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Jeg henleder opmærksomheden på, at der til denne politik er afsat et særligt beløb på 1 150 mio ECU i form af støtte for de fem anvendelsesår for den første finansprotokol under Lomé IV, et beløb, der eventuelt kan forhøjes med en begrænset del af de programmerbare midler, der ikke skal tildeles sektorer, der modtager fællesskabsstøtte.
In the scope of its general powers of administering the convention on behalf of the Community and the Member States, it is for the Commission to implement this new aspect of ACP-EEC cooperation. The resolution on structural adjustment, which is the basis of your question, adopted by the Development Council on 4 May, sets out the priorities of the policy which the Community will try to follow in this matter over the next few years and lays down the Commission's mandate in this field.
Inden for rammerne af Kommissionens generelle beføjelser til at forvalte konventionen på Fællesskabets og medlemsstaternes vegne henhører det under denne institution at gennemføre dette nye aspekt ved AVS-EØF-samarbejdet.
This resolution underlines the need for close coordination between beneficiary and donor countries, particularly the international financial institutions which have a major rôle in this matter. The object of this coordination is to ensure that our actions are consistent and that they complement one another.
Den resolution vedrørende strukturelle tilpasningsprogrammer, som Rådet (udvikling) vedtog den 4. maj, viser hovedlinjerne i den politik, som Fællesskabet agter at følge på dette område i de kommende år, og den er grundlaget for Kommissionens handlingsmandat.
Naturally it is not a case of opening up courses parallel to those pursued by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund, but neither is it a case of the Community's subjecting its actions and financing to decisions reached without its active participation.
Martins. — (PT) Med al respekt for Deres interesse for dette spørgsmål skal jeg gøre opmærksom på, at der jo i dag her i salen har fundet en omfattende debat sted om resultatet af folkeafstemningen i Danmark.
MARTINS. — (PT) I fully appreciate the honourable Member's concern, but this very day in the European Parliament there has been an important debate, as the honourable Member is well aware, on the result of the Danish referendum.
Jeg havde selv den ære at deltage heri.
I myself was privileged to take part in the debate.
Efter min mening peger konklusionerne af debatten på, at det nok er vigtigt at markere en politisk retning for Traktaten om Den Europæiske Union, men at det ligeledes er vigtigt at undgå spekulationer, der eventuelt vil kunne skade den naturlige proces hen imod løsninger på sådanne situationer, som der nu er skabt med resultatet af folkeafstem ningen i Danmark.
May I say that I think the conclusions drawn from that debate indicate that it is important to mark out a political course for the treaty of European union but to avoid speculations which may in some way jeopardize the natural development of solutions for such cases as this, namely the situation created by the result of the referendum in Denmark.
Patterson (PPE). — (EN) Jeg vil være meget tak nemlig, hvis rådsformanden kan bekræfte, at hvor dan situationen under Maastricht end er, har Det Forenede Kongerige ikke stillet sig uden for det sociale handlingsprogram, men her fuldt ud deltaget i alle drøftelserne om de kommende direktiver og lovgivningen og har tilsluttet sig en stor del af det.
PATTERSON (PPE). — I would be very grateful if the President-in-Office of the Council could confirm that whatever the position under Maastricht, the United King dom has not opted out of the social action programme, has participated fully in all discussions on the directives and legislation coming forward and has agreed with a large proportion of it.
Jeg vil håbe, rådsformanden kan bekræfte dette til belæring af hr. Ford og hr. McMahon.
I would hope that the President-in-Office of the Council could confirm that for the edification of Mr Ford and Mr McMahon.
Denne resolution understreger nødvendigheden af en snæver koordinering mellem modtager- og donorlande og ganske særligt med de internationale finansielle institutioner, der spiller en fremtrædende rolle på dette felt.
The Council thinks that at the most appropriate time the Community and the Member States must take the necessary initiatives for coordination, in particular with the Bretton Woods institutions, in order to maintain continuity and consistency in the framework of the agreed adjustment.
Formålet med en sådan koordinering er at sikre, at interventionerne er sammenhængende og supplerer hinanden indbyrdes.
The majority of the matters featuring in this Council resolution were included also in a resolution adopted by the recent ACP-EEC Council of Ministers held in Jamaica.
Der er selvfølgelig ikke tale om at etablere et parallelt forløb i forhold til den vej, der følges af Verdensbanken og Den Internationale Valutafond, men der er heller ikke tale om, at Fællesskabet indordner sine aktioner og finansieringer under beslutninger, som det ikke har deltaget i.
In addition this resolution recognizes that in the past certain stabilization programmes aimed at re-establishing an external balance had, in the medium term, a negative impact on economic growth and on people's situation in
I Rådets resolution præciseres det i øvrigt, at Kom missionen inden for rammerne af dette nødvendige samarbejde sikrer, at de strukturelle tilpasningsprogrammer integrerer de grundlæggende elementer i den strategi, der er fastsat i konventionen.
general. This resolution urges the Community and its Member States to use all their influence with the international financial institutions so that they may take account of the social dimension of adjustment.
Den omtalte resolution kommer desuden ind på det ømtålelige spørgsmål om samspillet mellem demokratiseringsprocesser og reformer gennemført som led i en strukturel tilpasningsproces.
That is what the Council can say in answer to the honourable Member's question.
Woodsinstitutionerne har det sidste ord med hen syn til de strukturelle tilpasningsprogrammer, der er under gennemførelse.
I should like to stress the political importance which the Council attaches to this joint ACP-EEC resolution on structural adjustment.
Jeg tror, det er selvmodsigende. Formanden har også allerede sagt, at der ikke må være tale om parallelitet i Kommissionens handlinger i forhold til Bretton-Woods-institutio-nerne.
SIMONS (S). — (DE) Mr President of the Council, with your permission, I should like to put this supplementary question: the European Community is adopting associated measures in connection with structural adjustment measures on the part of the Bretton Woods institutions with regard not only to the ACP states but also to Maghreb states and Mashreq states for example and to a certain extent to other countries.
Jeg udleder også af hans svar, at det egentlig er meget kompliceret, og at der måske undertiden kan være tale om en dobbeltrolle.
They are being looked after by Directorate General I. Is it correct that at the Development Council on 4 May only the officials of Directorate General VIII for the ACP states were present and that this was criticized by the Council?
Det sidste er egentlig mit spørgsmål, og er De desuden også rede til at udforme denne undersøgelse noget bredere?
Do you share my view that the European Community must apply uniform procedures in its social measures, which are socially and politically more acceptable than what the Bretton Woods institutions are doing on their own?
Martins. — (PT) Jeg mener at have forstået det ærede medlems tillægsspørgsmål.
MARTINS. — (PT) As regards the Community's external relations, there are certain joint approaches, across the board.
Rådet er af den opfattelse, at Fællesskabet og dets medlemsstater til sin tid bør tage de nødvendige initiativer til koordinering med især Bretton Woodsinstitutionerne for at bevare kontinuiteten og sam menhængen i strukturtilpasningspolitikken.
These differences result above all from the specific characteristics of these regions, from the tradition of the relationship and it is therefore hard to foresee any trend towards standardizing the Community's external relations.
Indledningsvis vil jeg gerne påpege, at der er tale om at betræde nye samarbejdsveje, idet samarbejdet går ud over de traditionelle rammer for finansiel bistand og handelsindrømmelser og bevæger sig ind i en ny fase, karakteriseret ved Fællesskabets deltagelse i de strukturelle tilpasningsprocesser i modtagerlandene.
VAN PUTTEN (S). — (NL) Let me say first that I am very grateful to the President of the Council for what I must stress was a very extensive reply, but I still have a problem and should therefore like to put a supplementary question.
Denne nye form for samarbejde skal tage udgangspunkt i modtagerstaternes initiativer.
The President says a great deal about how the mandate came about, what subjects form its basis and what the Commission's position will be as regards coordination with the Lomé structural adjustment pro gramme.
Det er ikke Fællesskabet, der skal gennemtvinge strukturtilpasninger.
I shall not repeat that, you gave a long account of it.
Det Europæiske Fællesskab bør deltage i samarbejdsaktioner for at omsætte modtagerlandenes initiativer vedrørende strukturtilpasning i praksis. sis.
But I am still wanting to know whether the Council is ready to make a fresh examination in accordance with Parliament's Melandri report for a much more extensive Commission rôle in this, to operate in this broad field of structural adjustment.
Størstedelen af de elementer, der er indeholdt i Rådets resolution, overtoges i en resolution vedtaget på det seneste AVS-EØF-Ministerråd i Jamaica.
Because I cannot help feeling that a compromise has now been reached in which we can clearly hear the voice of those countries which think that the Bretton Woods institutions have the final say over structural adjustment programmes which are being implemented.
I denne resolution erkendes det i øvrigt, at visse tidligere stabiliseringsprogrammer, der havde til for mål at genbalancere udenrigshandelsbalancen på mellemlang sigt, havde en negativ indvirkning på landenes økonomiske vækst og befolkningernes situation.
I think there is a contradiction there. The President also said that there must be no parallelism in the Commission's activities as regards the Bretton Woods institutions.
I den omtalte resolution opfordres Fælles skabets og dets medlemsstater til at gøre sin indflydelse gældende i de internationale finansielle institutioner for at få disse til at tage hensyn til struktur tilpasningens sociale dimension.
I also gather from his reply that things are actually very complicated and that there may perhaps be some duplication. That is actually my question, but also whether you are ready to carry out this examination on a rather broader basis.
Jeg vil gerne understrege, at Rådet tillægger den fælles AVS-EØF-resolution vedrørende strukturtilpasning stor politisk betydning.
PRESIDENT. — As the author is not present, Question No 9 will be answered in writing. (')
Men en sådan konvergens må nødvendigvis etableres, og eftersom Det Europæiske Fællesskab ikke er medlem af hverken Ver densbanken eller Den Internationale Valutafond, må dette især ske gennem modtagerlandene og de af disse forelagte programmer, således at der etableres konvergens mellem Fællesskabets og de internationale finansielle organisationers aktioner, når de bringes i anvendelse i modtagerlandet.
In view of the fact that nine out of twelve Member States have been taken to the Court of Justice over failure to properly implement the Drinking Water Directive and the number of threats to the Community's water supply from pollution through pesticides and industrial waste plus sea water intrusion:
Dette var, hvad Rådet er i stand til at svare på det ærede medlems spørgsmål.
Does the Council have any suggestion as to how to ensure better implementation of the Drinking Water Directive?
van Putten (S). — (NL) Lad mig allerførst sige, at jeg takker rådsformanden hjerteligt for hans meget omfattende svar, det må jeg understrege, men jeg har alligevel et problem, og jeg vil derfor gerne stille et tillægsspørgsmål.
First I would say that this is a matter of opening up a new avenue of cooperation intended to go beyond the traditional framework of financial aid and commercial con cessions, for a new stage of Community involvement in the processes of structural adjustment of the countries benefiting from this cooperation.
Han går nemlig i høj grad ind på, hvordan dette mandat er kommet i stand, hvilke spørgsmål der i det hele taget ligger til grund, og hvad Kommissionens holdning vil være med hensyn til koordinering af Lomés strukturelle tilpasningsprogrammer.
This new stage is to operate on the basis of initiatives taken by the states in question.
Jeg skal ikke gentage det, De har talt udførligt herom.
It is not for the European Community to impose structural adjustments.
Men jeg savner svar på mit spørgsmål om, hvorvidt Rådet er rede til at iværksætte en ny undersøgelse i overensstemmelse med Parlamentets Melandri-betænkning med henblik på at lade Kommissionen spille en langt mere omfattende rolle, hvad angår strukturel tilpasning.
The Community is to collaborate with cooperation programmes to put into practice the structural adjustment initiatives of the beneficiary countries. tries.
For jeg kan ikke lade være med at mene, at der nu er indgået et kompromis, der også tydeligt tilkendegiver holdningen i de lande, der mener, at Bretton-
When does the Council propose to make a decision on the site of the much needed European Environment Agency?
Simons (S). — (DE) Hr. rådsformand, mit tillægsspørgsmål er med Deres tilladelse følgende: Det Europæiske Fællesskab træffer jo ledsageforanstaltninger til de strukturelle tilpasningsforanstaltninger, der iværksættes fra Bretton-Woods-institutionernes side — ikke blot over for AVS-staterne, men f.eks. også over for Maghreb-staterne, Machrek-staterne og for en bestemt dels vedkommende også andet steds.
MARTINS, President-in-Office of the Council. — (PT) The first part of the honourable Member's question falls within the more general context of the growing concern about the application of environmental legislation.
De forvaltes af Generaldirektorat I. Er det korrekt, at det kun var tjenestemænd fra Generaldirektorat VIII for AVS-staterne, der var til stede på samlingen i Rådet (udviklingssamarbejde) den 4. maj, og at dette blev påtalt af Rådet?
The Council devotes special attention to this subject, as it has already stressed in its resolution of 19 October 1987 on the fourth Community action programme on the environment. ment.
Simons trollen med dets gennemførelse, som indeholder en række forslag af navnlig institutionel karakter.
Given that, in the framework of the NOW Initiative, Member States have submitted a very large number of applications, in excess of the very limited budget available, does the Council intend to increase appropriations, as in the case of the HORIZON Initiative?
delse med sine sociale foranstaltninger, der på det sociale og politiske plan er mere acceptable end det, som Bretton­Woods­institutionerne alene gør, skal følge ensartede procedurer?
More recently, in December 1991, the Council debated this subject, on which proposals from the Commission are shortly to be expected.
For så vidt angår gennemførelsen af den mere specifikke lovgivning, der er nævnt i det ærede medlems spørgsmål, nemlig lovgivningen vedrørende drikkevand, har Rådet den 23. december 1991 ved­taget direktiv 91/692/EØF om standardisering og rationalisering af rapporterne om gennemførelsen af en række miljødirektiver, som dækker visse lakuner vedrørende dette punkt i tidligere direktiver om overfladevand og drikkevand.
As regards application of the more specific legislation to which the honourable Member's question refers, namely the legislation on water for human consumption, on 23 December last the Council adopted Directive 91/692/ EEC on standardizing and rationalizing reports on the implementation of certain directives on the environment which, on this point, makes good some points omitted from previous directives about surface water and water intended for human consumption.
Rådet mener i øvrigt at vide, at Kommissionen i nær fremtid vil forelægge det et direktivforslag om den økologiske kvalitet af overfladevand i almindelig­ ■ hed.
Moreover, the Council believes that the Commission will shortly be presenting it with a proposal for a directive on the ecological quality of surface water in general.
Martins. — (PT) Fru Simons, for så vidt angår Fællesskabets forbindelser med tredjelande, findes der en række horisontale fælles retningslinjer.
MARTINS, President-in-Office of the Council. — (PT) The Council has noted the honourable Member's oral question on Community initiatives based on Article 11 of Council Regulation No 4253/88.
Jeg henleder i den forbindelse opmærksomheden på menneskerettighedspørgsmålet, der er et princip, der horisontalt indgår i alle Det Europæiske Fællesskabs forbindelser med tredjelande.
I should like to remind her that these are two Community initiatives which come under the aegis of the Commission of the European Communities.
Det må på den anden side heller ikke glemmes, at der med fuldt overlæg er fastsat forskelligartede retningslinjer for forbindel­serne med tredjelande afhængigt af, hvilke regioner det drejer sig om.
Once the budget is approved by the budgetary authority it is for the Commission to ensure that the budgetary resources are implemented for the pro grammes which it is to initiate.
Fællesskabets forbindelser med Middelhavsområdet, med Maghreb­landene, er ikke identiske med forbindelserne med AVS­landene under Lomé­konventionen eller med landene i Latin­amerika.
These two actual pro grammes cited fall within the ambit of the structural funds, in the part which is under the direct administration and the direct initiative of the Commission and not of the Council or of the Member States.
Disse forskelle skyldes især regionernes særegenskaber, og det kan derfor dårligt tænkes, at tendensen går i retning af en ensartetgørelse af Det Europæiske Fællesskabs forbindelser med tredje­lande.
In any case, as regards the Council, the honourable Member may rest assured that I shall take a careful note of the concerns she has voiced.
For så vidt angår den anden del af det ærede medlems spørgsmål, er Rådet sig fuldt bevidst, at Det Europæiske Miljøagentur er af stor betydning, og at dets hjemsted bør fastlægges snarest.
As regards the second part of the honourable Member's question, the Council fully recognizes the need for the European Environment Agency and the urgent need to decide upon its seat.
For­mandskabet vil gøre sit yderste for at tilvejebringe de betingelser, der vil gøre det muligt at nå til hurtig enighed om hjemstedet for dette nye fællesskabsor­gan.
The Presidency, for its part, intends to spare no efforts to make it possible to reach early agreement on the seat of this new Community body.
Som det vil være det ærede medlem bekendt, er spørgsmålet om Det Europæiske Miljøagenturs hjemsted blevet knyttet sammen med hele problema­tikken vedrørende hjemstedet for alle Fællesskabets institutioner.
As the honourable Member knows, moreover, this subject of the seat of the European Environment Agency is bound up with the whole problem of the seats of Community institutions and bodies.
Jeg kan imidlertid forsikre Dem om, fru Pollack, at formandskabet er indstillet på at gøre alt, hvad det kan for at bidrage positivt til løsningen af dette problem.
I can assure the honourable Member that the Presidency is committed to helping to solve this problem.
Har Rådet i betragtning af de sager, der er rejst ved Domstolen mod ni af de tolv medlemsstater for manglende gennemførelse af direktivet om kvaliteten af drikkevand, og de mange trusler mod vandforsyningen i EF fra forurening med pesticider, industrispildevand og indtrængende havvand nogen ideer til, hvordan drikkevandsdirektivets gennem­førelse bedre kan sikres?
BELO (S). — (PT) I should like to ask the President-in-Office of the Council on the one hand whether he is aware of the statement drawn up by the women of Finland, Sweden and Norway, following the Danish referendum, setting out their views and expressing certain reservations which Nordic women have with regard to joining the European Community for fear of losing rights they now enjoy.
Hvornår har Rådet til hensigt at træffe afgørelse om place­ringen af det stærkt nødvendige Europæiske Miljøagentur?
My second question is whether he knows that many women, some of them from Portugal, fall outside the NOW programme owing to the failure to double the resources of that programme which I think, in spite of everything, and notwithstanding the Commission's initiative, are certainly dependent on Council approval.
Martins, formand for Rådet. — (PT) Den første del af det ærede medlems spørgsmål skal ses som et led i en bredere sammenhæng, nemlig den tiltagende inte­resse for overholdelse og anvendelse af miljølovgiv­ningen.
MARTINS. — (PT) I have in fact no information about the honourable Member's first point. As regards the second, it is indeed true that in the sphere of budgetary approvals the Council has a say, like Parliament.
Rådet lægger særlig stor vægt på dette spørgsmål, således som det har understreget i sin resolution af 19. oktober 1987 om EF's fjerde hand­lingsprogram på miljøområdet.
And similarly the various institutions, the Commission, Parliament and the Council have a say in budgetary pro grammes for the future. In any case I would point out that for the period 1990-1993 an item of ECU 120 m was allocated for the NOW programme, and ECU 180 m for the HORIZON programme.
Pollack (S). — (EN) Jeg takker rådsformanden for hans svar.
POLLACK (S). — I thank the President-in-Office of the Council for his reply.
Jeg tror, han meget omhyggeligt har overvejet de spørgsmål, jeg har stillet ham.
I think he has considered very carefully the questions I have put to him.
Men jeg vil gerne spørge, om rådsformanden er klar over, at det faktisk for øjeblikket ikke kræves af landene, at de skal fremkomme med data, der viser, at de retter sig efter drikkevandsdirektivet, og om vurderinger som følge af klager fra privatpersoner?
But I want to ask whether the President-in-Office is aware that countries are not actually required at the moment to provide data to show that they are complying with the drinking water directive and any judgments resulting from private complaints.
Problemet er, at der ikke findes nogen data om det europæiske vands renhed på europæisk plan.
The problem is that no data exists on the cleanliness of European water at the European level.
Dette fører mig til den skrigende mangel på det miljøagentur, vi har så hårdt brug for.
This leads me to the glaring absence of the environment agency which we so badly need.
Er rådsformanden enig i, at en beslutning om Miljøagenturets hjemsted vil mulig­gøre den effektive gennemførelse i hele Fællesskabet af drikkevandsdirektivet, idet det erindres, at dette land kun er et af de tre for øjeblikket, der ikke er rejst sag imod?
Would the President-in-Office agree that a decision on the seat of the environment agency would make for the efficient implementation across the Community of the drinking water directive, bearing in mind that his country is only one of three at the moment that have escaped prosecution?
Vil han forsikre forsamlingen om, at han ikke i al evighed vil bruge Europa­Parlamentets tilstedeværelse i Strasbourg som et handelsobjekt, når der skal træffes beslutning om Miljøagenturets hjemsted?
Will he assure the House that he will not use the presence of the European Parliament in Strasbourg for ever as a bargaining point in a decision on the seat of the environment agency?