CELEX: 52004DP0094
Language: mt
Date: 2004-12-14 00:00:00
Title: European Parliament decision on the verification of credentials (2004/2140(REG))

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            P6_TA(2004)0094

            Verification of credentials

                      European Parliament decision on the verification of credentials (2004/2140(REG))

            The European Parliament,

            — having regard to the Act of 20 September 1976 (1) concerning the election of the members of the
              European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

            — having regard to Rules 3, 4 and 9 of and Annex I to its Rules of Procedure,

            — having regard to the official notifications from the competent authorities of the Member States concer-
              ning the results of the elections to the European Parliament,

            — having regard to the disputes concerning the validity of the election of certain Members of the Euro-
              pean Parliament,

            — having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0043/2004),

            A. whereas Articles 7(1) and (2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 specify the offices that are incompatible
               with the office of Member of the European Parliament,

            B.   whereas, under Rule 9 of and Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, Members are required to make a
                 detailed declaration of their professional activities and any other remunerated functions or activities,

            C. whereas all of the Member States have notified the European Parliament of the names of the elected
               candidates, although some have still not forwarded — or have done so belatedly — the lists of any
               substitutes together with their ranking in accordance with the results of the vote, as is required under
               Rule 3(2) of the Rules of Procedure,

            D. whereas in some cases Member States provided partial notification of elected candidates and included
               them only subsequently, with the result that not all Members of the European Parliament were able to
               take their seats at its constituent sitting,

            E.   whereas in some Member States disputes relating to the election of some Members of Parliament are
                 being considered in accordance with national legislation and whereas these procedures could result in
                 the annulment of the election of the Members concerned,

            F.   whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of the Act of 20 September 1976, the European Parliament is required
                 to rule on any disputes concerning the validity of the mandate of its Members only where these relate
                 to breaches of the provisions of the abovementioned Act, and not in the case of breaches of the
                 national electoral provisions to which the Act refers,

            G. whereas the amendments made to the Act of 20 September 1976 by Council Decision 2002/772/EC,
               Euratom of 25 June 2002 and 23 September 2002 have highlighted the inadequacy of the provisions
               contained in Rules 3 and 4 of the Rules of Procedure, particularly as regards the adoption of measures
               for the verification of cases of clear incompatibility (in accordance with Article 7 of the Act of 20 Sep-
               tember 1976) with effect from the European Parliament's constituent sitting,

            1. Declares valid, subject to any decisions by the competent authorities of Member States in which the
            election results have been disputed, the mandate of the Members of the European Parliament listed in
            Annex I to this decision whose election has been notified by the competent national authorities and who
            have made the written declarations required on the basis of Article 7(1) and (2) of the Act of 20 September
            1976 and Annex I to the Rules of Procedure;

            (1) OJ L 278, 8.10.1976, p. 5. Act as last amended by Decision 2002/772/EC, Euratom (OJ L 283, 21.10.2002, p. 1).
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              2.    Declares the disputes received regarding the validity of the election of certain Members of the Euro-
              pean Parliament to be inadmissible and unfounded, for the reasons set out in Annex II in relation to each
              dispute;

              3.   Repeats its request to the competent national authorities not only to notify the European Parliament of
              the names of the elected candidates, but also to forward the names of any substitutes together with their
              ranking in accordance with the results of the vote;

              4.    Calls on the competent authorities of the Member States to notify the European Parliament without
              delay of the names of the elected Members so that all Members of Parliament can take their seats with effect
              from the constituent sitting;

              5.    Calls on the competent authorities of the Member States to complete as soon as possible the exami-
              nation of the disputes submitted to them and inform the European Parliament of the outcome;

              6.     Instructs its President to refer to the committee responsible the question of the amendment of Rules 3
              and 4 of the Rules of Procedure in order for them to be adapted to the Act of 20 September 1976, as
              amended, and for provisions to be laid down that will enable Parliament to act on any clear cases of
              incompatibility, so that all Members of Parliament can take their seats with effect from the constituent
              sitting;

              7. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the competent national authorities and the parlia-
              ments of the Member States.

                                                                 ANNEX I

                                  List of Members of the European Parliament whose mandate is declared valid

                                                       MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
                                                            BY MEMBER STATE
                                                       (situation as at 20 July 2004)

                                                          Belgium (24 Members)
              BELET Ivo
              BREPOELS Frederika M. M.
              BUSQUIN Philippe
              CLAEYS Philip
              DE KEYSER Véronique
              DE VITS Mia
              DEHAENE Jean-Luc
              DEPREZ Gérard
              DILLEN Koenraad
              DUQUESNE Antoine
              EL KHADRAOUI Saïd
              GROSCH Mathieu
              HUTCHINSON Alain
              JONCKHEER Pierre
              LANGENDRIES Raymond
              NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK Annemie
              RIES Frédérique
              STAES Bart
              STERCKX Dirk
              TARABELLA Marc
              THYSSEN Marianne
              VAN HECKE Johan
              VAN LANCKER Anne
              VANHECKE Frank
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              2.    Declares the disputes received regarding the validity of the election of certain Members of the Euro-
              pean Parliament to be inadmissible and unfounded, for the reasons set out in Annex II in relation to each
              dispute;

              3.   Repeats its request to the competent national authorities not only to notify the European Parliament of
              the names of the elected candidates, but also to forward the names of any substitutes together with their
              ranking in accordance with the results of the vote;

              4.    Calls on the competent authorities of the Member States to notify the European Parliament without
              delay of the names of the elected Members so that all Members of Parliament can take their seats with effect
              from the constituent sitting;

              5.    Calls on the competent authorities of the Member States to complete as soon as possible the exami-
              nation of the disputes submitted to them and inform the European Parliament of the outcome;

              6.     Instructs its President to refer to the committee responsible the question of the amendment of Rules 3
              and 4 of the Rules of Procedure in order for them to be adapted to the Act of 20 September 1976, as
              amended, and for provisions to be laid down that will enable Parliament to act on any clear cases of
              incompatibility, so that all Members of Parliament can take their seats with effect from the constituent
              sitting;

              7. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the competent national authorities and the parlia-
              ments of the Member States.

                                                                 ANNEX I

                                  List of Members of the European Parliament whose mandate is declared valid

                                                       MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
                                                            BY MEMBER STATE
                                                       (situation as at 20 July 2004)

                                                          Belgium (24 Members)
              BELET Ivo
              BREPOELS Frederika M. M.
              BUSQUIN Philippe
              CLAEYS Philip
              DE KEYSER Véronique
              DE VITS Mia
              DEHAENE Jean-Luc
              DEPREZ Gérard
              DILLEN Koenraad
              DUQUESNE Antoine
              EL KHADRAOUI Saïd
              GROSCH Mathieu
              HUTCHINSON Alain
              JONCKHEER Pierre
              LANGENDRIES Raymond
              NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK Annemie
              RIES Frédérique
              STAES Bart
              STERCKX Dirk
              TARABELLA Marc
              THYSSEN Marianne
              VAN HECKE Johan
              VAN LANCKER Anne
              VANHECKE Frank
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                                         Czech Republic (24 Members)
            BOBOŠÍKOVÁ Jana
            BŘEZINA Jan
            CABRNOCH Milan
            DUCHOŇ Petr
            FAJMON Hynek
            FALBR Richard
            FLASAROVÁ Věra
            HYBÁŠKOVÁ Jana
            KOHLÍČEK Jaromír
            MAŠTÁLKA Jiří
            OUZKÝ Miroslav
            RANSDORF Miloslav
            REMEK Vladimir
            ROITHOVÁ Zuzana
            ROUČEK Libor
            ŠKOTTOVÁ Nina
            STREJČEK Ivo
            STROZ Daniel
            VLASÁK Oldřich
            ZAHRADIL Jan
            ZATLOUKAL Tomáš
            ŽELEZNÝ Vladimir
            ZIELENIEC Josef
            ZVŘINA Jaroslav

                                            Denmark (14 Members)
            AUKEN Margrete
            BONDE Jens-Peter
            BUSK Niels
            CAMRE Mogens N.J.
            CHRISTENSEN Ole
            JENSEN Anne Elisabet
            JØRGENSEN Dan
            KRARUP Ole
            KRISTENSEN Henrik Dam
            RASMUSSEN Poul Nyrup
            RIIS-JØRGENSEN Karin
            SAMUELSEN Anders
            SEEBERG Gitte
            THOMSEN Britta

                                            Germany (99 Members)
            ALVARO Alexander Nuno
            BEER Angelika
            BEREND Rolf
            BÖGE Reimer
            BREYER Hiltrud
            BRIE André
            BROK Elmar
            BULLMANN Udo
            CASPARY Daniel
            CHATZIMARKAKIS Jorgo
            COHN-BENDIT Daniel Marc
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              CRAMER Michael
              DESS Albert
              DUIN Garrelt
              EHLER Jan Christian
              FERBER Markus
              FLORENZ Karl-Heinz
              FRIEDRICH Ingo
              GAHLER Michael
              GEBHARDT Evelyne
              GLANTE Norbert
              GOEPEL Lutz
              GOMOLKA Alfred
              GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF Friedrich-Wilhelm
              GRÄSSLE Ingeborg
              GRÖNER Lissy
              HÄNSCH Klaus
              HARMS Rebecca
              HAUG Jutta D.
              HIERONYMI Ruth
              HOPPENSTEDT Karsten Friedrich
              HORĄČEK Milan
              JARZEMBOWSKI Georg
              JEGGLE Elisabeth
              JÖNS Karin
              KALLENBACH Gisela
              KAUFMANN Sylvia-Yvonne
              KINDERMANN Heinz
              KLAMT Ewa
              KLASS Christa
              KLINZ Wolf
              KOCH Dieter-Lebrecht
              KOCH-MEHRIN Silvana
              KONRAD Christoph Werner
              KRAHMER Holger
              KREHL Constanze Angela
              KREISSL-DÖRFLER Wolfgang
              KUHNE Helmut
              LAMBSDORFF GRAF Alexander
              LANGEN Werner
              LASCHET Armin
              LAUK Kurt Joachim
              LECHNER Kurt
              LEHNE Klaus-Heiner
              LEINEN Jo
              LIESE Peter
              MANN Erika
              MANN Thomas
              MARKOV Helmuth
              MAYER Hans-Peter
              NASSAUER Hartmut
              NIEBLER Angelika
              ÖGER Vural
              ÖZDEMIR Cem
              PACK Doris
              PFLÜGER Tobias
              PIECYK Willi
              PIEPER Markus
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            POETTERING Hans-Gert
            POSSELT Bernd
            QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL Godelieve
            RADWAN Alexander
            RAPKAY Bernhard
            REUL Herbert Otto
            ROTH-BEHRENDT Dagmar
            ROTHE Mechtild
            RÜHLE Heide
            SCHMIDT Frithjof
            SCHMITT Ingo
            SCHNELLHARDT Horst
            SCHRÖDER Jürgen
            SCHROEDTER Elisabeth
            SCHULZ Martin
            SCHUTH Willem
            SCHWAB Andreas
            SOMMER Renate
            STOCKMANN Ulrich
            TRÜPEL Helga
            UCA Feleknas
            ULMER Thomas
            WAGENKNECHT-NIEMEYER Sahra
            WALTER Ralf
            WEBER Manfred
            WEILER Barbara
            WEISGERBER Anja
            WIELAND Rainer
            von WOGAU Karl
            WUERMELING Joachim
            ZIMMER Gabriele

                                             Estonia (6 Members)
            ILVES Toomas Hendrik
            KELAM Tunne
            MIKKO Marianne
            OVIIR Siiri
            SAVI Toomas
            TARAND Andres

                                             Greece (24 Members)
            ARNAOUTAKIS Stavros
            BATZELI Katerina
            BEGLITIS Panagiotis
            DIMITRAKOPOULOS Giorgos
            GKLAVAKIS Ioannis
            HATZIDAKIS Konstantinos
            KARATZAFERIS Georgios
            KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU Rodi
            LAMBRINIDIS Stavros
            MANOLAKOU Diamanto
            MATSOUKA Maria
            MAVROMMATIS Manolis
            PAFILIS Athanasios
            PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU Marie
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              PAPADIMOULIS Dimitrios
              PAPASTAMKOS Georgios
              SAMARAS Antonis
              SIFUNAKIS Nikolaos
              TOUSSAS Georgios
              TRAKATELLIS Antonios
              TZAMPAZI Evangelia
              VAKALIS Nikolaos
              VARVITSIOTIS Ioannis
              XENOGIANNAKOPOULOU Marilisa

                                                Spain (54 Members)
              AYALA SENDER Inés
              AYUSO GONZÁLEZ María del Pilar
              BADIA i CUTCHET Maria
              BARÓN CRESPO Enrique
              BORRELL FONTELLES Josep
              CALABUIG RULL Joan
              CARNERO GONZÁLEZ Carlos
              del CASTILLO VERA Pilar
              CERCAS Alejandro
              DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA Augustín
              DÍEZ GONZÁLEZ Rosa M.
              DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP Bárbara
              FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN Fernando
              FRAGA ESTÉVEZ Carmen
              GALEOTE QUECEDO Gerardo
              GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL José Manuel
              GARCÍA PÉREZ Iratxe
              GARRIGA POLLEDO Salvador
              de GRANDES PASCUAL Luis
              GUARDANS CAMBÓ Ignasi
              GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES Cristina
              HAMMERSTEIN MINTZ David
              HERRANZ GARCÍA María Esther
              HERRERO-TEJEDOR Luis Francisco
              ITURGAIZ ANGULO Carlos José
              JOAN i MARÍ Bernat
              LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE Antonio
              MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ Miguel Angel
              MASIP HIDALGO Antonio
              MATO ADROVER Ana
              MAYOR OREJA Jaime
              MEDINA ORTEGA Manuel
              MÉNDEZ DE VIGO Íñigo
              MENÉNDEZ del VALLE Emilio
              MEYER PLEITE Willy
              MIGUÉLEZ RAMOS Rosa
              MILLÁN MON Francisco José
              MONTORO ROMERO Cristóbal Ricardo
              MORENO SÁNCHEZ Javier
              OBIOLS i GERMÀ Raimon
              ORTUONDO LARREA Josu
              PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR Francisca
              POMÉS RUIZ José Javier
              RIERA MADURELL Teresa
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            ROMEVA i RUEDA Raül
            RUDI ÚBEDA Luisa Fernanda
            SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA José Ignacio
            SALINAS GARCÍA María Isabel
            SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO Antolín
            SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ María
            VALENCIANO MARTÍNEZ-OROZCO María Elena
            VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA Daniel
            VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA Alejo
            YAÑEZ-BARNUEVO GARCÍA Luis

                                                France (78 Members)
            ARIF Kader
            AUBERT Marie-Hélène
            BACHELOT-NARQUIN Roselyne
            BEAUPUY Jean Marie
            BENNAHMIAS Jean-Luc
            BERÈS Pervenche
            BONO Guy
            BOURLANGES Jean-Louis
            BOURZAI Bernadette
            CARLOTTI Marie-Arlette
            CASTEX Françoise
            CAVADA Jean-Marie
            CORNILLET Thierry
            COTTIGNY Jean Louis
            COÛTEAUX Paul Marie
            DAUL Joseph
            DE SARNEZ Marielle
            DESCAMPS Marie-Hélène
            DÉSIR Harlem
            DE VEYRAC Christine
            DOUAY Brigitte
            FERREIRA Anne
            FLAUTRE Hélène
            FONTAINE Nicole
            FOURTOU Janelly
            FRUTEAU Jean-Claude
            GAUBERT Patrick
            GAUZES Jean-Paul
            GIBAULT Claire
            GOLLNISCH Bruno
            GRIESBECK Nathalie
            GROSSETÊTE Françoise
            GUELLEC Ambroise
            GUY-QUINT Catherine
            HAMON Benoît
            HAZAN Adeline
            HENIN Jacky
            HORTEFEUX Brice
            ISLER BÉGUIN Marie Anne
            LAIGNEL André
            LAMASSOURE Alain
            LANG Carl
            LAPERROUZE Anne
            LE FOLL Stéphane
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              LEHIDEUX Bernard
              LE PEN Jean-Marie
              LE PEN Marine
              LE RACHINEL Fernand (*)
              LIENEMANN Marie-Noëlle
              LIPIETZ Alain
              LOUIS Patrick
              MARTINEZ Jean-Claude
              MATHIEU Véronique
              MORILLON Philippe
              MOSCOVICI Pierre
              NAVARRO Robert
              ONESTA Gérard
              PATRIE Béatrice
              PEILLON Vincent Benoît Camille
              POIGNANT Bernard
              REYNAUD Marie-Line
              ROCARD Michel
              ROURE Martine
              SAÏFI Tokia
              SAVARY Gilles
              SCHAPIRA Pierre Lionel Georges
              SCHENARDI Lydia
              SIMONOT Chantal (**)
              SUDRE Margie
              TOUBON Jacques
              TRAUTMANN Catherine
              VATANEN Ari
              VAUGRENARD Yannick
              VERGES Paulrubi
              VERGNAUD Bernadette
              de VILLIERS Philippe
              VLASTO Dominique
              WEBER Henri
              WURTZ Francis

                                                             Ireland (13 Members)

              AYLWARD Liam
              COVENEY Simon
              CROWLEY Brian
              DE ROSSA Proinsias
              DOYLE Avril
              HARKIN Marian
              HIGGINS Jim
              McDONALD Mary Lou
              McGUINNESS Mairead
              MITCHELL Gay
              Ó NEACHTAIN Seán
              RYAN Eoin
              SINNOTT Kathy

              (*)  Mandate valid with effect from 22 October 2004, date of the notification by the competent national authority of the
                   election of Mr Fernand Le Rachinel to replace Ms Chantal Simonot, who had resigned.
              (**) Ms Chantal Simonot resigned on 1 October 2004.
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                                                   Italy (78 Members)

            AGNOLETTO Vittorio Emanuele
            ALBERTINI Gabriele
            ANDRIA Alfonso
            ANGELILLI Roberta
            ANTONIOZZI Alfredo
            BATTILOCCHIO Alessandro
            BERLATO Sergio
            BERLINGUER Giovanni
            BERSANI Pier Luigi
            BERTINOTTI Fausto
            BONINO Emma
            BONSIGNORE Vito
            BORGHEZIO Mario
            BOSSI Umberto
            BRESSO Mercedes
            BRUNETTA Renato
            CAROLLO Giorgio
            CASTIGLIONE Giuseppe
            CATANIA Giusto
            CESA Lorenzo
            CHIESA Giulietto
            CIRINO POMICINO Paolo
            COCILOVO Luigi
            COSTA Paolo
            D'ALEMA Massimo
            DE POLI Antonio
            DEL TURCO Ottaviano
            DE MICHELIS Gianni
            DIONISI Armando
            DI PIETRO Antonio
            EBNER Michl
            FATUZZO Carlo
            FAVA Giovanni Claudio
            FOGLIETTA Alessandro
            FRASSONI Monica
            GARGANI Giuseppe
            GAWRONSKI Jas
            GRUBER Dietlinde (Lilli)
            GUIDONI Umberto
            KUSSTATSCHER Sepp
            LA RUSSA Romano Maria
            LETTA Enrico
            LOCATELLI Pia Elda
            LOMBARDO Raffaele
            MANTOVANI Mario
            MAURO Mario
            MORGANTINI Luisa
            MUSACCHIO Roberto
            MUSCARDINI Cristiana
            MUSOTTO Francesco
            MUSSOLINI Alessandra
            MUSUMECI Sebastiano (Nello)
            NAPOLETANO Pasqualina
            PANNELLA Marco
            PANZERI Pier Antonio
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              PIRILLI Umberto
              PISTELLI Lapo
              PITTELLA Giovanni
              PODESTÀ Guido
              POLI BORTONE Adriana
              PRODI Vittorio
              RIZZO Marco
              ROMAGNOLI Luca
              SACCONI Guido
              SALVINI Matteo
              SANTORO Michele
              SARTORI Amalia
              SBARBATI Luciana
              SPERONI Francesco Enrico
              TAJANI Antonio
              TATARELLA Salvatore
              TOIA Patrizia
              VENTRE Riccardo
              VERNOLA Marcello
              VINCENZI Marta
              ZANI Secondo (Mauro)
              ZAPPALA' Stefano
              ZINGARETTI Nicola

                                                  Cyprus (6 Members)
              ADAMOU Adamos
              DEMETRIOU Panayiotis
              KASOULIDES Ioannis
              MATSAKIS Marios
              MATSIS Yiannakis
              TRIANTAPHYLLIDES Kyriacos

                                                   Latvia (9 Members)
              ANDREJEVS Georgs
              DOMBROVSKIS Valdis
              KRASTS Guntars
              KRISTOVSKIS Ģirts Valdis
              KUŠĶIS Aldis
              PĪKS Rihards
              VAIDERE Inese
              ŽDANOKA Tatjana
              ZĪLE Roberts

                                                Lithuania (13 Members)
              ANDRIKIENĖ Laima Liucija
              BIRUTIS Šarūnas
              BUDREIKAITĖ Danutė
              DEGUTIS Arūnas
              DIČKUTĖ Jolanta
              DIDŽIOKAS Gintaras
              GENTVILAS Eugenijus
              JUKNEVIČIENĖ Ona
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            LANDSBERGIS Vytautas
            PALECKIS Justas Vincas
            PAVILIONIS Rolandas
            SAKALAS Aloyzas
            STARKEVIČIŪTĖ Margarita

                                              Luxembourg (6 Members)
            GOEBBELS Robert
            HENNICOT-SCHOEPGES Erna
            LULLING Astrid
            POLFER Lydie
            SPAUTZ Jean
            TURMES Claude

                                                Hungary (24 Members)
            BARSI-PATAKY Etelka
            BECSEY Zsolt László
            DEMSZKY Gábor
            DOBOLYI Alexandra
            FAZAKAS Szabolcs
            GÁL Kinga
            GLATTFELDER Béla
            GURMAI Zita
            GYÜRK András
            HARANGOZÓ Gábor
            HEGYI Gyula
            HERCZOG Edit
            JÁRÓKA Lívia
            KÓSÁNÉ KOVÁCS Magda
            LÉVAI Katalin
            OLAJOS Péter
            ŐRY Csaba
            PÁLFI István
            SCHMITT Pál
            SCHÖPFLIN György
            SURJÁN László
            SZÁJER József
            SZENT-IVÁNYI István
            TABAJDI Csaba Sándor

                                                  Malta (5 Members)
            ATTARD-MONTALTO John
            BUSUTTIL Simon
            CASA David
            GRECH Louis
            MUSCAT Joseph

                                              Netherlands (27 Members)
            BELDER Bastiaan
            van den BERG Margrietus J.
            BERMAN Thijs
            BLOKLAND Johannes (Hans)
            BOZKURT Emine
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              van BUITENEN Paul K.T.J.
              BUITENWEG Kathalijne Maria
              van den BURG Ieke
              CORBEY Dorette
              DOORN Bert
              EURLINGS Camiel
              de GROEN-KOUWENHOVEN Elly (Els)
              HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT Jeanine
              in 't VELD Sophia Helena
              LAGENDIJK Joost
              LIOTARD Kartika Tamara
              MAAT Albert Jan
              MAATEN Jules
              MANDERS Toine
              MARTENS Maria
              MASTENBROEK Edith
              MEIJER Erik
              MULDER Jan
              van NISTELROOIJ Lambert
              OOMEN-RUIJTEN Ria G.H.C.
              WIERSMA Jan Marinus
              WORTMANN-KOOL Corien M.

                                                   Austria (18 Members)
              BERGER Maria
              BÖSCH Herbert
              ETTL Harald
              KARAS Othmar
              LEICHTFRIED Jörg
              LICHTENBERGER Evelin
              MARTIN Hans-Peter
              MÖLZER Andreas
              PRETS Christa
              RACK Reinhard
              RESETARITS Karin
              RÜBIG Paul
              SCHEELE Karin
              SCHIERHUBER Agnes
              SEEBER Richard
              STENZEL Ursula
              SWOBODA Johannes (Hannes)
              VOGGENHUBER Johannes

                                                   Poland (54 Members)
              ADWENT Filip
              BIELAN Adam Jerzy
              BUZEK Jerzy
              CHMIELEWSKI Zdzisław Kazimierz
              CHRUSZCZ Sylwester
              CZARNECKI Marek Aleksander
              CZARNECKI Ryszard
              FOTYGA Anna Elżbieta
              GEREMEK Bronisław
              GERINGER de OEDENBERG Lidia Joanna
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            GIEREK Adam
            GIERTYCH Maciej Marian
            GOLIK Bogdan
            GRABOWSKA Genowefa
            GRABOWSKI Dariusz Maciej
            HANDZLIK Małgorzata Maria
            JAŁOWIECKI Stanisław
            JANOWSKI Mieczysław Edmund
            KACZMAREK Filip Andrzej
            KAMIŃSKI Michał Tomasz
            KLICH Bogdan Adam
            KRUPA Urszula
            KUC Wiesław Stefan
            KUDRYCKA Barbara
            KUŁAKOWSKI Jan Jerzy
            KUŻMIUK Zbigniew Krzysztof
            LEWANDOWSKI Janusz
            LIBERADZKI Bogusław Marian
            LIBICKI Marcin
            MASIEL Jan Tadeusz
            OLBRYCHT Jan Marian
            ONYSZKIEWICZ Janusz
            PĘK Bogdan Marek
            PINIOR Józef
            PIOTROWSKI Mirosław Mariusz
            PISKORSKI Pawel Bartlomiej
            PODKAŃSKI Zdzisław Zbigniew
            PROTASIEWICZ Jacek
            ROGALSKI Bogusław
            ROSATI Dariusz Kajetan
            ROSZKOWSKI Wojciech
            RUTOWICZ Leopold Józef
            SARYUSZ-WOLSKI Jacek Emil
            SIEKIERSKI Czesław Adam
            SIWIEC Marek Maciej
            SONIK Bogusław Andrzej
            STANISZEWSKA Grażyna
            SZEJNA Andrzej Jan
            SZYMAŃSKI Konrad Krzysztof
            TOMCZAK Witold
            WIERZEJSKI Wojciech
            WOJ CIECHOWSKI Janusz Czesław
            ZALESKI Zbigniew
            ZWIEFKA Tadeusz Antoni

                                                Portugal (24 Members)
            ASSIS Francisco
            CAPOULAS SANTOS Luis Manuel
            CASACA Paulo
            COELHO Carlos
            CORREIA Fausto
            COSTA António
            ESTEVES Maria da Assunção
            ESTRELA Edite
            FERNANDES Emanuel Vasconcelos Jardim
            FERREIRA Elisa
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              FIGUEIREDO Ilda
              FREITAS Duarte
              GOMES Ana Maria R.M.
              GRAÇA MOURA Vasco
              MADEIRA Jamila
              MARQUES Sérgio
              PINHEIRO João de Deus
              PORTAS Miguel
              QUEIRÓ Luís
              RIBEIRO Sérgio
              RIBEIRO E CASTRO José
              dos SANTOS Manuel António
              SILVA PENEDA José Albino
              SOUSA PINTO Sérgio

                                                  Slovenia (7 Members)
              BREJC Mihael
              DRČAR MURKO Mojca
              JORDAN CIZELJ Romana
              KACIN Jelko
              NOVAK Ljudmila
              PAHOR Borut
              PETERLE Alojz

                                                  Slovakia (14 Members)
              BACO Peter
              BAUER Edit
              BELOHORSKÁ Irena
              BEŇOVÁ Monika
              DUKA-ZÓLYOMI Árpád
              GAĽA Milan
              HUDACKÝ Ján
              KOTEREC Miloš
              KOZLÍK Sergej
              MAŇKA Vladimír
              MIKOLÁŠIK Miroslav
              PLEŠTINSKÁ Zita
              ŠŤASTNÝ Peter
              ZÁBORSKÁ Anna

                                                  Finland (14 Members)
              HASSI Satu Maijastiina
              ITÄLÄ Ville
              JÄÄTTEENMÄKI Anneli
              KAUPPI Piia-Noora
              KORHOLA Eija-Riitta Anneli
              LAX Henrik
              LEHTINEN Lasse Antero
              MYLLER Riitta
              PAASILINNA Reino
              SEPPÄNEN Esko Olavi
              STUBB Alexander
              TAKKULA Hannu
              VÄYRYNEN Paavo
              VIRRANKOSKI Kyösti Tapio
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                                               Sweden (19 Members)

            ANDERSSON Jan
            CARLSHAMRE Maria
            CEDERSCHIÖLD Charlotte
            EK Lena
            FJELLNER Christofer
            GOUDIN Hélène
            HEDH Anna
            HEDKVIST PETERSEN Ewa
            HÖKMARK Gunnar
            IBRISAGIC Anna
            LUNDGREN Nils
            MALMSTRÖM Cecilia
            SCHLYTER Carl
            SEGELSTRÖM Inger
            SJÖSTEDT Jonas
            SVENSSON Eva-Britt
            WESTLUND Åsa
            WIJKMAN Anders
            WOHLIN Lars

                                          United Kingdom (78 Members)

            ALLISTER James Hugh
            ASHWORTH Richard James
            ATKINS Robert
            ATTWOOLL Elspeth
            BATTEN Gerard Joseph
            BEAZLEY Christopher J.P.
            BLOOM Godfrey William
            BOOTH Graham H.
            BOWIS John
            BRADBOURN Philip Charles
            BUSHILL-MATTHEWS Philip
            CALLANAN Martin
            CASHMAN Michael
            CHICHESTER Giles Bryan
            CLARK Derek Roland
            CORBETT Richard
            DAVIES Chris
            de BRÚN Bairbre
            DEVA Nirj
            DOVER Den
            DUFF Andrew Nicholas
            ELLES James E.M.
            EVANS Jillian
            EVANS Jonathan
            EVANS Robert J.E.
            FARAGE Nigel Paul
            FORD Glyn
            GILL Neena
            HALL Fiona Jane
            HANNAN Daniel J.
            HARBOUR Malcolm
            HEATON-HARRIS Christopher
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              HELMER Roger
              HONEYBALL Mary
              HOWITT Richard
              HUDGHTON Ian Stewart
              HUGHES Stephen
              HUHNE Christopher
              JACKSON Caroline F.
              KARIM Sajjad Haider
              KILROY-SILK Robert
              KINNOCK Glenys
              KIRKHOPE Timothy
              KNAPMAN Roger Maurice
              LAMBERT Jean Denise
              LUCAS Caroline
              LUDFORD Sarah
              LYNNE Elizabeth
              McAVAN Linda
              McCARTHY Arlene
              McMILLAN-SCOTT Edward H.C.
              MARTIN David W.
              MORAES Claude
              MORGAN Eluned
              MOTE Ashley
              NATTRASS Michael
              NEWTON DUNN Bill
              NICHOLSON James
              NICHOLSON OF WINTERBOURNE Emma
              PARISH Neil
              PURVIS John
              SKINNER Peter William
              SMITH Alyn Edward
              STEVENSON Struan
              STIHLER Catherine
              STURDY Robert William
              SUMBERG David
              TANNOCK Charles
              TITFORD Jeffrey William
              TITLEY Gary
              VAN ORDEN Geoffrey
              VILLIERS Theresa
              WALLIS Diana
              WATSON Graham R.
              WHITEHEAD Phillip
              WHITTAKER John
              WISE Thomas Harold
              WYNN Terence
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                                                              ANNEX II

                                                     Summary of disputes referred

            Disputes referred:

            Elias NIKOLOPOULOS, Greek, on behalf of the DI.K.KI Party complains that the party was excluded from
            the recent elections to the European Parliament in Greece. Specifically, the party's list of candidates was
            rejected by the First Civil Chamber of the Greek Court of Cassation for failure to meet the requirements of
            Greek law concerning the legitimisation of persons presenting lists.

            As the dispute concerns a breach of national provisions, it should be deemed inadmissible pursuant to
            Article 12 of the 1976 Act.

            Mr Christopher SCIBERRAS, Maltese, who stood as a candidate in the elections, complains of alleged
            irregularities in the European Parliament elections in Malta. He complains in particular of the difference in
            the treatment accorded to small and large parties as regards provision of information on amendments to
            legislation on the ceilings for election expenses for individual candidates and the impossibility of securing
            access on equal terms to radio and television broadcasting slots. His complaint to the Maltese Electoral
            Commission regarding this matter has been rejected.

            As the dispute concerns matters relating to breaches of national provisions and not of the provisions of the
            1976 Act, it should be considered inadmissible pursuant to Article 12 of the 1976 Act.

            Mr Juan Pedro PÉREZ BARRERA, Spanish, objects to the election of a Spanish Member of Parliament.
            The facts of the case in no way concern the provisions of the 1976 Act and the dispute should therefore be
            deemed inadmissible pursuant to Article 12 thereof.

            Mr Stanislav PECKA, Czech, who stood as a candidate in the elections, complains about the deficient law
            on elections to the European Parliament, other electoral laws and the law on elections to the Czech Senate.

            As the dispute concerns matters relating to breaches of national provisions and not of the provisions of the
            1976 Act, it should be considered inadmissible pursuant to Article 12 of the 1976 Act.

            Mr Friedrich Wilhelm MERCK, German, chairman of the Commission of European Federalists for the
            European Constitution, is objecting to the election of Members of the European Parliament in the Federal
            Republic of Germany on the Greens list (Die Grünen). He complains that the Green list has infringed
            Article 1(3) of the 1976 Act, and in particular the principle of direct universal suffrage. The list provides
            for alternation between female candidates (in the odd number positions) and male candidates (in the even
            number positions) thereby giving the former an advantage over the latter. The division of the two sexes into
            quotas is not based on the principle of equality since, while male candidates could under no circumstances
            secure an odd number position on the list, female candidates would still be able to secure the even number
            positions reserved for male candidates.

            It should be noted in this respect that the principle of universal suffrage does not appear to be restricted in
            any way. That principle concerns the right of all Union citizens to vote and stand in elections without
            discrimination. In the case in point, the rules adopted by a political party or even a free association of
            citizens to compile a list for elections to the European Parliament involving procedures designed to ensure
            a fair balance between male and female candidates in no way undermines the universality of the right to
            vote, since citizens of the Union and the Member State may submit several lists before the poll and subse-
            quently choose one of those submitted, regardless of criteria regarding gender balance or the ranking of
            male and female candidates.

            Furthermore, the measures actually taken to secure a balance between the sexes on the electoral list are fully
            in line with the principle of equal opportunities widely accepted by the Member States and set forth in
            Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Far from being a merely formal
            provision, this principle authorises and indeed seeks to promote the adoption of measures to accord specific
            advantages to the under-represented sex. There is no doubt that, as the European Parliament has repeatedly
            pointed out, the percentage of female Members of Parliament is still well below half of the total number.
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              Accordingly, the dispute should be considered unfounded pursuant to Article 12 of the 1976 Act.

              Mr Tadeus ANDZEJEVSKI, Lithuanian, candidate in the elections, objects to the way in which the Euro-
              pean Parliament seats have been allocated in Lithuania. He complains in particular that the list “Together we
              are strong”, representing a coalition of regional parties of the Polish and Russian minorities, was not allo-
              cated a single seat, despite exceeding the 5 % threshold for the allocation of seats laid down by Lithuanian
              electoral law, whereas Lithuania's 13 seats were divided up among six other lists. He maintains that the
              allocation of seats made by the Central Electoral Commission was in breach of Article 3 of the 1976 Act
              according to which, “Member States may set a minimum threshold for the allocation of seats. At national
              level this threshold may not exceed 5 % of votes cast”.

              In addition to Article 3, it should be pointed out that Article 1(1) of the Act stipulates that the election,
              using the list system or the single transferable vote, must be based on proportional representation. This is
              binding as regards the Member States laws, although they may introduce a minimum threshold for the
              allocation of seats (up to 5 % of the votes cast at national level) in order to avoid fragmentation of the
              electorate. However, it does not seem possible to interpret Article 3 of the Act as meaning that any list
              which exceeds the 5 % threshold should be automatically allocated at least one seat, since in the case of
              Member States with a small number of seats (fewer than 20, as is the case for Lithuania), the mere fact of
              exceeding the minimum threshold does not imply, for simple arithmetical reasons, the automatic obtaining
              of a seat.

              In the final analysis and in the light of the documentation submitted, the complaint cannot be seen as
              justified and there are no grounds for not validating the mandate of the Members whose election has been
              notified by Lithuania.

              The dispute should therefore be considered unfounded pursuant to Article 12 of the 1976 Act.

              P6_TA(2004)0095

              Framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences (Euro-
              pass) ***II

              European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a decision
              of the European Parliament and of the Council on a single Community framework for the transpa-
              rency of qualifications and competences (Europass) (12242/1/2004 — C6-0158/2004 — 2003/0307
                                                            (COD))

              (Codecision procedure: second reading)

              The European Parliament,

              — having regard to the Council common position (12242/1/2004 — C6-0158/2004),

              — having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
                Council (COM(2003)0796) (2),

              — having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

              — having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

              — having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Culture and Education
                (A6-0056/2004),

              (1) Texts Adopted, 22.4.2004, P5_TA(2004)0362.
              (2) Not yet published in OJ.