CELEX: 52004DP0247
Language: en
Date: 2004-04-01 00:00:00
Title: European Parliament decision approving the Commission in its new form

C 103 E/762                                      Official Journal of the European Union                           EN   29.4.2004
Thursday 1 April 2004
                                                         TEXTS ADOPTED
            P5_TA(2004)0247
            Approval of the Commission in its new form
                           European Parliament decision approving the Commission in its new form
            The European Parliament,
                having regard to Article 214(2), third subparagraph, and Article 215 of the EC Treaty,
                having regard to Rule 33(4) of its Rules of Procedure,
                having regard to the resignation of Mrs Anna Diamantopoulou as a Member of the Commission,
                 tendered on 10 March 2004,
                having regard to the appointment by the Government of the Hellenic Republic on 12 March 2004 of
                 Mr Stavros Dimas as a Member of the Commission (1210/B/1975),
                having regard to the hearing of the Commissioner-designate by the parliamentary committees respon-
                 sible,
            A. whereas the Commission should undertake to fully respect the spirit of fair interinstitutional coop-
                 eration and to avoid giving any impression of anticipating Parliament’s approval of the Commission in
                 its new form,
            1.     Approves the Commission in its new form for the remainder of its term of office until 31 October
            2004;
            2.     Instructs its President to forward this decision to the governments of the Member States.
            P5_TA(2004)0248
            Draft amending budget 4/2004
            European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 4 of the European Union for the
            financial year 2004  Revision of the Staff Regulations (7683/2004  C5-0165/2004  2004/
                                                               2022(BUD))
            The European Parliament,
                having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty,
                having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial
                 Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1) and in particular Arti-
                 cles 37 and 38 thereof,
                having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004, as finally
                 adopted on 18 December 2003 (2),
                having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament,
                 the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary pro-
                 cedure (3),
            (1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.
            (2) OJ L 53, 23.2.2004.
            (3) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement as amended by Decision 2003/429/EC (OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 25).