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

15.9.2005       EN                              Official Journal of the European Union                                       C 226 E/51
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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 con-
               cerning 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 Sept-
               ember 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 examin-
            ation 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 incom-
            patibility, 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 examin-
            ation 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 incom-
            patibility, 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 sub-
          sequently 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 trans-
            parency 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.