : Berend, Ferber, Florenz, Günther, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kittelmann, Klaß, Konrad, Langen, Lehne,
Lulling, Malangré, Mann Thomas, Mayer, Menrad, Mombaur, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Schwaiger

UPE : d'Aboville, Guinebertière, Jacob, Martin Philippe, Pasty, Santini, Vieira

( O )

ARE : Dell ' Alba

ELDR : Teverson

PPE : Alber, Friedrich, Glase, Goepel, Pack, Schleicher, Tillich

PSE : Balfe

UPE : Carrère d'Encausse

5 . Joint resolution — Turkey

Whole

(+)

ARE : Barthet-Mayer, Hory, Lalumière, Leperre-Verrier, Macartney, Pradier, Vandemeulebroucke

EDN : de Gaulle, de Rose, Sandbæk, Striby

ELDR : Andre-Leonard, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Cars, Costa Neves, Cox, De Clercq, de
Vries, Eisma, Formentini, Järvilahti, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kofoed, Larive, Monfils, Moretti, Olsson, Pelttari,
Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jørgensen, Spaak, Teverson, Vaz Da Silva, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek

GUE / NGL : Ainardi, Carnero Gonzalez, Castellina, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Gonzalez Alvarez, Marset
Campos, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Pailler, Pettinari, Piquet, Puerta, Ribeiro, Sierra Gonzalez, Sjöstedt,
Sornosa Martinez, Stenius-Kaukonen

NI : Amadeo, Antony, Dillen, Feret, Lang Carl, Martinez, Vanhecke

PPE : Añoveros Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Arias Cañete, Banotti, Bardong, Baudis, Bébéar, Bennasar
Tous, Bernard-Reymond, Böge, Bourlanges, de Brémond d'Ars, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Camisón
Asensio, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Cornelissen, Cushnahan, De Esteban Martin,
Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan, Ebner, Escudero, Fabra Vallés, Fernández-Albor, Ferrer,
Fontaine, Fourçans, Fraga Estévez, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Gillis, Goepel,
Graziani, Grosch, Grossetete, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Imaz San Miguel, Kellett-Bowman,
Lambrias, Lenz, Liese, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Martens, Moorhouse, Nassauer, Nicholson,
Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Pack, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Poettering, Pronk, Provan, Redondo Jiménez, Robles
Piquer, Rusanen, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Schiedermeier, Schroder, Sisó Cruellas, Sonneveld, Stasi,
Stenmarck, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Sturdy, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Valverde López,
Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen W.G., Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, von Wogau

PSE : d'Ancona, Andersson Jan, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Augias, Barros-Moura, Barton, Berès,
Billingham, Blak, Bontempi, Bösch, Cabezón Alonso, Carlotti, Castricum, Caudron, Coates, Colajanni,
Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D., Colom i Naval, Correia, Crampton, Crawley, Cunningham,
Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Donnelly Alan John, Dührkop Dührkop, Dury,
Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Fouque, Frutos Gama, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante,
Green, Gröner, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hendrick, Hindley, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado,
Jensen Kirsten, Jöns, Junker, Katiforis, Kerr, Kinnock, Konecny, Kouchner, Kranidiotis, Kuckelkorn,

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Kuhn, Lage, Lange, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lüttge, Lööw, McGowan, McMahon, McNally, Mann Erika,
Marinho, Marinucci, Medina Ortega, Megahy, Meier, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Morgan,
Morris, Murphy, Needle, Newens, Newman, Paakkinen, Perez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau,
van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Rothe, Rönnholm, Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz
Fernandez, Sauquillo Perez del Arco, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith,
Spiers, Stockmann, Tannert, Terron i Cusí, Theorin, Thomas, Titley, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto,
Torres Marques, Trautmann, Truscott, Tsatsos, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Waddington, Walter,
Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann

UPE : d'Aboville, Andrews, Baldi, Carrere d'Encausse, Crowley, Vieira

V : Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Holm,
Lannoye, Lindholm, Müller, Roth, Schroedter, Schörling, Soltwedel-Schäfer, Tamino, Telkamper,
Voggenhuber, Wolf

(-)

ARE : Dell'Alba, Dupuis

PPE : Berend, Ferber, Florenz, von Habsburg, Janssen van Raay, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kittelmann, Klaß,
Koch, Konrad, Langen, Lehne, Lulling, Mann Thomas, Mosiek-Urbahn, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Schwaiger

UPE : De luca, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Todini

(O

EDN : Blokland, van der Waal

ELDR : De Melo

PPE : Alber, Friedrich, Glase, Günther, Malangré, Mayer, Menrad, Mombaur, Schleicher, Tillich

PSE : Balfe, Crepaz

UPE : Garosci, Guinebertière, Jacob, Pompidou, Schaffner

6 . Joint resolution — Expulsion of illegal immigrants

Whole

(+)

ARE : Lalumière, Macartney, Novo Belenguer, Pradier

EDN : Blokland, Striby

ELDR : Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, de Vries, Eisma, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Mulder, Olsson, Plooij-van
Gorsel, Watson, Wiebenga

GUE / NGL : Carnero Gonzalez, Ephremidis, Gonzalez Alvarez, Gutierrez Diaz, Marset Campos,
Mohamed Ali, Novo, Pailler, Pettinari, Puerta, Ribeiro, Sjöstedt, Sornosa Martinez, Stenius-Kaukonen

NI : Amadeo

PPE : Alber, Anoveros Trias de Bes, Arias Canete, Banotti, Bardong, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Camisón
Asensio, Cassidy, Colombo Svevo, Cushnahan, De Esteban Martin, Donnelly Brendan, Fabra Vallés,
Ferber, Fernández-Albor, Florenz, Graziani, Heinisch, Hernandez Mollar, Imaz San Miguel,
Kellett-Bowman, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Lulling, McCartin, Martens, Mayer, Moorhouse, Oomen-Ruijten,
Peijs, Poettering, Pronk, Provan, Robles Piquer, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Schiedermeier, Schroder, Sisó
Cruellas, Stenmarck, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Trakatellis, Valverde Lopez, Varela
Suanzes-Carpegna, von Wogau

PSE : d'Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Balfe, Barros-Moura, Barton, Blak, Cabezón Alonso,
Carlotti, Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Crepaz, Cunningham, David, De Coene, Desama, Díez
de Rivera Icaza, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Ford, Frutos Gama, Gebhardt, Glante,
Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Katiforis, Kerr,
Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lange, Lindeperg, Lüttge, McGowan, Marinho, Meier, Metten, Miller, Miranda de
Lage, Moniz, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paakkinen, Pery, Peter, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rehder, Rothe,
Rönnholm, Samland, Sanz Fernandez, Schäfer, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Sindal, Skinner, Spiers,
Stockmann, Thomas, Tongue, Torres Couto, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson,
Zimmermann

V : Aelvoet, Breyer, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Schörling, Tamino, Wolf

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-)

ELDR : Nordmann

NI : Dillen, Vanhecke

PPE : Bourlanges, de Brémond d'Ars, Ferrer, Grossetête, Verwaerde

UPE : Guinebertière, Pasty, Vieira

( O )

EDN : Berthu

PPE : Deprez, Herman, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Posselt

7 . B4-1072 / 96 Pilgrim route to Santiago

Whole

(+)

ARE : Lalumière, Macartney

EDN : Berthu, Striby

ELDR : Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Eisma, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Mulder, Olsson, Pelttari, Plooij-van
Gorsel, Watson, Wiebenga

GUE / NGL : Carnero Gonzalez, Mohamed Ali, Pettinari, Ribeiro, Sornosa Martinez, Stenius-Kaukonen

PPE : Peijs

PSE : d'Ancona, Apolinário, Balfe, Barros-Moura, Barton, Blak, Cabezón Alonso, Carlotti, Coates,
Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Cot, Crampton, Cunningham, David, De Coene, Desama, Díez de
Rivera Icaza, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Ford, Frutos Gama, Gebhardt, Glante,
Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Katiforis, Kuhn, Kuhne,
Lage, Lange, Lindeperg, Lüttge, McGowan, Meier, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Newens, Newman,
Oddy, Paakkinen, Peter, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rehder, Rothe, Samland, Sanz Fernandez, Schäfer,
Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Skinner, Spiers, Stockmann, Tongue, Torres Couto, Walter, Weiler,
Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson

V : Aelvoet, Breyer, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Schorling, Tamino, Wolf

                   

NI : Amadeo

PPE : Alber, Añoveros Trias de Bes, Arias Cañete, Banotti, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond,
Bourlanges, de Brémond d'Ars, Camisón Asensio, Cassidy, Chanterie, Cushnahan, De Esteban Martin,
Deprez, Donnelly Brendan, Fabra Valles, Ferber, Fernández-Albor, Florenz, Grossetete, Heinisch,
Herman, Hernandez Mollar, Imaz San Miguel, Kellett-Bowman, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klaß, Koch,
Konrad, Liese, Lulling, McCartin, Martens, Mayer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Poettering, Pronk,
Robles Piquer, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Schiedermeier, Sisó Cruellas, Stenmarck, Stewart-Clark,
Theato, Trakatellis, Valverde Lopez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, von Wogau

UPE : Guinebertière, Pasty

( O )

ARE : Novo Belenguer, Pradier

GUE / NGL : González Alvárez, Marset Campos, Novo, Puerta, Sjöstedt

NI : Dillen, Vanhecke

PPE : Posselt

PSE : Crepaz

UPE : Vieira

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8 . von Wogau report A4-0253 / 96

Amendment 9 ( first part )

(+

EDN : Berthu

ELDR : Kestelijn-Sierens, Plooij-van Gorsel

GUE / NGL : Sjöstedt, Stenius-Kaukonen

PSE : Coates, Kerr

UPE : Guinebertière

V : Aelvoet, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Schörling, Tamino, Wolf

                   

ARE : Dupuis, Lalumiere

EDN : Blokland, van der Waal

ELDR : Bertens, Eisma, Goerens, Mulder, Nordmann, Watson, Wiebenga

GUE / NGL : Carnero Gonzalez, Gutiérrez Diaz, Marset Campos, Mohamed Ali, Novo

NI : Amadeo, Dillen, Vanhecke

PPE : Alber, Arias Canete, Bardong, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, de Brémond d'Ars,
Camisón Asensio, Cassidy, Colombo Svevo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan, Fabra Vallés, Ferber, Florenz,
Grossetête, Heinisch, Herman, Hernandez Mollar, Imaz San Miguel, Kellett-Bowman, Klali, Koch,
Konrad, Lulling, McCartin, Martens, Mayer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs, Poettering, Posselt,
Pronk, Provan, Robles Piquer, Schiedermeier, Schroder, Stenmarck, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich,
Trakatellis, Valverde López, Verwaerde, von Wogau

PSE : d'Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Balfe, Barros-Moura, Barton, Blak, Cabezón Alonso,
Carlotti, Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Cot, Crampton, Crepaz, Cunningham, David, De Coene,
Desama, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Ford, Frutos Gama,
Gebhardt, Glante, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Katiforis, Kuhn,
Kuhne, Lage, Lange, Lindeperg, McGowan, Marinho, Meier, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Newens,
Newman, Oddy, Paakkinen, Peter, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rehder, Rothe, Rönnholm, Samland, Sanz
Fernandez, Schäfer, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Sindal, Skinner, Spiers, Stockmann, Thomas,
Torres Couto, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wilson,

Zimmermann

UPE : Pasty, Vieira

V : Telkämper

9 . von Wogau report A4-0253 / 96

Amendment 11

(+)

ARE : Macartney

EDN : Blokland, van der Waal

GUE / NGL : Carnero Gonzalez, Gonzalez Alvarez, Gutierrez Diaz, Marset Campos, Mohamed Ali, Novo,
Puerta, Ribeiro, Sjöstedt, Sornosa Martinez, Stenius-Kaukonen

NI : Dillen, Vanhecke

PPE : Stenmarck

PSE : Kerr, Wibe

V : Aelvoet, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Schörling, Tamino, Wolf

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ARE : Dupuis, Lalumière

EDN : Berthu, Striby

ELDR : Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, de Vries, Eisma, Goerens, Larive, Mulder, Nordmann, Pelttari,
Plooij-van Gorsel, Watson, Wiebenga

NI : Amadeo

PPE : Alber, Añoveros Trias de Bes, Arias Cañete, Bardong, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, de
Brémond d'Ars, Camisón Asensio, Cassidy, Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan,
Fabra Vallés, Ferber, Grossetête, Heinisch, Herman, Hernandez Mollar, Imaz San Miguel,
Kellett-Bowman, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Lulling, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Martens, Mayer,
Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Robles Piquer, Schiedermeier,
Schroder, Sisó Cruellas, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Trakatellis, Valverde López, Verwaerde, von
Wogau

PSE : d'Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Balfe, Barros-Moura, Barton, Blak, Cabezón Alonso,
Carlotti, Coates, Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Cot, Crampton, Crepaz, Cunningham, David, De
Coene, Desama, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Ford, Frutos
Gama, Gebhardt, Glante, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Katiforis,
Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lange, Lindeperg, Lüttge, McGowan, Marinho, Meier, Miller, Miranda de Lage,
Moniz, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paakkinen, Peter, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rehder, Rothe, Rönnholm,
Samland, Sanz Fernandez, Schäfer, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Sindal, Skinner, Spiers, Stockmann,
Thomas, Tongue, Torres Couto, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead,
Wilson, Zimmermann

UPE : Guinebertière, Pasty, Vieira

( O )

ELDR : Kestelijn-Sierens

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Amendment 12

(+)

ARE : Macartney

GUE / NGL : Gonzalez Alvarez, Sjöstedt, Stenius-Kaukonen

PSE : Kerr, Wibe

V : Aelvoet, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Schörling, Tamino, Wolf

                   

ARE : Dell ' Alba, Dupuis, Lalumiere

EDN : Berthu, Blokland, Striby, van der Waal

ELDR : Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, de Vries, Eisma, Goerens, Larive, Mulder, Nordmann, Olsson, Pelttari,
Plooij-van Gorsel, Watson, Wiebenga

GUE / NGL : Carnero Gonzalez, Gutierrez Diaz, Marset Campos, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Puerta, Ribeiro,
Sornosa Martinez

NI : Amadeo, Dillen, Vanhecke

PPE : Alber, Anoveros Trias de Bes, Arias Canete, Bardong, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, de
Brémond d'Ars, Camisón Asensio, Cassidy, Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan,
Fabra Vallés, Ferber, Grossetête, Heinisch, Herman, Imaz San Miguel, Kellett-Bowman, Klaß, Koch,
Konrad, Liese, Lulling, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Martens, Mayer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs,
Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Robles Piquer, Schiedermeier, Schroder, Sisó Cruellas, Theato,
Tillich, Trakatellis, Valverde López, Verwaerde, von Wogau

PSE : d'Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Balfe, Barros-Moura, Barton, Blak, Cabezón Alonso,
Carlotti, Coates, Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Cot, Crampton, Crepaz, Cunningham, David,

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De Coene, Desama, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Ford, Frutos
Gama, Gebhardt, Glante, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Katiforis,
Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lange, Lindeperg, Lüttge, McGowan, Meier, Miller, Miranda de Lage,
Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paakkinen, Peter, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rehder, Rothe, Rönnholm, Samland,
Sanz Fernandez, Schäfer, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Sindal, Skinner, Spiers, Stockmann, Thomas,
Tongue, Torres Couto, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wilson,
Zimmermann

UPE : Guinebertière, Pasty, Vieira

( O )

PPE : Stenmarck

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Amendment 23

(+)

ARE : Dell ' Alba, Dupuis, Lalumière, Macartney

EDN : Blokland, van der Waal

ELDR : Boogerd-Quaak, de Vries, Eisma, Goerens, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Mulder, Nordmann, Olsson,
Pelttari, Plooij-van Gorsel, Watson, Wiebenga

NI : Amadeo

PPE : Alber, Anoveros Trias de Bes, Arias Canete, Bardong, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, de
Brémond d'Ars, Camisón Asensio, Cassidy, Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan,
Fabra Vallés, Ferber, Grossetête, Heinisch, Herman, Hernandez Mollar, Imaz San Miguel,
Kellett-Bowman, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Liese, Lulling, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Martens, Mayer,
Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Schiedermeier, Schroder, Sisó
Cruellas, Stenmarck, Theato, Tillich, Trakatellis, Valverde López, Verwaerde, von Wogau

PSE : Adam, d'Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Balfe, Barros-Moura, Barton, Blak, Cabezón
Alonso, Carlotti, Coates, Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Cot, Crampton, Crepaz, Cunningham,
David, De Coene, Desama, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Dury, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Ford, Frutos
Gama, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Hindley, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Katiforis, Kerr, Lage, Lindeperg,
McGowan, Marinho, Meier, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paakkinen, Peter,
Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rehder, Rothe, Rönnholm, Samland, Sanz Fernandez, Schlechter, Schulz, Sindal,
Skinner, Spiers, Thomas, Tongue, Torres Couto, Trautmann, Van Lancker, White, Whitehead, Wilson

V : Aelvoet, van Dijk, Hautala, Schroedter, Schörling, Tamino, Wolf

                   

EDN : Berthu, Striby

NI : Dillen, Vanhecke

PSE : Elchlepp, Gebhardt, Glante, Haug, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kühne, Lange, Liittge, Schäfer,
Schmidbauer, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, Zimmermann

UPE : Guinebertière, Pasty, Vieira

( O )

GUE / NGL : Carnero González, Gonzalez Alvarez, Gutierrez Díaz, Marset Campos, Mohamed Ali, Novo,
Puerta, Ribeiro, Sjöstedt, Sornosa Martinez, Stenius-Kaukonen

PSE : Wibe

V : Gahrton

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Amendment 13

(+)

ARE : Macartney

EDN : Blokland, van der Waal

GUE / NGL : Sjöstedt

PPE : Stenmarck

PSE : Wibe

V : Aelvoet, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Schörling, Tamino, Wolf

                   

ARE : Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Lalumière

EDN : Berthu, Striby

ELDR : Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, de Vries, Eisma, Goerens, Larive, Mulder, Nordmann, Pelttari,
Plooij-van Gorsel, Watson, Wiebenga

GUE / NGL : Carnero Gonzalez, Gutiérrez Diaz, Marset Campos, Mohamed Ali, Puerta, Ribeiro, Sornosa
Martinez

NI : Amadeo, Dillen, Vanhecke

PPE : Alber, Anoveros Trias de Bes, Arias Canete, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, de Brémond
d'Ars, Cassidy, Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan, Fabra Vallés, Ferber, Grossetête,
Heinisch, Herman, Hernandez Mollar, Imaz San Miguel, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Klaß, Koch,
Konrad, Liese, Lulling, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Martens, Mayer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs,
Poettering, Posselt, Provan, Robles Piquer, Schiedermeier, Schroder, Sisó Cruellas, Theato, Tillich,
Trakatellis, Valverde López, Verwaerde, von Wogau

PSE : d'Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Balfe, Barros-Moura, Barton, Blak, Cabezón Alonso,
Carlotti, Coates, Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Cot, Crampton, Crepaz, Cunningham, De Coene,
Desama, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Frutos Gama, Gebhardt,
Glante, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, livari, Izquierdo Collado, Katiforis, Kerr, Kuckelkorn,
Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lange, Lindeperg, Lüttge, McGowan, Marinho, Meier, Miller, Miranda de Lage,
Moniz, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paakkinen, Peter, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rehder, Rothe, Rönnholm,
Samland, Sanz Fernandez, Schäfer, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Sindal, Skinner, Spiers, Stockmann,
Thomas, Tongue, Torres Couto, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead,
Wilson, Zimmermann

UPE : Guinebertière, Pasty, Vieira

( O )

GUE / NGL : Stenius-Kaukonen

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Paragraph 11(g )

(+)

EDN : Berthu, Blokland, Striby, van der Waal

GUE / NGL : Carnero Gonzalez, Gonzalez Alvarez, Gutierrez Diaz, Marset Campos, Novo, Puerta,
Ribeiro, Sornosa Martinez

NI : Amadeo, Dillen, Vanhecke

PPE : Hernandez Mollar

PSE : Cabezón Alonso, Desama, Dury, Ford, Frutos Gama, Miranda de Lage

UPE : Guinebertière, Vieira

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ARE : Dupuis, Macartney

ELDR : Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, de Vries, Eisma, Goerens, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Mulder,
Nordmann, Olsson, Pelttari, Plooij-van Gorsel, Watson, Wiebenga

GUE / NGL : Sjöstedt

PPE : Alber, Anoveros Trias de Bes, Arias Canete, Bardong, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, de
Brémond d'Ars, Cassidy, Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan, Fabra Vallés, Ferber,
Florenz, Grossetête, Heinisch, Herman, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Liese, Lulling,
McCartin, Martens, Mayer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs, Poettering, Pronk, Provan, Robles Piquer,
Schiedermeier, Schroder, Stenmarck, Theato, Tillich, Trakatellis, Valverde Lopez, Verwaerde, von
Wogau

PSE : d'Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Barton, Blak, Carlotti, Coates, Colajanni, Collins Kenneth
D., Correia, Cot, Crampton, Crepaz, Cunningham, David, De Coene, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Elchlepp,
Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Gebhardt, Glante, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, Iivari,
Izquierdo Collado, Katiforis, Kerr, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lange, Lüttge, McGowan, Marinho,
Meier, Metten, Miller, Moniz, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paakkinen, Peter, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay,
Rehder, Rothe, Rönnholm, Sanz Fernandez, Schäfer, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Sindal, Skinner,
Spiers, Stockmann, Thomas, Tongue, Torres Couto, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler,
Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wilson, Zimmermann

( O )

ARE : Lalumière

PPE : Posselt

PSE : Wibe

V : Aelvoet, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Tamino

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Paragraph 12

(+

ARE : Lalumière, Macartney

EDN : Blokland, van der Waal

ELDR : Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, de Vries, Eisma, Goerens, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Mulder,
Nordmann, Pelttari, Plooij-van Gorsel, Watson, Wiebenga

GUE / NGL : Ribeiro

NI : Amadeo, Vanhecke

PPE : Alber, Anoveros Trias de Bes, Arias Canete, Bardong, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, de
Brémond d'Ars, Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Donnelly Brendan, Fabra Vallés, Ferber, Florenz,
Grossetête, Heinisch, Herman, Imaz San Miguel, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Klaß, Koch, McCartin,
Maij-Weggen, Martens, Mayer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Provan,
Robles Piquer, Schiedermeier, Schroder, Stenmarck, Theato, Tillich, Trakatellis, Valverde López,
Verwaerde, von Wogau

PSE : Adam, d'Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinario, Barton, Cabezón Alonso, Carlotti, Coates,
Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Cot, Crampton, Crepaz, Cunningham, David, De Coene, Desama,
Dfez de Rivera Icaza, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Ford, Frutos Gama, Gebhardt,
Glante, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Katiforis, Kerr, Kuckelkorn,
Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lange, Lindeperg, Lüttge, McGowan, Marinho, Meier, Metten, Miller, Miranda de
Lage, Moniz, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paakkinen, Peter, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rehder, Rothe,
Rönnholm, Samland, Sanz Fernandez, Schafer, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Skinner, Spiers, Stockmann,
Thomas, Tongue, Torres Couto, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, Whitehead,
Wilson, Zimmermann

UPE : Guinebertière, Pasty, Vieira

V : Aelvoet, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Schörling, Wolf

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(-)

EDN : Berthu, Striby

GUE / NGL : Sjöstedt, Stenius-Kaukonen

NI : Dillen

PPE : Lulling

PSE : Barros-Moura, Schlechter, Wibe

(O

GUE / NGL : Carnero Gonzalez, González Alvárez, Gutiérrez Díaz, Marset Campos, Novo, Puerta,
Sornosa Martinez

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Paragraph 14

(+)

ARE : Lalumière

EDN : Berthu, Blokland, Striby, van der Waal

ELDR : Boogerd-Quaak, de Vries, Eisma, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Mulder, Nordmann, Pelttari,
Plooij-van Gorsel, Watson, Wiebenga

GUE / NGL : Carnero Gonzalez, Gonzalez Alvárez, Gutierrez Diaz, Marset Campos, Novo, Puerta,
Ribeiro, Sornosa Martinez

NI : Amadeo

PPE : Alber, Anoveros Trias de Bes, Arias Canete, Bardong, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, de
Brémond d'Ars, Camisón Asensio, Cassidy, Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan,
Fabra Vallés, Ferber, Florenz, Grossetête, Heinisch, Herman, Hernandez Mollar, Kellett-Bowman,
Kittelmann, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Liese, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Martens, Mayer, Oomen-Ruijten,
Oostlander, Peijs, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Robles Piquer, Schiedermeier, Schroder, Stenmarck,
Theato, Tillich, Trakatellis, Valverde López, Verwaerde, von Wogau

PSE : Cabezón Alonso, Cot, Diez de Rivera Icaza, Frutos Gama, Miranda de Lage, Oddy, Peter,
Trautmann, Wemheuer

UPE : Guinebertière, Pasty, Vieira

(-)

ARE : Macartney

PPE : Imaz San Miguel, Lulling

PSE : Adam, d'Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinario, Barton, Blak, Carlotti, Coates, Colajanni, Collins
Kenneth D „ Correia, Crampton, Crepaz, Cunningham, David, De Coene, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans,
Falconer, Fantuzzi, Ford, Gebhardt, Glante, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, Izquierdo Collado,
Katiforis, Kerr, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lange, Lindeperg, Lüttge, McGowan, Marinho, Meier,
Metten, Miller, Newens, Newman, Paakkinen, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rehder, Rothe, Rönnholm,
Samland, Sanz Fernandez, Schafer, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Skinner, Spiers, Stockmann, Thomas,
Tongue, Torres Couto, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, White, Whitehead, Wilson, Zimmermann

V : Aelvoet, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Schörling, Tamino, Wolf

(O

GUE / NGL : Sjöstedt, Stenius-Kaukonen

NI : Dillen, Vanhecke

PSE : Wibe

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Amendment 15

(+)

ARE : Macartney

GUE / NGL : Ribeiro, Sjöstedt, Stenius-Kaukonen

PPE : Arias Cañete

PSE : Sanz Fernandez, Schlechter, Wibe

V : Aelvoet, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Schörling, Tamino, Wolf

-)

ARE : Lalumière

EDN : Berthu, Blokland, Striby, van der Waal

ELDR : Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, de Vries, Eisma, Goerens, Larive, Mulder, Nordmann, Pelttari,
Plooij-van Gorsel, Watson, Wiebenga

GUE / NGL : Carnero Gonzalez, Gutierrez Diaz, Marset Campos, Novo, Puerta, Sornosa Martinez

NI : Amadeo, Dillen, Vanhecke

PPE : Alber, Anoveros Trias de Bes, Bardong, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, de Brémond
d'Ars, Camisón Asensio, Cassidy, Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan, Fabra Vallés,
Ferber, Florenz, Grossetête, Heinisch, Imaz San Miguel, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Klaß, Koch, Liese,
Lulling, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Martens, Mayer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs, Poettering, Posselt,
Pronk, Provan, Robles Piquer, Schiedermeier, Schroder, Theato, Tillich, Trakatellis, Valverde López,
Verwaerde, von Wogau

PSE : d Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Barros-Moura, Barton, Blak, Cabezón Alonso, Carlotti,
Coates, Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Cot, Crampton, Crepaz, Cunningham, David, De Coene,
Desama, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Ford, Frutos Gama,
Gebhardt, Glante, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Katiforis, Kerr,
Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lange, Lindeperg, Lüttge, McGowan, Marinho, Meier, Metten, Miller,
Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paakkinen, Peter, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rehder,
Rothe, Rönnholm, Samland, Schäfer, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Sindal, Skinner, Spiers, Stockmann, Thomas,
Tongue, Torres Couto, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wilson,
Zimmermann

UPE : Pasty

( O )

GUE / NGL : González Alvárez

PPE : Stenmarck

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Paragraph 20(d )

+)

ARE : Lalumiere, Macartney

EDN : Blokland, Striby, van der Waal

ELDR : Boogerd-Quaak, de Vries, Eisma, Goerens, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Mulder, Pelttari, Plooij-van
Gorsel, Watson, Wiebenga

GUE / NGL : Carnero González, Gonzalez Alvárez, Gutiérrez Diaz, Marset Campos, Novo, Puerta,
Ribeiro, Sjöstedt, Sornosa Martinez, Stenius-Kaukonen

PPE : Añoveros Trias de Bes, Bardong, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, Colombo Svevo, Deprez, Fabra
Valles, Ferber, Heinisch, Herman, Imaz San Miguel, Klaß, Lulling, McCartin, Poettering, Stenmarck,
Theato

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PSE : Cabezón Alonso, Carlotti, Cot, Desama, Diez de Rivera Icaza, Frutos Gama, Izquierdo Collado,
Katiforis, Lindeperg, Miranda de Lage, Rehder, Sanz Fernández, Schlechter, Trautmann, Wibe

UPE : Guinebertière, Pasty, Vieira

V : Aelvoet, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Schörling, Tamino, Wolf

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ELDR : Nordmann

NI : Amadeo, Dillen, Vanhecke

PPE : Alber, Arias Canete, Berend, de Brémond d'Ars, Camisón Asensio, Cassidy, Chanterie, Donnelly
Brendan, Florenz, Grossetête, Hernandez Mollar, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Maij-Weggen, Martens,
Mayer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs, Pronk, Provan, Robles Piquer, Schiedermeier, Schroder,
Tillich, Trakatellis, Valverde López, Verwaerde

PSE : Adam, d'Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Barros-Moura, Barton, Blak, Coates, Colajanni,
Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Crampton, Crepaz, Cunningham, David, De Coene, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott,
Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Ford, Gebhardt, Glante, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, Iivari, Kerr,
Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lange, Lüttge, McGowan, Marinho, Meier, Metten, Miller, Newens, Newman,
Oddy, Paakkinen, Peter, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rothe, Rönnholm, Samland, Schäfer, Schmidbauer,
Schulz, Sindal, Skinner, Spiers, Thomas, Tongue, Torres Couto, Van Lancker, Weiler, Wemheuer, White,
Wilson

(O

PPE : Koch, Posselt

PSE : Lage, Moniz, Walter

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Amendment 16

(+)

ARE : Lalumiere, Macartney

EDN : Berthu, Blokland, Striby, van der Waal

ELDR : Boogerd-Quaak, Eisma, Kestelijn-Sierens

GUE / NGL : Sjöstedt, Stenius-Kaukonen

V : Aelvoet, van Dijk, Gahrton, Hautala, Schroedter, Schörling, Tamino, Wolf

(-)

ELDR : Bertens, de Vries, Larive, Mulder, Nordmann, Olsson, Pelttari, Plooij-van Gorsel, Watson,
Wiebenga

NI : Amadeo, Dillen, Vanhecke

PPE : Alber, Anoveros Trias de Bes, Arias Canete, Bardong, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bourlanges, de
Brémond d'Ars, Camisón Asensio, Cassidy, Chanterie, Colombo Svevo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan,
Fabra Vallés, Ferber, Florenz, Grossetête, Heinisch, Herman, Hernandez Mollar, Imaz San Miguel,
Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Liese, Lulling, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Martens,
Mayer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Peijs, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Pro van, Robles Piquer,
Schiedermeier, Schroder, Stenmarck, Theato, Tillich, Trakatellis, Valverde Lopez, Verwaerde, von
Wogau

PSE : Adam, d'Ancona, Aparicio Sanchez, Apolinário, Barros-Moura, Barton, Blak, Cabezón Alonso,
Carlotti, Coates, Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D., Correia, Cot, Crampton, Crepaz, Cunningham, David, De
Coene, Desama, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Ford, Frutos
Gama, Gebhardt, Glante, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Haug, Hindley, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Kerr,
Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lange, Lindeperg, Lüttge, McGowan, Marinho, Meier, Metten, Miller,
Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paakkinen, Peter, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rehder,

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Rothe, Rönnholm, Samland, Sanz Fernandez, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Sindal, Skinner, Spiers,
Stockmann, Thomas, Tongue, Torres Couto, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Walter, Wemheuer, White, Wilson

UPE : Guinebertière, Pasty, Vieira

(O

GUE / NGL : Carnero Gonzalez, Gonzalez Alvárez, Gutiérrez Díaz, Marset Campos, Novo, Puerta,
Ribeiro, Sornosa Martinez

PSE : Wibe