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Document C2005/174E/02

    MINUTES
    Tuesday 26 October 2004

    OB C 174E, 14.7.2005, p. 12–51 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    14.7.2005   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    CE 174/12


    MINUTES

    (2005/C 174E/02)

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

    IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

    President

    1.   Opening of sitting

    The sitting opened at 09.00.

    2.   Vote on request for urgent procedure

    Requests for urgent procedure:

    Proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction [COM(2004)0451 — C6-0075/2004 — 2004/0133(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

    Hannes Swoboda spoke on behalf of the AFET Committee.

    The request for urgent procedure was rejected.

    Proposal for a Council regulation establishing an instrument of financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community [COM(2004)0465 — C6-0098/2004 — 2004/0145(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

    The request for urgent procedure was rejected.

    Proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 2002/883/EC providing further macro-financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina [COM(2004)0604 — C6-0145/2004 — 2004/0207 (CNS)] — Committee on International Trade.

    The following spoke: Peter Šťastný, on behalf of the INTA Committee, and Hannes Swoboda.

    The request for urgent procedure was approved.

    The deadline for tabling amendments for plenary would be 27.10.2004 at 12.00.

    The vote on the Enrique Barón Crespo report (A6-0025/2004) would take place on Thursday.

    Proposal for a Council decision on macro-financial assistance to Serbia and Montenegro and amending Decision 2002/882/EC providing further macro financial assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia [COM(2004)0605 — C6-0146/2004 — 2004/0204(CNS)] — Committee on International Trade.

    The request for urgent procedure was approved.

    The deadline for tabling amendments for plenary would be 27.10.2004 at 12.00.

    The vote on the Enrique Barón Crespo report (A6-0026/2004) would take place on Thursday.

    (The sitting was suspended at 09.10, and resumed when José Manuel Barroso arrived at 09.15.)

    3.   Documents received

    The following documents had been received:

    1)

    from the Council and Commission:

    * Report on the proposals for Council and Commission decisions on the conclusion of the Protocols to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreements between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and

    1.

    Armenia (9257/2004 — COM(2004)0358 — C6-0027/2004 — 2004/0118(CNS)),

    2.

    Azerbaijan (8924/2004 — COM(2004)0267 — C6-0017/2004 — 2004/0089(CNS)),

    3.

    Georgia (8916/2004 — COM(2004)0268 — C6-0018/2004 — 2004/0091(CNS)),

    4.

    Kazakhstan (9006/2004 — COM(2004)0307 — C6-0025/2004 — 2004/0096(CNS)),

    5.

    Kyrgyzstan (9003/2004 — COM(2004)0305 — C6-0024/2004 — 2004/0095(CNS)),

    6.

    Moldova (9221/2004 — COM(2004)0302 — C6-0023/2004 — 2004/0106(CNS)),

    7.

    Russia (8896/2004 — COM(2004)0292 — C6-0022/2004 — 2004/0087(CNS)),

    8.

    Ukraine (9108/2004 — COM(2004)0251 — C6-0016/2004 — 2004/0080(CNS)),

    9.

    Uzbekistan (8908/2004 — COM(2004)0272 — C6-0020/2004 — 2004/0092(CNS))

    of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union — Committee on Foreign Affairs

    Rapporteur: Elmar Brok (A6-0023/2004)

    * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on macro-financial assistance to Serbia and Montenegro and amending Decision 2002/882/EC providing further macro-financial assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (COM(2004)0605 — C6-0146/2004 — 2004/0204(CNS)) — Committee on International Trade

    Rapporteur: Enrique Barón Crespo (A6-0025/2004)

    * Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 2002/883/EC providing further macro-financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina (COM(2004)0604 — C6-0145/2004 — 2004/0207(CNS)) — Committee on International Trade

    Rapporteur: Enrique Barón Crespo (A6-0026/2004)

    2)

    from Members, proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (Rule 202):

    Maciej Marian Giertych and Wojciech Wierzejski — Proposal for amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure: Amendment of the title of Chapter 4 and Rules 29 and 30 (B6 0087/2004)

    referred to

    responsible: AFCO

    4.   Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

    Pursuant to Rule 115, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:

    I.

    CLUSTER MUNITIONS

    Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Pasqualina Napoletano and Margrietus van den Berg, on behalf of the PSE Group, on cluster munitions (B6-0108/2004),

    Marie-Hélène Aubert, Angelika Beer, Bernat Joan i Marí, Joost Lagendijk, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on cluster munitions (B6-0111/2004),

    Jelko Kacin and Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on cluster munitions, (B6-0112/2004),

    Vittorio Emanuele Agnoletto, André Brie, Luisa Morgantini and Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on cluster munitions and anti-vehicle mines (B6-0120/2004),

    Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on explosive remnants of war and antipersonnel landmines (B6-0123/2004),

    Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on explosive remnants of war and anti-personnel landmines (B6-0125/2004).

    II.

    IRAN (journalist detained in internet crackdown; death sentences, notably on minors),

    Véronique De Keyser and Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Iran (B6-0107/2004),

    Cecilia Malmström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Iran (B6-0113/2004),

    Angelika Beer, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Véronique De Keyser, Hélène Flautre, Monica Frassoni and Joost Lagendijk, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on human rights violations in Iran (B6-0116/2004),

    Michael Gahler and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Iran (B6 0118/2004),

    André Brie, Giusto Catania, Umberto Guidoni, Tobias Pflüger and Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in Iran (B6-0121/2004),

    Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on Iran (B6-0124/2004).

    III.

    GUANTANAMO

    Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Guantanamo (B6-0114/2004),

    Panagiotis Beglitis, Véronique De Keyser and Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Guantanamo (B6-0115/2004),

    Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Hélène Flautre and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Guantanamo (B6-0117/2004),

    Bernd Posselt and José Ribeiro e Castro, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Guantanamo (B6-0119/2004),

    André Brie, Willy Meyer Pleite, Roberto Musacchio and Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Guantanamo (B6-0122/2004).

    Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 142.

    5.   Statement by José Manuel Barroso, President-elect of the Commission

    Presentation of the College of Commissioners and their programme

    José Manuel Barroso, President-elect of the Commission, made the statement.

    The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Luca Romagnoli, Non-attached Member, João de Deus Pinheiro, Hannes Swoboda, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Ian Hudghton, Roberto Musacchio, Maciej Marian Giertych and Michał Tomasz Kamiński.

    IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT

    Vice-President

    The following spoke: Ryszard Czarnecki, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Marielle De Sarnez, Satu Hassi, Marco Rizzo, Johannes Blokland, Roberta Angelilli, Jean-Claude Martinez, Marianne Thyssen, Martine Roure, Lapo Pistelli, Rebecca Harms, Jonas Sjöstedt, Mario Borghezio, James Hugh Allister, József Szájer, Ieke van den Burg, Andrew Duff, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Nils Lundgren, Alessandro Battilocchio, Françoise Grossetête, Pervenche Berès, Dirk Sterckx, Paul Marie Coûteaux, Hartmut Nassauer, Evelyne Gebhardt, Emma Bonino, Antonio Tajani, Katerina Batzeli, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, Maria Berger, Cecilia Malmström, Jan Zahradil, Bernard Poignant, Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Enrique Barón Crespo, Gunnar Hökmark, Michele Santoro, Avril Doyle, António Costa, Elmar Brok, Magda Kósáné Kovács, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Alojz Peterle, Genowefa Grabowska and José Manuel Barroso.

    (The debate was suspended at that point and would resume after the formal sitting.)

    IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

    President

    6.   Formal sitting — Netherlands

    From 12.00 to 12.30, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the visit of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

    IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS

    Vice-President

    7.   Statement by José Manuel Barroso, President-elect of the Commission (continuation of debate)

    The following spoke: Luís Queiró, Inger Segelström, Giuseppe Gargani and Piia-Noora Kauppi.

    Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):

    Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Barroso Commission (B6-0088/2004);

    Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the Barroso Commission (B6-0090/2004);

    Jens-Peter Bonde and Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, on approval of the new Commission (B6-0092/2004);

    Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the approval of the Commission (B6-0093/2004);

    Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the Barroso Commission (B6-0098/2004);

    Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on approval of the new Commission (B6-0099/2004);

    Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the election of the Commission (B6-0100/2004).

    Draft decision by the Conference of Presidents electing the nominated Commission (B6-0091/2004)

    The debate closed.

    Vote: Minutes of 27.10.2004, Item 5

    8.   Voting time

    Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in Annex I to the Minutes.

    8.1.   Dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

    Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community (Codified version) [COM(2003)0847 — C5-0003/2004 — 2003/0333(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

    Rapporteur: Giuseppe Gargani (A6-0012/2004)

    (Simple majority)

    (Voting record: Annex I, Item 1)

    DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

    Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2004)0025)

    8.2.   Control of certain diseases affecting bivalve molluscs * (Rule 131) (vote)

    Report on the proposal for a Council directive introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain diseases affecting bivalve molluscs (Codified version) [COM(2004)0326 — C6-0026/2004 — 2004/0100(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

    Rapporteur: Giuseppe Gargani (A6-0011/2004)

    (Simple majority)

    (Voting record: Annex I, Item 2)

    DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

    Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2004)0026)

    8.3.   Partnership and Cooperation Agreements * (Rule 131) (vote)

    Report on the proposals for Council and Commission decisions on the conclusion of Protocols to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreements between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and

    1.

    the Republic of Armenia [9257/2004 —COM(2004)0358 — C6-0027/2004 — 2004/0118(CNS)],

    2.

    the Republic of Azerbaijan [8924/2004 — COM(2004)0267 — C6-0017/2004 — 2004/0089(CNS)],

    3.

    Georgia [8916/2004 — COM(2004)0268 — C6-0018/2004 — 2004/0091(CNS)],

    4.

    Kazakhstan [9006/2004 — COM(2004)0307 — C6-0025/2004 — 2004/0096(CNS)],

    5.

    Kyrgyzstan [9003/2004 — COM(2004)0305 — C6-0024/2004 — 2004/0095(CNS)],

    6.

    Moldova [9221/2004 — COM(2004)0302 — C6-0023/2004 — 2004/0106(CNS)],

    7.

    Russia [8896/2004 — COM(2004)0292 — C6-0022/2004 — 2004/0087(CNS)],

    8.

    Ukraine [9108/2004 — COM(2004)0251 — C6-0016/2004 — 2004/0080(CNS)],

    9.

    Uzbekistan [8908/2004 — COM(2004)0272 — C6-0020/2004 — 2004/0092(CNS)],

    of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union — Committee on Foreign Affairs

    Rapporteur: Elmar Brok (A6-0023/2004)

    (Simple majority)

    (Voting record: Annex I, Item 3)

    9 DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTIONS

    Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2004)0027, P6_TA(2004)0028, P6_TA(2004)0029, P6_TA(2004)0030, P6_TA(2004)0031, P6_TA(2004)0032, P6_TA(2004)0033, P6_TA(2004)0034 and P6_TA(2004)0035)

    8.4.   Aid to people uprooted in Asian and Latin American developing countries ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

    Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries [COM(2004)0126 — C5-0097/2004 — 2004/0040(COD)] — Committee on Development

    Rapporteur: Luisa Morgantini (A6-0018/2004)

    (Simple majority)

    (Voting record: Annex I, Item 4)

    COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

    Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2004)0036)

    8.5.   ECB 2003 annual report (vote)

    Report on the 2003 Annual Report of the European Central Bank [2004/2144(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

    Rapporteur: Alain Lipietz (A6-0014/2004)

    (Simple majority)

    (Voting record: Annex I, Item 5)

    MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P6_TA(2004)0037)

    As the amendments had been adopted, the rapporteur recommended before the final vote that the House reject the report.

    He asked that his name be removed from the report if it was adopted.

    9.   Explanations of vote

    Written explanations of vote:

    Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the verbatim report of proceedings for the sitting.

    Oral explanations of vote:

    Report: Lipietz — A6-0014/2004

    Kurt Joachim Lauk, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group

    10.   Corrections to votes

    Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

    Report: Lipietz — A6-0014/2004

    amendment 6

    against: Mairead McGuinness, Hartmut Nassauer

    resolution (as a whole)

    against: Neil Parish

    ***

    Maria Carlshamre had informed the Chair that she had been present during voting time.

    (The sitting was suspended at 13.00 and resumed at 15.00.)

    IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ

    Vice-President

    11.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

    Corrections to votes:

    Sitting of 14 October 2004

    Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

    Report: Daul — A6-0008/2004

    single vote

    for: Britta Thomsen

    against: Nils Lundgren, Lars Wohlin, Hélène Goudin

    abstention: Anna Ibrisagic

    B6-0067/2004 — Procedures for ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and a communication strategy for the said Treaty

    paragraph 2

    against: Dan Jørgensen

    The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

    12.   2005 draft general budget (Section III) — 2005 draft general budget (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII) (debate)

    Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the 2005 financial year — Section III, Commission [C6-0123/2004 — 2004/2001(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets

    Rapporteur: Salvador Garriga Polledo (A6-0021/2004)

    Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the 2005 financial year: Section I — European Parliament, Section II — Council, Section IV — Court of Justice, Section V — Court of Auditors, Section VI — Economic and Social Committee, Section VII — Committee of the Regions, Section VIII(A) — European Ombudsman, Section VIII(B) — European Data Protection Supervisor [C6-0123/2004 — 2004/2002(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets

    Rapporteur: Anne Elisabet Jensen (A6-0020/2004)

    Salvador Garriga Polledo and Anne Elisabet Jensen introduced the reports.

    The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (draftsman of the opinion of the AFET Committee), Anders Wijkman (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee), David Martin (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), Catherine Guy-Quint (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Ria Oomen-Ruijten (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Jutta D. Haug (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Paul Rübig (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Joachim Wuermeling (draftsman of the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Mathieu Grosch (draftsman of the opinion of the TRAN Committee) and Rolf Berend (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee).

    IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ

    Vice-President

    The following spoke: María Esther Herranz García (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Carmen Fraga Estévez (draftsman of the opinion of the PECH Committee), Helga Trüpel (draftsman of the opinion of the CULT Committee), Klaus-Heiner Lehne (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Gérard Deprez (draftsman of the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Gérard Onesta (draftsman of the opinion of the AFCO Committee), Lissy Gröner (draftsman of the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Michaele Schreyer (Member of the Commission), Valdis Dombrovskis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ralf Walter, on behalf of the PSE Group, Kyösti Tapio Virrankoski, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Dariusz Maciej Grabowski, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Wojciech Roszkowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Sergej Kozlík, Markus Ferber and Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop.

    IN THE CHAIR: Jacek Emil SARYUSZ-WOLSKI

    Vice-President

    The following spoke: Jan Mulder, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Jiří Maštálka, Lars Wohlin, Liam Aylward, Hans-Peter Martin, Janusz Lewandowski, Giovanni Pittella, Bernat Joan i Marí, Helmuth Markov, Jeffrey Titford, Bruno Gollnisch, Albert Jan Maat, Neena Gill, James Elles, Jutta D. Haug, Antonis Samaras, Paulo Casaca, John Bowis and Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou.

    The debate closed.

    Vote: Item 4.1, Item 4.2 and Minutes of 28.10.2004, Item 4.3

    IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

    Vice-President

    13.   Question Time (Commission)

    Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0017/2004).

    First part

    Question 34 (Eoin Ryan): Missing children's web site.

    Christopher Patten (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Eoin Ryan.

    Question 35 (Proinsias De Rossa): Human rights abuses in Burma.

    Christopher Patten answered the question and supplementaries by Proinsias De Rossa, John Bowis and Glenys Kinnock.

    Question 36 (Karl von Wogau): Review of the Financial Regulation procedures for procurement in the external action field.

    Christopher Patten answered the question and a supplementary by Karl von Wogau.

    Second part

    Question 37 (Markus Ferber): EU membership for Turkey and its consequences for the population.

    Günther Verheugen (Member of the Commission) answered the question.

    Question 38 lapsed as its author was absent.

    Question 39 (Philip Claeys): Torture of prisoners in Turkey.

    Günther Verheugen answered the question and a supplementary by Philip Claeys.

    Question 40 (Ryszard Czarnecki): Enlargement with Turkey.

    Günther Verheugen answered the question and a supplementary by Ryszard Czarnecki.

    Question 41 (Bernd Posselt): Administration and justice system in Romania and Bulgaria.

    Günther Verheugen answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.

    Question 42 lapsed as its author was absent.

    Question 43 (Georgios Papastamkos): Community action for Border Regions — Greece.

    Günther Verheugen answered the question and a supplementary by Georgios Papastamkos.

    Question 44 would receive a written answer.

    Question 45 (Jonas Sjöstedt): The future of the Swedish State monopoly on the sale of alcoholic beverages Systembolaget.

    Mario Monti (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Jonas Sjöstedt.

    Question 46 (Willy Meyer Pleite): Situation of Spanish shipyards.

    Mario Monti answered the question and supplementaries by Willy Meyer Pleite and Daniel Varela Suanzes- Carpegna.

    Question 47 (Luciana Sbarbati): Commission decision on Tremonti-Bis.

    Mario Monti answered the question and supplementaries by Luciana Sbarbati and Paul Rübig.

    Question 48 (Bart Staes): Investigation into protection in the ink cartridge market.

    Mario Monti answered the question and a supplementary by Bart Staes.

    Questions 49 and 50 would receive written answers.

    Question 51 (Mairead McGuinness): Global food safety standards.

    David Byrne (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Mairead McGuinness and Vytautas Landsbergis.

    Question 52 (Catherine Stihler): Response to recent studies of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).

    David Byrne answered the question and a supplementary by Catherine Stihler.

    Question 53 (Dimitrios Papadimoulis): Condition of slaughterhouses in Greece.

    David Byrne answered the question.

    Question 54 lapsed as its author was absent.

    Question 55 (John Bowis): Mental health policy and caged beds.

    David Byrne answered the question and a supplementary by John Bowis.

    Questions 56 to 93 would receive written answers.

    Brian Crowley spoke.

    Commission Question Time closed.

    14.   Agenda for next sitting

    The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 347.486/OJME).

    15.   Closure of sitting

    The sitting closed at 19.35.

    Julian Priestley

    Secretary-General

    Pierre Moscovici

    Vice-President


    ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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    Adamou, Adwent, Agnoletto, Albertini, Allister, Alvaro, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bertinotti, Bielan, Birutis, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonino, Bono, Bonsignore, Booth, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bowis, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Mihael Brejc, Brepoels, Bresso, Březina, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carlshamre, Carnero González, Carollo, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Cesa, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Cirino Pomicino, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, António Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Coveney, Cramer, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, D'Alema, Daul, Davies, De Poli, de Brún, Degutis, De Keyser, Del Turco, Demetriou, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Di Pietro, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duin, Duka-Zólyomi, Duquesne, Ebner, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jillian Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fjellner, Flasarová, Flautre, Florenz, Foglietta, Fontaine, Fotyga, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García Pérez, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Goudin, Genowefa Grabowska, Grabowski, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, Graça Moura, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruber, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein Mintz, Hamon, Hannan, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Huhne, Hutchinson, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Ilves, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jensen, Joan i Marí, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Jelko Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamiński, Karas, Karatzaferis, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Kilroy-Silk, Kindermann, Glenys Kinnock, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Klinz, Knapman, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krarup, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kudrycka, Kuhne, Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, La Russa, Laschet, Lauk, Lax, Lechner, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Enrico Letta, Lévai, Janusz Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liese, Liotard, Lipietz, Locatelli, López-Istúriz White, Louis, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lundgren, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McDonald, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Malmström, Manders, Maňka, Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastenbroek, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Matsis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Cristobal Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morgantini, Morillon, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Musotto, Mussolini, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Navarro, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Borut Pahor, Paleckis, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Patrie, Pavilionis, Peillon, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, João de Deus Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Poignant, Polfer, Poli Bortone, Pomés Ruiz, Portas, Posselt, Prets, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Ribeiro, Ribeiro e Castro, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rizzo, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Rosati, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García, Salvini, Samaras, Samuelsen, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savary, Savi, Sbarbati, Schapira, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Frithjof Schmidt, Pál Schmitt, Ingo Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Silva Peneda, Simonot, Sinnott, Siwiec, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Škottová, Alyn Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stenzel, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Strejček, Stroz, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Thyssen, Titford, Titley, Toia, Tomczak, Toubon, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vaidere, Vakalis, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Ventre, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, de Villiers, Villiers, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Westlund, Whitehead, Whittaker, Wieland, Wiersma, Wierzejski, Wijkman, Wise, von Wogau, Wohlin, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Wurtz, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zani, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Železný, Zieleniec, Zīle, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zvěřina, Zwiefka


    ANNEX I

    RESULTS OF VOTES

    Abbreviations and symbols

    +

    adopted

    -

    rejected

    lapsed

    W

    withdrawn

    RCV (..., ..., ...)

    roll-call vote (for, against, abstentions)

    EV (..., ..., ...)

    electronic vote (for, against, abstentions)

    split

    split vote

    sep

    separate vote

    am

    amendment

    CA

    compromise amendment

    CP

    corresponding part

    D

    deleting amendment

    =

    identical amendments

    §

    paragraph

    art

    article

    rec

    recital

    MOT

    motion for a resolution

    JT MOT

    joint motion for a resolution

    SEC

    secret ballot

    1.   Dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community ***I

    Report: GARGANI (A6-0012/2004)

    Subject

    RCV etc.

    Vote

    RCV/EV — remarks

    single vote

     

    +

     

    2.   Control of certain diseases affecting bivalve molluscs *

    Report: GARGANI (A6-0011/2004)

    Subject

    RCV etc.

    Vote

    RCV/EV — remarks

    single vote

    RCV

    +

    625, 12, 7

    Requests for roll-call votes

    PPE-DE: single vote

    3.   Partnership and Cooperation Agreements *

    Report: BROK (A6-0023/2004)

    Subject

    RCV etc.

    Vote

    RCV/EV — remarks

    single vote

     

    +

     

    4.   Aid to people uprooted in Asian and Latin American developing countries ***I

    Report: MORGANTINI (A6-0018/2004)

    Subject

    RCV etc.

    Vote

    RCV/EV — remarks

    single vote

     

    +

     

    5.   ECB 2003 annual report

    Report: LIPIETZ (A6-0014/2004)

    Subject

    Amendment No

    Author

    RCV etc.

    Vote

    RCV/EV — remarks

    § 1

    12

    PSE

     

    +

     

    after § 2

    18

    GUE/NGL

     

    -

     

     

    19

    GUE/NGL

     

    -

     

     

    20

    GUE/NGL

     

    -

     

     

    21

    GUE/NGL

     

    -

     

    § 4

    2

    Verts/ALE

     

    -

     

    § 6

    13D

    PSE

     

    -

     

     

    3

    Verts/ALE

    RCV

    -

    267, 367, 26

     

    22

    GUE/NGL

     

    -

     

     

    §

    original text

    split/RCV

     

     

     

     

     

    1

    +

    412, 226, 23

     

     

     

    2

    +

    371,278,18

    § 8

    14D

    PES

     

    -

     

    § 9

    4

    Verts/ALE

    RCV

    -

    231, 397, 38

     

    15

    PSE

     

    -

     

    § 10

    5

    Verts/ALE

     

    -

     

    § 11

    6

    Verts/ALE

    RCV

    +

    318, 280, 66

    § 13

    16D

    PSE

     

    -

     

     

    7

    Verts/ALE

     

    -

     

    after § 14

    8

    Verts/ALE

    split

     

     

     

     

     

    1

    +

     

     

     

     

    2

    -

     

    after § 15

    17

    PSE

     

    +

     

    after § 21

    9

    Verts/ALE

    RCV

    -

    228, 397, 45

     

    23

    GUE/NGL

     

    -

     

    recital B

    10

    PSE

     

    -

     

    recital F

    1

    Verts/ALE

    EV

    +

    341, 289, 35

    recital J

    11

    PSE

     

    -

     

    vote: resolution (as a whole)

    RCV

     

    RCV

    +

    318, 299, 45

    Requests for roll-call votes

    Verts/ALE: § 6, ams 3, 4, 6, 9

    PPE-DE: final vote

    Request for split votes

    PPE-DE

    Am 8

    1st part:‘Recalls its wish ... ECB Executive Board members;’

    2nd part:‘moreover, considers ... should be more diverse;’

    Verts/ALE

    § 6

    1st part:‘Considers moreover ... structural reforms’

    2nd part:‘as well as low ... parts of the world;’


    ANNEX II

    RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

    1.   Gargani report A6-0011/2004

    Resolution

    For: 625

    ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Budreikaitė, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, In 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Lynne, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

    GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Ribeiro, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

    IND/DEM: Adwent, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Coûteaux, Giertych, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wierzejski, Wohlin, Železný

    NI: Belohorská, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Golik, Gollnisch, Kuc, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Resetarits, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Vanhecke

    PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Atkins, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, De Poli, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz De Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hortefeux, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Korhola, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Laschet, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schmitt Ingo, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

    PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bresso, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, De Keyser, Del Turco, De Rossa, Désir, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

    UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

    Verts/ALE: Aubert, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Ždanoka

    Against: 12

    IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Kilroy-Silk, Knapman, Titford, Whittaker, Wise

    PPE-DE: Freitas

    PSE: Batzeli

    Abstention: 7

    NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Mote

    PPE-DE: Konrad

    Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, de Groen-Kouwenhoven

    2.   Lipietz report A6-0014/2004

    Amendment 3

    For: 267

    ALDE: Di Pietro

    GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Ribeiro, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

    NI: Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Golik, Gollnisch, Kuc, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Resetarits, Romagnoli, Schenardi

    PPE-DE: Ventre

    PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bresso, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, De Keyser, Del Turco, De Rossa, Désir, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

    Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Ždanoka

    Against: 367

    ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, In 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pistelli, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

    IND/DEM: Adwent, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Kilroy-Silk, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wierzejski, Železný

    NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Czarnecki Ryszard, Mote

    PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Atkins, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coveney, Daul, De Poli, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz De Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hortefeux, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Laschet, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schmitt Ingo, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

    PSE: Hänsch

    UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

    Abstention: 26

    ALDE: Chiesa

    GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

    IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Louis, Lundgren, Titford, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Wohlin

    NI: Claeys, Dillen, Masiel, Mölzer, Rutowicz, Vanhecke

    Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

    3.   Lipietz report A6-0014/2004

    Paragraph 6, 1st part

    For: 412

    ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, In 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

    IND/DEM: Adwent, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wierzejski, Železný

    NI: Baco, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Golik, Gollnisch, Kuc, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Resetarits, Rutowicz, Schenardi

    PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Atkins, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, De Poli, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz De Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hortefeux, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Laschet, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schmitt Ingo, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

    PSE: Gurmai, Hänsch

    UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

    Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Ždanoka

    Against: 226

    GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Ribeiro, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

    IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Knapman, Speroni, Titford

    NI: Allister, Mote

    PPE-DE: Podestà, Tajani, Ventre

    PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bresso, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, De Keyser, Del Turco, De Rossa, Désir, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gruber, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

    Abstention: 23

    GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

    IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Farage, Goudin, Kilroy-Silk, Louis, Lundgren, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Wohlin

    NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Claeys, Dillen, Mölzer, Romagnoli, Vanhecke

    PSE: Hedh, Pinior

    Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Schlyter

    4.   Lipietz report A6-0014/2004

    Paragraph 6, 2nd part

    For: 371

    ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, In 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

    IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Kilroy-Silk, Knapman, Titford, Whittaker, Wise

    NI: Baco, Czarnecki Ryszard, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Martinez, Romagnoli, Schenardi

    PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Atkins, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, De Poli, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz De Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hortefeux, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Laschet, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schmitt Ingo, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

    PSE: Hänsch, Sornosa Martínez

    UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

    Verts/ALE: Cramer

    Against: 278

    GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Ribeiro, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

    IND/DEM: Adwent, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wierzejski, Železný

    NI: Allister, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Golik, Kuc, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mote, Resetarits, Rutowicz

    PPE-DE: Podkański, Ventre

    PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bresso, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, De Keyser, Del Turco, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Skinner, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

    Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Ždanoka

    Abstention: 18

    ALDE: Chiesa

    GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

    IND/DEM: Bonde, Coûteaux, Goudin, Louis, Lundgren, de Villiers, Wohlin

    NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Claeys, Dillen, Mölzer, Vanhecke

    PSE: Hedh

    Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

    5.   Lipietz report A6-0014/2004

    Amendment 4

    For: 231

    ALDE: Di Pietro

    GUE/NGL: Brie, Krarup, Liotard, Meijer, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Svensson

    NI: Martin Hans-Peter, Resetarits, Romagnoli

    PPE-DE: Ebner, Ventre

    PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bresso, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, De Keyser, Del Turco, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

    Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Ždanoka

    Against: 397

    ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, In 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

    GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Maštálka, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Ribeiro, Rizzo, Stroz, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

    IND/DEM: Adwent, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wierzejski, Železný

    NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Czarnecki Ryszard, Kuc, Mote

    PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Atkins, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, De Poli, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz De Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hortefeux, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Laschet, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schmitt Ingo, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

    PSE: Hänsch

    UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

    Abstention: 38

    ALDE: Chiesa

    GUE/NGL: de Brún, McDonald, Pafilis, Toussas

    IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Goudin, Kilroy-Silk, Knapman, Louis, Lundgren, Titford, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Wohlin

    NI: Allister, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Dillen, Golik, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

    Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

    6.   Lipietz report A6-0014/2004

    Amendment 6

    For: 318

    ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, In 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

    GUE/NGL: Brie, de Brún, Krarup, Liotard, McDonald, Meijer, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Svensson

    IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Louis, de Villiers

    NI: Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Golik, Kuc, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Resetarits, Rutowicz

    PPE-DE: Itälä, Kauppi, Korhola, Stubb

    PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bresso, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, De Keyser, Del Turco, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

    UEN: Camre

    Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Ždanoka

    Against: 280

    IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Karatzaferis, Sinnott, Speroni

    NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Mote

    PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Atkins, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, De Poli, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz De Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hortefeux, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Laschet, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schmitt Ingo, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

    UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

    Abstention: 66

    GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Maštálka, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Ribeiro, Rizzo, Stroz, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

    IND/DEM: Adwent, Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Goudin, Grabowski, Kilroy-Silk, Knapman, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wierzejski, Wise, Wohlin, Železný

    NI: Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Martinez, Mölzer, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

    PSE: Hänsch

    Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

    7.   Lipietz report A6-0014/2004

    Amendment 9

    For: 228

    GUE/NGL: Brie

    NI: Golik, Kuc, Martin Hans-Peter, Resetarits

    PPE-DE: Brok, Itälä, Kauppi, Korhola, Wijkman

    PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bresso, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, De Keyser, Del Turco, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hedh, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

    Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Ždanoka

    Against: 397

    ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, In 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis

    GUE/NGL: Krarup, Liotard, Meijer, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Svensson

    IND/DEM: Adwent, Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Kilroy-Silk, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Titford, Tomczak, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wierzejski, Wise, Železný

    NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Romagnoli, Schenardi

    PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Atkins, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, De Poli, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz De Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hortefeux, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Laschet, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schmitt Ingo, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

    PSE: Hänsch

    UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Fotyga, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

    Abstention: 45

    ALDE: Chiesa

    GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Ribeiro, Rizzo, Stroz, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

    IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Lundgren, Wohlin

    NI: Belohorská, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Masiel, Rutowicz, Vanhecke

    PSE: Hedkvist Petersen

    UEN: Camre

    Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Lucas, Schlyter

    8.   Lipietz report A6-0014/2004

    Resolution

    For: 318

    ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, In 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis

    IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Karatzaferis, Sinnott

    NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Kuc, Masiel, Rutowicz

    PPE-DE: Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Cesa, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, De Poli, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz De Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hannan, Hatzidakis, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hortefeux, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Laschet, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schmitt Ingo, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stubb, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

    PSE: Falbr

    UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Didžiokas, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

    Against: 299

    ALDE: Chiesa, Di Pietro

    GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Ribeiro, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

    IND/DEM: Adwent, Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Chruszcz, Clark, Coûteaux, Giertych, Goudin, Grabowski, Kilroy-Silk, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wierzejski, Wise, Wohlin, Železný

    NI: Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mote, Resetarits, Schenardi

    PPE-DE: Fontaine

    PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bresso, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, De Keyser, Del Turco, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

    UEN: Bielan, Camre, Foglietta

    Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

    Abstention: 45

    ALDE: Alvaro, Cocilovo, Kułakowski

    IND/DEM: Borghezio

    NI: Allister, Claeys, Dillen, Golik, Mölzer, Vanhecke

    PPE-DE: Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Jackson, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Ouzký, Podkański, Purvis, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Toubon, Van Orden, Villiers, Zahradil, Zvěřina

    PSE: Hänsch

    UEN: Fotyga

    Verts/ALE: van Buitenen


    TEXTS ADOPTED

     

    P6_TA(2004)0025

    Dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community ***I

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community (Codified version) (COM(2003)0847 — C5-0003/2004 — 2003/0333(COD))

    (Codecision procedure)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 0847) (1),

    having regard to Articles 251(2) and 175(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0003/2004),

    having regard to Rules 51, 80 and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0012/2004),

    1.

    Approves the Commission proposal;

    2.

    Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

    3.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.


    (1)  Not yet published in OJ.

    P6_TA(2004)0026

    Control of certain diseases affecting bivalve molluscs *

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain diseases affecting bivalve molluscs (Codified version) (COM(2004)0326 — C6-0026/2004 — 2004/0100(CNS))

    (Consultation procedure)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0326) (1),

    having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0026/2004),

    having regard to Rules 51, 80 and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0011/2004),

    1.

    Approves the Commission proposal;

    2.

    Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

    3.

    Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

    4.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.


    (1)  Not yet published in OJ.

    P6_TA(2004)0027

    Partnership and Cooperation Agreement — Armenia *

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (9257/2004 — COM(2004)0358 — C6-0027/2004 — 2004/0118(CNS))

    (Consultation procedure)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2004)0358) (1),

    having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Armenia (9257/2004),

    having regard to Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

    having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0027/2004),

    having regard to Rules 43(1), 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0023/2004),

    1.

    Approves the proposal for a Council and Commission decision;

    2.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Armenia.


    (1)  Not yet published in OJ.

    P6_TA(2004)0028

    Partnership and Cooperation Agreement — Azerbaijan *

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (8924/2004 — COM(2004)0267 — C6-0017/2004 — 2004/0089(CNS))

    (Consultation procedure)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2004)0267) (1),

    having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Azerbaijan (8924/2004),

    having regard to Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

    having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0017/2004),

    having regard to Rules 43(1), 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0023/2004),

    1.

    Approves the proposal for a Council and Commission decision;

    2.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Azerbaijan.


    (1)  Not yet published in OJ.

    P6_TA(2004)0029

    Partnership and Cooperation Agreement — Georgia *

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (8916/2004 — COM(2004)0268 — C6-0018/2004 — 2004/0091(CNS))

    (Consultation procedure)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2004)0268) (1),

    having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Georgia (8916/2004),

    having regard to Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

    having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0018/2004),

    having regard to Rules 43(1), 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0023/2004),

    1.

    Approves the proposal for a Council and Commission decision;

    2.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of Georgia.


    (1)  Not yet published in OJ.

    P6_TA(2004)0030

    Partnership and Cooperation Agreement — Kazakhstan *

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (9006/2004 — COM(2004)0307 — C6-0025/2004 — 2004/0096(CNS))

    (Consultation procedure)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2004)0307) (1),

    having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan (9006/2004),

    having regard to Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

    having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0025/2004),

    having regard to Rules 43(1), 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0023/2004),

    1.

    Approves the proposal for a Council and Commission decision;

    2.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Kazakhstan.


    (1)  Not yet published in OJ.

    P6_TA(2004)0031

    Partnership and Cooperation Agreement — Kyrgyzstan *

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (9003/2004 — COM(2004)0305 — C6-0024/2004 — 2004/0095(CNS))

    (Consultation procedure)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2004)0305) (1),

    having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Kyrgyzstan (9003/2004),

    having regard to Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

    having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0024/2004),

    having regard to Rules 43(1), 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0023/2004),

    1.

    Approves the proposal for a Council and Commission decision;

    2.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.


    (1)   Not yet published in OJ.

    P6_TA(2004)0032

    Partnership and Cooperation Agreement — Moldova *

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (9221/2004 — COM(2004)0302 — C6-0023/2004 — 2004/0106(CNS))

    (Consultation procedure)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2004)0302) (1),

    having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Moldova (9221/2004),

    having regard to Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

    having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0023/2004),

    having regard to Rules 43(1), 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0023/2004),

    1.

    Approves the proposal for a Council and Commission decision;

    2.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Moldova.


    (1)  Not yet published in OJ.

    P6_TA(2004)0033

    Partnership and Cooperation Agreement — Russian Federation *

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (8896/2004 — COM(2004)0292 — C6-0022/2004 — 2004/0087(CNS))

    (Consultation procedure)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2004)0292) (1),

    having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Russian Federation (8896/2004),

    having regard to Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

    having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0022/2004),

    having regard to Rules 43(1), 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0023/2004),

    1.

    Approves the proposal for a Council and Commission decision;

    2.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Russian Federation.


    (1)  Not yet published in OJ.

    P6_TA(2004)0034

    Partnership and Cooperation Agreement — Ukraine *

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (9108/2004 — COM(2004)0251 — C6-0016/2004 — 2004/0080(CNS))

    (Consultation procedure)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2004)0251) (1),

    having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Ukraine (9108/2004),

    having regard to Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

    having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0016/2004),

    having regard to Rules 43(1), 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0023/2004),

    1.

    Approves the proposal for a Council and Commission decision;

    2.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of Ukraine.


    (1)  Not yet published in OJ.

    P6_TA(2004)0035

    Partnership and Cooperation Agreement — Uzbekistan *

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (8908/2004 — COM(2004)0272 — C6-0020/2004 — 2004/0092(CNS))

    (Consultation procedure)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2004)0272) (1),

    having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Uzbekistan (8908/2004),

    having regard to Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

    having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0020/2004),

    having regard to Rules 43(1), 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0023/2004),

    1.

    Approves the proposal for a Council and Commission decision;

    2.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Uzbekistan.


    (1)  Not yet published in OJ.

    P6_TA(2004)0036

    Aid to people uprooted in Asian and Latin American developing countries ***I

    European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries (COM(2004)0126 — C5-0097/2004 — 2004/0040(COD))

    (Codecision procedure: first reading)

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2004) 0126) (1),

    having regard to Articles 251(2) and 179(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0097/2004),

    having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Development (A6-0018/2004),

    1.

    Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

    2.

    Considers that the financial statement of the Commission proposal is compatible with the ceiling of heading 4 of the Financial Perspective provided that the budgetary authority determines the appropriate means of financing this amount within the limits of the Financial Perspective, possibly through redeployment from other policies;

    3.

    Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

    4.

    Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.


    (1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

    P6_TC1-COD(2004)0040

    Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 26 October 2004 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries

    THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 179(1) thereof,

    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

    Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),

    Whereas:

    (1)

    The Community is implementing a programme in favour of operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries under Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 (2). That Regulation expires on 31 December 2004.

    (2)

    Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 anticipates that its renewal will depend on the possibility of it being integrated into a single framework Regulation for Asia and Latin America.

    (3)

    In July 2002, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries (3) which integrates aid to uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries and repeals Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001. The proposed Regulation might not be adopted in time to enter into force by 31 December 2004. Such a situation could jeopardise the continuity and smooth implementation of operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries.

    (4)

    It is necessary to ensure the application of Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 until the entry into force of the future Regulation. The latter would then constitute the new legal framework for operations to aid uprooted people in these two regions.

    (5)

    It is necessary to indicate the financial framework for the remaining years of the current financial perspective, namely 2005 and 2006.

    (6)

    It is also necessary to provide for an independent evaluation of the application of Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001.

    (7)

    Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly,

    HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 is hereby amended as follows:

    1)

    in Article 8, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

    ‘1.   The Commission shall be responsible for evaluating, deciding and administering the operations covered by this Regulation in accordance with the budgetary and other procedures in force, in particular those laid down in Articles 27, 48(2) and 167 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4).

    (4)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.’"

    2)

    in Article 15, the following paragraph is inserted:

    ‘1a.   The financial framework for the implementation of this Regulation for the period from 2005 to 2006 is hereby set at EUR 141 million.’

    3)

    in Article 20, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

    ‘It shall apply until 31 December 2006.’

    Article 2

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at ..., on...

    For the European Parliament

    The President

    For the Council

    The President


    (1)  Position of the European Parliament of 26 October 2004.

    (2)  OJ L 287, 31.10.2001, p. 3.

    (3)  OJ C 331 E, 31.12.2002, p. 12.

    P6_TA(2004)0037

    ECB 2003 annual report

    European Parliament resolution on the 2003 Annual Report of the European Central Bank (2004/2144(INI))

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to the 2003 Annual Report of the European Central Bank,

    having regard to Article 113 of the EC Treaty,

    having regard to Article 15 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank,

    having regard to its resolution of 2 April 1998 on democratic accountability in the third phase of EMU (1),

    having regard to its resolution of 3 July 2003 on the 2002 Annual Report of the European Central Bank (2),

    having regard to its resolution of 26 February 2004 on the situation of the European economy, report on the broad guidelines for economic policy (3),

    having regard to its resolution of 22 April 2004 on the Commission recommendation on the 2004 update of the Broad Guidelines of the Economic Policies of the Member States and the Community (for the 2003-2005 period) (4),

    having regard to the report by the Court of Auditors of 14 and 15 January 2004 on the audit of the operational efficiency of the management of the European Central Bank for the financial year 2002 (5),

    having regard to the decisions of the European Central Bank of 19 February 2004 (6) and of 17 June 2004 (7) adopting the Rules of Procedure of the European Central Bank and of the General Council of the European Central Bank respectively,

    having regard to the Commission's 2004 Spring economic forecasts,

    having regard to Rules 106 and 112(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0014/2004),

    A.

    acknowledging the full independence of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB),

    B.

    whereas the main objective of the ECB and of the ESCB is to maintain price stability, and otherwise to support the general economic policies of the European Community, as defined by Article 2 of the Treaty,

    C.

    whereas 2003 saw a strong rebound of the international economy mainly driven by the United States of America and Asia (world GDP growth: 3,7 %),

    D.

    whereas in 2003: the EU's GDP only grew 0,8 % and the euro area's 0,4 %; inflation in the euro area reached historically low levels (2,1 % from 2,3 % in 2002); excess liquidity accumulated with strong growth — at 7,1% — of the monetary aggregate M3, the ECB's target being 4,5 %; the deterioration in budget deficits continued, with an average deficit of 2,7 % of euro area GDP (2,3 % in 2002); credit to the private sector increased significantly and unemployment remained stable,

    E.

    whereas the ECB announced on 8 May 2003 that the rate of inflation (HICP) should be kept ‘below, but close to 2 % over the medium term’,

    F.

    whereas Article 10 of the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB clarifies voting procedures,

    G.

    whereas Article 10.4 of that Statute provides that the proceedings of the meetings are to be confidential but that the Governing Council may decide to make the outcome of its deliberations public,

    H.

    whereas as of 1 May 2004: the EU's enlargement poses important challenges for EMU, the ECB and the ESCB; the National Central Banks of the new Member States signed the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) II Central Bank Agreement,

    I.

    whereas the Estonian kroon, Lithuanian litas and Slovenian tolar joined ERM II on 28 June 2004,

    J.

    whereas a debate has started in certain Member States as regards the usefulness of small-value euro coins, and the fear that the abandonment thereof might result in upward inflationary pressures due to abusive rounding-up practices,

    1.

    Welcomes the ECB 2003 annual report under the responsibility of President Trichet;

    2.

    Believes that, five years after its implementation, EMU can be pronounced a great success, thanks to a great extent to the ECB and its precursor, the European Monetary Institute;

    3.

    Expresses its satisfaction that the ECB has fully recognised (2003 Annual Report, Chapter 5) its responsibility vis-à-vis the public and the European Parliament with regards to the different objectives given to it by the Treaties;

    4.

    Welcomes the historically low interest rate levels in the euro area; believes the ECB reacted correctly to economic and financial developments in 2003; stresses that it should continue to be vigilant as to the speed with which markets respond to and discount its decisions;

    5.

    Notes that the successive reductions of interest rates have not always been passed on to clients by banks, or if they have, it has been done with a considerable time lag;

    6.

    Considers moreover that the relative weakness of economic activity in the euro area in 2003 is not a result of a lack of confidence in the currency's stability but rather a lack of structural reforms as well as low working times when compared to other parts of the world;

    7.

    Welcomes the ECB's choice of an inflation rate ‘below, but close to 2 %’, adopted on 8 May 2003, as a signal of the ECB's policy to guarantee monetary stability without accepting deflationary pressures;

    8.

    Considers that, through the monetary policy followed during 2003, the ECB supported the objective of full employment set out at the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000; agrees with the ECB that the pace of structural reform needs to be quicker in order to achieve the levels of growth that will make it possible to meet the Lisbon objectives;

    9.

    Recognises that the ECB's prime objective is to guarantee price stability since through price stability the ECB can contribute to achieving the objective of full employment as defined in the Lisbon strategy;

    10.

    Accepts that the reference value for monetary growth will not be reviewed on an annual basis, so as to underline the longer-term nature of this reference value; finds however that this should not be seen as eliminating the relative importance of the monetary aggregate M3;

    11.

    Considers that the ECB's accountability obligation implies a higher degree of transparency in decision-making, which calls for publication of minutes and voting patterns of Governing Council meetings; urges the Governing Council to take its decisions by vote as is understood in Article 10 of the Statute as this may on occasions speed up the ECB's response to economic developments;

    12.

    Repeats the call for an annual publication not only of a country-by-country but also of a regional and cross-border review of trends similar to the US Federal Reserve's ‘Beige Book’, which would give the ECB the chance to influence discussion of productivity trends and price and wage expectations;

    13.

    Lauds the ESCB's policy of concentrating on maintaining price stability, rather than engaging in policies, as suggested by some economists, which may or may not result in short-term falls in unemployment, but which are known to increase both inflation and unemployment in the medium and long term;

    14.

    Believes that the monetary dialogue between the European Parliament and the ECB has been a success; highlights that these exchanges make monetary policy more transparent and accessible to the public; calls on the ECB to expand this dialogue with the Parliament and to continue its public relations work to strengthen citizens' identification with the euro;

    15.

    Recalls its wish for closer involvement in the nomination and appointment of ECB Executive Board members;

    16.

    Welcomes the entry of the Estonian, Lithuanian and Slovenian currencies into ERM II and supports the introduction of the euro by all the old and new Member States; stresses that both successful participation in ERM II and compliance with the convergence criteria are required; considers that all new Member States should receive equal treatment with regard to the introduction of the euro and the meeting of the convergence criteria;

    17.

    Congratulates once again the ECB for a successful introduction of euro banknotes and coins but regrets some associated inflationary effects, especially in the service sector; calls for an investigation into any malpractices, and also for consideration of ways to prevent similar problems for future euro-zone members;

    18.

    Commends the ECB for the new format of its 2003 Annual Report and the changes to its website;

    19.

    Considers that the ECB has managed its budget appropriately and supports the abovementioned Court of Auditors audit report;

    20.

    Confirms its views that the ECB should exercise prudential supervision on the banking activities of the European Investment Bank;

    21.

    Believes that the Member States should ensure that all denominations of notes and coins, particularly 1 and 2 cent coins and 200 and 500 euronotes, are accepted in all EMU countries;

    22.

    Deplores the fact that the cost of cross-border retail payments in euros remains high and requests the ECB to push for full implementation of the regulation thereof; supports the creation of a Single European Payments Area;

    23.

    Invites the ECB to start reflecting on the second generation of banknotes; urges the ECB to be very alert to counterfeiting and to take experience into account in the design of a new generation of banknotes;

    24.

    Draws the attention of the ESCB to the problem created by its request to the Committee of European Securities Regulators to act in the field of clearing and settlement, which will set matters in stone well before the democratic procedure — which includes the European Parliament — can even start in this area;

    25.

    Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the ECB.


    (1)  OJ C 138, 4.5.1998, p. 177.

    (2)  OJ C 74 E, 24.3.2004, p. 867.

    (3)  Texts Adopted, P5_TA(2004)0116.

    (4)  Texts Adopted, P5_TA(2004)0378.

    (5)  OJ C 45, 20.2.2004, p. 27.

    (6)  OJ L 80, 18.3.2004, p. 33.

    (7)  OJ L 230, 30.6.2004, p. 61.


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