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text: C 138/136 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF THURSDAY 2 APRIL 1998 (98/C 138/04) PART I Proceedings of the sitting IN THE CHAIR: Mr MARINHO Vice-President (The sitting opened at 10 a. m. ) 1. Approval of Minutes The following spoke: › Mr von Habsburg, on the verbatim report of proceedings; › Mr Ford, on Mr von Habsburg(cid:146)s remarks; › Mr Kerr, who pointed out that he was a member of the V Group, not the PSE Group, as mistakenly indicated in (cid:145)Session News(cid:146); › Mrs Lindholm, who referred to her remarks concerning the Schaffner report (A4-0108/98) (most recently see Part I, before Item 6) and asked for the deadline for tabling amendments to this report to be extended until the High-Level Panel(cid:146)s report had been translated (the President reminded her that the vote on this report had been postponed; the deadline for tabling amendments would be extended). The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved. 2. Documents received The President had received from Members: (a) motions for resolutions (Rule 45) › Ferna·ndez-Albor on the European Water Council (B4- 0280/98) referred to responsible: ENVI › David W. Martin on efforts by the animal welfare organisation People Against Chimpanzee Experiments (PACE) to prevent 144 (cid:145)Astro-chimps(cid:146) from being used for cosmetic and other experiments in the USA (B4-0281/98) referred to responsible: ENVI (b) proposal for a recommendation to the Council (Rule 46): A· lvarez, Go¤rlach, Gro¤ner, Kindermann, Kuckelkorn, Lalu- mie‘re, Lange, Linkohr, Marset Campos, Newens, Piecyk, Rehder, Rothe, Sakellariou, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Schmid, Schulz, Simpson, Theorin, Truscott, Weiler and Wemheuer on the Mediterranean policy of the Union (B4-0282/98) referred to responsible: FASE 3. Transfer of appropriations The Committee on Budgets had considered the request for carryover of appropriations (SEC(98)0282 › C4-0118/98), submitted by the Commission in accordance with the provi- sions of Article 7 of the Financial Regulation concerning Section I › Parliament. The Committee on Budgets had authorized the carryover. 4. Amendment of Rules of Procedure (new Rule 44a) (debate) The next item was the report by Mr Crowley, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities, on insertion of a new Rule 44a on other reports and the annual reports of other institutions in Parliament(cid:146)s Rules of Procedure (A4-0054/98). The following spoke: Mr Ford, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Brendan P. Donnelly, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Wijsenbeek, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Wibe, Mr Corbett and Mr Crowley who introduced his report. The President closed the debate. Vote: Item 8. 5. Amendment of Rules of Procedure (Rule 141) (debate) Mr Dell(cid:146)Alba introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities, on amending Rule 141 on sub- committees (A4-0111/98). The following spoke: Mr Ford, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Brendan P. Donnelly, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Evans, Mr Wibe and Mr Dell(cid:146)Alba, rapporteur. The President closed the debate. › Spencer, Andre·-Le·onard, Bertens, Cabezo·n Alonso, Car- nero Gonza·lez, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Gebhardt, Glante, Gonza·lez Vote: Item 9. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/137 Thursday 2 April 1998 6. High-Level Panel on free movement of per- IN THE CHAIR: Mr GIL-ROBLES GIL-DELGADO sons (debate) President Mrs Schaffner introduced her report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, on the report of the High-Level Panel on the free movement of persons chaired by Mrs Simone Veil (C4-0181/97) (A4- 0108/98). The following spoke: Mrs Thors, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Mr Schiedermeier, deputizing for Mrs Glase, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Mrs Guinebertie‘re, deputizing for Mrs Todini, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Culture, Mr Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Nassauer, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Kaklamanis, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mr Wiebenga, on behalf of the ELDR Group, and Mr Mohamed Al(cid:14)·, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group. IN THE CHAIR: Mr VERDE I ALDEA Vice-President The following spoke: Mrs Lindholm, on behalf of the V Group, Mr Pradier, on behalf of the ARE Group, Mr Berthu, on behalf of the I-EDN Group, Mrs Stirbois, Non-attached Member, Mrs Zimmermann, Mrs Palacio Vallelersundi, Mr Blokland, Mr Cellai, Mrs Van Lancker, Mrs Cederschio¤ld, Mr Elliott, Mrs De Esteban Mart(cid:14)·n and Mrs Gradin, Member of the Commission. The President closed the debate. He announced that the vote would be taken when the High-Level Panel(cid:146)s report was available in all languages. * * * The following spoke: Mr Schulz who, on the basis of Rule 96, and as it was almost voting time with a great deal of coming and going in the Chamber, asked for the debate on the Posselt report not to be opened at that stage and for a protest from the PSE Group to be sent to the Bureau concerning the position given to the Civil Liberties Committee report on the agenda, and Mr Posselt, who agreed with Mr Schulz, complaining at the inclusion of items such as changes to the Rules of Procedures at times when there was extensive media coverage while other items which interested the Press and general public were debated during the night (the President took over Mr Schulz(cid:146)s proposal and proposed to the House that the debate should be postponed to 5 p. m. : the House agreed). 7. Official welcome On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Parliament of Malta, led by Mr Spiteri, who had taken their seats in the official gallery. * * * Mr Chichester thanked the President for ensuring a break before voting time to enable Members to take their seats in the Chamber. VOTING TIME 8. Amendment of Rules of Procedure (new Rule 44a) (vote) Crowley report › A4-0054/98 (Qualified majority) PARLIAMENT(cid:146)S RULES OF PROCEDURE: Amendment adopted: 1 PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION: Parliament adopted the decision (Part II, Item 1). The new provisions would enter into force on the first day of the next part-session. 9. Amendment of Rules of Procedure (Rule 141) (vote) Dell(cid:146)Alba report › A4-0111/98 (Qualified majority) PARLIAMENT(cid:146)S RULES OF PROCEDURE: Amendments adopted: 1 and 2 collectively PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION: The following spoke during the vote: › The rapporteur asked for the new provisions to be applicable from 14 September 1998 to enable the subcommit- tees concerned to adapt their work accordingly. The President established that there was no opposition to this request. Parliament adopted the decision (Part II, Item 2). (The sitting was suspended at 11. 55 a. m. and resumed at 12 noon) The new provisions would enter into force on 14 September 1998. C 138/138 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 10. 1999 budget procedure › Adjustment of Results of RCVs: financial perspective (vote) Reports by Mrs Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop (A4-0103/98), Mr Vio- la (A4-0099/98) and Mrs Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop (A4-0124/98) (Simple majority) (a) A4-0103/98: MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Amendments adopted: 22 (compromise); 1 by EV (250 for, 186 against, 25 abstentions) Amendments rejected: 16; 10; 17; 18; 11; 19; 20; 12; 8 by RCV; 3 by RCV: 4 by RCV; 5; 6 and 7 collectively; 21; 2 Amendments withdrawn: 9; 13; 14; 15 The different parts of the text were adopted in order. The second part of para. 9 and the second part of para. 15 were rejected by EV (191 for, 253 against, 10 abstentions) and (193 for, 216 against, 16 abstentions). The following spoke during the vote: › before the vote Mrs Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, rapporteur, asked for all the language versions to be checked (the President replied that the necessary checks would be made); am. 8 (GUE/NGL): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: am. 3 (I-EDN): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: am. 4 (I-EDN): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: 463 122 339 2 459 81 246 132 463 67 372 24 Parliament adopted the resolution (Part II, Item 3(a)). (b) A4-0099/98: MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Parliament adopted the resolution (Part II, Item 3(b)). › Mr Fabre-Aubrespy on am. 19; (c) A4-0124/98: › before the vote on para. 15, Mr Tillich asked for a split vote on the paragraph, on behalf of the PPE Group; MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION › Mr Brinkhorst, before the vote on am. 1 which he had tabled on behalf of the ELDR Group, asked for the Dutch version of the amendment to be checked (the President replied that necessary checks would be made). Separate votes: recital E; para. 4, 4th indent (V); paras. 17; 21 (I-EDN) Split votes: recital C (V) 1st part: text without the words (cid:145)and should be. second and third pillars(cid:146) 2nd part: these words para. 9 (V, PPE) 1st part: up to (cid:145)thus considered(cid:146) 2nd part: remainder para. 10 (ARE) 1st part: text without the words (cid:145)the 1999 budget. ; believe that(cid:146) 2nd part: these words para. 15 (PPE) 1st part: up to (cid:145)the 1999 budget(cid:146) 2nd part: remainder Parliament adopted the resolution (Part II, Item 3(c)). 11. Aid for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Feder- al Republic of Yugoslavia and former Yugos- lav Republic of Macedonia * (vote) Schwaiger report › A4-0123/98 (Simple majority) PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION COM(98)0018 › C4- 0105/98 › 98/0023(CNS) Amendments adopted: 1 and 4 to 17 collectively Amendments ruled inadmissible: 2; 3; 18 Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended (Part II, Item 4). DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION: Parliament adopted the legislative resolution (Part II, Item 4). The following spoke: Mr Samland, chairman of the Committee on Budgets, Mr Swoboda, Mr Schwaiger, rapporteur, and Mr Spencer, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/139 12. Donated blood * (vote) Cabrol report › A4-0112/98 (Simple majority) PROPOSAL FOR A RECOMMENDATION COM(97)0605 › C4-0027/98 › 97/0315(CNS): Amendments adopted: 1; 2; 4 and 6 collectively; 3; 5; 7; 8; 9, 10, 13, 15, 16 and 19 collectively; 11; 14; 17; 18; 20; 29 (1st part); 23 and 24/rev. collectively; 25 Amendments rejected: 27; 28; 29 (2nd part) by RCV; 21 Amendments not put to the vote: 26 ( included in am. 25); 12, 22 (Rule 125 (1)(e) Thursday 2 April 1998 Annex 5(1) 7th point (V): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: 455 47 389 19 Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended (Part II, Item 5). DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION: Parliament adopted the legislative resolution by RCV(GUE/ NGL): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: 455 389 33 33 The following spoke during the vote: (Part II, Item 5). › the rapporteur on am. 27; › after the announcement that the original text of Annex 2(8) had been adopted by EV (162 for, 160 against, 13 abstentions), Mrs Bloch von Blottnitz asked for the vote to be taken again as the voting machines near her had not worked; Mr Wijsenbeek who supported this request, pointing out that voting machines in his area had not worked either and Mr Langen, who also called for the vote to be taken again as an interpreting problem had made it difficult to understand what exactly was being put to the vote. The President agreed with Mr Langen and decided to take the electronic vote again: the result was 178 for, 239 against, 16 abstentions. Mr De Vries then criticized the confusion surrounding the calling of the votes. › as ams 23 and 24/rev were to be put to the vote, Mr Falconer pointed out that he was present. Separate votes: ams. 1, 3 (PPE, UPE); 5 (ARE); 11 (V); 14 (PPE); 17 (V); 18 (PPE); 20 (UPE) Separate votes on Commission text: Annex 2(7) (ARE) (ap- proved); Annex 2(8) (ARE) (rejected by EV (178 for, 239 against, 16 abstentions)); Annex 5(1), 7th point (V) (ARE, PSE) (rejected by RCV). Split votes: am. 29 (ARE, V): 1st part: up to (cid:145)unsafe sex(cid:146) 2nd part: remainder Results of RCVs: am. 29 (2nd part) (V): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: 451 4 427 20 13. EU-Russia relations (vote) Lalumie‘re report › A4-0060/98 (Simple majority) The following spoke: Mrs Jackson who asked whether there would be any RCVs in this vote (the President replied that as far as he was aware there would not) and Mr Falconer on the implications of the President(cid:146)s answer. MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Amendments adopted: 8 by EV (344 for, 56 against, 10 abstentions); 11 by EV (216 for, 179 against, 3 abstentions); 46; 14 by EV (205 for, 189 against, 4 abstentions); 17; 47; 24; 49; 50; 26; 28; 2 by EV (254 for, 127 against, 6 abstentions); 29; 44 (1st part); 52 (1st part); 31; 33; 34 by EV (194 for, 168 against, 1 abstentions); 3 by EV (196 for, 170 against, 2 abstentions); 60 by EV (227 for, 130 against, 2 abstentions); 36 by EV (218 for, 145 against, 9 abstentions); 4; 5 modified; 6; 41; 62 Amendments rejected: 7; 10; 12 by EV (171 for, 227 against, 3 abstentions); 13; 1 by EV (181 for, 220 against, 4 abstentions); 16; 18; 21 by EV (188 for, 217 against, 4 abstentions); 20; 22; 48 by EV (192 for, 196 against, 5 abstentions); 25 (1st part); 25 (2nd part) by EV (147 for, 235 against, 10 abstentions); 51; 27 by EV (154 for, 229 against, 3 abstentions); 44 (2nd part) by EV (182 for, 195 against, 15 abstentions); 52 (2nd part); 45 modified; 30 by EV (165 for, 200 against, 7 abstentions); 32; 56; 57; 58; 53 by EV (167 for, 179 against, 8 abstentions);59; 35; 54 by EV (180 for, 181 against, 5 abstentions); 37; 55; 42 by EV (169 for, 188 against, 6 abstentions) Amendments fallen: 38; 61 Amendments withdrawn: 9; 15; 23; 40; 45 (only the words in brackets) Amendments cancelled: 19; 39; 43 The different parts of the text were adopted in order. The PPE Group proposed placing para. 26 after para. 18. The proposal was approved by the House. C 138/140 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 The following spoke during the vote: Lalumie‘re report › A4-0060/98 › Mrs Lenz, on behalf of the PPE Group, proposed an oral amendment to am. 5 whereby the words (cid:145)a democratic(cid:146) would be included before (cid:145)Russia(cid:146). The PSE Group, which had tabled the amendment, agreed with the proposal and the President established that there was no opposition to this oral amend- ment being put to the vote. Separate votes: paras. 41; 51 (I-EDN) Split votes: am. 25 (V): 1st part: up to (cid:145)adopted(cid:146) 2nd part: remainder am. 44 (PPE): 1st part: text without the words (cid:145)to secure. civilian purposes(cid:146) 2nd part: these words am. 52 (ARE): 1st part: up to (cid:145)nuclear plant(cid:146) 2nd part: remainder para. 54 (ELDR): 1st part: up to (cid:145)cooperation(cid:146) 2nd part: remainder Parliament adopted the resolution by RCV (PPE): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: (Part II, Item 6). 372 350 9 13 › orally: Posselt, Ojala › in writing: Caudron; Lindqvist; Hulthe·n, Theorin, Ahlq- vist, Wibe, Waidelich, Andersson; Hulthe·n; Ephremidis; Sou- chet, on behalf of the I-EDN Group * * * Corrections to votes › Members present but not voting Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop report (A4-0103/98) › am. 3 had intended to vote for: Grossete(cid:136)te and Bourlanges › am. 4 had intended to vote against: Barton Cabrol report (A4-0112/98) Mr Ru¤big and Mrs Flemming had informed the Chair in writing that they had been present but had not taken part in the vote › am. 29 (2nd part) had intended to vote against: Holm › Annex 5(1), 7th point had intended to vote against: Plooij-van Gorsel › final vote had intended to vote for: Donnay Lalumie‘re report (A4-0060/98) Mr Brendan P. Donnelly had informed the Chair in writing that he had not taken part in the final vote but had been present. * * * END OF VOTING TIME In view of the time, the President decided to postpone the remaining votes to voting time after the topical and urgent debate. Mrs Schleicher complained about the air quality in the Chamber (the President replied that the department responsible would look into the problem) * * * (The sitting was suspended at 1. 35 p. m. and resumed at 3 p. m. ) Explanations of vote were made by the following Members: Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop report › A4-0103/98 › in writing: des Places, on behalf of the I-EDN Group; Berthu; Le Gallou Cabrol report › A4-0112/98 › in writing: Caudron; Hory; Lienemann; Ephremidis; Ahlq- vist, Theorin, Andersson, Hulthe·n; Kirsten M. Jensen, Blak, Sindal, Iversen; Iversen; Eriksson, Krarup, Lindqvist, Gahrton, Holm, Sandb(cid:230)k, Sjo¤stedt, Seppa¤nen, Lindholm, Scho¤rling; Grossete(cid:136)te; Verwaerde IN THE CHAIR: Mr GUTIE· RREZ DI·AZ Vice-President TOPICAL AND URGENT DEBATE The next item was the debate on topical and urgent subjects of major importance (for titles and authors of motions, see Minutes of 31 March 1998, Part I, Item 4). 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/141 Thursday 2 April 1998 14. Forest fires in Latin America and South-East Asia (debate) (The sitting was suspended at 4. 15 p. m. and resumed at 4. 30 p. m. ) The next item was the debate on eight motions for resolutions (B4-0391, 0396, 0404, 0405, 0410, 0415, 0418 and 0421/98). The following introduced the motions for resolutions: Mr Bert- ens, Mr Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Mrs Van Putten, Mr Weber, Mr Habs- burg-Lothringen and Mrs McKenna. The following spoke: Mr Newens, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Amadeo, Non-attached Member, Mr Dell(cid:146)Alba, on behalf of the ARE Group, and Mr Pinheiro, Member of the Commis- sion. The President closed the debate. Vote: Item 16. 15. Human rights (debate) IN THE CHAIR: Mr David W. MARTIN Vice-President Mr Provan criticized the fact that many Members had had to leave Strasbourg as early as 12 noon that day because of the scheduling of flights to London, a situation which, he said, created problems in view of the Bureau(cid:146)s recent decisions concerning participation in roll-call votes; he asked for the Bureau to look into the matter (the President replied firstly that Parliament would continue to put pressure on airlines and the governments concerned to take the appropriate measures and secondly that the matter would be considered by the Bureau when it reviewed its decisions concerning roll-call votes). The next item was the debate on eleven motions for resolutions (B4-0409, 0411, 0412, 0420, 0392, 0401, 0403, 0408, 0417, 0407 and 0423/98). VOTE (Simple majority) Arrest of Dino Frisullo in Turkey The following introduced the motions for resolutions: Mr Vin- ci, Mr Graziani and Mr Tamino. Mr Fassa spoke on behalf of the ELDR Group. 16. Forest fires in Latin America and South-East Asia (vote) Motions for resolutions B4-0391, 0396 and 0404, 0405, 0410, 0415, 0418 and 0421/98 Cameroon The following Mrs Andre·-Le·onard and Mr Scarbonchi. introduced the motions for resolutions: The following spoke: Mr von Habsburg, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Fassa, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, Mr Posselt and Mr Wolf. Death penalty in the United States The following introduced Mr Manisco and Mr Tamino. the motions for resolutions: The following spoke: Mrs Lenz, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Mr Pradier, on behalf of the ARE Group. Mr Pinheiro, Member of the Commission, spoke on the human rights subject as a whole. The President closed the debate. Vote: Item 17. MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0391, 0396 and 0404, 0405, 0410, 0415, 0418 and 0421/98: › joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following Members: Van Putten, Newens, Apolina·rio, on behalf of the PSE Group, Habsburg-Lothringen, Pimenta, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Ney- ra, Valdivielso de Cue·, on behalf of the PPE Group, Azzolini, Pasty, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Baldi, on behalf of the UPE Group, Bertens, Eisma, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Papayannakis, Ainardi, Pettinari, Sor- nosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Sjo¤stedt, Seppa¤nen, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Miran- da, Theonas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, McKenna, Holm, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Kreissl-Do¤rffler, on behalf of the V Group, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Weber, Dupuis, Taubira-Delannon, on behalf of the ARE Group, to replace these motions with a new text: Amendment adopted: 1 by EV (110 for, 78 against, 5 absten- tions) Mr Posselt expressed astonishment at the fact that the Confer- ence of Presidents had decided there was insufficient time in the topical and urgent debate for a subject as important as Kosovo when the debate had ended 20 minutes ahead of schedule (the President noted this point and undertook to refer it to Parliament(cid:146)s appropriate bodies). The different parts of the text were adopted in order. Separate votes: recitals F, G (UPE) Parliament adopted the resolution (Part II, Item 7). C 138/142 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 17. Human rights (vote) Motions for resolutions B4-0409, 0411, 0412, 0420, 0392, 0401, 0403, 0408, 0417, 0407 and 0423/98. Arrest of Dino Frisullo in Turkey Amendment rejected: 1 by EV (102 for, 104 against, 3 absten- tions) The different parts of the text were adopted in order. Parliament adopted the resolution (Part II, Item 8(c)). MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0409, 0411, 0412, 0420/ 98: END OF TOPICAL AND URGENT DEBATE › joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following Members: Vecchi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graziani, on behalf of the PPE Group, La Malfa, Fassa and Bertens, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Vinci, Bertinotti, Pettinari, Manisco, Castellina, Alavanos, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az and Mohamed Ali, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Orlando, Tamino, Ripa di Meana, Aglietta and Roth, on behalf of the V Group, Dell(cid:146)Alba and Dupuis, on behalf of the ARE Group, to replace these motions with a new text: VOTING TIME 18. Democratic accountability in third stage of EMU (vote) Randzio-Plath report › A4-0110/98 (Simple majority) MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Parliament adopted the resolution (Part II, Item 8(a)). Amendments rejected: 9 (1st part); 10; 12; 13; 11; 1; 14; 6; 2; 3; 4; 7; 8; 5 Cameroon MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0392, 0401, 0403, 0408, 0417/98: › joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following Members: Vecchi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Gu¤nther, on behalf of the PPE Group, Van Bladel, Andrews, Baldi, Caccavale, Daskalaki, Azzol- ini, on behalf of the UPE Group, Andre·-Le·onard, Fassa, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Pettinari, Sierra Gonza·lez, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Aelvoet, Telka¤mper, on behalf of the V Group, Hory, Scarbonchi, on behalf of the ARE Group, to replace these motions with a new text: Parliament adopted the resolution (Part II, Item 8(b)). Death penalty in the United States MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B4-0407 and 0423/98: › joint motion for a resolution tabled by the following Members: Apolina·rio, on behalf of the PSE Group, Lenz, on behalf of the PPE Group, Cars, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Manisco, Wurtz, Marset Campos, Miranda, Eriksson, Sierra Gonza·lez, Pailler, Ojala, Ephremidis, Papayannakis, Alavanos, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Aglietta, Orlando, Roth, on behalf of the V Group, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Hory, on behalf of the ARE Group, Andrews, Van Bladel, Caccavale, to replace these motions with a new text: Amendments fallen: 9 (2nd part) The different parts of the text were adopted in order, the second part of para. 5 by EV (149 for, 80 against, 6 abstentions) The following spoke during the vote: before the vote started, the President announced that the rapporteur was proposing to replace, in the French version, the words (cid:145)contro(cid:136)le de·mocratique(cid:146) by (cid:145)responsabilite· de·mocrati- que(cid:146). before the vote on para. 5, the President read out an oral amendment proposed by the rapporteur to replace the words (cid:145)to hold the ECB to account(cid:146) by (cid:145)for the ECB to be answerable to(cid:146). The President established that more than 12 Members opposed this oral amendment. However, in view of the confusion in the Chamber which meant that there was some doubt as to the number of Members who had stood up, he asked Members opposed to the oral amendment to stand up again. Having established once again that more than 12 Members opposed the oral amendment, he said that, under Rule 124(6), he could not put the oral amendment to the vote. Mr von Wogau, chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee, therefore proposed holding a split vote on paragraph 5: 1st part: up to (cid:145)European level(cid:146) 2nd part: rest The following then spoke: › Mrs Green who explained why the rapporteur was absent; › Mr Samland and Mr Wolf, who called for para. 5 to be put to the vote in its original wording; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/143 Thursday 2 April 1998 › Mr Herman, who said that an agreement had been reached in committee on the substance, although the right wording had only been hit upon that morning; he supported Mr von Wogau(cid:146)s proposal as a way out of the difficulty; para. 5 (PPE): 1st part: up to (cid:145)European level(cid:146) 2nd part: remainder Parliament adopted the resolution by RCV (PSE): › Mrs Oomen-Ruijten, who also supported Mr von Wogau(cid:146)s proposal; › Mr Friedrich, who suggested checking whether there were still 12 Members who opposed taking account of the rappor- teur(cid:146)s oral amendment, in which case it would be necessary to fall back on Mr von Wogau(cid:146)s proposal; Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: (Part II, Item 9). 243 208 23 12 › Mr von Wogau, who suggested that Mr Herman should explain exactly the terms of the oral amendment in order to see whether an agreement on the matter might be possible (the President drew his attention to the provisions of Rule 124(6) which were intended to safeguard the rights of minori- ties); 19. Post-SFOR strategy (vote) Daskalaki report › A4-0106/98 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Amendments adopted: 1; 3 (1st part); 3 (2nd part) › Mr Giansily, who said that he was one of those who had stood up because his group had not been informed of the agreement reached on the oral amendment; he asked for information to be circulated among political groups more efficiently in future; Amendment rejected: 2 by EV (103 for, 125 against, 5 absten- tions) The different parts of the text were adopted in order. › Mr Fabre-Aubrespy, who insisted on the need to follow the Rules, protested at the fact that the President had asked Members who were opposed to the oral amendment to stand up a second time and also against what he saw as the pressure put on those who had stood up to change their minds; he also objected to the acceptance of the request for a split vote on para. 5, since such requests had to be made at least one hour before the beginning of the sitting (the President replied that the Rules gave the President a degree of discretion and that he would put para. 5 to a split vote); › Mr Harrison, who asked for the vote to be continued; (The President then held a split vote on para. 5) › Mr Fabre-Aubrespy who formally challenged the pro- cedure followed, arguing that Rule 116(2) did not allow a last-minute change to the deadline to be made (the President replied that it was common practice to do so: there had been a similar case during voting time at noon that day); › Mr Lataillade who pointed out after the vote on am. 14 that his voting machine was not working. Separate vote: title (I-EDN) Split votes: am. 9 (ARE): 1st part: up to (cid:145)monetary policy(cid:146) 2nd part: remainder The following spoke during the vote: › before the vote on am. 1, Mrs Aelvoet asked whether the amendment was an addition or a replacement (the President replied that it was a replacement); Mrs Daskalaki, rapporteur, confirmed this. Separate vote: para. 1(b) (V) Split votes: am. 3 (UPE) 1st part: text without the words (cid:145)to apprehend. mass graves(cid:146) 2nd part: these words Parliament adopted the resolution (Part II, Item 10). 20. Methane emissions (vote) Marset Campos report › A4-0120/98 (Simple majority) MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The different parts of the text were adopted in order, para. 10 by EV (146 for, 88 against, 0 abstentions) Separate votes: paras. 5 (PPE, ELDR); 10 by EV (146 for, 88 against, 0 abstentions) (PPE); 17 (ELDR); 20 (PPE) Parliament adopted the resolution (Part II, Item 11). * * * C 138/144 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 Explanations of vote were made by the following Members: Randzio-Plath report › A4-0110/98 › orally: Berthu, on behalf of the I-EDN Group; Thomas Mann › in writing: Caudron; Be·be·ar; Smith; Lienemann; Theonas; Trizza; Eriksson, Lindqvist, Lis Jensen, Lindholm, Holm, Sjo¤stedt, Krarup, Scho¤rling, Gahrton; Kirsten M. Jensen, Blak, Sindal, Iversen; Spiers; Nicholson; Wolf, on behalf of the V Group; Blokland; Ullmann, Hulthe·n Daskalaki report › A4-0106/98 › in writing: Sjo¤stedt, Eriksson; Kirsten M. Jensen, Blak, Sindal, Iversen Marset Campos report › A4-0120/98 › in writing: Hyland; Lindqvist Mr Ephremidis asked whether he could table written explana- tions of vote to the Cabrol and Lalumie‘re reports (A4-0060/98 and A4-0112/98) which had been voted at noon (the President authorized him to do so). END OF VOTING TIME 21. Communication of common positions of the Council Pursuant to Rule 64(1), the President announced that he had received from the Council, in accordance with Articles 189b and 189c of the EC Treaty, the following common positions, together with the reasons which had led to their adoption, and the Commission(cid:146)s positions: › Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery (C4-0175/98 › 96/0305(COD)) referred to responsible: LEGA legal basis: Art. 100a EC › Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting European Parliament and Council Decision establish- ing an action programme to improve awareness of Community law for the legal professions (Robert Schuman Project) (C4-0176/98 › 96/0277(COD)) referred to responsible: LEGA opinion: BUDG legal basis: Art. 100a EC › Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC (C4-0177/98 › 96/0164B(COD)) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: BUDG, ECON, RTDE, TRAN legal basis: Art. 100a EC › Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (C4-0178/98 › 95/ 0013(COD)) › Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Regulation concerning the granting of Community financial assistance for actions of an innovative nature to promote combined transport (C4-0173/98 › 96/ 0207(SYN)) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: BUDG, CONT, RTDE, ENVI, RELA legal basis: Art. 100a EC referred to responsible: TRAN opinion: BUDG legal basis: Art. 075(1) EC › Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Directive amending Directive 96/26/EC on admission to the occupation of road haulage operator and road passenger transport operator and mutual recognition of diplo- mas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications intended to facilitate, for these operators, the right to freedom of establishment in national and international transport opera- tions (C4-0174/98 › 97/0029(SYN)) referred to responsible: LEGA opinion: TRAN legal basis: Art. 075(1) EC › Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive amend- ing Council Directive 93/6/EEC on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions (C4-0179/98 › 97/ 0124(COD)) referred to responsible: LEGA opinion: ECON legal basis: Art. 057(2) EC › Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive amend- ing Article 12 of Directive 77/780/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions, 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/145 Articles 2,5,6,7,8 and Annexes II and III of Directive 89/ 647/EEC on a solvency ratio for credit institutions and Article 2 and Annex II of Directive 93/6/EEC on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions (C4-0180/98 › 96/0121(COD)) referred to responsible: LEGA opinion: ECON legal basis: Art. 057(2) EC › Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive amend- ing Council Directive 89/647/EEC on a solvency ratio for credit institutions (C4-0181/98 › 96/0003(COD)) referred to responsible: LEGA opinion: ECON legal basis: Art. 057(2) EC › Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Decision con- cerning the fifth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (1998-2002) (C4-0182/98 › 97/ 0119(COD)) referred to responsible: RTDE opinion: AGRI, ESOC, BUDG, ECON, ENVI, WOME, CULT, FISH, REGI, TRAN legal basis: Art. 130i(2) EC › Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Recommendation on European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education (C4-0191/98 › 97/0121(SYN)) referred to responsible: CULT opinion: ESOC legal basis: Art. 126, 127 EC. Thursday 2 April 1998 IN THE CHAIR: Mrs FONTAINE Vice-President The following spoke: Mr Voggenhuber, on behalf of the V Group, Mr Buffetaut, on behalf of the I-EDN Group, Mrs Thors and Mrs Gradin, Member of the Commission. The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 3. 4. 1998, Part I, Item 8. The following spoke: Mr Schulz, to make a personal statement following Mr Voggenhuber(cid:146)s remarks, Mr Voggenhuber, to make a personal statement following Mr Schulz(cid:146)s remarks, Mr Posselt, to make a personal statement following Mr Vog- genhuber(cid:146)s remarks, and Mr Voggenhuber to make a personal statement following the remarks by Mr Schulz and Mr Posselt. 23. Mutual assistance in criminal matters * (debate) Mr Buffetaut introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, on the draft Council Act establishing a Convention on mutual assistance in criminal matters between the Member States of the European Union (5202/98 › C4-0062/98 › 98/0902(CNS)) and the draft joint action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K. 3 of the Treaty on European Union on good practice in mutual legal assistance in criminal matters (13300/97 › C4-0069/98 › 98/0903(CNS)) (A4-0122/98). Draftsman (Hughes procedure): Mr Ullmann, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens(cid:146) Rights IN THE CHAIR: Mr COT Vice-President The following spoke: Mr Ullmann, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Mr Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mrs Palacio Vallelersundi, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Hager, Non-attached Member, and Mrs Gradin, Member of the Commission. The three-month period available to Parliament to deliver its opinion would therefore begin the following day, 3 April 1998. The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 3. 4. 1998, Part I, Item 6. 22. Enlargement and justice and home affairs 24. Driving disqualifications * (debate) (debate) Mr Posselt introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, on the implications of enlargement of the European Union for cooperation in the field of justice and home affairs (A4- 0107/98). The following spoke: Mr Goerens, deputizing for Mrs Spaak, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, Mr Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Habsburg- Lothringen, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Mr Goerens, on behalf of the ELDR Group. Mrs Reding introduced her report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, on the draft Council Act establishing a Convention on driving disqualifica- tions (5217/98 › C4-0061/98 › 98/0901(CNS)) (A4-0121/98). The following spoke: Mrs Zimmermann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Nassauer, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mrs Thors, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Amadeo, Non-attached Member, Mr Ru¤big, Mr Hager and Mrs Gradin, Member of the Commission. The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 3. 4. 1998, Part I, Item 7. C 138/146 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 25. Duty-free sales (debate) The next item was a joint debate on two oral questions to the Commission by the following Members: › Cornelissen, Jarzembowski, Sarlis, McIntosh, Grosch, Langenhagen, Koch, Camiso·n Asensio, Siso· Cruellas, Cushna- han, Schierhuber, Elles, Anastassopoulos, Ferber, Bennasar Tous, Lulling, Thyssen, Pome·s Ruiz, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the social and regional consequences of the abolition of duty-free sales in the regions affected (B4- 0279/98); › Ewing and Castagne‘de, on behalf of the ARE Group, on duty-free sales (B4-0283/98). › Cornelissen, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the social and regional consequences of the abolition of duty and tax-free sales (B4-0429/98). The following spoke: Mr Piecyk, Mr Langen, Mrs Boogerd- Quaak, Mr Ephremidis, Mrs McKenna, Mr Hendrick, Mrs Lan- genhagen, Mrs Thors, Mr Ford, Mr Bourlanges, Mrs Malone, Mr Monti and Mr Ford, on Mr Monti(cid:146)s remarks. The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 3. 4. 1998, Part I, Item 9. 26. European Year of action to combat violence Mr Cornelissen moved oral question B4-0279/98. against women (Rule 48) Mrs Ewing moved oral question B4-0283/98. Mr Monti, Member of the Commission, answered the ques- tions. The following spoke: Mr Miller, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Cornelissen, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Fitzsimons, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mr Cox, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mrs Aelvoet, on behalf of the V Group, and Mr Ni- cholson, on behalf of the I-EDN Group. The President announced that he had received motions for resolutions pursuant to Rule 40(5) from the following Mem- bers: The President announced that Written Declaration 4/98 by Mrs Gro¤ner on designating 1999 as the European Year of action to combat violence against women had been signed by 350 Members. Pursuant to Rule 48(4) it would be sent to the addressees mentioned therein, i. e. the Council and Commis- sion (Part II, Annex). 27. Agenda for next sitting The President announced the following agenda for the sitting of Friday 3 April 1998: › Pasty, Azzolini and Kaklamanis, on behalf of the UPE Group, on the economic and social impact of the abolition of duty-free sales in the European Union (B4-0424/98); 9 a. m. : › votes › Hautala, Van Dijk, Wolf and Voggenhuber, on behalf of the V Group, on the abolition of duty-free sales (B4-0425/98); › Langenhagen report on global navigation satellite sys- tem * (1) › Simpson, Alan J. Donnelly and McCarthy, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the social and regional consequences of the abolition of duty and tax free sales (B4-0426/98); › Cox, Boogerd-Quaak and Thors, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on the abolition of duty free sales (B4-0427/98); › Moreau and Theonas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the social and regional repercussions of the abolition of duty-free sales (B4-0428/98); › Adam report on Chernobyl Shelter Fund * (1) › Malerba report on EC-US agreement on positive comity * (1) and competition laws (The sitting closed at 8. 05 p. m. ) (1) Texts would be put to the vote at the close of the debate. Julian PRIESTLEY Secretary-General Georgios ANASTASSOPOULOS Vice-President 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/147 Thursday 2 April 1998 PART II Texts adopted by the European Parliament 1. Amendment of Rules of Procedure (new Rule 44a) A4-0054/98 Parliament(cid:146)s Rules of Procedure FORMER TEXT NEW TEXT (Amendment 1) Rule 44a (new) Rule 44a Other reports and annual reports of other institutions 1. Other reports and annual reports of other institu- tions, in respect of which the Treaties provide for consul- tation of the European Parliament or in respect of which the development of the European Union necessitates an opinion by the European Parliament, shall be dealt with by means of a report submitted to the plenary. 2. Other reports and annual reports of other institutions not falling within the scope of paragraph 1 shall be referred to the appropriate committee which may propose drawing up a report pursuant either to Rule 148 or to Rule 52. Decision inserting a new Rule 44a on other reports and the annual reports of other institutions in Parliament(cid:146)s Rules of Procedure The European Parliament, › having regard to Rule 148 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities (A4-0054/98), 1. 2. Decides to incorporate the above amendments in its Rules of Procedure; Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission, for information. C 138/148 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 2. Amendment of Rules of Procedure (Rule 141) A4-0111/98 Parliament(cid:146)s Rules of Procedure FORMER TEXT NEW TEXT (Amendment 1) Rule 141, interpretation The provisions of this Rule are to be applied strictly, particu- larly with regard to the interdependence between a subcom- mittee and the committee within which it is set up. This means, in particular, that the members of a subcommittee are chosen from among the members of the parent committee. Deleted (Amendment 2) Rule 141(4) (new) 4. The application of these provisions must safeguard the interdependence between a subcommittee and the committee within which it is set up. For this purpose all the full members of a subcommittee shall be chosen from among the members of the parent committee. Decision amending Rule 141 of Parliament(cid:146)s Rules of Procedure relating to subcommittees The European Parliament, › having regard to the letter of 12 June 1996 from its President, › having regard to Rule 163 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy (A4-0111/98), Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as indicated above, the changes to come into force on 1. 14 September 1998; 2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission, for information. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/149 Thursday 2 April 1998 3. 1999 budget procedure › Adjustment of financial perspective (a) A4-0103/98 Resolution on the guidelines for the 1999 budget procedure › Section III › Commission The European Parliament, › having regard to the current financial perspective adopted as part of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budget procedure, and the revision thereof (1), › having regard to the ceiling on EU own resources fixed at the Edinburgh Summit in December 1992 (2), › having regard to the Court of Auditors(cid:146) Annual Report concerning the financial year 1996, together with the Commission(cid:146)s replies (3), › having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinions of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Transport and Tourism and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection (A4-0103/98), A. whereas, nevertheless, the 1999 budget must not be considered as a budget (cid:145)closing a period(cid:146) but as a (cid:145)bridging(cid:146) budget, marking the departure point or beginning of the new perspective and a new interinstitutional agreement, B. whereas the 1999 financial perspective foresees significant increases within each heading over the 1998 budget, C. whereas the 1999 budget must be viewed in the context of the beginning of the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union and should be the first budget for implementation of the Amsterdam Treaty, notably concerning the second and third pillars, and the budget for negotiations on Agenda 2000, and consolidation of pre-accession activities; whereas the financing for all above-mentioned activities should be ensured by the Union(cid:146)s budget, with due respect for the unity of the budget, proper information of the Budgetary Authority and the financial perspective, D. whereas the Member States should ensure that the collection of revenues contributing to the Union’s budget is improved, so as to avoid wastage and enable the budgetary authority to meet needs better, E. whereas the 1999 budget will be denominated in euros, 1. Is concerned to adopt a 1999 budget that takes account of its priorities, and considers that the 1999 budget will be (cid:145)the citizens(cid:146) budget(cid:146), through improved economic and social cohesion, and also (cid:145)the taxpayers(cid:146) budget(cid:146), through its rigorous implementation; 2. Considers that the 1999 budget should continue to be a budget for employment; shares the Commission(cid:146)s approach of continuing to finance measures initiated by Parliament in 1998 and supported by the European Council in November 1997; (1) OJ C 395, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1. (2) OJ C 331, 7. 12. 1993. (3) OJ C 348, 18. 11. 1997. C 138/150 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 3. Stresses the importance of strengthening instruments for monitoring implementation in order to optimize the use of the EU budget; considers it necessary that the Commission should be prepared to present a request for a transfer (under Article 6 of the Financial Regulation) when one of the two arms of the budgetary authority so requests on the basis of classification in order to transfer the appropriation from the operating budget item to an unallocated reserve if the conditions of implementation which were clearly established when the budget was adopted are not met; 4. Further identifies the following priorities for the 1999 budget: › creation of employment through infrastructure investment, research and development, support for small and medium-sized enterprises and actions to combat youth unemployment and strengthening cohesion and the social dimension; › education and training, and research and development, towards the concept of the (cid:145)Europe of knowledge(cid:146); › environment and climate change in keeping with the Union(cid:146)s commitments at the Kyoto Conference; › more intensive monitoring of implementation and real effectiveness of all programmes through a more effective allocation of financial resources to Community programmes and activities in order to strengthen and sustain the process of economic convergence initiated by all the Member States; › reinforcement of the European Union in the world through a coherent development policy capable of reaching internationally set targets; 5. Recalls that the budget of the Union should always fulfil the terms of Article F(3) of the Treaty on European Union concerning the sufficiency of means: (cid:145)The Union shall provide itself with the means necessary to attain its objectives and carry through its policies(cid:146); Considers that the financial perspective constitutes a political agreement between the two arms of the 6. budgetary authority which must be respected; 7. Requires that the appropriate funding for specific programmes of the fifth EU framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration be entered in the 1999 budget as part of a general accord, and therefore insists that the two arms of the legislative authority come to an early agreement, in order to permit the timely and accurate budgetization of the programmes during the 1999 budget procedure; Agrees that the increase of the 1999 budget in payments should be roughly in line with the average 8. increase of Member States(cid:146) budgets as compared with the 1998 budgets; Considers that this objective can be more easily attained if a common position is established between 9. the two arms of the budgetary authority on key elements such as: › compliance with Article 21 of the Interinstitutional Agreement, which gives expression to the objective of the Edinburgh European Council for the Structural Funds; › the formalization for future years of the 1998 (cid:145)Tillich-Mulder(cid:146) procedure allowing the Commission to present a late Letter of Amendment to the PDB for expenditure on agriculture and to use the same procedures on international fisheries agreements; › the pursuit of the trialogue with the obligation to reach a result on the question of legal bases, a question which is situated in the context defined by: › › the need to provide a valid response to requirements which necessitate the launching of Community initiatives; financial programming by means of financial perspectives which break down Community programmes and measures into major expenditure categories; › the legislative programme which is the subject of a concerted interinstitutional dialogue; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/151 Thursday 2 April 1998 › continued budgetary rigour in Member States, which will involve making provision for reasonable margins under the individual headings; › › the application of the same rigorous approach for the different headings of the financial perspective, irrespective of the classification of expenditure; the scrutiny of the effectiveness of all expenditure entered in the budget, to assess real needs and the capacity for sound utilization, such as for the PHARE, TACIS and MEDA programmes, and the possible incorporation of the EDF into the Community budget; › the monitoring of the implementation of the budget, emphasizing the quality rather than the quantity of expenditure, and continuing the fight against fraud; 10. Requests that, in the run-up to the new millennium and the new financial perspective, an exhaustive political and financial evaluation be made of the actions and programmes coming to an end, so as to determine which should be continued, and even reinforced because of their multiplier effects and European Added Value, as policies of the Union, and which should no longer be thus considered; 11. Considers that the 1999 budget will be one of the bases for the financial perspective for the period after 1999; therefore believes that all possibilities to reduce the burden to taxpayers, while ensuring the financing of identified needs, should be examined, such as the creation of a preallocated reserve, where payments would only be necessary once a transfer had been effected; insists that transfer procedures as a whole be reviewed in order to render the process more transparent and more efficient; expects the Commission to present proposals for their improvement by 30 June 1998; 12. Insists that for reasons of transparency a clear distinction be made in the presentation and implementation of the 1999 budget between expenditure relating to the Union as currently constituted and that reserved for the future acceding countries as pre-accession or accession aid; 13. Welcomes the readiness of the Council and Commission to continue the rewarding experience of the 1998 procedure through the extension of the ad hoc procedure, agreed on 8 April 1997; also welcomes the openness of Council to dialogue with Parliament from the earliest stage in the procedure; expects that this openness to dialogue will help the budgetary authority to come to an early understanding on common priorities for the 1999 budget; 14. Notes that the budget needs in heading 1 have been overestimated by the Commission in the past; points out that the agricultural budget is now well below the guideline (ECU 3 182 million) due to the premature nature of estimates underlying the preliminary draft budget; believes therefore that the PDB should not function as a ceiling; believes that the budgetary authority should only in justified circumstances deviate from the Commission(cid:146)s estimates in the Letter of Amendment; considers that the negotiation of the new financial perspective should provide an opportunity to review the guideline, including the examination of unresourced reserves; believes that if savings are to be made in heading 1, they should be made selectively after examination of particular needs and expenditure requirements; believes that a reserve allocated to subsection B1 should be created, to deal with unforeseen needs, which could be called upon in the event of increased demands in 1999; points out that the reserve will contribute to accurate estimates and tight budgeting, while increasing flexibility; recalls that the process of (cid:145)sustainable agriculture(cid:146) needs to be developed further; 15. Confirms its commitment to absolute respect of the funding decided in Edinburgh for the Structural Funds, recalling its character as a (cid:145)spending target(cid:146); recalls that the implementation of the Structural Funds has direct implications for Member States who are required to provide co-financing; for this reason, considers that the possibility of an extension of the programming period should be examined; Recognizes that the Luxembourg Employment Summit in November 1997 was a first step towards 16. a real compromise on a Europe of Employment; insists that the employment initiative of the European Parliament come to fruition through a legal basis, adopted before Council(cid:146)s first reading, in order to guarantee the effective spending of the ECU 150 million voted in the 1998 budget and of the ECU 150 million to be proposed in the 1999 budget; C 138/152 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 17. Notes that the Union(cid:146)s education, training and youth programmes have proved to have clear (cid:145)European Added Value(cid:146), and that demands on these programmes have exceeded the budget foreseen; notes that preparing young people for mobility and for (cid:145)the Europe of Knowledge(cid:146), linking education and training and research and development, remains a priority to the European Parliament, as does the promotion of educational exchanges, both within and outside the EU; will ensure adequate budgetary appropriations for innovative activities; Asks the Commission also to present to it, as a matter of urgency, a plan for the integration of 18. (cid:145)mainstreaming(cid:146) into EU policies; 19. Urges the satellite agencies to respect the principles of prior information, transparency and accountability adopted under in the 1998 budgetary procedure; invites the Commission to ensure regular monitoring of the agencies(cid:146) budgets in order to be able to inform the budgetary authority beforehand of all major changes in their budgets throughout the different phases of the budgetary year; 20. Welcomes the inclusion of sustainable development in the Amsterdam Treaty; takes note that the Luxembourg European Council has asked the Commission to present to the European Council meeting in Cardiff a strategy integrating environmental issues into all Community policies, giving greater urgency in 1999 to Community activities to promote renewable energies and energy efficiency in keeping with the Kyoto summit conclusions on the reduction of greenhouse gases, and the terms of its own resolution of 19 February 1998 on environmental policy and climate change following the Kyoto Summit (1); expects that these initiatives will give a major impulse to the (cid:145)greening of the budget(cid:146); 21. Calls for the financing of the creation of an area of freedom, security and justice to be taken into account in the general budget and in particular for the Schengen Information System (SIS) and the future Eurodac system to form part of the operating section of the budget; 22. Recalls that the Luxembourg European Council stressed that food safety is of major importance in order to re-establish citizens(cid:146) confidence after the BSE crisis; therefore calls on the Commission to start the groundwork to prepare for the new areas of European public health policy and consumer protection, the scope of which will be expanded considerably after the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam; 23. Asks the Commission: › › to put into practical form the financial information on the European development funds submitted each year together with the draft budget; to draw up a scheme involving Parliament more closely in the annual estimates it draws up of EDF expenditure; 24. Notes the implementing difficulties in relation to funding for assistance to the major external programmes; considers that this is due in part to cumbersome executive procedures, an inappropriate legislative framework and inadequate management by the Commission; notes also the unrealistic financial targets set by European Institutions without taking into account the absorption capacity of recipient countries; calls for a more effective CFSP policy with sustained emphasis on the promotion of democracy and human rights, and a more comprehensive organization of the Union(cid:146)s external policy administration, delegations and instruments, especially with regard to human rights, humanitarian aid and reconstruction; Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission and the other 25. institutions and satellite bodies of the Union. (1) Minutes of that sitting, Part II, Item 6. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/153 Thursday 2 April 1998 (b) A4-0099/98 Resolution on the guidelines for the 1999 budget procedure: Section I › European Parliament, Ombudsman Annex; Section II › Council; Section IV › Court of Justice; Section V › Court of Auditors; Section VI › Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions The European Parliament, › having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1998 (1), › having regard to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors concerning the financial year 1996, together with the Commission(cid:146)s replies (2), › having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A4-0099/98), A. whereas the 1998 budget leaves an amount of ECU 187. 58 m available within heading 5, Administrative expenditure, B. having regard to its conclusions concerning the rationalization of administrative expenditure (3), C. having regard to the requests made in its resolution of 18 December 1997 on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1998 as modified by the Council (all sections) and on letter of Amendment No 1/98 to the draft budget for 1998 Section III › Commission (4) for reports concerning the conditions for financing certain activities falling within the area of administrative expenditure, and to the deadlines for the submission thereof, D. whereas a working party has been set up to examine the technical and budgetary provisions concerning the introduction of a retirement pension fund for officials of the European institutions, E. convinced that a common reading of administrative expenditure, as was the case in connection with the 1998 budgetary procedure, results in a single reading of the draft budget, Points out that, on the basis of macroeconomic forecasts, heading 5 (Administrative expenditure) is 1. expected to increase by 4%, i. e. amounting to a total of ECU 4 723 million at current prices; 2. Points out, however, that that increase does not constitute a target to be achieved; 3. Invites each institution, with due regard for the provisions of the Financial Regulation, to present revenue and expenditure (nomenclature and remarks) in such a way as to ensure control by the budgetary authority and also to guarantee the transparency and harmonized presentation of appropriations, in order to permit comparability between the various sections of the budget (5); Believes that the notion of a European civil service calls for a process of constant improvement and, 4. whenever necessary, the introduction of rules and mechanisms guaranteeing sound and effective management of administrations and of regular staff(cid:146)s entitlements and obligations, and promoting closer interinstitutional cooperation; Is of the opinion that no new posts ought to be created in 1999 unless this is essential to meet the 5. institutions(cid:146) requests for staff in order to make good the structural shortfalls established; (1) OJ L 44, 16. 2. 1998. (2) OJ C 348, 18. 11. 1997. (3) OJ C 308, 20. 11. 1995, p. 127. (4) Minutes of that Sitting, Part II, Item 1(a). (5) See Article 19(2) of the Financial Regulation, the abovementioned conclusions concerning the rationalization of administrative expenditure and Working Document 2 entitled (cid:145)Presentation of administrative budgets(cid:146) (1999 budgetary procedure, PE 225. 535). C 138/154 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 6. Stresses the need for any proposal to upgrade posts to be substantiated in a report drawn up by each appointing authority, the latter undertaking to conduct a human resources planning and management policy which is well defined and approved by the competent bodies; Invites the institutions to substantiate the standard abatement applicable to the appropriations against 7. Chapter 11, Staff in active employment, on the basis of statistics for each staff category; Invites the institutions to forward to it, together with the estimates, appropriate information with 8. regard to: (a) the specific innovative measures, in relation to organization and methods, which establish inter alia the degree to which new technologies have been introduced throughout the production chain, and the utilization of appropriations for the provision of services by third parties; (b) the specific measures to promote redeployment and mobility between defined administrative units and on an interinstitutional basis, with supporting statistics (financial year 1997 and first four months of 1998); (c) the authorized posts remaining vacant because of sickness, retirement, or retirement through disablement, and the length of occupancy thereof by auxiliary staff, in the form of tables providing a breakdown by administrative unit (financial year 1997 and first four months of 1998); (d) the recruitment of persons included on interinstitutional competition lists, with supporting statistics (for 1996, 1997 and 1998); (e) the list of permanent and temporary posts by category, grade and function and administrative unit which will become vacant in 1999 as a result of natural wastage; (f) in the form of an organizational chart for each administrative unit, the regular staff equipped with a personal computer; (g) substantiated applications for mission expenses, broken down by sector of activity, including mission expenses for professional training purposes, accompanied by statistics; Recalls the decisions taken, in connection with the adoption of the 1998 budget, with regard to the 9. property programme of Parliament and the right to exercise the option to purchase provided for in the lease, and to accommodation for the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions; also recalls the decisions taken when transfer of appropriations 51/97 concerning the Court of Justice(cid:146)s buildings (1) was authorized; 10. Invites, in this connection, the institutions concerned to back up the allocations for the relevant budget chapters with information demonstrating greater consistency and ultimately ensuring the elimination of duplicated costs borne by the Union(cid:146)s budget; 11. Takes the view that the granting by the Treaty of Amsterdam of administrative autonomy to the Committee of the Regions, and in particular the abrogation of Protocol 16, ought not to entail a doubling of expenditure for administrative units which can be made subject to enhanced interinstitutional cooperation compatible with the provisions of the Financial Regulation; Points out that the first reading of the draft budget for the financial year 1999 will reflect the outturn 12. figures for implementation of the 1997 budget and this year(cid:146)s budget; Invites the institutions to set out the problems they foresee with regard to the introduction of the 13. euro and the transition to the new millenium and the solutions they recommend, accompanied by a schedule of work (2); Instructs its President to forward this resolution to all the institutions and advisory bodies 14. concerned. (1) Minutes of 19. 12. 1997, Part I, Item 5. (2) See in particular the conclusions of the Luxembourg European Council and Commission communication COM(97)0560. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/155 Thursday 2 April 1998 (c) A4-0124/98 Resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the adjustment of the financial perspective to take account of the conditions of implementation (submitted by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 10 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993) (SEC(98)0307 › C4-0192/98) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission proposal (SEC(98)0307 › C4-0192/98), › having regard to the results of the trialogue of 31 March 1998, › having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (1), › having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A4-0124/98), 1. Approves the annexed joint decision; Points out that if the Council is not able to confirm this decision a trialogue shall be reconvened in 2. good time for a new decision to be agreed; 3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission. (1) OJ C 331, 7. 12. 1993, p. 1. ANNEX Decision on the adjustment of the financial perspective to take account of the conditions of implementation in accordance with paragraph 10 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993 The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, › having regard to paragraph 10 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (1), › having regard to the proposal from the Commission, › whereas the financial perspective must be adjusted to take account of the conditions of implemen- tation of the budget in 1997, HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS Sole article The ceiling for commitment appropriations in the Structural Funds subheading of heading 2 of the 1. financial perspective shall be raised, at current prices, by ECU 1 433 million in 1999. The ceiling for commitment appropriations in the Cohesion Fund subheading of heading 2 of the 2. financial perspective shall be raised, at current prices, by ECU 101 million in 1999. The overall ceiling for payment appropriations shall be raised, at current prices, by ECU 300 million 3. in 1999. Done at Brussels, For the European Parliament For the Council of the European Union (1) OJ C 331, 7. 12. 1993, p. 1. C 138/156 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 Financial perspective for 1999 after technical adjustment and adjustment to take account of conditions of implementation Commitment appropriations (Ecu million) Current prices 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1. Common agricultural policy 37 944 40 828 41 805 43 263 45 205 2. Structural operations Structural Funds Cohesion Funds EEA financial mechanism 3. Internal policies 4. External action 5. Administration 6. Reserves Monetary reserve Guarantee reserve Emergency aid reserve 7. Compensation 26 329 24 069 2 152 108 29 131 26 579 2 444 108 31 477 28 620 2 749 108 33 461 30 482 2 871 108 39 025 35 902 3 118 5 5 060 5 337 5 603 6 003 6 386 4 895 5 264 5 622 6 201 6 870 4 022 4 191 4 352 4 541 4 723 1 146 500 323 323 1 547 1 152 500 326 326 1 158 500 329 329 1 176 500 338 338 1 192 500 346 346 701 212 99 0 8. Total commitment appropriations 80 943 86 604 90 229 94 744 103 401 9. Total payment appropriations 77 229 82 223 85 807 90 581 96 680 Appropriations for payments as % of GNP (*) MARGIN as % of GNP CEILING OF OWN RESOURCES as % of GNP 1,20 0,01 1,21 1,20 0,02 1,22 1,22 0,02 1,24 1,23 0,03 1,26 1,23 0,04 1,27 (*) The figure for 1995 is based on the GNP used for the adjustment of the financial perspective as a result of enlargement. The figures for 1996, 1997 and 1998 are based on the GNP used for the technical adjustment for that year. Impact of adjustment to take account of implementation 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Structural Funds (commitments) Adjustment 1995 Adjustment 1996 Adjustment 1997 Proposed adjustment 1998 Cohesion Fund (commitments) Adjustment 1996 Adjustment 1997 Proposed adjustment 1998 Payment appropriations › Total Adjustment 1995 Adjustment 1996 Adjustment 1997 869 869 935 935 1 249 869 380 0 11 11 882 696 186 0 500 3 171 1 000 (cid:150) 500 767 434 633 (cid:150) 300 693 1 045 1 433 118 17 101 1 105 173 632 300 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/157 Thursday 2 April 1998 4. Aid for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia * A4-0123/98 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1628/96 of 25 July 1996 relating to aid for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (COM(98)0018 › C4-0105/98 › 98/0023(CNS)) The proposal was approved with the following amendments: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 1) Recital 2a (new) Whereas a disparity persists between the amount of appro- priations made available by the budgetary authority and the unsatisfactory level of implementation owing to an inadequate legislative framework, which results in a lack of visibility for the European Union, the biggest donor; (Amendment 4) Recital 8 Whereas projects facilitating the return of refugees should benefit from restricted tendering procedures in order to shorten the delays to a strict minimum; Whereas projects facilitating the return of refugees, which meet pressing basic needs, such as housing projects, or provide basic infrastructure, such as water and electricity supply, and training and education, should benefit from restricted tendering procedures in order to shorten the delays to a strict minimum; (Amendment 5) Recital 10 Whereas this amount has to be increased to MECU 5 in order to increase expediency; Whereas this amount has to be increased to MECU 10 in order to increase expediency; (Amendment 6) Recital 13 Whereas in order to increase the flexibility of Community assistance, the Commission should also be enabled to contri- bute to programmes and cooperation schemes forwarded by municipalities or regional bodies, in consultation with the Central Government; Whereas in order to increase the flexibility of Community assistance, the Commission should also be enabled to contri- bute to programmes and cooperation schemes forwarded by municipalities or regional bodies, in consultation with the Central Government and, in the case of Bosnia and Herze- govina, with the High Representative, when he performs Central Government functions; C 138/158 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 7) Recital 13a (new) Whereas, in order to increase the effectiveness of recon- struction aid in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to speed up implementation of aid programmes for the return of refugees and displaced persons, the Commission should appoint a delegate with special authority who would assume responsibility locally for all EU activities, enjoy largely autonomous powers to act and take decisions and be assisted by a strong management team and supported by specially recruited technical assistance and monitoring teams; (Amendment 8) Recital 13b (new) Whereas, in order to ensure adequate staffing for such technical assistance for the Commission locally, an amount not exceeding 10% of the operating expenditure should be earmarked for recruitment; (Amendment 9) Recital 13c (new) Whereas, in order to ensure that the greatest possible synergies are achieved between the Commission(cid:146)s projects and those of the Member States in the context of the objective of decentralization, regular meetings should be held locally between the Commission and representatives of the Member States, chaired by the EU delegate for reconstruction, to exchange information and coordinate activities. (Amendment 10) ARTICLE 1((cid:150)a) new Article 7, second paragraph (new) (Regulation (EC) No 1628/96) The following new paragraph shall be added to (cid:150)a) Article 7: (cid:145)Adequate regular parliamentary monitoring and scrutiny shall also be ensured(cid:146) (Amendment 11) ARTICLE 1(a), fourth paragraph With respect to projects facilitating the return of refugees, works and supply contracts exceeding ECU 3 million and not With respect to projects facilitating the return of refugees and the integration or reintegration of refugees, displaced 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/159 Thursday 2 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT exceeding ECU 10 million shall be awarded by open tendering procedure or following restricted invitations to tender. The procedures and thresholds established by Article 10 paragraph 1 and 2 are applicable. persons and former soldiers into working life and which relate to housing, infrastructure, employment, training and education, works and supply contracts exceeding ECU 3 mil- lion and not exceeding ECU 10 million shall be awarded by open tendering procedure or following restricted invitations to thresholds established by tender. The procedures and Article 10 paragraph 1 and 2 are applicable. (Amendment 12) ARTICLE 1(a), fourth paragraph a (new) In order to ensure the necessary technical assistance for the Commission locally during implementation of projects, an amount not exceeding 10% of the operating costs shall be earmarked for the recruitment of specialist staff. (Amendment 13) ARTICLE 1(a), fourth paragraph b (new) Responsibility for starting up, leading and coordinating all projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina aided by the Commis- sion, in cooperation with the Member States, shall be entrusted to a Commission delegate with special responsi- bility for reconstruction and the return of refugees and displaced persons, who shall be responsible locally for all EU activities, enjoy largely autonomous powers to act and take decisions and be assisted by an adequately staffed technical assistance unit. (Amendment 14) ARTICLE 1(b) Financing decisions exceeding ECU 5 million shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 12(2). The Committee provided for in Article 12 shall be informed of operations involving financing of less than ECU 5 million. Financing decisions exceeding ECU 10 million shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 12(2). The Committee provided for in Article 12 shall be informed of operations involving financing of less than ECU 10 million. (Amendment 15) ARTICLE 1b, second paragraph (new) In the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Commission shall provide information regularly, at a monthly confer- ence held locally with representatives of the Member States and chaired by the EU delegate for reconstruction, on all proposed projects costed at between ECU 2 and 10 million and shall coordinate them with the relevant programmes of the Member States. C 138/160 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 16) ARTICLE 1(c) The Commission may decide to contribute to programmes and cooperation schemes as referred to in Article 4 forwarded by municipalities or regional bodies, in consultation with the Central Government. The procedures and thresholds esta- blished by Article 10 paragraph 1 and 2 are applicable. The Commission may decide to contribute to programmes and cooperation schemes as referred to in Article 4 forwarded by municipalities or regional bodies, in consultation with the Central Government and, in the case of Bosnia and Herze- govina, with the High Representative, when he performs Central Government functions. The procedures and thresh- olds established by Article 10 paragraph 1 and 2 are applicable. (Amendment 17) ARTICLE 1(d) The Commission shall adopt decisions which shall apply immediately. However, if these decisions are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of six weeks. The Commission shall adopt decisions which shall apply immediately. However, if these decisions are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of four weeks. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the first paragraph The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the first paragraph. Legislative resolution embodying Parliament(cid:146)s opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1628/96 of 25 July 1996 relating to aid for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (COM(98)0018 › C4-0105/98 › 98/0023(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(98)0018 › 98/0023(CNS), › having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 235 of the EC Treaty (C4-0105/98), › having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on External Economic Relations and the Committee on Budgetary Control (A4-0123/98), 1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament(cid:146)s amendments; Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by 2. Parliament; Calls for the conciliation procedure to be opened should the Council intend to depart from the text 3. approved by Parliament; 4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/161 Thursday 2 April 1998 5. Donated blood * A4-0112/98 Proposal for a Council Recommendation on the suitability of blood and plasma donors and the screening of donated blood in the European Community (COM(97)0605 › C4-0027/98 › 97/0315(CNS)) The proposal was approved with the following amendments: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 1) Recital 9 9. Whereas donations should be voluntary and unpaid; 9. Whereas, in accordance with Directive 89/381/EEC, donations should be voluntary and unpaid; whereas the term (cid:145)voluntary non-remunerated donation(cid:146) is defined in Coun- cil of Europe Recommendation R (95)14; (Amendment 2) Recital 12 12. Whereas all blood and plasma used for therapeutic purposes, whether for transfusion or for further manufacture into industrially-prepared medicinal products, should be obtained from individuals whose health status is such as to ensure that transmission of disease does not take place, and that each and very blood donation should be tested in accordance with the rules which provide assurances that all necessary measures have been taken to safeguard the health of Community citizens who are the recipients of blood and blood products; 12. Whereas all blood and plasma used for therapeutic purposes, whether for transfusion or for further manufacture into industrially-prepared medicinal products, should be obtained from individuals whose health status is such as to minimize the risk of diseases transmissible by blood being transmitted, and whereas each and very blood donation should be tested in accordance with the rules which provide assurances that all necessary measures have been taken to safeguard the health of Community citizens who are the recipients of blood and blood products; (Amendment 3) Recital 19 19. Whereas measures at Community level should take into account existing guidelines, recommendations and standards in the area of blood at both national and international levels; 19. Whereas measures at Community level should take into account existing guidelines, recommendations and standards in the area of blood at both national and international levels, and in particular Recommendation R (95)15 and Agree- ment No 26 of the Council of Europe; (Amendment 4) Recital 25a (new) 25a. Whereas it has now been recognized that there may be a risk of blood products being contaminated with nvCJD and whereas it is necessary to take appropriate steps which include the use of imported blood between Member States; C 138/162 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 5) Section 3. 2 (a) a. Information on their health and medical history including any relevant social and behavioural characteristics that may assist in identifying and screening out persons whose donation could present a higher risk of transmitting infections as well as those who could have contracted a recent infection that may not yet be detectable in the screening tests; a. Information on their health and medical history including any relevant social and behavioural characteristics that may assist in identifying and screening out persons whose donation could present a risk of transmitting infections as well as those who could have contracted a recent infection that may not yet be detectable in the screening tests; (Amendment 6) Section 3. 3 (b) b. The prospective donor(cid:146)s agreement that if their blood or plasma donation becomes excess to the needs of their own Member State, it may be shared with another Member State of the Community that is in need; b. The prospective donor(cid:146)s agreement that if their blood or plasma donation, the components thereof and/or pro- ducts prepared from the donated blood or plasma become excess to the needs of their own Member State, they may be shared with another Member State of the Community that is in need; (Amendment 7) Section 4, introduction Member States, in order to facilitate future verification of repeat and regular donors, future tracing of donations, and future exchanges of information, establish a mutually compa- tible donor identification/registration system to: The Member States responsible for collecting the blood and plasma, in order to facilitate future verification of repeat and regular donors, future tracing of donations, and future exchanges of information, agree to the establishment of a single donor identification and registration system common to all Member States so as to: (Amendment 8) Section 4. 1 (a) a. Permit every donation centre in each Member State to be uniquely identified, by communicating to all other Mem- ber States and to the Commission a list of centres and their identification comprising the country code and a suitable combination of letters and numbers at their discretion; a. Permit every donation centre in each Member State to be uniquely identified, by communicating to a central body the list of centres and their identification comprising the country code and a suitable combination of letters and numbers, in accordance with the single donor identifi- cation and registration system common to all Member States; (Amendment 9) Section 6. 2 (ba) (new) ba. Ensure that epidemiological data on viral markers is regularly collected, analysed and verified, use being made of uniform definitions, and that they keep them- selves regularly informed of the existence of new markers; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/163 Thursday 2 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 10) Section 6. 2 (bb) (new) bb. Ensure that the nature and duration of deferral criteria are based on good scientific evidence when known and that the precautionary principle prevails when that evidence is not available; (Amendment 11) Section 7(a) a. Ensure that measures are in place for prospective donor identification and accurate data verification; a. Ensure that measures are in place for prospective donor identification and accurate data verification, by means of a code that is unique and common to all Member States and is communicated to the central body; (Amendment 13) Section 9 9. Testing samples of donated blood 9. Testing samples of donated blood and plasma Member States, in order to ensure the safety of all blood and plasma donations: Member States, in order to ensure the safety of all blood and plasma donations: a. Ensure that a sample of all donations whether intended for transfusion purposes or for further man- ufacturing into industrially prepared medicinal pro- ducts is tested for diseases transmissible by blood using licensed screening tests to eliminate units that are repeat reactive; a. Ensure that a sample of all donations whether intended for transfusion purposes or for further man- ufacturing into industrially prepared medicinal pro- ducts is tested for diseases transmissible by blood and/or plasma using licensed screening tests to eliminate units that are repeat reactive; b. Ensure that all blood donations be found non-reactive for the transmissible disease markers listed in Annex 7; b. Ensure that all blood and plasma donations be found non-reactive in licensed screening tests for the transmissible disease markers listed in Annex 7; c. Require re-testing of the blood samples found to be reactive in an initial screening test in accordance with the general algorithm set out in Annex 8. c. Require re-testing of the blood and plasma samples found to be reactive in an initial screening test in accordance with the general algorithm set out in Annex 8. (Amendment 14) Section 10(b) b. Member States take all necessary measures to encourage the voluntary and unpaid donation of blood or plasma. b. Member States implement the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation of blood or plasma. (Amendment 15) Section 10(ba) (new) ba. Member States take appropriate measures to exclude any risks related to nvCJD for donated blood and blood plasma products. C 138/164 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 16) Section 10(bb) (new) bb. Member States take the necessary steps to collect, analyse, publish and update epidemiological data. (Amendment 17) Section 10(bc) (new) bc. Member States bring forward binding legislation for the European Union with respect to blood products, donated blood and plasma by the end of 1998 (and no later than the end of 1999). (Amendment 18) ANNEX 1, last definition Council of Europe definition: (cid:145)Donation is considered voluntary and non-remunerated if the person gives blood, plasma or cellular components of his or her own free will and receives no payment for it, either in the form of cash or in kind which could be considered a substitute for money. This would include time off work other than that reasona- bly needed for the donation and travel. Small tokens, refreshments and reimbursements of direct travel costs are compatible with voluntary, non-remunerated donation(cid:146). Same meaning as in Directive 89/381/EEC. (Amendment 19) ANNEX 2, third point, 16th sub-point › has a spouse who is HIV positive › has a partner who is HIV positive (Amendment 20) ANNEX 2, fifth point › Whether prospective donor has travelled › Whether prospective donor has travelled › outside Western Europe and North America › outside the European Union If so, when? Length of stay? (Amendment 29) ANNEX 2, sixth point › Men who have sex with other men › Men who have unsafe sex 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/165 Thursday 2 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Separate vote) ANNEX 2, eighth point › Sexual activity in countries other than those in Africa: Deleted (to specify country) (Amendment 23) ANNEX 3, sixth definition The packed cell volume (haematocrit) should be determined prior to donation and shall be no less than 38% for females and 40% for males. For apheresis plasma donors, the minimum shall be 38%. Where the haemoglobin concentration has not been deter- mined, the packed cell volume (haematocrit) should be determined prior to donation and shall be no less than 38% for females and 40% for males. For apheresis plasma donors, the minimum shall be 38%. (Amendment 24/rev. ) ANNEX 3, eighth definition For whole blood, the maximum number of times allowable for donations should be 6/year for men, 4/year for women and 3/year for pre-menopausal donors. For whole blood, the maximum number of times allowable for donations should be 4/year for men and 3/year for women. For apheresis plasma, the maximum donation frequency should be twice per week. For apheresis plasma, the maximum donation frequency should be twice per week. › Men who have sex with other males Deleted (Separate vote) ANNEX 5(1), seventh point (Amendment 25) ANNEX 6, second definition Maximum volume per donation Maximum volume per donation: 650 ml. Maximum volume per donation per continuous 12 month period: 15 l. Donor weight 50-67 kg 68-79 kg 80 kg or more Volume collected (excluding anticoagulant) 625 ml 750 ml 800 ml Minimum time interval between donations: 72 hours Minimum time interval between donations: 72 hours Maximum number of donations per 7 day period: 2 Maximum number of donations per 7 day period: 2 C 138/166 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 Legislative resolution embodying Parliament(cid:146)s opinion on the proposal for a Council Recommen- dation on the suitability of blood and plasma donors and the screening of donated blood in the European Community (COM(97)0605 › C4-0027/98 › 97/0315(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(97)0605 › 97/0315(CNS), › having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 129 of the EC Treaty (C4-0027/98), › having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection (A4-0112/98), 1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament(cid:146)s amendments; Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC 2. Treaty; Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by 3. Parliament; Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the 4. Commission proposal; 5. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. 6. EU-Russia relations A4-0060/98 Resolution on the Commission communication (cid:145)The future of relations between the European Union and Russia(cid:146) and the action plan (cid:145)The European Union and Russia: the future relationship(cid:146) (COM(95)0223 › C4-0217/95 › 6440/96 › C4-0415/96) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission communication (COM(95)0223 › C4-0217/95), › having regard to the European Union(cid:146)s action plan for Russia (6440/96 › C4-0415/96), › having regard to the Agreement on partnership and cooperation establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of the other part (1), which entered into force on 1 December 1997, › having regard to the Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between the Russian Federation and NATO, › having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy and the opinions of the Committee on Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy, the Committee on External Economic Relations, the Committee on Regional Policy, the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media and the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs (A4-0060/98), (1) OJ L 327, 28. 11. 1997, p. 3. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/167 Thursday 2 April 1998 A. whereas Russia has an integral place in the history and culture of Europe, B. whereas Russia has played an essential, and often formidable, role as the main component of the former Soviet Union, as a permanent member of the Security Council and as a nuclear power; whereas, moreover, Russia must always be considered as a key geostrategic power, C. having regard to Russia(cid:146)s declared willingness to adopt the values of pluralist democracy, the rule of law and human and minority rights, D. whereas the European Union and Russia share numerous common interests and responsibilities in matters of foreign policy and security as well as in the environment, the economy and culture, E. convinced that the stability of the continent of Europe can be brought about by the success of the democratic and economic reform process in the Russian Federation, together with the establishment there of the rule of law and social cohesion, F. stressing the importance at the present time of all the existing diplomatic instruments, both in the field of bilateral relations with the European Union and in multilateral contexts such as the Council of Europe, the OSCE and even NATO, in making Russia a fully fledged partner in the Euro-Atlantic area, G. welcoming Russia(cid:146)s admission to the group of the most industrialized countries and to the Paris Club, H. whereas the development of balanced relations between Russia and the European Union is becoming all the more necessary now that the EU is expanding eastwards; whereas, with this in prospect, it is important not to create another fault line in Europe, I. whereas the development of close cooperation between the European Union and Russia also must permit the countries in the European part of the CIS to find their place in the new European order, and to find better solutions to cross-border problems, particularly in the Baltic and Black Sea regions, J. whereas the European Union is now Russia(cid:146)s most important trading partner and whereas Russia has been the main beneficiary of aid from the TACIS programme, K. whereas the European Energy Charter Treaty › now signed › creates a secure and balanced pan-European framework for cooperation in the energy sector while recognizing the principle of national sovereignty over energy sources, L. welcoming Russia(cid:146)s desire to have good relations worldwide and, in particular, to settle its territorial disputes with China and Japan, which can only have a beneficial impact on world peace, M. whereas Russia can play a positive role vis-a‘-vis the states which originated from the Soviet Union and must make every effort to create a climate of mutual confidence and good neighbourly relations with them, without interfering in their internal affairs, N. encouraging the process of political and economic reforms which Russia has embarked upon, O. noting, however, the difficulties which the country is encountering in this transition period, in particular the social inequalities, the level of organized crime and the need to enforce the rule of law, P. whereas the Presidential Commission for Human Rights, chaired by Vladimir Kartasjkin, recently concluded that human rights standards, although already enacted into law, are not being implemented effectively and that mechanisms to ensure respect for human rights are lacking in Russia, Q. whereas the European Union can play a positive role in Russia, by opening up its markets and supporting the reforms, though this can only be limited in relation to Russia(cid:146)s enormous needs and huge geographical expanse, C 138/168 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 R. whereas the opening up of Russia(cid:146)s markets can bring mutual benefits to the European Union and the Russian Federation, including the an exchange of human and intellectual resources, S. whereas indigenous peoples(cid:146) territories cover a significant part of the Russian Federation and further emphasizing the important role of indigenous peoples and their communities for sustainable development as recognized in Agenda 21 and the Convention on Biological Diversity, T. welcoming the entry into force on 1 December 1997 of the partnership and cooperation agreement which henceforth forms the legal basis necessary for the development of cooperation between the European Union and Russia, Considers that the European Union(cid:146)s strategy towards Russia should be one of the priorities of its 1. action for the future and should concentrate on: (a) consolidating the process of democratization in Russian society by fostering the pivotal role of civil society and the emergence of a middle class to provide a firm base for democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights, (b) developing partnership in all fields, particularly research and development, high technology and the environment, including nuclear safety, (c) opening up its markets to Russian products, (d) strengthening security in Europe and its neighbouring regions on the basis of balanced cooperation, (e) enabling Russia to play a full role in the future of Europe; Consolidating Russian society 2. Notes that Russia has consistently indicated since 1991, in particular by becoming a member of the Council of Europe, its resolute commitment to the path of pluralist democracy and the rule of law, in spite of the blemishes on its record during this period such as the assault on the Russian Parliament in 1993, the war in Chechnya and the failure to comply with some provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights which was largely due to the lack of long-established democratic traditions; 3. Welcomes the ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights by the Duma and the Council of the Federation, calls upon the Russian Federation to uphold all the provisions of this Convention and to ratify Protocol No 6 thereto which abolishes the death penalty, making official the moratorium which entered into force in August 1996; 4. Points to the progress already made, for example in the elections to the Duma in 1995 and the Federation presidential elections of 1996, which took place under normal democratic conditions; also points to the considerable legislative work undertaken by the Russian authorities, both the executive and the legislature; 5. Calls on the European Union and its Member States, as well as the other Western countries, to give their full support to Russia so as to ensure that the negative phenomena (corruption, mafia practices, political confusion and a fall in production, living standards and life expectancy) which have accompanied the transition are not used by certain political groups to call into question the democratic progress which has been made in Russian political life since 1991; Calls therefore on the Commission, through its TACIS programme for democracy, and on the 6. Council of Europe, to do all in their power to consolidate Russia(cid:146)s still fragile democracy and to continue their cooperation to implement the TACIS democracy programme in order particularly to promote the development of and respect for the principles of the rule of law and to help improve the situation in the prisons and the army; 7. Considers that one of the means of achieving this is to promote exchanges between Russia and the EU of people in leading roles in politics, administration, economic life and social affairs and to help the development of civil society in Russia; 8. Calls in particular on the Commission, in the context of the TACIS programme for democracy, to provide greater financial support for the NGOs which seek to promote civil society in Russia and whose activities may have a multiplier effect, to enable these organizations to continue and step up their work which is so useful at this stage of the political transition; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/169 Thursday 2 April 1998 9. Commits the European Union, too, to developing with the Russian authorities cooperation on matters falling within the scope of the third pillar (all kinds of trafficking, and in particular the trafficking in human beings, money laundering etc. ) so as to fight against crime which is on the rise in Russia and also has ramifications extending to the European Union and its neighbouring countries; 10. Calls, in the light of falling life-expectancy and the danger of social disturbances which could destabilize the country, for particular attention to be paid to combating poverty in Russia, to improving health and environmental protection, to the fight against alcoholism, and to a social housing policy, so as to ensure better living conditions for the Russian people; 11. Calls on the Government and the Federal Parliament of the Russian Federation to implement the resolution of the International Conference on Human Rights and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Russia recently held by the Presidential Commission on Human Rights and take all the necessary steps to harmonize Russian Federal laws with internationally accepted standards on human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples; Considers in particular that in the next few years the TACIS programme should accord an important 12. place, alongside its actions in the economic field, to: › carrying out projects likely to bring significant improvements to the daily life of the people in the sectors most heavily hit by current reforms, such as health, education, safety and housing, › setting up and efficiently implementing a legal framework within which the rule of law can operate and which accords people and businesses greater legal certainty and confidence in the courts, › implementing a just and effective tax system which will enable a genuine civic spirit to flourish in the country, › to assist in strengthening the diversity and freedom of the media, especially television; 13. Stresses the need to monitor carefully the implementation of the law on freedom of conscience and on religious associations which the Duma has adopted, so as to avoid its leading in practice to infringements of religious freedom; 14. Stresses that the fight against regional inequalities, which is primarily the responsibility of the Russian authorities, can be supported by the European Union through its TACIS programme, by means of the partnership and cooperation agreement, and by the EBRD, since the concentration of wealth around Moscow and a few major cities is not calculated to encourage the consolidation of democracy in Russia; 15. Considers in this respect that decentralized implementation of EU programmes and of economic aid to the regions and the development of contacts between the European Union and members of the Russian Federation would be appropriate; 16. Would welcome in particular closer EU cooperation with the Russian Federation in implementing civilian measures for conflict prevention and conflict management in the Russian Federation; Developing a partnership 17. Calls on the Council and Commission to make the most of all the possibilities opened up by the partnership and cooperation agreement with Russia, including the establishment of a free trade area when conditions are right, to enable the European Union and Russia to create together an area of peace and prosperity; 18. Calls on the Council and the Commission to use the partnership to integrate economic and environmental interests to encourage environmentally sustainable policies and practices in lending and investment projects in such a way as to help integrate environmental concerns into all sectors of society; 19. Notes that Russia possesses all the key factors needed to consolidate democracy, the rule of law and a market economy, in particular a considerable industrial and intellectual capacity which should be exploited in the context of the partnership and cooperation agreement; C 138/170 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 20. Considers that this would help raise the living standards of the people and slow down, if not halt, the brain drain from Russia, which not only deprives Russian society but also encourages the dispersal throughout the world of dangerous techniques such as the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction; 21. Calls for joint Euro-Russian projects to be defined in the industrial field, starting with the high technology sector (biology, computers, space, aeronautics, energy, telecommunications) so as to make Russia a fully-fledged partner in these frontier technology sectors; 22. Welcomes, with this in mind, the creation of the International Science and Technology Centre in Moscow, though considering that it can make only a very modest contribution to the problems it is intended to solve; 23. Calls on the Commission to coordinate its activities with the Russian Government to prevent illegal trafficking in fissile material, to improve the safety of Russia(cid:146)s nuclear installations and, where that is not possible, to shut down particularly dangerous reactors; 24. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to devote particular attention to the protection and rehabilitation of the Russian environment, which suffered extreme damage during the Communist period; calls on the European Union to enable Russia to benefit from its know-how in this area and for joint environmental programmes such as (cid:145)Cross Border(cid:146) to be developed and strengthened under the partnership and cooperation agreement in the context of the commitments given at Kyoto; 25. Calls on the Commission to intensify its efforts under the TACIS programme to diversify energy sources in the Russian Federation with the emphasis on promoting renewable energies and combating energy waste, along with improving the safety of nuclear plant; 26. Calls for the prompt ratification by the Russian Parliament of the European Energy Charter Treaty; 27. Welcomes the recent conclusion of an agreement on trade in steel and hopes for productive use of the opportunities afforded by the partnership and cooperation agreement to sign specific agreements of this kind; 28. Calls in particular for further opening of the relevant market, for the benefit of consumers and industry on both sides, provided that both partners are subject to the same provisions and stipulations in terms of competition rules, state aids and environmental protection; 29. Notes that a development of this nature would give European and Russian undertakings a better chance in facing the formidable competition from American, Japanese and other companies, and considers that the other CIS states should be involved in these efforts; Calls on the European Union to provide Russia with technical assistance to enable it to install an 30. effective legal system and one which is favourable to foreign investments; Stresses in particular the importance for undertakings of tax reform and its implementation, and 31. considers it desirable to establish a task force of tax experts to work in close cooperation with the Russian Government; Hopes for more intensive cooperation between the TACIS programme and the EBRD in order to 32. develop a risk capital system favouring small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which will permit the joint funding of micro-projects and thus contribute to the emergence of a dynamic SME sector; 33. Stresses the need for strict supervision also of the funds paid or lent to the Russian Federation; Calls also for the improvement of infrastructures likely to favour trade, particularly trans-European 34. networks linking the countries of the European Union, the CEECs and the Russian Federation; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/171 Thursday 2 April 1998 35. Hopes that the Commission(cid:146)s efforts to open substantive negotiations on the problem of charges to be paid by European airlines overflying Siberia will soon be successful and welcomes the goodwill shown by the Russians in this respect; 36. Hopes that the conditions will be created to enable a global agreement to be concluded between Russia and the EU in the fisheries sector, provided that the legal stipulations concerning the inspection and health control of fisheries products are equivalent for both parties; 37. Urges the Commission, so as to avoid pointless disputes, to work along the same lines employed with the CEECs and study measures and mechanisms which may help increase flexibility not just on paper but also in practice in trade between Russia and the European Union; Supports Russia(cid:146)s bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), and hopes the Russian 38. Federation will soon fulfil all the criteria for membership; 39. Calls for strict compliance with the obligation on each partner under the partnership and cooperation agreement to consult the other partner before taking measures which will have adverse effects on their trade relations; 40. Stresses that the EU(cid:146)s general anti-dumping rules are fully in line with WTO principles; at the same time welcomes the Commission(cid:146)s recent proposals aimed at adjusting the procedures of the anti-dumping policy to the particular conditions of the Russian economy; 41. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make known the rich cultural heritage of Russia, with all its ethnic diversity, by organizing cultural cooperation programmes and promoting joint cultural events and twinning arrangements between towns and regions; Stresses the importance of formal and informal contacts in all fields in improving mutual 42. understanding and promoting a climate of confidence between the Russia and its EU partners; Calls on the Council and the Commission to strengthen the regular political dialogue on CFSP 43. matters with Russia in order to promote cooperation and joint actions in this field; Strengthening security in Europe on the basis of mutual cooperation 44. Notes, in view of the geographical proximity of all the countries on the continent of Europe, that the security of the European peoples forms an indivisible whole and that this security depends to a very large extent on relations between the European Union and Russia; 45. Calls at the outset, with a view to closer cooperation in the security sphere, for all possibilities offered by the Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation to be used to help create a more stable, peaceful and undivided Europe, where the inviolability of existing borders, human rights and the rights of minorities are respected; 46. Further proposes that the EU/WEU, NATO, and the Russian Federation should continue to develop close links between their respective parliamentary bodies, political leaders and military high commands and that they should continue to cooperate in peacekeeping operations and the development of Partnership for Peace initiatives; Notes that such a development should not in any way affect the rights or obligations of the Member 47. States of the European Union participating in NATO; 48. Hopes that the European Union itself will develop security relations with Russia complementing the relations which it will then seek to develop with the United States in a bilateral framework or under the auspices of NATO; 49. Notes that Russia retains a considerable nuclear and conventional military potential; hopes that Russia will continue on the course of ratifying a series of arms control and reduction agreements; in this light, looks to Russia to ratify the START II agreement on reducing nuclear arsenals and embark upon START III, and to review its position on anti-personnel landmines and sign the Ottawa Convention; C 138/172 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 50. Wishes an overall strategic discussion to take place between the European Union and Russia, in which the responsibilities of each side in the security system of the European continent will gradually be defined and stresses the importance of working closely with the OSCE › whilst at the same time encouraging reform of that organization so as to increase its capacity for action and the effectiveness of its initiatives › and the UN on regional security, conflict prevention and peacekeeping issues; Defining the new European order 51. Stresses the need, over and above security issues, to map out a new structure for pan-European cooperation following events since 1989 and in connection with the European Union(cid:146)s forthcoming enlargement to include the CEECs; 52. Considers that the enlargement of the European Union to include the CEECs, which is a highly desirable objective, must not place Russia and its neighbouring countries behind a new (cid:145)curtain(cid:146) nor create a new division between the countries of Central Europe which join the EU and those which do not; 53. In this light recognizes the important role of the EU/Russia Joint Parliamentary Committee in achieving improved understanding and a reinforced partnership between the European Union and the Russian Federation; Considers that, in order to make a success of this new order, it is essential to ensure that relations 54. between the major political and economic entities on the international stage are as balanced as possible; 55. Welcomes the signing of the border agreement between Russia and Lithuania and hopes that similar agreements will soon be concluded with the other sovereign Baltic states (Estonia and Latvia); also welcomes the Treaty signed by Russia and Ukraine on 31 May 1997; 56. Considers that the European Union must develop special links with a democratic Russia going beyond the partnership and cooperation agreement and would like such links to be able to evolve subsequently in the context of reinforced cooperation arrangements so as to consolidate and guarantee peace and security worldwide; Stresses that a reinforcement of the partnership with Russia needs at the same time a reinforcement 57. of the European Union common foreign and security policy (CFSP); 58. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to reconsider the new situation arising for Europe from the events of 1989 and the disappearance of the Soviet Union in 1991 and to take account of the new balance on the continent which may establish itself between the European Union and Russia, so as to stabilize Europe in a climate of confidence, peace and strengthened cooperation; 59. Calls for better coordination between the respective positions and roles of the existing European organizations, in particular the OSCE and the Council of Europe, which should act as a link between the two parts of the continent; 60. Stresses the importance of the northern dimension of the policies of the Union and calls for intensive cooperation with Russia in the framework of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, the Barents Euro-Arctic Council and the Arctic Council; Stresses that it is not enough to open western, and particularly European, organizations to Russia 61. but that new links must be forged, including new structures, which take account of the entirely new active role which Russia is destined to play; * * * 62. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission and Council, the Government and Parliament of the Russian Federation and, for information, to NATO, the WEU, the OSCE and the Council of Europe. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/173 Thursday 2 April 1998 7. Forest fires in Latin America and South-East Asia B4-0391, 0396, 0404, 0405, 0410, 0415, 0418 and 0421/98 Resolution on the fires devastating northern Brazil and South-East Asia The European Parliament, › having regard to its previous resolutions on the protection of tropical forests, and in particular its resolutions of 23 October 1997 on forest fires and air pollution in South-East Asia (1) and on fires in the Brazilian Amazon region (2), › having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3062/95 of 20 December 1995 on operations to promote tropical forests (3), › having regard to the provisions of the Convention on Biodiversity and the Commission communi- cation to the Council and the European Parliament on a European Community biodiversity strategy (COM(98)0042 › C4-0140/98), A. having regard to the vast fires which are devastating the state of Roraima (northern Brazil, border with Venezuela) and which, according to the Brazilian environment agency (IBAMA), have already destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of grassland and tropical forest since December 1997 and which are threatening a five million hectare area, B. noting with great concern the continuing fires that have destroyed large parts of the tropical forests on the Indonesian island of Kalimantan, C. noting that the gravity of the situation has been greatly exacerbated by the worst drought in the region for many years, combined with unusually high winds, both of which phenomena are believed to be associated with the impact of the (cid:145)El Nin(cid:152)o(cid:146) weather pattern, D. emphasizing that millions of people, especially indigenous people living in the rainforests, such as the Yanomami, Macuxi and Wapixana, and the people from Kalimantan, whose existence is seriously threatened by the spreading fire, are also suffering from the immediate consequences of these forest fires such as lack of food, economic disruption and health problems, E. having regard to the weakness of the fire-fighting measures implemented by the Brazilian authorities, despite the declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state of Roraima, and the precious time lost in this fight because of the inexplicable reluctance of the Brazilian environment agency (IBAMA) to accept the assistance of specialized United Nations teams, F. noting that national governments in South-East Asia have in the past often failed to take sufficient measures to prevent the outbreak of these fires and in some cases have even promoted activities likely to bring about uncontrollable fires, such as the Mega-Rice project on the Indonesian island of Kalimantan, G. noting that the 1,5 million hectares of the Mega-Rice project in Indonesia, due to its natural characteristics, is unsuitable for such a large-scale rice cultivation scheme and that despite the adverse recommendations of an environmental impact assessment study, the Indonesian Government went ahead with the implementation of the project without taking concrete action to prevent wholesale logging and environmental destruction by powerful and politically well-connected timber companies, H. having regard to the ecological and economic importance and the importance for scientific development of tropical forests for the region and the entire world as a factor in climate balance and in safeguarding biodiversity, (1) OJ C 339, 10. 11. 1997, p. 159. (2) OJ C 339, 10. 11. 1997, p. 163. (3) OJ L 327, 30. 12. 1995, p. 9. C 138/174 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 I. having regard to the important role played by certain NGOs in achieving the preservation and sustainable management of tropical forests, in particular through the special relationships they have often been able to establish with the local population and their decentralized structures, J. whereas the European Parliament made the protection of tropical forests one of its budgetary priorities and whereas in this context the implementation of budget line B7-6201 is not ideal, 1. Calls on the Brazilian authorities to do everything possible to speed up the arrival of help to this area and in particular to accept without delay the offer of the United Nations (UNEP/OCHA) to despatch a specialist fire-fighting team there; 2. Calls on the international community and in particular the EU to provide financial aid and technical skills forthwith so that the emergency teams are in a position to bring the fires under control, and to release humanitarian aid for the victims as a matter of urgency; Stresses the importance for the Indian populations of having access to medical structures as they are 3. exposed to illnesses such as malaria and respiratory diseases; 4. Urges the Indonesian Government to stop activities in connection with the Mega-Rice project on Kalimantan and calls on the Commission and the Council to give the necessary support to the Indonesian Government in developing alternative projects to the Mega-Rice project geared towards rehabilitating the damaged areas and implementing an integrated approach to the preservation of tropical peat-swamp forests in the region and the establishment of an (cid:145)ecological planning unit(cid:146) in Central Kalimantan; calls on them to organize a conference on the Mega-Rice project; 5. Calls on the governments in those regions to enact effective laws to combat slash and burn methods of forest clearance, to introduce land reform designed to provide landless peasants with alternatives to encroaching upon the rainforest and to provide funds for research and action designed to ensure better protection of the rainforest; 6. Calls on the Commission and the Council to provide the national authorities concerned with the necessary support to develop sustainable alternatives to present activities which contribute largely to the destruction of the tropical rainforests; Calls on the G8, meeting in Birmingham in May 1998, to put forward practical measures in order to 7. act jointly and within the United Nations to: › combat the illegal and abusive exploitation of the Amazonian forest more effectively, › establish rapid reaction and aid structures which can bring together and coordinate the intervention of specialized units in the fight against natural disasters; Points out the importance of criteria relating to sustainable forest management being taken into 8. account within the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); 9. Notes that, despite Cambodia(cid:146)s timber export ban, which is supported by both Thailand and Vietnam, the illegal export of timber still continues; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to raise this issue at the ASEM Conference and insist that such illegal practices are brought to an end; 10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the initiative within the IMF, the World Bank and the ITTO to negotiate with the Governments of Indonesia and Brazil in order to encourage sustainable forestry management and uphold respect for the environment and the rights of the indigenous population, in particular in government-funded and sponsored development projects; 11. Calls on the Commission in its technological research and development programme for developing countries to pay particular attention to questions associated with the sustainable working of tropical forests; 12. Considers that a system of civil liability with regard to damage to the environment would help to curb such irresponsible conduct and proposes that such a system should be examined in the framework of an international convention on forests, in accordance with the undertakings given at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/175 Thursday 2 April 1998 13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its internal procedures as much as possible so that all the sums available under heading B7-6201 (cid:145)Tropical forests(cid:146) from previous financial years are settled as soon as possible in order to contribute effectively to the action of the partners involved in development projects in the area; 14. Deplores the fact that, at the Earth Summit held in New York in June 1997, the draft of an international convention for the protection of forests which was supported by the European Union was rejected by the assembly, and calls on the Commission to reintroduce its proposal; 15. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the G8 Member States, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the governments of the states concerned in Latin America and South-East Asia, the World Bank, the International Tropical Timber Organization and the ASEM. 8. Human rights (a) B4-0409, 0411, 0412 and 0420/98 Resolution on the arrest and detention of the Italian citizen Dino Frisullo in Turkey The European Parliament, › having regard to its previous resolutions on the human rights situation in Turkey, A. whereas Dino Frisullo, an Italian citizen, was arrested on 21 March 1998 in Diyarbakir for taking part in celebrations to mark the Kurdish New Year ((cid:145)Newroz(cid:146)) and for demonstrating in support of the fundamental rights of the Kurdish people, B. whereas the charge brought of (cid:145)incitement to violence(cid:146) is not warranted by Dino Frisullo(cid:146)s behaviour, which involved the exercise of the fundamental rights of freedom of assembly and freedom of expression, C. whereas numerous Community citizens, including many politicians and members of parliament, took part in the (cid:145)Newroz(cid:146) celebrations, D. outraged by the behaviour of the Turkish police who, during the celebrations, arrested a large number of people indiscriminately, in many instances after having subjected them to arbitrary beatings, E. having regard to the diplomatic steps taken by the Italian Government to secure the immediate release of its national, F. reminding the Turkish authorities of the obligations they entered into by signing the European and international conventions on human rights, Calls on the Turkish authorities to release the Italian citizen Dino Frisullo immediately, and supports 1. the request to this effect made by the Italian Government; 2. Deplores the actions of the Turkish security forces during the peaceful (cid:145)Newroz(cid:146) celebrations; 3. Calls on the Turkish Government to show respect for fundamental human rights, as required by the international conventions that Turkey has signed, and in particular to guarantee the rights of freedom of opinion and freedom of expression; Points out that closer cooperation between the European Union and Turkey is conditional, first and 4. foremost, upon full respect for human rights; Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Government 5. and Parliament of Italy and the Government and Parliament of Turkey. C 138/176 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 (b) B4-0392, 0401, 0403, 0408 and 0417/98 Resolution on freedom of expression in Cameroon The European Parliament, A. whereas the journalist Pius Njawe·, editor of the newspaper (cid:145)Le Messager(cid:146), was arrested on 24 December 1997 following publication of an article reporting that Cameroon(cid:146)s President Paul Biya had had heart problems, B. whereas a denial issued by the Presidency was published in a subsequent edition of the same newspaper, C. whereas on 13 January 1998 Pius Njawe· was sentenced to two years(cid:146) imprisonment and a fine of CFA 500 000 for (cid:145)dissemination of inaccurate news(cid:146), D. whereas at the same hearing a second journalist, Michel Michaut Moussala, was also sentenced to six months(cid:146) imprisonment and a fine of CFA 1 million for an article, published in the (cid:145)Aurore Plus(cid:146) weekly newspaper of which he is editor, criticizing the Director of the Cameroon Ports Authority, who is also a member of parliament belonging to the ruling party, E. regretting that, despite the appeals made to the Cameroonian authorities by both political and civilian circles, no response has yet been received on the case of Pius Njawe·, F. deploring the recent upsurge in violations of freedom of expression in the country, G. whereas Cameroon is a signatory to the Lome· Convention, Article 5 of which stipulates that development aid is conditional upon respect for basic human rights and freedoms, one of the most prominent of which is freedom of expression, Deplores in the strongest terms the arrest and the heavy sentences meted out to Pius Njawe· and 1. Michel Michaut Moussala and calls for their immediate and unconditional release; Calls on the Cameroonian Government to show all due respect for human rights and fundamental 2. freedoms, and in particular freedom of expression; Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure compliance with Article 5 of the Lome· 3. Convention and closely monitor the human rights situation in Cameroon; Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the Co-Presidents 4. of the ACP-EU Joint Assembly and the Cameroonian Government. (c) B4-0407 and 0423/98 Resolution on the death penalty in the United States The European Parliament, › having regard to its earlier resolutions on the death penalty in the United States, and in particular on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, A. whereas on 30 March 1998 Judy Buenoano was executed in the electric chair in Starke (Florida), B. whereas Judy Buenoano was the first woman to be executed in Florida since 1848, and only the third in the entire United States to be executed since the Supreme Court re-established capital punishment in 1976, 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/177 Thursday 2 April 1998 C. whereas Mumia Abu-Jamal was condemned to death in December 1982 and whereas international protests have so far succeeded in preventing his execution, D. having regard to the hunger strike staged by Mumia Abu-Jamal and other prisoners under sentence of death in protest against the deterioration in their conditions of imprisonment at Greene prison in Pennsylvania, Calls on the United States to abolish the death penalty, and calls on all its individual states to remove 1. the death penalty from their statute books; Reaffirms its opposition to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances and, in this connection, 2. expresses its outrage at the execution of Judy Buenoano; Reiterates its call for Mumia Abu-Jamal(cid:146)s case to be reviewed and for the death sentence on him to 3. be commuted; Calls on the Pennsylvania prison authorities fully to respect the rights of prisoners, including visiting 4. and canteen rights and the right to possess personal documents; Instructs its delegation for relations with the United States to raise the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and 5. the whole subject of the death penalty at its next meeting with US members of Congress; Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the President of the 6. United States and the Governor of Pennsylvania. 9. Democratic accountability in third stage of EMU A4-0110/98 Resolution on democratic accountability in the third phase of EMU The European Parliament, › having regard to Articles 106 to 109l of the EC Treaty, › having regard to Articles 15 and 50 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (ECB) (hereafter referred to as the Statute of the ESCB), › having regard to Rule 148 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Institutional Affairs (A4-0110/98), A. whereas the EC Treaty establishes the political, institutional, functional, financial and staffing independence of the future ECB and whereas this independence can only be altered by means of a unanimous decision of the Member States, B. whereas, within a democracy, the starting point has to be that policy decisions should be transparent and accountable; whereas, within the limits necessary in order to ensure a high level of growth and employment, this principle should apply to the conduct of monetary policy by the ECB, C. whereas the independence of the future ECB will only meet with public acceptance if the ECB enjoys a high degree of legitimacy; whereas the only way to ensure this is full accountability of the ECB for its actions, C 138/178 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 D. whereas it is essential for the ECB to establish its credibility in relation to financial markets and other economic and social actors; whereas a high degree of transparency in monetary policy decision- making will be the best way of underpinning this credibility, E. whereas coordination of monetary and economic policy is essential to the smooth functioning of EMU, F. whereas the objective of price stability implies that the future ECB should act against inflationary as well as deflationary pressures which seem durable, 1. Welcomes the fact that, under Article 105 of the EC Treaty, the primary objective of the ECB is to maintain price stability, and considers that the best guarantee of this is an independent ECB; 2. Recalls Article 105(1) of the EC Treaty which recognizes the capacity of monetary policy to support the general economic policies of the Community and to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Community as laid down in Articles 2 and 3a of the EC Treaty, without prejudice to the objective of price stability; Notes that central bank monetary policy decisions influence real economic variables such as 3. investment, employment and growth; 4. Points to the fact that the independence of the future ECB will go further than that of any other central bank, and that this unprecedentedly high degree of independence will call for a correspondingly high level of democratic accountability, as real independence requires legitimacy and transparency in order to be credible and lastingly accepted; 5. Stresses that, as the future ESCB and the ECB will conduct a single monetary policy for all the Member States taking part in European monetary union, democratic accountability must similarly be exercised at the European level; points out that, as the only directly elected institution at this level, the European Parliament is a particularly appropriate institution to hold the ECB to account; 6. Points to the existing undertakings entered into and honoured by the European Monetary Institute (EMI) towards Parliament with regard to the regular provision of information and the frequency of meetings within its Subcommittee on Monetary Affairs; 7. Calls therefore for the organisation of a dialogue between the European Parliament and the future ECB on monetary and economic affairs, the framework for which dialogue should be confirmed through a mutual agreement; 8. Recognizes the fact that the EC Treaty does not give a precise definition of price stability, nor does it specify by whom this concept is to be defined or by whom the price stability target is to be set, so that it is therefore clear that these tasks will now fall to the future ECB according to Article 12 of its Statute; emphasises that this fact increases the need for democratic accountability and calls on the future ECB clearly to announce its definition of price stability and to report annually on its price stability target to the European Parliament; 9. Calls on the future ECB also to make clear the definitions and its use of operational targets to reach the price stability target; underlines the need to guarantee the transparency of major decisions concerning monetary policy, as well as their background, in order to prevent a deficiency of information and misleading market expectations, and thereby contribute to containing speculation and misinterpretation; States its intention to evaluate the ECB(cid:146)s performance with reference to a range of values for the 10. rate of growth of consumer prices below as well as above the target set by the ECB; 11. Gives notice of its intention, in addition to the presentation of the ECB Annual Report foreseen in Article 109b(3) of the EC Treaty, to convene quarterly meetings on recent monetary and economic developments with the President and/or other members of the Executive Board; 12. Gives notice, too, of its intention to invite the ECB President to take part in the general debate on monetary and economic developments over the previous and the current year, on the basis of the Annual Report of the ECB and the Annual Economic Report produced by the Commission; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/179 Thursday 2 April 1998 13. Urges the future ECB to include in its annual report: › a description and evaluation of recent inflation trends and an explanation of past monetary policy decisions in the light of these trends and how they comply with the price stability target set, its inflation forecasts and comparisons of these with the price stability target set, as well as the forecasts for real GDP growth upon which its target is based; › information concerning the use of intermediate monetary targets; › a description of how monetary policy can support the general economic policies in the Community, as well as an appraisal of the extent to which monetary policy has in fact supported these general economic policies, without prejudice to maintaining price stability in accordance with Article 105 of the EC Treaty; Considers it worthwhile that the quarterly reports referred to in Article 15. 1 of the Statute of the 14. ESCB should report on the monetary policy of both the previous and the current quarter, as well as on the activities of the ESCB; 15. Calls, in addition to the provisions in Article 10. 4 of the Statute of the ESCB, for the minutes of the ECB Governing Council meetings to be published in the form of summaries including the decisions taken and the reasoning behind them at the latest by the day after its next meeting, these summaries also to explain how the decisions are linked to and affect other policies; calls also for full, detailed minutes to be published at the latest five years after the meeting; Calls on the governments of the Member States not to appoint candidates that do not have the 16. approval of the European Parliament; calls, in the light of this experience, for legal consolidation of this practice at a later stage; 17. Urges an examination of the need for a set of rules for the coordination of economic policy in Europe, possibly in the form of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council, including the procedure of the Annual Economic Report, the broad economic guidelines and the excessive deficit procedure; given that the Luxembourg European Council made headway with the notion of more concerted coordination of national economic policies, and more particularly employment policies, considers that Parliament should also be able to be consulted on these issues beyond what is already laid down in Articles 109q and 109s of the EC Treaty, and that an undertaking to consult also on these matters should be negotiated with the other institutions concerned; Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the European 18. Monetary Institute. 10. Post-SFOR strategy A4-0106/98 European Parliament recommendation to the Council on a post-SFOR strategy in Bosnia- Herzegovina The European Parliament, › having regard to the proposal for a recommendation to the Council by Mrs Lalumie‘re on behalf of the ARE Group on a post-SFOR strategy in Bosnia-Herzegovina (B4-1103/97), › having regard to Article J. 7, second paragraph, of the EU Treaty, › having regard to Rule 46(3) of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the conclusions of the Peace Implementation Conference on Bosnia-Herzegovina which took place in Bonn on 9/10 December 1997, C 138/180 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 › having regard to the final communique· of the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers on 2 December 1997 and of NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers on 16 December 1997, › having regard to the new provisions of the Amsterdam Treaty with regard to the EU(cid:146)s security policy (Article J. 7, formerly J. 4), › having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy (A4-0106/98), A. whereas the Bonn Peace Implementation Conference of 9/10 December 1997 concluded that there is no alternative to the Peace Agreement for Bosnia-Herzegovina and to the establishment of sustainable peace in the entire region, B. noting that considerable progress has been made in implementing peace and stability in Bosnia- Herzegovina but that a huge effort is still needed to achieve the ultimate goal of making peace self-sustaining, and that further progress is required to build functioning governmental and administrative structures, to further democratization, to ensure the adequate protection of human rights, a police force that operates effectively and openly and the rule of law, to establish proper management of the economy › including the fight against corruption and tax evasion › and to complete successfully the return of refugees and displaced persons, C. convinced that further assistance by the EU and the international community must remain conditional upon compliance with the Peace Agreement and subsequent obligations, D. recognizing that the presence of IFOR and later SFOR has been the greatest single contribution to sub-regional security since the signing of the Peace Agreement and will continue to be so in the short to medium term, if the pace of implementation of the civilian aspects of the Dayton Agreement is still so slow, E. stating that the civil implementation has been seriously endangered by the (cid:145)public security gap(cid:146), owing to the high degree of separation of roles between the military and the civilian parts of the Bosnian peace operation, F. wishing to improve the consistency, quality, impact and visibility of the EU engagement in Bosnia-Herzegovina, G. welcoming the emerging consensus on the need for the presence of a military peace-keeping force to continue beyond June 1998 indicated by NATO(cid:146)s plans to consider options for a multinational follow-on force to SFOR beyond June 1998, H. whereas the provisions of the new Amsterdam Treaty make a common European security action for Bosnia-Herzegovina possible on the basis of Article J. 7, second paragraph, on the Petersberg tasks and Article J. 13 on the rule of constructive abstentions, 1. Recommends the Council: (a) to decide in the spirit of the provisions of the new Amsterdam Treaty, which refers to peace-keeping and peace-making tasks in crisis management, on a joint action for active EU participation in a multinational follow-on force to SFOR beyond June 1998, (b) to take such a decision and to ask the WEU to coordinate the military efforts of EU Member States within a NATO-led post-SFOR operation, (c) to take such a decision with a view to making European commitment to peace building and reconstruction in Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the basis of the Dayton Agreement, more consistent and visible, (d) to take into account that the mandate for any follow-on force should provide appropriate support to civil implementation while being readily available and effective enough to respond quickly to events on the ground in and across Bosnia-Herzegovina, and furthermore should include a substantial expansion of the number of UN-IPTF (police) personnel, also with the objective of training local police forces, 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/181 Thursday 2 April 1998 (e) to ensure the continuity and to make better use of the mandate for the European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM) which plays an important role below the military level for the civil implementation effort and which is the only organizational force on the ground denoting an EU presence; asks the Council in this respect to make an overall evaluation of the role and the experience of the ECMM so far and to report to the European Parliament, (f) to continue its ban on arms transfers to the former Yugoslavia, to appeal for a policy of moderation on the part of arms exporting countries and to urge the respective governments, especially the United States, to reconsider their intentions of rearming the Bosnian factions; believes that any rearmament that would encourage further military action must be avoided at all cost, (g) immediately to persuade all decision-makers in Bosnia-Herzegovina to ban forthwith the production of mines in Bosnia-Herzegovina as well as their export, (h) to ensure that the multinational follow-on force is mandated to apprehend persons indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and to assist in locating and excavating mass graves, as well as in the safe return of refugees and displaced persons, and in the protection of minorities and vulnerable groups in all areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina; 2. Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Council and Commission. 11. Methane emissions A4-0120/98 Resolution on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the strategy for reducing methane emissions (COM(96)0557 › C4-0001/97) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission communication (COM(96)0557 › C4-0001/97), › having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection and the opinions of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy (A4-0120/98), A. having regard to the undertakings given by the EU both in the Maastricht Treaty and the Treaty of Amsterdam concerning sustainable development and all the actions to be taken with a view to reducing atmospheric pollution, B. having regard to the guidelines set in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1993) (1), C. having regard to the provisions in the Fifth framework action programme on the environment (cid:145)Towards Sustainability(cid:146) (2) on the establishment of a monitoring mechanism of Community CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions (3), D. having regard to the conclusions of the Council of Environment Ministers of December 1994 on the possible adoption of a strategy for the reduction of greenhouse gases other than CO2, in particular methane and nitrous oxide, (1) OJ L 33, 7. 2. 1994, p. 13. (2) OJ C 138, 17. 5. 1993, p. 5. (3) OJ L 167, 9. 7. 1993, p. 31. C 138/182 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 E. having regard to the agreement reached at the UN Kyoto Conference on Climate Change, F. having regard to the demands of the intergovernmental group on climate change, established in accordance with the Berlin mandate, with regard to methane emissions, G. aware of the great effectiveness of action on anthropogenic methane sources, because of its effect on the total volume of methane and because of the short life of this gas, H. concerned by the relative tardiness of the European Union with regard to measures and actions seeking to reduce methane emissions, I. attaching great value to the recommendations contained in the communication for action on the three main sources of emissions, namely livestock rearing, landfills and the use of fossil fuels; considering, however, that attention should also be paid to complementary aspects such as other agricultural activities (rice cultivation, brush fires), other sources of energy such as coalmining and other areas of investigation such as emissions from oceans or the invention of instruments and equipment associated with the use of methane, J. having regard to the serious problems of methane leakage in much of the older pipeline network in the former Soviet Union, K. whereas access to pipelines is essential for the use of landfill and other sources of methane, L. whereas it is extremely important to involve the general public in these actions by making them aware of the scale of this problem, in order that they appreciate the need to change their behaviour in such areas as waste disposal, 1. Welcomes the Commission(cid:146)s strategy paper in that the approach of seeking to reduce methane emissions is particularly suited to making advances in combating the greenhouse effect, owing to the highly reactive properties of this gas and their impact on climate; Considers it appropriate to draw up a detailed study assessing the scale and effects on the territory of 2. the EU of methane emissions, whether natural or anthropogenic; 3. Considers it a matter of urgency, in view of the scale of the problem, for the Commission to submit a package of legislative, economic and social recommendations, covering all sources of methane and not restricting itself to the three referred to above, with a view to achieving a substantial reduction in methane emissions through practical proposals within a definite timescale; Calls on the Commission to submit its proposals and requirements as inputs to the international 4. debate and to take account of this debate in its own thinking; 5. Calls on the Commission to make preparations for the establishment of a European climate agency as a means of coordinating public and private climate protection measures and to report to the Parliament on progress and setbacks on the way to its establishment; 6. Considers the Commission(cid:146)s proposal to draw up programmes and initiatives seeking to recover methane coming from coal mining and landfills to be sensible; considers that these energy production programmes should be integrated into the European policies which are currently being implemented in this field; Considers that access to pipelines must be permitted for technically appropriate sources of methane, 7. such as landfill or coalmine methane; 8. Considers it appropriate for the Commission to draw up an action plan to reduce methane emissions which cannot be utilized subsequently, such as emissions from rice cultivation, leakages from gas pipelines and the burning of fossil fuels; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/183 Thursday 2 April 1998 Asks the Commission to ensure that repair programmes for old pipelines are given adequate 9. attention in the deployment of EU funds in third countries such as those of the former Soviet Union; Calls on the Commission to submit proposals on tax concessions for European undertakings that 10. demonstrably contribute to reducing CH4 emissions in third countries; Calls on the Commission to work towards the adoption of quantified reduction values and to 11. summarize the measures proposed by it in a qualified and timetabled action-plan; 12. Calls on the Commission to submit proposals for amending waste disposal legislation that will serve the purpose of avoiding waste and reducing emissions by retrofitting existing landfill sites and establishing approval criteria for the construction of new ones; 13. Realizes how important the issue of methane emissions is and believes it should also be seen as a factor to be taken into account in the various proposals for the reform of the present common agricultural policy, together with other environmental factors; 14. Stresses, however, that livestock reduction (which, in any case, is already taking place, e. g. as a result of milk quotas, the BSE crisis and extensification of production) does not seem a feasible solution in the long term, partly because a reduction in the EU would automatically lead to an increase in competing third countries and would therefore mean no change in the overall impact. 15. Considers that an increase in animal productivity is not much more feasible, given its impact on the environment (livestock concentration) and on animal welfare and that more research should instead go into improving animal diets with respect to methane emissions; 16. Considers that better prospects are offered by the management of livestock effluents, a major problem in all intensive farming regions, given the pollution involved, and that widespread use of recovery systems and energy conversion of animal waste should be a priority objective of the European Union; 17. Considers that, in the context of the debate on the drawing up and adoption of the fifth framework programme on research, great emphasis should be placed on research projects for the monitoring and reduction of methane emissions and their exploitation, whether such emissions are from natural or anthropogenic sources, and that account must be taken of scientific and technical aspects and social and economic considerations; 18. Asks the Commission to undertake a study into methane hydrates; 19. Considers further research efforts with a view to reducing methane emissions in coalmining to be necessary, and draws attention to the research potential to be realized from unresolved questions concerning the contribution to the greenhouse effect of methane emissions generated by animal digestion and animal excrement; Proposes the drawing up at European level of a range of regulations with a view to encouraging and 20. promoting any actions which could have a direct or indirect effect on reducing methane emissions; Considers that increasing public awareness about the reduction of methane emissions is an 21. important element for the success of this project and calls on the Commission, therefore, to encourage this process through recommendations to the education sector and those responsible for increasing public awareness through the media; 22. Recommends that Parliament should hold an annual debate on progress made in implementing all the measures adopted and on their increasing effectiveness on the reduction of methane emissions in Europe; 23. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission. C 138/184 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 ANNEX European Year of action to combat violence against women (Rule 48) 4/98 Written declaration on designating 1999 as the European Year of action to combat violence against women The European Parliament, › having regard to its resolution of 16 September 1997 on the need to establish a European Union-wide campaign for zero tolerance of violence against women (1), A. whereas all forms of gender-based violence falling within the scope of the definition contained in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women should be regarded as criminal offences, B. whereas the statistics that do exist show that violence is endemic in our societies and affects women on a daily basis, C. whereas violence against women in the home and in our society directly and indirectly affects children and can often create a cycle of violence and abuse which is perpetuated through succeeding generations, Calls on the Commission to launch a European Union-wide campaign for zero tolerance of violence 1. against women; 2. Asks the Commission to propose to the Council that 1999 be designated the European Year of action to combat violence against women and that the Council adopt a resolution to that effect before 30 June 1998; 3. Instructs its President to forward this declaration to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 304, 6. 10. 1997, p. 55. The following Members signed: Adam, Aelvoet, Ahern, Ahlqvist, Alavanos, Anastasopoulos, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Andre·-Le·onard, Andrews, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Avgerinos, Baldarelli, Baldi, Balfe, Banotti, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bere‘s, Berger, Bertens, Bertinotti, Billingham, van Bladel, Blak, Bloch von Blottnitz, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Boogerd-Quaak, Botz, Bowe, Breyer, Brinkhorst, Cabezo·n Alonso, Caligaris, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Carniti, Cars, Castagne‘de, Castellina, Castricum, Caudron,, Cellai, Coates, Cohn-Bendit, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, K. Collins, Colom I Naval, Corbett, Correia, Corrie, Cot, Cottigny, Cox, Crampton, Crawley, Cunningham, Cushnahan, Darras, Daskalaki, David, De Clercq, De Coene, De Giovanni, Dell(cid:146)Alba, De Luca, Denys, Desama, de Vries, D(cid:14)·ez de Rivera Icaza, van Dijk, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly A. , Duhamel, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Dury, Eisma, Elchlepp, Elliott, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Ettl, Evans, Ewing, Fabra Valle·s, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fassa, Fayot, Ferrer, Flemming, Florio, Fontaine, Ford, Friedrich, Frischenschlager, Frutos Gama, Funk, Gahrton, Gallagher, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Glase, Go¤rlach, Gollnisch, Gomolka, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, Hager, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hautala, Hawlicek, Heinisch, Hendrick, Hindley, Hoff, Holm, Howitt, Hughes, Hume, Imaz san Miguel, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Janssen van Raay, Jensen K. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Kaklamanis, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kellett-Bowman, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kerr, Kestelijn-Sierens, 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/185 Thursday 2 April 1998 Killilea, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Kokkola, Konrad, Krarup, Krehl, Kreissl-Do¤rfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Langen, Langenhagen, Lannoye, Larive, Lenz, Le Pen, Leperre-Verrier, Le Rachinel, Liese, Lindeperg, Lindholm, Lindqvist, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lucas Pires, Lu¤ttge, Lulling, Macartney, McCarthy, McGowan, McKenna, McMahon, McNally, Maij-Weggen, Malone, Manisco, Mann E. , Mann T. , Marinho, Marinucci, Martens, Martin D. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Metten, Miller, Miranda, Miranda de Lage, Monfils, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Mouskouri, Mu¤ller, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Needle, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Novo, Oddy, Ojala, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Orlando, Paasilinna, Paasio, Pack, Pailler, Panagopoulos, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Perry, Peter, Pettinari, Pex, Piecyk, Pimenta, Plooij-van Gorsel, Poisson, Pollack, Pons Grau, Pronk, Puerta, van Putten, Querbes, Rack, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Raschhofer, Rauti, Read, Reding, Rehder, Ribeiro, Ripa di Meana, Robles Piquer, Rosado Fernandes, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ru¤big, Ruffolo, Ryyna¤nen, Sainjon, Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schiedermeier, Schlechter, Schleicher, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schnellhardt, Scho¤rling, Schro¤der, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwaiger, Seal, Seillier, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Simpson, Sindal, Siso· Cruellas, Sjo¤stedt, Skinner, Smith, Sonneveld, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Spaak, Speciale, Spiers, Stenmarck, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Tatarella, Telka¤mper, Terro·n I Cus(cid:14)·, Teverson, Theonas, Theorin, Thomas, Tillich, Titley, Todini, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Marques, Trakatellis, Truscott, Tsatsos, Ullmann, Valdivielso de Cue·, Vallve·, Van Lancker, Vaz da Silva, Vecchi, W. van Velzen, Verde i Aldea, Vinci, Virgin, Waddington, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson, Wolf, Wynn, Zimmermann. C 138/186 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 ATTENDANCE REGISTER 2 April 1998 The following signed: d(cid:146)Aboville, Adam, Aelvoet, Ahern, Ahlqvist, Amadeo, Anastassopoulos, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Andre·-Le·onard, Andrews, Angelilli, Antony, Anttila, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arroni, Azzolini, Baldi, Balfe, Bardong, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barthet-Mayer, Barton, Barzanti, Bazin, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Berger, Bernardini, Bertens, Berthu, Bertinotti, Bianco, Billingham, van Bladel, Blak, Bloch von Blottnitz, Blokland, Blot, Bo¤ge, Bontempi, Boogerd-Quaak, Bowe, Breyer, Brinkhorst, Brok, Buffetaut, Burtone, Cabezo·n Alonso, Caligaris, Camiso·n Asensio, Campos, Campoy Zueco, Cardona, Carlotti, Carlsson, Carnero Gonza·lez, Carniti, Cars, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagne‘de, Castagnetti, Castellina, Castricum, Caudron, Cederschio¤ld, Cellai, Chanterie, Chichester, Coates, Cohn-Bendit, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Gerard, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Cornelissen, Correia, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cot, Cottigny, Cox, Crampton, Crowley, Cunha, Cunningham, van Dam, Danesin, Dankert, Darras, Dary, Daskalaki, David, De Coene, De Esteban Martin, De Giovanni, Dell(cid:146)Alba, De Melo, Denys, Deprez, Desama, de Vries, Dillen, Donnay, Donnelly Alan John, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dupuis, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Ebner, Elchlepp, Elliott, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Estevan Bolea, Ettl, Evans, Ewing, Fabra Valle·s, Fabre-Aubrespy, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Farassino, Fassa, Fayot, Ferber, Fe·ret, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Filippi, Fitzsimons, Flemming, Florenz, Florio, Fontaine, Fontana, Ford, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Frischenschlager, Frutos Gama, Funk, Gahrton, Galeote Quecedo, Gallagher, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garot, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Giansily, Gillis, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Glante, Goepel, Goerens, Go¤rlach, Gollnisch, Gomolka, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Graenitz, Graziani, Green, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, Guinebertie‘re, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Haarder, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hager, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hautala, Hawlicek, Heinisch, Hendrick, Herman, Hermange, Hoff, Holm, Hory, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Hyland, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jackson, Janssen van Raay, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Jove· Peres, Junker, Kaklamanis, Karamanou, Karoutchi, Katiforis, Kellett-Bowman, Kerr, Kestelijn-Sierens, Killilea, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Kofoed, Konrad, Krarup, Krehl, Kristoffersen, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumie‘re, Lambraki, Lambrias, Lang, Langen, Langenhagen, Lannoye, Larive, de Lassus Saint Genie‘s, Lataillade, Le Gallou, Lehne, Lenz, Le Pen, Leperre-Verrier, Le Rachinel, Lienemann, Liese, Lindeperg, Lindholm, Lindqvist, Lomas, Lucas Pires, Lu¤ttge, Lulling, Macartney, McCarthy, McCartin, McGowan, McKenna, McNally, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Malerba, Malone, Manisco, Mann Erika, Mann Thomas, Marin, Marinho, Marinucci, Marset Campos, Martin David W. , Martinez, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Medina Ortega, Megahy, Me·gret, Me·ndez de Vigo, Mendiluce Pereiro, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Metten, Mezzaroma, Miller, Miranda, Miranda de Lage, Mohamed Ali, Mombaur, Monfils, Moniz, Moorhouse, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Mosiek-Urbahn, Mu¤ller, Mulder, Murphy, Muscardini, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Newens, Newman, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nordmann, Novo, Oddy, Ojala, Olsson, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Orlando, Otila, Paasilinna, Pack, Pailler, Palacio Vallelersundi, Papakyriazis, Parigi, Pasty, Peijs, Pe·rez Royo, Perry, Peter, Pettinari, Pex, Piecyk, Piha, Pinel, des Places, Plooij-van Gorsel, Poettering, Poggiolini, Poisson, Pollack, Pome·s Ruiz, Pompidou, Pons Grau, Posselt, Pradier, Provan, Puerta, van Putten, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Raschhofer, Read, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Rehder, Ribeiro, Riis-Jłrgensen, Robles Piquer, Rocard, Rosado Fernandes, de Rose, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Ru¤big, Ryyna¤nen, Sainjon, Saint-Pierre, Sakellariou, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Samland, Sandb(cid:230)k, Santini, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sarlis, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scarbonchi, Scha¤fer, Schaffner, Schiedermeier, Schlechter, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schnellhardt, Scho¤rling, Schro¤der, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwaiger, Seal, Secchi, Seillier, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Simpson, Sindal, Siso· Cruellas, Sjo¤stedt, Skinner, Smith, Sonneveld, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Souchet, Spaak, Speciale, Spencer, Spiers, Stenmarck, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Stirbois, Striby, Sturdy, Swoboda, Tamino, Tannert, Tappin, Tatarella, Taubira-Delannon, Telka¤mper, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Teverson, Theato, Theonas, Thors, Tillich, Tindemans, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Marques, Trakatellis, Trizza, Truscott, Ullmann, Valdivielso de Cue·, Vallve·, Valverde Lo·pez, Vanhecke, Van Lancker, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Verwaerde, Vinci, Virgin, Virrankoski, Voggenhuber, Waddington, Walter, Watts, Weber, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiebenga, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijsenbeek, Willockx, Wilson, von Wogau, Wolf, Wurtz, Wynn, Zimmermann 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/187 Thursday 2 April 1998 (+) = For (›) = Against (O) = Abstention ANNEX Result of roll-call votes 1. Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop report A4-0103/98 Amendment 8 (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Castagne‘de, Dary, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, de Lassus Saint Genie‘s, Leperre-Verrier, Macartney, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Weber GUE/NGL: Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Ojala, Pailler, Puerta, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sjo¤stedt, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, Krarup, Nicholson, Pinel, des Places, de Rose, Sandb(cid:230)k, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Amadeo, Cellai, Hager, Muscardini, Parigi, Raschhofer, Tatarella, Trizza PPE: Areitio Toledo, Bennasar Tous, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Campoy Zueco, Castagnetti, Costa Neves, Cunha, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Filippi, Fraga Este·vez, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Imaz San Miguel, Kittelmann, Lucas Pires, Mendon(cid:231)a, Palacio Vallelersundi, Pome·s Ruiz, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Schlu¤ter, Siso· Cruellas, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Baldi, van Bladel, Cabrol, Cardona, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Crowley, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Florio, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Hermange, Hyland, Kaklamanis, Karoutchi, Lataillade, Malerba, Mezzaroma, Pasty, Poisson, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Schaffner (›) ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kofoed, Larive, Lindqvist, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nordmann, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Vallve·, Virrankoski, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek NI: Dillen, Farassino, Fe·ret, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Martinez, Stirbois, Vanhecke PPE: Anastassopoulos, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Berend, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Cornelissen, Corrie, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Ferber, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Friedrich, Funk, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Ilaskivi, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lulling, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Me·ndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Poettering, Poggiolini, Posselt, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Ru¤big, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schleicher, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Sonneveld, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Sturdy, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Bernardini, Billingham, Blak, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Frutos Gama, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lambraki, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Medina Ortega, C 138/188 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Napoletano, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Gahrton, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber, Wolf PPE: Viola PSE: Happart (O) 2. Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop report A4-0103/98 Amendment 3 (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Castagne‘de, Dary, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, de Lassus Saint Genie‘s, Macartney, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Weber ELDR: Anttila, Caligaris, Kofoed, Mulder, Ryyna¤nen, Virrankoski I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, Nicholson, Pinel, des Places, de Rose, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Amadeo, Cellai, Dillen, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Muscardini, Parigi, Raschhofer, Tatarella, Trizza, Vanhecke PPE: Bo¤ge, Brok, von Habsburg, Peijs, von Wogau UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Baldi, van Bladel, Cabrol, Cardona, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Crowley, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Florio, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Hermange, Hyland, Kaklamanis, Karoutchi, Lataillade, Malerba, Mezzaroma, Pasty, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Schaffner (›) ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Monfils, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nordmann, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Teverson, Vallve·, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Ojala, Pailler, Puerta, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci NI: Farassino, Stirbois PPE: Anastassopoulos, Graziani, Lehne, Lulling, Mann Thomas, Schleicher PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Bernardini, Billingham, Blak, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Frutos Gama, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lambraki, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/189 Thursday 2 April 1998 Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Gahrton, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber, Wolf (O) ARE: Leperre-Verrier ELDR: Lindqvist, Thors GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Seppa¤nen, Sjo¤stedt I-EDN: Krarup, Sandb(cid:230)k NI: Fe·ret PPE: Areitio Toledo, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bianco, Bourlanges, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Campoy Zueco, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langenhagen, Lucas Pires, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Martens, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Me·ndez de Vigo, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Perry, Pex, Piha, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Posselt, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Sturdy, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland 3. Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop report A4-0103/98 Amendment 4 (+) ELDR: Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Virrankoski GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Seppa¤nen, Sjo¤stedt I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, Nicholson, Pinel, des Places, de Rose, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Amadeo, Cellai, Dillen, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Muscardini, Parigi, Raschhofer, Stirbois, Tatarella, Trizza, Vanhecke PPE: Campoy Zueco UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Baldi, van Bladel, Cabrol, Cardona, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Crowley, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Florio, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Hermange, Hyland, Kaklamanis, Karoutchi, Lataillade, Malerba, Mezzaroma, Pasty, Poisson, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Schaffner C 138/190 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 (›) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Castagne‘de, Dary, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, de Lassus Saint Genie‘s, Leperre-Verrier, Macartney, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Weber ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kofoed, Larive, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nordmann, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Teverson, Thors, Vallve·, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Ojala, Pailler, Puerta, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci NI: Farassino PPE: Anastassopoulos, Areitio Toledo, Bardong, Bennasar Tous, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Carlsson, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, De Melo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Estevan Bolea, Ferber, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Friedrich, Funk, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Me·ndez de Vigo, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Poettering, Poggiolini, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Robles Piquer, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Sturdy, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barzanti, Berger, Bernardini, Billingham, Blak, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Frutos Gama, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lambraki, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Tomlinson, Tongue, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Gahrton, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber, Wolf (O) ELDR: Lindqvist I-EDN: Krarup, Sandb(cid:230)k NI: Fe·ret PPE: Berend, Bourlanges, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Casini Carlo, De Esteban Martin, Fabra Valle·s, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Filippi, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Galeote Quecedo, Grossete(cid:136)te, Maij-Weggen, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Palacio Vallelersundi, Pome·s Ruiz, Posselt, Redondo Jime·nez 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/191 Thursday 2 April 1998 ELDR: Anttila NI: Dillen, Vanhecke PPE: Valverde Lo·pez 4. Cabrol report A4-0112/98 Amendment 29 (second part) (+) (›) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Castagne‘de, Dary, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, de Lassus Saint Genie‘s, Leperre-Verrier, Macartney, Pradier, Sainjon, Saint-Pierre, Weber ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Lindqvist, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nordmann, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Vallve·, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Ojala, Pailler, Puerta, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, Krarup, Nicholson, des Places, Sandb(cid:230)k, Seillier, Striby NI: Amadeo, Cellai, Farassino, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Muscardini, Parigi, Raschhofer, Stirbois, Tatarella, Trizza PPE: Anastassopoulos, Areitio Toledo, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Campoy Zueco, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Chanterie, Chichester, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Filippi, Florenz, Fontaine, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mayer, Me·ndez de Vigo, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Piha, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Posselt, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stevens, Sturdy, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Bernardini, Billingham, Blak, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lambraki, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Baldi, Cabrol, Cardona, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Florio, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Hyland, Kaklamanis, Karoutchi, Killilea, Lataillade, Malerba, Pasty, Poisson, Rosado Fernandes, Schaffner C 138/192 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Gahrton, Hautala, Kerr, Lannoye, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Schroedter, Tamino, Ullmann, Wolf (O) GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Seppa¤nen, Sjo¤stedt I-EDN: Pinel, de Rose, Souchet NI: Fe·ret, Martinez PPE: Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Reding PSE: Malone UPE: van Bladel, Guinebertie‘re, Mezzaroma, Santini V: Holm, Lindholm, Orlando, Scho¤rling, Voggenhuber 5. Cabrol report A4-0112/98 Annex 5(1) (seventh point) (+) ELDR: Virrankoski I-EDN: Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, de Rose, Seillier, Striby NI: Amadeo, Cellai, Dillen, Fe·ret, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Muscardini, Parigi, Stirbois, Tatarella, Vanhecke PPE: Be·be·ar, Schleicher, Verwaerde PSE: Weiler UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Cabrol, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Donnay, Florio, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Hermange, Karoutchi, Lataillade, Malerba, Pasty, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Schaffner (›) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Castagne‘de, Dary, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, de Lassus Saint Genie‘s, Leperre-Verrier, Macartney, Pradier, Sainjon, Saint-Pierre, Scarbonchi, Weber ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kofoed, Larive, Lindqvist, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nordmann, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Vallve·, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Ojala, Pailler, Puerta, Seppa¤nen, Sjo¤stedt, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci I-EDN: Krarup, Nicholson, Sandb(cid:230)k NI: Farassino PPE: Anastassopoulos, Areitio Toledo, Bennasar Tous, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Campoy Zueco, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Chanterie, Chichester, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Filippi, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mayer, Me·ndez de Vigo, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Posselt, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schlu¤ter, 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/193 Thursday 2 April 1998 Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stevens, Sturdy, Theato, Tillich, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Bernardini, Billingham, Blak, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lambraki, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Walter, Watts, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann UPE: Baldi, Danesin, Daskalaki, Fitzsimons, Gallagher, Hyland, Killilea V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Gahrton, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber, Wolf I-EDN: Berthu, Pinel, des Places, Souchet NI: Hager, Raschhofer (O) PPE: Friedrich, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Provan, Stenzel, Valverde Lo·pez PSE: Lomas, Malone UPE: van Bladel, Cardona, Guinebertie‘re, Kaklamanis, Mezzaroma V: Orlando 6. Cabrol report A4-0112/98 Legislative resolution (+) ARE: Leperre-Verrier, Weber ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kofoed, Larive, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nordmann, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Vallve·, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Ojala, Puerta, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Vinci I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, Pinel, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Amadeo, Cellai, Dillen, Farassino, Fe·ret, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Muscardini, Raschhofer, Stirbois, Tatarella, Trizza, Vanhecke PPE: Anastassopoulos, Areitio Toledo, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Campoy Zueco, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Castagnetti, Chanterie, Cornelissen, Costa Neves, Cunha, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Deprez, Ebner, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, C 138/194 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 Grossete(cid:136)te, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Me·ndez de Vigo, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Pex, Piha, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Posselt, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schlu¤ter, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Bernardini, Billingham, Blak, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carniti, Castricum, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, De Coene, De Giovanni, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lambraki, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Myller, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Baldi, van Bladel, Cabrol, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Danesin, Daskalaki, Fitzsimons, Florio, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Hermange, Karoutchi, Killilea, Lataillade, Malerba, Mezzaroma, Pasty, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Schaffner V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Hautala, Kerr, Lannoye, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Schroedter, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber, Wolf ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Castagne‘de, Dary, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, de Lassus Saint Genie‘s, Macartney, Pradier, Sainjon, Saint-Pierre, Scarbonchi (›) ELDR: Lindqvist GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Seppa¤nen, Sjo¤stedt I-EDN: Krarup, Sandb(cid:230)k PPE: Friedrich, Schleicher PSE: Carlotti, Cot, Cottigny, Denys, Desama, Garot, Happart, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Mutin V: Lindholm GUE/NGL: Elmalan, Ephremidis, Manisco, Pailler, Theonas I-EDN: Nicholson, des Places, de Rose (O) PPE: Cassidy, Chichester, Corrie, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Moorhouse, Perry, Provan, Habsburg-Lothringen, Schnellhardt, Stevens, Sturdy, Valverde Lo·pez Jackson, PSE: Caudron UPE: Cardona, Guinebertie‘re, Kaklamanis, Poisson V: Gahrton, Holm, Scho¤rling 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/195 Thursday 2 April 1998 7. Lalumie‘re report A4-0060/98 Resolution (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Castagne‘de, Dary, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, de Lassus Saint Genie‘s, Leperre-Verrier, Macartney, Pradier, Sainjon, Scarbonchi, Weber ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, de Vries, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Lindqvist, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nordmann, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Vallve·, Virrankoski, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Carnero Gonza·lez, Ephremidis, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Mohamed Ali, Novo, Ojala, Puerta, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Vinci I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Nicholson, Pinel, Souchet NI: Amadeo, Cellai, Fe·ret, Tatarella, Trizza PPE: Anastassopoulos, Areitio Toledo, Be·be·ar, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Chanterie, Chichester, Cornelissen, Costa Neves, Cunha, De Melo, Deprez, Ebner, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Gillis, Goepel, Graziani, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, Heinisch, Herman, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mayer, Me·ndez de Vigo, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Piha, Poettering, Pome·s Ruiz, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stevens, Sturdy, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barton, Barzanti, Blak, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Darras, De Coene, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Duhamel, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lambraki, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Lomas, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Sakellariou, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Tongue, Torres Marques, Truscott, van Velzen Wim, Waddington, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann UPE: Collins Gerard, Daskalaki, Florio, Guinebertie‘re, Hermange, Karoutchi, Malerba, Pasty, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Breyer, Gahrton, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Voggenhuber, Wolf NI: Dillen, Le Gallou, Martinez, Stirbois, Vanhecke PPE: Ferber, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Konrad (›) (O) GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Sjo¤stedt, Theonas I-EDN: Krarup, des Places NI: Hager, Raschhofer C 138/196 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Thursday 2 April 1998 PPE: Corrie, Posselt, Ru¤big PSE: Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Newens, Smith 8. Randzio-Plath report A4-0110/98 Resolution (+) ARE: Castagne‘de, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, de Lassus Saint Genie‘s, Macartney, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Weber ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Cox, de Vries, Fassa, Goerens, Kestelijn-Sierens, Larive, Olsson, Thors, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Carnero Gonza·lez NI: Amadeo, Tatarella, Trizza PPE: Anastassopoulos, Areitio Toledo, Bardong, Bennasar Tous, Bianco, Bourlanges, Camiso·n Asensio, Cornelissen, Costa Neves, De Melo, Deprez, Ebner, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Filippi, Flemming, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Friedrich, Funk, Gillis, Goepel, Graziani, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, Habsburg-Lothringen, Heinisch, Herman, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mayer, Menrad, Mombaur, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Otila, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Piha, Poettering, Pome·s Ruiz, Posselt, Reding, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Schiedermeier, Schleicher, Schro¤der, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Stenmarck, Stevens, Theato, Tillich, Trakatellis, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, Verwaerde, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Adam, d(cid:146)Ancona, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Barton, Barzanti, Bontempi, Cabezo·n Alonso, Carlotti, Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D. , Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, De Coene, Desama, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Graenitz, Green, Hallam, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Hulthe·n, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Krehl, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lambraki, Lindeperg, McGowan, Malone, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Mutin, Myller, Oddy, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Peter, Piecyk, Pons Grau, van Putten, Rapkay, Rehder, Roth-Behrendt, Sakellariou, Samland, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Skinner, Swoboda, Tannert, Torres Marques, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Willockx, Zimmermann UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Daskalaki, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Hermange, Karoutchi, Lataillade, Malerba, Pasty, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Schaffner V: Aelvoet, Kerr, Tamino, Ullmann, Voggenhuber, Wolf ELDR: Lindqvist (›) GUE/NGL: Ephremidis, Eriksson, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Puerta, Seppa¤nen, Theonas, Vinci, Wurtz I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, Nicholson, Pinel, Souchet NI: Hager, Raschhofer PPE: von Habsburg, Konrad PSE: Falconer GUE/NGL: Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Mohamed Ali, Sierra Gonza·lez (O) NI: Dillen, Fe·ret, Vanhecke PPE: Corrie, Lulling, Provan PSE: Smith V: Holm, McKenna