52006AP0074

P6_TA(2006)0074

European Institute for Gender Equality ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality (COM(2005)0081 — C6-0083/2005 — 2005/0017(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)0081) [1],

- having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 13(2) and 141(3) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0083/2005),

- having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0043/2006),

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2. Specifies that the appropriations indicated in the legislative proposal are purely for guidance until agreement is reached on the financial perspective for the period 2007 and the following years;

3. Calls on the Commission to confirm, once the next financial perspective has been adopted, the amounts indicated in the proposal for a regulation or, should the case arise, to submit the adjusted amounts for approval by the European Parliament and the Council, thereby ensuring their compatibility with the ceiling;

4. 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;

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

[1] Not yet published in the OJ.

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