title: Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday 1 April 1998

text: C 138/74 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 1998 (98/C 138/03) PART I Proceedings of the sitting IN THE CHAIR: Mr GIL-ROBLES GIL-DELGADO President (The sitting opened at 9 a. m. ) 1. Approval of Minutes Mr Valdivielso de Cue· had informed the Chair that he had been present the previous day but that his name was not on the attendance register. The following spoke: › Mr McMahon, on the Bureau(cid:146)s decisions concerning Question Time (Item 21) which he said were too bureaucratic and also anti-democratic because the political groups had not been consulted; he also saw them as a way of censoring Members(cid:146) questions and called for them to be reviewed (the President replied that the decisions had been taken by the Bureau at the suggestion of the Vice-President who normally chaired Question Time, the main aim being to ensure that questions were not tabled months in advance. These decisions were not new rules; however, he added, if some Members felt that these measures amounted to changes to the Rules of Procedure, the subject could be referred to the Rules Commit- tee); › Mr Wijsenbeek, who was surprised that these new arrangements had been introduced when at the same time the Bureau had blocked for four months the inclusion on the agenda of a report which he had drawn up on these matters (the President replied that it was the Conference of Presidents which was responsible for preparing the draft agenda, and that it had concluded that the current part-session was too full for this report to be included); › Mr Falconer, who referred to the Bureau(cid:146)s provisions concerning participation in roll-call votes and asked for an assurance by the President that, in future, any changes to the Rules of Procedure affecting Members(cid:146) interests would be put to the House, as these provisions should have been (the Presi- dent said that, in case of doubt, the matter would be referred to the Rules Committee and that no changes would be contem- plated until the committee had forwarded its conclusions); › Mr Elles, who complained that the Pex report on informa- tion policy, which was of great interest for the Budgets Committee and was on the agenda for the next sittings in Brussels, had been taken off the agenda by the President (the President replied that no President of Parliament could take an item off the agenda: the issue here was whether the report was admissible. The Conference of Presidents would be considering this question at its meeting the following day); › Mr Pex, who was surprised that his report, which had been debated in public in committee, and had not provoked any objections by Parliament(cid:146)s Secretary-General, should now have its admissibility subjected to examination. In his view, his report had been blocked so as to prevent him from rejecting before the House the allegation that it was not in conformity with the treaties (the President reminded Mr Pex that he had warned him some months previously that there were doubts concerning the admissibility of his report). Mr Pex said that he had taken the objections made about his report into account (the President replied that the sole issue was whether the report was admissible or not; if not, it would be referred to the Rules Committee); › Mr Bourlanges, on the previous day(cid:146)s vote on the Theato report (A4-0082/98, item 15) which, he felt, would pose a problem of interpretation for the future; he asked for the question of whether a President could put a linguistic corrigen- dum to the vote and the question of which language version should be followed when there were discrepancies among them to be referred to the Rules Committee (the President pointed out that, as stated in the Minutes, the rapporteur had withdrawn her corrigendum which had not been put to the vote and that there were therefore no grounds for referring the matter to the Rules Committee); › Mr Tomlinson, who repeated his view that the corrigen- dum in fact amounted to a change in substance. The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved. 2. Documents received The President had received: (a) a report from a committee: › Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the adjustment of the financial perspec- tive to take account of the conditions of implementation (submitted by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 10 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993) (SEC(98)0307 › C4-0192/98) › Committee on Budgets Rapporteur: Mrs Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop (A4-0124/98) (b) an oral question from Members (Rule 40): › Ewing and Castagne‘de, on behalf of the ARE Group, to the Commission: Duty-free sales (B4-0283/98). 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/75 Wednesday 1 April 1998 3. Topical and urgent debate (objections) recommendation for second reading on behalf of the Commit- tee on Development and Cooperation. The President announced that, pursuant to Rule 47(2), second subparagraph, he had received the following objections, tabled and justified in writing, to the list of subjects for the next debate on topical and urgent subjects of major importance: II. Human Rights › Motion by the ELDR Group to add a new item (cid:145)Kosovo(cid:146) comprising its motion for a resolution B4-0397/98 The motion was rejected. › Motion by the ELDR and V Groups to add a new item (cid:145)Arms exports code of conduct(cid:146) comprising motions for resolutions B4-0399/98 by the ELDR Group and B4-0419/98 by the V Group The motion was rejected by RCV (V): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: 372 73 287 12 (Mr Caudron had intended to vote against). › Motion by the PPE Group to add a new item (cid:145)Albania(cid:146) comprising its motion for a resolution B4-0395/98. The motion was rejected. Mr Pasty expressed surprise at the fact that the (cid:145)code of conduct(cid:146) item had been considered as belonging to the (cid:145)human rights(cid:146) subject. He asked that in future only genuine (cid:145)human rights(cid:146) items should be considered. › Motion by Mr von Habsburg and 73 others to add a new item (cid:145)Crises in Kosovo and Albania(cid:146) comprising motion for a resolution B4-0395/98 by the PPE Group and motion for a resolution B4-0397/98 by the ELDR Group The motion was rejected by RCV (PPE): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: 370 162 201 7 (Mr Caudron had intended to vote against). IN THE CHAIR: Mr ANASTASSOPOULOS Vice-President 4. Development policy › Cooperation agree- ments with ACP › Decentralized cooper- ation **II (debate) The next item was the joint debate on a Council statement on development and cooperation policy, and a report and a Mrs Short, President-in-Office of the Council, made a state- ment on development and cooperation policy. Mr Rocard introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, on the commu- nication from the Commission on guidelines for the negotia- tion of new cooperation agreements with the African, Carib- bean and Pacific (ACP) countries (COM(97)0537 › C4- 0581/97) (A4-0085/98). Mr Speciale, deputizing for Mr Vecchi, introduced the recom- mendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Regulation on decentralized cooperation (C4-0008/98 › 95/0159(SYN)) (A4-0096/98). The following spoke: Mrs Van Dijk, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Women(cid:146)s Rights, Mrs Kinnock, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Corrie, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Andrews, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mr Telka¤mper, on behalf of the V Group, Mr Hory, on behalf of the ARE Group, Mr Antony, Non-attached Member, Mrs Junker, Mrs Gu¤nther, Mr Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Mrs Dybkj(cid:230)r, Mr Macartney, Mr Amadeo, Mr Colajanni, Mr Liese, Mrs Baldi, Mr Stasi, Mr Torres Couto, Mrs Maij-Weggen, Mrs Van Putten, Mr Robles Piquer, Mr Howitt, Mr Gillis, Mr Fassa, Mrs Lo¤o¤w, Mr Pinheiro, Member of the Commission, and Mrs Short. IN THE CHAIR: Mr David W. MARTIN Vice-President The following spoke: Mrs Van Putten, who asked the Presi- dent-in-Office of the Council to reply to a question she had put previously, Mrs Short, in reply, and Mr Robles Piquer, who also put a question which would be answered in writing. The President closed the debate. Vote: Items 9 (A4-0096/98) and 16 (A4-0085/98). 5. EU-Russia relations (debate) Mrs Lalumie‘re introduced her report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, on the Commission communication entitled (cid:145)The future of relations between the European Union and Russia(cid:146) and the action plan (cid:145)The European Union and Russia: the future relationship(cid:146) (COM(95)0223 › C4-0217/95 › 6440/96 › C4-0415/96) (A4-0060/98). The following spoke: Mr Kittelmann, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on External Economic Relations, Mr Schied- ermeier, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Regional Policy, Mrs Ryyna¤nen, draftsman of the opinion of the Culture Committee, Mr Truscott, on behalf of the C 138/76 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 PSE Group, Mr Lambrias, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mrs Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mr Va¤yrynen, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Carnero Gonza·lez, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mrs Schroedter, on behalf of the V Group, Mr Tatarella, Non-attached Member, Mrs Krehl, Mr von Habsburg, Mr Cars, Mr Seppa¤nen, Mr Fe·ret, Mrs Theorin, Mrs Lenz, Mr Lehne, Mrs Piha and Mr Van den Broek, Member of the Commission. 6. Equipment used outdoors ***I (Rule 99) (vote) Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission by equipment used outdoors (COM(98)0046 › C4-0122/98 › 98/0029(COD)) (Simple majority) The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 2. 4. 1998, Part I, Item 13. referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: BUDG, ECON, RTDE IN THE CHAIR: Mrs FONTAINE Vice-President The following spoke: › Mrs Gro¤ner, who said that a written declaration she had tabled under Rule 48 calling for the year 1999 to be declared European Year to combat Violence against Women had already been signed by 323 Members; she called on the Council and the Commission to respond as fast as Members had done so that this Year could be organized; › Mr Falconer, who said that he was present and would be taking part in the roll-call votes and then protested at the Bureau(cid:146)s new provisions concerning such votes; › Mr Howitt who, on the basis of Rule 19(4), asked for the President of Parliament to take action for the sake of Baton Mitee, imprisoned under inhumane conditions in Nigeria (the President replied that she would forward this request to the President of Parliament); › Mrs Lindholm, who referred to her remarks on Monday (Minutes of 30. 3. 1998, Part I, end of Item 12) concerning the fact that the report by the High-Level Panel which was the basis of the Schaffner report (A4-0108/98) only existed in French; she asked if she could now be given an answer to her question. The President, after establishing that the High-Level Panel(cid:146)s report did indeed exist only in French, proposed that the debate on the Schaffner report should go ahead as planned but that the vote should not be held until the High-Level Panel(cid:146)s report had been translated into all languages. The President established that there was no opposition to this proposal. Mrs Bere‘s spoke. VOTING TIME PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE COM(98)0046 › C4- 0122/98 › 98/0029(COD) Parliament approved the Commission proposal (Part II, Item 1). 7. Emissions of oxides of nitrogen from jet aeroplanes **I (Rule 99) (vote) Proposal for a Council Directive on the limitation of the emission of oxides of nitrogen from civil subsonic jet (COM(97)0629 › C4-0107/98 › 97/ aeroplanes 0349(SYN)) (Simple majority) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: TRAN PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE COM(97)0629 › C4- 0107/98 › 97/0349(SYN): Parliament approved the Commission proposal (Part II, Item 2). 8. Application of part-time work agreement to UK * (Rule 99) (vote) Proposal for a Council Directive on the extension of Council Directive 97/81/EC of 15 December 1997, on the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC, to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (COM(98)0084 › C4-0172/98 › 98/0065(CNS)) (Simple majority) referred to responsible: ESOC opinion: WOME PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE COM(98)0084 › C4- 0172/98 › 98/0065(CNS): Parliament approved the Commission proposal (Part II, Item 3). 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/77 Wednesday 1 April 1998 9. Decentralized cooperation **II (vote) DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION: Recommendation for 2nd reading by Mr Vecchi (A4- 0096/98) (Qualified majority) COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL C4-0008/98 › 95/0159(SYN): Amendments adopted: 1 to 5 collectively; 6; 7; 8; 9 to 11, 13 and 14, 16 and 17 collectively; 12; 15 Separate votes: ams. 6; 8; 12; 15 (I-EDN) The common position was thus amended (Part II, Item 4). Parliament adopted the legislative resolution (Part II, Item 5). 12. Financial assistance for SMEs * (vote) Pronk report › A4-0114/98 (Simple majority) PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION COM(98)0026 › C4-0138/98 › 98/0024(CNS): Amendments adopted: 1; 2; 18 (1st part); 18 (2nd part); 4 and 5 collectively; 16; 6; 8; 19 as amended; 21; 11; 12; 13; 20; 14 and 15 collectively 10. Passenger vehicles ***I (vote) Murphy report › A4-0113/98 (Simple majority) Amendment rejected: 17 Amendments fallen: 3; 9; 10; 7 On behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Ru¤big asked for the report to be referred back to committee, pursuant to Rule 129. The following spoke on this request: Mr von Wogau who, as chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee, said that the committee had adopted the report by a narrow majority and added, on behalf of the PPE Group, that he was in favour of referral back. Speaking personally, he said that if referral back to committee was not agreed to, he would not take part in the vote, although he would be present. The following then spoke: Mr Murphy, rapporteur, Mr Metten, on Mr von Wogau(cid:146)s remarks, Mr von Wogau, on Mr Metten(cid:146)s remarks, and Mr Alan J. Donnelly, who opposed referral back to committee. Parliament approved the request by EV (268 for, 242 against, 17 abstentions). The following spoke during the vote: › before the vote started, the rapporteur asked the Commis- sion for further clarification concerning its position on am. 3, and also asked for am. 20, which was identical to am. 7, to be put to the vote before it and, in the English version of am. 19, for the term (cid:145)evaluation(cid:146) to be replaced by (cid:145)assessment(cid:146), with the other language versions being adapted accordingly (Parlia- ment agreed to this change); › Mr Van den Broek, Member of the Commission, said that the Commission could accept the second part of am. 3 if it read as follows: (cid:145)the programme will be open to SMEs in all sectors, including SMEs in the third system(cid:146); 11. Trading of goods ***I (vote) Lulling report › A4-0102/98 (Simple majority) Split votes: am. 18 (ELDR): first part: up to (cid:145)availability of finance(cid:146) second part: remainder I. PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION COM(97)0252 › C4-0248/97 › 97/0155(COD): Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended (Part II, Item 6). Amendments adopted: 1 and 2 Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended (Part II, Item 5). DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION: Parliament adopted the legislative resolution (Part II, Item 6). DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION: Parliament adopted the legislative resolution (Part II, Item 5). II. PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION COM(97)0275 › C4-0257/97 › 97/0162(COD): Amendments adopted: 3 to 8 collectively Amendment rejected: 9 Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended (Part II, Item 5). 13. Horizontal state aid * (vote) Bere‘s report › A4-0100/98 (Simple majority) PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION COM(97)0396 › C4- 0512/97 › 97/0203(CNS): Amendments adopted: 1; 11 by EV (304 for, 200 against, 12 abstentions); 2 by EV (304 for, 211 against, 10 abstentions); 3 (1st part); 3 (2nd part) by EV (290 for, 203 against, 29 abstentions); 4 to 9 collectively; 10 by split vote; C 138/78 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 Amendments rejected: 12 by EV (248 for, 251 against, 14 abstentions) Separate votes: am. 2 (PSE); Split votes: am. 3 (PSE): first part: (a) second part: (b) and (ba) am. 10 (PSE): first part: up to (cid:145)state aid(cid:146) second part: remainder Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended (Part II, Item 7). DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION: Parliament adopted the legislative resolution (Part II, Item 7). 14. Shipbuilding * (vote) Sindal report › A4-0101/98 (Simple majority) am. 16 (ARE): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: am. 19 (ARE): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: am. 20 (ARE): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: 533 266 233 34 533 120 404 9 532 294 202 36 Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended by RCV (ARE): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: (Part II, Item 8). 538 310 208 20 DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION: Mr Megahy spoke on a technical matter. Parliament adopted the legislative resolution (Part II, Item 8). PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION COM(97)0469 › C4- 0527/97 › 97/0249(CNS): Amendments adopted: 25; 21; 16 by RCV; 17 by EV (323 for, 202 against, 9 abstentions); 18; 2; 3; 4; 5; 20 by RCV; 6; 26; 23; 9; 10; 27 by EV (316 for, 184 against, 33 abstentions); 12; 13 and 14 collectively Amendments rejected: 15 by EV (251 for, 272 against, 10 abstentions); 22 by EV (249 for, 282 against, 2 abstentions); 19 by RCV; 7 by EV (142 for, 358 against, 30 abstentions); 8; 11; 28 by EV (215 for, 304 against, 11 abstentions); 24 by EV (241 for, 276 against, 11 abstentions) Amendment fallen: 1 Amendment withdrawn: 29 15. Follow-up to social development world sum- mit (vote) Scho¤rling report › A4-0105/98 (Simple majority) MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION: Amendments adopted: 1; 6; 2 as amended; 7 (1st part) by EV (293 for, 220 against, 5 abstentions); 7 (2nd part) Amendments rejected: 4; 10 by RCV; 8; 5; 9 by RCV Amendment withdrawn: 3 Amendment ruled inadmissible: 2nd part of am. 1 (as in the report) The different parts of the text were adopted in order, except para. 14 which was rejected by RCV. Separate votes: am. 3 (UPE); 4, 10 (ARE); text of Article 7 (I-EDN, PPE) The following spoke during the vote: Results of RCVs: 10th recital of Commission text (ARE): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: 536 260 218 58 › the rapporteur proposed an oral amendment to am. 2 to replace the word (cid:145)integration(cid:146) with the word (cid:145)inclusion(cid:146). The President established that the amendment(cid:146)s authors were in agreement with this proposal and that there was no opposition in the House to incorporating this oral amendment. › The President pointed out a mistake in the French version of am. 7. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/79 Split votes: am. 7 (V): first part: up to (cid:145)Union(cid:146) second part: remainder Results of RCVs: am. 10 (GUE/NGL, V, ELDR, PPE): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: para. 14 (GUE/NGL, ELDR): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: am. 9 (V): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: 534 263 267 4 532 235 288 9 532 221 294 17 Wednesday 1 April 1998 The following spoke during the vote: › the rapporteur proposed during the vote on am. 17 that the last part of the amendment (cid:145)and a special fund. time frame(cid:146) should be put to the vote separately. Mr Corrie agreed to this proposal as did the V Group, author of the amendment. › the rapporteur spoke on am. 23 and am. 1; › Mr Liese pointed out a mistake in the German version of para. 60 and said that the text should be based on the English version ((cid:145)thus eliminating trade discrimination(cid:146)); › the rapporteur asked, during the vote on para. 69, that this para. should be placed after para. 80; the President established that there was no opposition to this request; Separate votes: para. 9 (I-EDN); 60; 73 (ARE); Split votes: am. 17 (rapporteur): first part: up to (cid:145)existing mines(cid:146) second part: remainder am. 23 (rapporteur): Parliament adopted the resolution by RCV (V, PSE): first part: deletions of text second part: the word (cid:145)coexistence(cid:146) and rest of para. 29 Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: (Part II, Item 9). 537 325 160 52 para. 30 (ARE): first part: text without 4th indent second part: that indent am. 11 (UPE): first part: up to (cid:145)(MAI)(cid:146) second part: remainder 16. Cooperation agreements with ACP (vote) am. 12 (UPE): Rocard report › A4-0085/98 (Simple majority) The rapporteur spoke. MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION: Amendments adopted: 2; 3 by EV (277 for, 213 against, 6 abstentions); 21; 17 (1st part); 17 (2nd part) by EV (272 for, 237 against, 2 abstentions); 19; 4; 5; 23 (2nd part) by EV (277 for, 195 against, 13 abstentions); 9 by EV (279 for, 232 against, 7 abstentions); 14; 11 (1st part); 11 (2nd part) by EV (268 for, 238 against, 1 abstention); 12 (1st part) by EV (311 for, 195 against, 0 abstentions); 12 (2nd part) by EV (276 for, 230 against, 1 abstention); 12 (3rd part); 25; 13; 15; 16; 1 (1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th parts in order); 26 Amendments rejected: 20; 18; 22; 6 by EV (249 for, 257 against, 3 abstentions); 23 (1st part); 7; 8; 10; 1 (2nd part); 24 The different parts of the text were adopted in order. first part: up to (cid:145)MAI(cid:146) second part: up to (cid:145)agreement(cid:146) third part: remainder am. 1 (PPE, V, ARE, PSE): first part: para. 80a second part: para. 80b third part: para. 80c fourth part: para. 80d fifth part: para. 80e sixth part: para. 80f Parliament adopted the resolution by RCV (PSE): Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: (Part II, Item 10). 508 454 24 30 * * * C 138/80 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 Explanations of vote were made by the following Members: IN THE CHAIR: Mr HAARDER Lulling report › A4-0102/98 › in writing: des Places, on behalf of the I-EDN Group Pronk report › A4-0114/98 › in writing: Scho¤rling, on behalf of the V Group; Hyland; Theonas; Caudron; des Places; Be·be·ar Bere‘s report › A4-0100/98 › in writing: Caudron; Darras Sindal report › A4-0101/98 › in writing: Wolf, on behalf of the V Group; Souchet, on behalf of the I-EDN Group; Caudron; Novo; Andersson, Lo¤o¤w, Waidelich, Hulthe·n, Theorin, Ahlqvist; Darras; Rovsing Scho¤rling report › A4-0105/98 › orally: Posselt; Ojala › in writing: Theonas; Kirsten M. Jensen, Blak, Sindal, Iversen; Seillier, on behalf of the I-EDN Group; Sandb(cid:230)k Rocard report › A4-0085/98 › in writing: Souchet, on behalf of the I-EDN Group; Caudron; Donnay; Lo¤o¤w, Andersson, Ahlqvist, Wibe, Waide- lich, Theorin, Hulthe·n; Vanhecke * * * Vice-President 17. Democratic accountability in third stage of EMU (debate) The next item was the report drawn up by Mrs Randzio-Plath, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy, on democratic accountability in the third stage of EMU (A4-0110/98). Mr Berthu pointed out pursuant to Rule 102 that the title of the report was not the same in all languages (the President replied that this would be checked). Mrs Randzio-Plath introduced her report. The following spoke: Mr Herman, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, Mr Alan J. Donnelly, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Friedrich, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mrs Randzio-Plath, rapporteur, on the previous speak- er(cid:146)s remarks, Mr Giansily, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mr Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Ri- beiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mrs Hautala, on behalf of the V Group, Mr Dell(cid:146)Alba, on behalf of the ARE Group, Mr Souchet, on behalf of the I-EDN Group, Mr Marti- nez, Non-attached Member, Mrs Lienemann, Mrs Peijs, Mr Wurtz, Mr Trizza, Mr Metten, Mr Christodoulou, Mrs Raschhofer, Mr Pe·rez Royo, Mr Secchi, Mr Fayot, Mr Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Mr Harrison, Mr Ilaskivi, Mr Katiforis, Mr Four(cid:231)ans, Mrs Torres Marques, Mr von Wogau, chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee, and Mr de Silguy, Member of the Commission. Corrections to votes/Members not voting The President closed the debate. Mr McMillan-Scott and Mrs Soltwedel-Scha¤fer informed the Chair in writing that they were present but would not take part in all the votes. Mr Novo informed the Chair in writing that he would not take part in votes following the vote on the Scho¤rling report. Sindal report (A4-0101/98) › recital 10 had intended to vote for: Mrs Kirsten M. Jensen Scho¤rling report (A4-0105/98) › final vote had intended to vote for: Mr Novo, Mrs Ojala had intended to abstain: Mr Caccavale Rocard report (A4-0085/98) › final vote had intended to vote for: Mr Caccavale END OF VOTING TIME Vote: Minutes of 2. 4. 1998, Part I, Item 18. 18. European Conference in London (statement with debate) Mr Henderson, President-in-Office of the Council, made a statement on the results of the European Conference in London. IN THE CHAIR: Mr LUCAS PIRES Vice-President The following spoke: Mr Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Gerard Collins, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mr Bertens, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Alavanos, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mrs Aelvoet, on behalf of the V Group, Mr Dupuis, on behalf of the ARE Group, Mr Nicholson, on behalf of the I-EDN Group, Mrs Muscardini, Non-attached Member, Mr Ba- ro·n Crespo, Mr Oostlander, Mrs Myller, Mr Langen and Mr Posselt. (The sitting was suspended at 1. 30 p. m. and resumed at 3 p. m. ) The President closed the debate. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/81 Wednesday 1 April 1998 19. Aid for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Feder- al Republic of Yugoslavia and former Yugos- lav Republic of Macedonia › Post-SFOR strategy * (debate) Question 1 by Mr Alavanos: Cooperation between the EU and UNESCO Question 2 by Mr Lomas: Return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece The next item was a joint debate on two reports on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy. Mr Schwaiger introduced his report on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1628/96 relating to aid for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (COM(98)0018 › C4- 0105/98 › 98/0023(CNS)) (A4-0123/98). Mrs Daskalaki introduced her report on a post-SFOR strategy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (containing a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council) (A4- 0106/98) The following spoke: Mr Giansily, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Budgets on report A4-0123/98, Mr Hender- son, President-in-Office of the Council, and Mr Van den Broek, Member of the Commission. As it was now Question Time, the debate was adjourned to 9 p. m. (Item 21). IN THE CHAIR: Mr GUTIE· RREZ DI·AZ Vice-President 20. Question Time (Council) Parliament considered a number of questions to the Council (B4-0272/98). The following spoke: › Mr Truscott, who considered that the first 10 questions dealt with a matter that did not fall within the Council(cid:146)s field of responsibility and asked for them to be declared inadmissible (the President replied that the questions met the admissibility criteria and would be taken collectively); › Mr Henderson, President-in-Office of the Council, who pointed out that, although Question Time had begun a quarter of an hour late through his own fault, he was obliged to leave at 7 p. m. ; he suggested making up the time lost on another occasion (the President took note of these remarks); › Mr David, who suggested that, in future, a particular Council statement could begin for example at 2. 30 p. m. instead of 3 p. m. (The President replied that these suggestions would be considered). Question 3 by Mr Sanz Ferna·ndez: Compatibility of the EU(cid:146)s cultural policy with Unesco resolutions about the Elgin Marbles Question 4 by Mr Bertens: Return of the Elgin Marbles Question 5 by Mrs Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse: The return of the Elgin Marbles is not harmful for the museums in Europe Question 6 by Mr Wolf: Coordination between the EU and UNESCO for the return of the Elgin Marbles Question 7 by Mr Herman: The new Acropolis Museum for the Parthenon Marbles Question 8 by Mr Gillis: Taking into consideration the feelings of the European peoples in the cultural policy of the EU Question 9 by Mr Miranda: The Elgin Marbles Question 10 by Mrs Castellina: Return of the Elgin Marbles Mr Henderson answered the questions and supplementaries by Mr Alavanos, Mr Lomas, Mr Sanz Ferna·ndez, Mr Bertens, Mr Gillis, Mr Miranda, Mrs Castellina and Mrs Ewing. Question 11 by Mr Cushnahan: Effects of abolition of duty-free sales Question 12 by Mr Gallagher: Transport Council request for a study on social effects of the abolition of duty free Mr Henderson answered the questions and supplementaries by Mr Gillis, deputizing for Mr Cushnahan, Mr Gallagher, Mr Cassidy, Mr Evans, Mr Barton and Mr Andersson. Question 13 by Mr Bonde: Equal treatment for lesbians and gays Mr Henderson answered the question and a supplementary by Mrs Sandb(cid:230)k, deputizing for the author. Mr von Habsburg and Mr Andersson spoke. Question 14 by Mr Theonas: Severe repercussions for weakest economies of introduction of euro Mr Henderson answered the question and supplementaries by Mr Theonas, Mr Kerr and Mr Alan J. Donnelly. Question 15 by Mrs Izquierdo Rojo: Euro-Mediterranean relations with Algeria Mr Henderson answered the question and a supplementary by Mrs Izquierdo Rojo. Question 16 by Mr Sjo¤stedt: The EIB(cid:146)s information policy Mr Henderson answered the question and supplementaries by Mr Sjo¤stedt, Mr Lindqvist and Mr Ru¤big. C 138/82 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 Question 17 by Mrs Hardstaff: Arrangements for the agrimon- etary systems for non-EMU states 23. Donated blood * (debate) Mr Henderson answered the question and supplementaries by Mrs Hardstaff and Mr Theonas. The President announced that questions 18 to 40 which had not been answered would receive written answers. He then closed Question Time. (The sitting was suspended at 7 p. m. and resumed at 9 p. m. ) IN THE CHAIR: Mrs SCHLEICHER Vice-President 21. Aid for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Feder- al Republic of Yugoslavia and former Yugos- lav Republic of Macedonia › Post-SFOR strategy * (continuation of debate) The following spoke: Mr Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Spencer, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Caccav- ale, on behalf of the UPE Group, who regretted the fact that neither the Council nor the Commission was represented, Mr Cars, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Ephremidis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mrs Aelvoet, on behalf of the V Group, who began by agreeing with Mr Caccavale that it was regrettable the Council and Commission were not present (the President replied that the Council and Commission had informed Parliament that they would not be represented), Mrs Zimmermann, Mr Oostlander, Mr Frischenschlager, Mrs Stenzel and Mrs Pack. The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 2. 4. 1998, Part I, Item 11 (A4-0123/98) Minutes of 2. 4. 1998, Part I, Item 19 (A4-0106/98) 22. Methane emissions (debate) Mr Marset Campos introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the communication from the Com- mission to the Council and to the European Parliament on the strategy for reducing methane emissions (COM(96)0557 › C4-0001/97) (A4-0120/98). The following spoke: Mr Linkohr, deputizing for Mr Stock- mann, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Research, Mrs Jackson, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Mr Flynn, Member of the Commission. Mr Cabrol introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the proposal for a Council Recommendation on the suitability of blood and plasma donors and the screening of donated blood in the European Community (COM(97)0605 › C4-0027/98 › 97/0315(CNS)) (A4-0112/98). The following spoke: Mr Whitehead, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Valverde Lo·pez, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mrs Kestelijn-Sierens, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Mar- set Campos, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mr Pradier, on behalf of the ARE Group, Mr Blokland, on behalf of the I-EDN Group, and Mr Flynn, Member of the Commission. The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 2. 4. 1998, Part I, Item 12. 24. 1999 budget procedure › Adjustment of financial perspective (debate) The next item was a joint debate on three reports on behalf of the Committee on Budgets. Mrs Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop introduced her reports: › on the guidelines for the 1999 budget procedure › Section III: Commission (A4-0103/98) › on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the adjustment of the financial perspective to take account of the conditions of implementation (submitted by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 10 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993) (SEC(98)0307 › C4-0192/98) (A4-0124/98). Mr Viola introduced his report on the guidelines for the 1999 budget procedure Section I › European Parliament › Annex: Ombudsman › Section II › Council › Section III › Court of Justice › Section IV › Court of Auditors › Section V › Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions (A4-0099/98). The following spoke: Mr Sonneveld, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture, Mr Ru¤big, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Mr Ferber, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Research, all three on report A4-0103/98, Mr Liikanen, Member of the Commission, Mr Wynn, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Fabra Valle·s, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Giansily, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mr Brinkhorst, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Miranda, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mrs Mu¤ller, on behalf of the V Group, Mr Fabre-Aubrespy, on behalf of the I-EDN Group, Mr Samland, chairman of the Committee on Budgets, Mr Tillich, Mr Tomlinson, Mr Tappin, Mrs Ghilar- dotti and Mrs Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, rapporteur, on the remarks by Mr Tillich. The President closed the debate. The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 2. 4. 1998, Part I, Item 20. Vote: Minutes of 2. 4. 1998, Part I, Item 10. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/83 25. Agenda for next sitting The President announced the following agenda for the sitting of Thursday 2 April 1998: Wednesday 1 April 1998 › Buffetaut report on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters * › Reding report on driving disqualifications * › joint debate on two oral questions on duty-free sales 10 a. m. › 1 p. m. and 3 › 8 p. m. : 10 a. m. › 12 noon and 5 › 8 p. m. › Crowley report on amendment of Rules of Procedure (new Rule 44a) 12 noon › voting time 3 › 5 p. m. › Dell(cid:146)Alba report on amendment of Rules of Procedure › topical and urgent debate (Rule 141) › Schaffner report on the report of the high-level panel on free movement of persons 5 p. m. (or after topical and urgent votes) › possibly, continuation of midday votes › Posselt report on enlargement and cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs (The sitting closed at 11. 35 p. m. ) Julian PRIESTLEY Secretary-General Lu(cid:14)·s MARINHO Vice-President C 138/84 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 PART II Texts adopted by the European Parliament 1. Equipment used outdoors ***I (Rule 99) Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission by equipment used outdoors (COM(98)0046 › C4-0122/98 › 98/0029(COD)) (Codecision procedure: first reading) The proposal was approved. 2. Emission of oxides of nitrogen from jet aeroplanes **I (Rule 99) Proposal for a Council Directive on the limitation of the emission of oxides of nitrogen from civil subsonic jet aeroplanes (COM(97)0629 › C4-0107/98 › 97/0349(SYN)) (Cooperation procedure: first reading) The proposal was approved. 3. Application of part-time work agreement to UK * (Rule 99) Proposal for a Council Directive on the extension of Council Directive 97/81/EC of 15 December 1997, on the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC, to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (COM(98)0084 › C4-0172/98 › 98/0065(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The proposal was approved. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/85 Wednesday 1 April 1998 4. Decentralized cooperation **II A4-0096/98 Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Regulation on decentralized cooperation (C4-0008/98 › 95/0159(SYN)) (Cooperation procedure: second reading) The European Parliament, › having regard to the common position of the Council, C4-0008/98 › 95/0159(SYN), › having regard to its opinion at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(95)0290 (2), › having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Articles 189c and 130w of the EC Treaty, › having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0096/98), 1. 2. Amends the common position as follows; Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission. COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 1) Recital (cid:150)1 (new) Whereas decentralized cooperation is a new approach to development cooperation which places the agents at the focal point of implementation and hence pursues the dual aims of appropriation and operation viability; (Amendment 2) Recital 3 Whereas a financial reference amount, within the meaning of point 2 of the Declaration by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6 March 1995 on the incorporation of financial provisions into legislative acts (2) is included in this Regulation for the period 1998 to 2000, without thereby affecting the powers of the budgetary authority as they are defined by the Treaty; Deleted (2) OJ C 102, 4. 4. 1996, p. 4. (Amendment 3) Recital 3a (new) Whereas the budget heading for decentralized cooperation is intended to help bring about a real change in the long term to the Union(cid:146)s development cooperation action; (1) OJ C 17, 22. 1. 1996, p. 458. (2) OJ C 250, 26. 9. 1995, p. 13. C 138/86 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 4) Article 1, first paragraph, introduction The Community shall support pilot operations and initiatives on sustainable development undertaken by decentralized coop- eration agents of the Community and the developing countries, in particular those designed to promote: The Community shall support operations and initiatives on sustainable development undertaken by decentralized cooper- ation agents of the Community and the developing countries, in particular those designed to promote: (Amendment 5) Article 4(1), first and second subparagraphs 1. Community financing of the operations referred to in Article 1 shall cover a period of three years (1998 to 2000). Deleted The financial reference amount for the implementation of this programme for the period 1998 to 2000 shall be ECU 18 mil- lion. (Amendment 6) Article 5(4) Opportunities may be sought for cofinancing with other 4. fund providers, and especially with Member States. Opportunities may be sought for cofinancing, especially 4. with Member States. Necessary measures will be taken to emphasize the Community character of aid provided under this Regulation. (Amendment 7) Article 5(5)(b) (b) on-the-spot coordination of these actions by means of regular meetings and exchange of information between the representatives of the Commission and Member States in the beneficiary country. (b) on-the-spot coordination of these actions by means of exchange of information between the representatives of the Commission and Member States in the recipient country or countries concerned. (Amendment 8) Article 7(2) Decisions relating to grants of more than ECU 1 million 2. for individual operations financed under this Regulation and any amendment involving an increase of more than 20% in the amount initially approved for such an operation shall be adopted under the procedure laid down in Article 8. Deleted (Amendment 9) Article 7(5) 5. Participation in invitations to tender and the award of contracts shall be open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons of the Member States and of the recipient country. It may be extended to other developing countries and, in exceptional cases which are fully justified, to other third countries. 5. Participation in invitations to tender and the award of contracts shall be open on equal terms to natural and legal persons on the Member States the recipient country, and other developing countries. In exceptional cases which are fully justified, it may be extended to other third countries. Where the quality of offers is the same, applicants from the recipient country and from developing countries in the same region shall be given preferential treatment in the awarding of contracts. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/87 Wednesday 1 April 1998 COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 10) Article 7(6) 6. Supplies shall originate in the Member States, the recipient country or other developing countries. In exceptional cases, where circumstances warrant, supplies may originate in other third countries. 6. Supplies shall originate in the Member States, the recipient country or other developing countries. In exceptional cases which are fully justified, supplies may originate in other countries. Where the quality of offers is the same, applicants from the recipient country and from developing countries in the same region shall be given preferential treatment in the awarding of contracts. (Amendment 11) Article 8 The Commission shall be assisted by the geographically 1. determined Committee competent for development. 2. The Commission representative shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote. 3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged which shall apply immediately. The representatives of the Commission and the Member States shall have an exchange of views, once a year, on the basis of a presentation by the representative of the Com- mission of the general guidelines for operations to be carried out in the year ahead. A representative of the European Parliament shall attend the exchange of views. Meetings held under the terms of this Article shall be in public and the full minutes transmitted to the European Parliament and the Council within ten working days of each meeting. (b) However, if they are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, they shall be communicated by the Com- mission to the Council forthwith. In that event: › the Commission shall defer application of the meas- ures which it has decided on for a period of one month from the date of such communication; the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the first indent. › (Amendment 12) Article 9 Article 9 Deleted The Committee referred to in Article 8 shall meet once a year to discuss general guidelines presented by the Commission representative for operations in the year ahead. C 138/88 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 13) Article 10, second paragraph The summary shall in particular contain information on the decentralized cooperation agents with whom contracts have been concluded. The summary shall in particular give details of the decentral- ized cooperation agents with whom contracts have been concluded. (Amendment 14) Article 10, third paragraph Every three months, the Commission shall inform the Member States of the operations and projects approved, stating their cost and nature, the recipient country and partners. This information shall be accompanied by an Annex clearly setting out the projects or programmes which exceed ECU 1 million. Deleted (Amendment 15) Article 11 The Commission shall make regular assessments of operations financed by the Community, in order to establish whether the objectives targeted by these operations have been attained and in order to give indications to improve the effectiveness of future operations. The Commission shall submit to the Com- mittee referred to in Article 8 a summary of assessments carried out, which the latter may examine where appropriate. The assessment reports shall be available to Member States requesting them. The Commission shall make regular assessments of operations financed by the Community, in order to establish whether the objectives targeted by these operations have been attained and in order to give indications to improve the effectiveness of future operations. Article 12 (Amendment 16) Article 12 Deleted Before the end of 1999, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council an overall assess- ment of the operations financed by the Community under this Regulation, accompanied by suggestions concerning the future of this Regulation. (Amendment 17) Article 13, second paragraph It shall apply until 31 December 2000. Deleted 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/89 Wednesday 1 April 1998 5. Trading of goods ***I A4-0102/98 Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States (COM(97)0252 › C4-0248/97 › 97/0155(COD)) I. The proposal was approved with the following amendments: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION (*) AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 1) Recital 6 Whereas optional data should be abolished in order to limit the burden on providers of statistical information and to guarantee equal treatment of these; whereas the reporting of the country of origin is nevertheless of particular benefit to numerous users and should therefore be retained; Whereas the mode of transport, the terms of delivery as well as optional data should be abolished for enterprises with limited trade, in order to limit the burden on providers of statistical information, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises; whereas the collection of such information from other enterprises should be limited according to national requirements; (Amendment 2) Article 1(4) Article 23(2) (Regulation (EEC) 3330/91) Member States may not require the statistical data medium to mention data other than those provided for in paragraph 1, with the exception of the following: In order to limit the number of small and medium-sized enterprises which are required to provide detailed statisti- cal data the Commission shall determine, pursuant to Article 30 of this Regulation, a threshold below which the Member States may not require the statistical data medium to mention data other than those provided for in paragraph 1. The threshold shall be set at the highest level at which the compatibility of the information collected in the Member States can be guaranteed. To that end, the Commission may set different values for different Member States. Apart from the data provided for in paragraph 1, Member States may, solely in respect of providers of statistical information with dispatches or arrivals of an annual value in excess of the above threshold, require the statistical data medium to mention the following data: (a) in the Member State of arrival, the country of origin; (a) in the Member State of arrival, the country of origin; (b) the terms of delivery until 31 December 1999. (b) in the Member State of dispatch, the region of origin and in the Member State of arrival, the region of destination. (*) OJ C 203, 3. 7. 1997, p. 10. C 138/90 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 Legislative resolution embodying Parliament(cid:146)s opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States (COM(97)0252 › C4-0248/97 › 97/0155(COD)) (Codecision procedure: first reading) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(97)0252 › 97/0155(COD) (1), › having regard to Articles 189b(2) and 100a of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C4-0248/97), › having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Regional Policy (A4-0102/98), 1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament(cid:146)s amendments; Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC 2. Treaty; Calls on the Council to incorporate Parliament(cid:146)s amendments in the common position that it adopts 3. in accordance with Article 189b(2) of the EC Treaty; Should the Council intend to depart from the text approved by Parliament, calls on the Council to 4. notify Parliament and requests that the conciliation procedure be initiated; Points out that the Commission is required to submit to Parliament any modification it may intend to 5. make to its proposal as amended by Parliament; 6. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 203, 3. 7. 1997, p. 10. II. Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States, with specific reference to the nomenclature of products (COM(97)0275 › C4-0257/97 › 97/0162(COD)) The proposal was approved with the following amendments: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION (*) AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 3) Recital 4 Whereas the simplification of the product nomenclature to be used for Intrastat purposes is one such proposal, since infor- mation providers generally regard the classification of pro- ducts as difficult; Whereas the simplified use of the Combined Nomenclature for Intrastat purposes, together with the availability to information providers of tools facilitating the classification of goods, is one such proposal, since information providers generally regard the classification of products in the Com- bined Nomenclature as difficult; (*) OJ C 245, 12. 8. 1997, p. 12. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/91 Wednesday 1 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 4) Recital 4a (new) Whereas the simplification of the Combined Nomenclature has been proposed as a pilot project as part of the second phase of the SLIM initiative (1); (1) (SEC(97)0951). (Amendment 5) Recital 5 Whereas, therefore, there is a need to simplify this nomencla- ture while maintaining its link with the nomenclature used for the trading of goods with non-member countries and its compatibility with other statistical classifications; Whereas, therefore, there is a need to simplify the use of this nomenclature while preserving a single nomenclature for the trading of goods within the single market and with non- member countries which is compatible with other statistical classifications; (Amendment 6) Recital 6 Whereas the Commission considers it desirable to establish a partnership with the national authorities and the European representatives of the providers and users of statistical infor- mation in order to draw up proposals for simplifying the nomenclature applicable for Intrastat purposes; Whereas it is desirable to establish a partnership with the national authorities and the European representatives of the providers and users of statistical information in order to draw up proposals for simplifying the Combined Nomenclature; (Amendment 7) Recital 6a (new) Whereas this partnership must still make it possible to preserve a sufficiently detailed level of information to meet the specific needs of some sectors, (Amendment 8) Article 1 Article 21(1) to (5) (Regulation (EEC) 3330/91) 1. On the statistical medium to be transmitted to the competent authorities, goods shall be identified by the sub- headings of the current version of the nomenclature applicable to the trading of goods between Member States (Intrastat Nomenclature). The Intrastat Nomenclature shall be a goods code 2. nomenclature based on the Harmonized System in force. In order to take account of specific needs, it may contain a strictly limited number of subdivisions below Harmonized System subheading level. Any such subdivisions below Harmonized System subheading level shall be identified by subheadings of the current version of the Combined Nomenclature. 1. On the statistical medium to be transmitted to the competent authorities, goods shall be identified by the sub- headings of the current version of the Combined Nomencla- ture. 2. However, in accordance with the detailed procedures set out in paragraph 3, providers of statistical information may, in the interests of reducing their statistical burden, limit themselves to using the Harmonized System nomencla- ture to identify certain goods. C 138/92 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT This nomenclature shall be adopted by the Commission 3. in accordance with Article 30, account being taken of the results of the work of a group composed of representatives of the providers and users of statistical information on the trading of goods. The arrangements for the application of paragraph 2, 3. and any other technical measures intended to facilitate the classification of goods for statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States, shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with Article 30, account being taken of the results of the work of a group composed of representatives of the providers and users of statistical infor- mation on the trading of goods. The operational procedures of this group shall be adopted 4. by the Commission in accordance with Article 30. The operational procedures of this group shall be adopted 4. by the Commission in accordance with Article 30. 5. To take account of their internal organization, providers of statistical information may use the Combined Nomenclature to identify goods on the statistical data medium. Deleted Legislative resolution embodying Parliament(cid:146)s opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States, with specific reference to the nomenclature of products (COM(97)0275 › C4-0257/97 › 97/0162(COD)) (Codecision procedure: first reading) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(97)0275 › 97/0162(COD) (1), › having regard to Articles 189b(2) and 100a of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C4-0257/97), › having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy (A4-0102/98), 1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament(cid:146)s amendments; Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC 2. Treaty; Calls on the Council to incorporate Parliament(cid:146)s amendments in the common position that it adopts 3. in accordance with Article 189b(2) of the EC Treaty; Should the Council intend to depart from the text approved by Parliament, calls on the Council to 4. notify Parliament and requests that the conciliation procedure be initiated; Points out that the Commission is required to submit to Parliament any modification it may intend to 5. make to its proposal as amended by Parliament; 6. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 245, 12. 8. 1997, p. 12. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/93 Wednesday 1 April 1998 6. Financial assistance for SMEs * A4-0114/98 Proposal for a Council Decision on measures of financial assistance for innovative and job-creating small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) › the Growth and Employment Initiative (COM(98)0026 › C4-0138/98 › 98/0024(CNS)) The proposal was approved with the following amendments: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 1) Recital 2 (2) Whereas the European Special Council on Employment, meeting in Luxembourg on 20 and 21 November 1997, welcomed the European Parliament(cid:146)s Growth and Employment Initiative, providing for the strengthening of budgetary resources earmarked for employment; whereas the European Council invited the Commission to make proposals, as soon as possible, for new financial instruments to support innovatory and job-creating SMEs, so that the Council can adopt them speedily; whereas these new instruments must reinforce the European Technology Facility, financed by the European Investment Bank and administered by the European Invest- ment Fund, by opening a (cid:145)risk capital window(cid:146), supporting the creation of transnational joint ventures between SMEs within the European Union and establishing within the European Investment Fund a special guarantee fund to facilitate risk- taking by institutions providing finance for small and medium-sized enterprises; (2) Whereas the European Special Council on Employment, meeting in Luxembourg on 20 and 21 November 1997, welcomed the European Parliament(cid:146)s resolution of 21 Octo- ber 1997 embodying Parliament(cid:146)s proposal to the extraor- dinary European Council meeting on Employment (20-21 November 1997) (1) and its initiative providing for the strengthening of budgetary resources earmarked for employ- ment; whereas in its decision on the 1998 budget, the European Parliament in agreement with the Council created a new heading B5-5 (Labour market and techno- logical innovation) for the financing with ECU 450 million over three years (1998-2000) of SMEs and of innovative actions and projects in the labour market; whereas the European Council invited the Commission to make proposals, as soon as possible, for new financial instruments to support innovatory and job-creating SMEs, so that the Council can adopt them speedily; whereas these new instruments must reinforce the European Technology Facility, financed by the European Investment Bank and administered by the European Investment Fund, by opening a (cid:145)risk capital window(cid:146), support- ing the creation of transnational joint ventures between SMEs within the European Union and establishing within the Euro- pean Investment Fund a special guarantee fund to facilitate risk-taking by institutions providing finance for small and medium-sized enterprises; (1) OJ C. (Amendment 2) Recital 9a (new) (9a) Whereas the importance of concentrating financial resources on small and medium- sized enterprises of less than 100 employees, requires that the Commission give priority to the implementation of a cooperation agreement to be established with the EIF; (Amendment 18) Article 1 A programme of financial assistance for innovatory and job-creating small and medium-sized enterprises is hereby set A programme of financial assistance for innovatory and job-creating small and medium-sized enterprises is hereby set C 138/94 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT up with the aim to facilitate the establishment and growth of innovative SMEs (hereinafter (cid:145)the programme(cid:146)) as defined in Recommendation 96/280/EC, by supporting their investment activity through increased availability of finance, and thereby stimulating the creation of employment. up with the aim to stimulate job-creation by facilitating and strengthening the establishment and growth of innovative SMEs (hereinafter (cid:145)the programme(cid:146)) as defined in Recommen- dation 96/280/EC by supporting their investment activity through increased availability of finance. A part of the Programme should be devoted to the financing of SMEs in the third system, in particular in sectors such as public health, education and culture. In the implementation of the programme, priority shall be given to small enterprises with up to 100 employees. (Amendment 4) Article 2 The programme shall consist of three complementary facilities which shall be a risk-capital scheme ((cid:145)ETF Start-up(cid:146)) managed by the European Investment Fund (EIF), a scheme for financial contributions supporting the creation of transnational joint- ventures by SMEs within the European Union ((cid:145)Joint European Venture(cid:146)) managed by the Commission and a guarantee scheme ((cid:145)SME Guarantee Facility(cid:146)) managed by the EIF. The programme shall consist of three complementary facilities which shall be a risk-capital scheme ((cid:145)Euro Start-up(cid:146)) man- aged by the European Investment Fund (EIF), a scheme for financial contributions supporting the creation of transnational joint-ventures by SMEs within the European Union ((cid:145)Joint European Venture(cid:146)) managed by the Commission and a guarantee scheme ((cid:145)SME Guarantee Facility(cid:146)) managed by the EIF. The ETF start-up facility The Euro start-up facility (Amendment 5) Article 3, title (Amendment 16) Article 3(1) 1. The Community shall provide risk-capital participations in SMEs primarily at their establishment and early stages and/or innovative SMEs through investments in relevant specialized venture-capital funds, particularly in smaller or newly established funds, funds operating regionally or funds focused on specific industries or technologies, or venture- capital funds financing the exploitation of R&D results, e. g. funds linked to research centres and science parks. 1. The Community shall provide risk-capital participations in SMEs primarily at their establishment and early stages and/or innovative SMEs through investments in relevant specialized venture-capital funds, particularly in: › smaller or newly established funds, › › › venture-capital funds financing the exploitation of R&D results of SMEs linked to research centres and science parks. funds operating regionally, funds focused on specific industries or technologies, or (Amendment 6) Article 4(2) 2. Eligible expenses for the purposes of point (a) of para- graph 1 are those essential expenses related to the conception and setting-up of a transnational joint venture defined in point 6 of Annex II and created by European SMEs. 2. Eligible expenses for the purposes of point (a) of para- graph 1 are those essential expenses related to the conception and setting-up of a transnational joint venture defined in point 6 of Annex II and created by SMEs. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/95 Wednesday 1 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 8) Article 5a (new) Article 5a Promotion of the facilities The cooperation agreements between the Commission and the EIF referred to in Articles 3 and 5 shall take account of the need to ensure a wide dissemination of information concerning the schemes, especially to women entrepren- eurs. (Amendment 19) Article 6(1) 1. The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Decision, notably on its impact on the access to financing by SMEs, its immediate effects on the creation of employment and the prospects for the creation of employment in the long term. 1. The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Decision, notably on its impact on the access to financing by SMEs, its immediate effects on the creation of employment and the prospects for the creation of employment in the long term. The Commission(cid:146)s report shall include an assessment of the implementation of the different schemes. (Amendment 21) Article 6(2) The Commission shall within 48 months at most from the 2. date of its adoption, provide an evaluation on the programme, notably on its overall utilization, its immediate effects on the creation of employment and the prospects for the creation of employment in the long term, in particular for the purpose of assessing possible future action beyond the initial period. The Commission shall within 24 months at most from the 2. date of its adoption and 9 months before the expiry of the Decision, provide an evaluation on the programme, notably on its overall utilization, the distribution by size and sector of the SMEs aided, the cost-effectiveness of the different schemes, their immediate effects on the creation of employ- ment and the prospects for the creation of employment in the long term, in particular for the purpose of proposing adjust- ments in the operation of the schemes, the distribution of financial resources among them and assessing possible future action beyond the initial period. (Amendment 11) Article 6(2a) (new) The final assessment on employment should be 2a. conducted by an independent body, taking into account in particular the following elements: › quality of job creation (eg. social protection, equal opportunities, trade union rights), › type of job creation (professional level, full or part- time, typical or atypical) › sectors concerned and future prospects. C 138/96 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 12) Article 6a (new) Article 6a Recycling of balances Balances resulting from individual actions or operations could be recycled during the life of this facility, but in any case all balances have to be returned, at the latest, after 15 years. (Amendment 13) Article 6b (new) Article 6b Management fees The Commission shall ensure that the management fees and other eligible expenditure incurred by the EIF are determined in accordance with accepted market practice and can be debited to the appropriations devoted to the initiative. (Amendment 20) Article 6c (new) Article 6c Intermediary financial institutions The intermediary financial institutions shall be selected in an open and transparent manner, and where necessary on the basis of a competitive tender. (Amendment 14) Article 7 This Decision shall enter into force on adoption by Council and shall cover a three-year period. This Decision shall enter into force on adoption by Council. It shall remain in force until all appropriate repayments have been made and entered in the budget. The financing of this Decision shall cover a three-year period. On the basis of the second annual report, the Commission may propose to the budgetary authority that it extend the financing for a longer period. (Amendment 15) ANNEX I, Title ETF start-up scheme Euro start-up scheme (This change to apply throughout the Annex). 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/97 Wednesday 1 April 1998 Legislative resolution embodying Parliament(cid:146)s opinion on the proposal for a Council Decision on measures of financial assistance for innovative and job-creating small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) › the Growth and Employment Initiative (COM(98)0026 › C4-0138/98 › 98/0024(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council COM(98)0026 › 98/0024(CNS), › having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 130(3) of the EC Treaty (C4-0138/98), › having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy (A4-0114/98), 1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament(cid:146)s amendments; Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC 2. Treaty; Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by 3. Parliament; Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the 4. Commission proposal; 5. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. 7. Horizontal state aid * A4-0100/98 Proposal for a Council Regulation on the application of Articles 92 and 93 of the EC Treaty to certain categories of horizontal state aid (COM(97)0396 › C4-0512/97 › 97/0203(CNS)) The proposal was approved with the following amendments: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION (*) AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 1) Recital 2 (2) Whereas, pursuant to the EC Treaty, the appreciation of compatibility of aid with the common market essentially rests with the Commission; (2) Whereas, pursuant to the EC Treaty, the appreciation of compatibility of aid with the common market and the general objectives of Community policies essentially rests with the Commission; (Amendment 11) Article 1(1)(a) to (d) (a) categories of aid in favour of: (a) categories of aid in favour of: (i) small and medium-sized enterprises, (i) small and medium-sized enterprises, (ii) research and development, (ii) research and development, (*) OJ C 262, 28. 8. 1997, p. 6. C 138/98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (iii) environmental protection, (iv) employment and training; (iii) environmental protection, (iv) employment and training, (iv a) Local public services; (b) aid respecting the map approved by the Commission for (b) aid respecting the map approved by the Commission for each Member State to implement regional aid, each Member State to implement regional aid, (c) export credit insurance covering non-marketable risk in so far as it is harmonised by EC law, (d) export credits, including those for tied aid, in so far as they are subject to precise rules established in agreements to which the Community is a party. (Amendment 2) Article 2(1) 1. The Commission may, by means of a Regulation adopted in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 9 of this Regulation, decide that, having regard to the development and the functioning of the common market, certain aid does not fulfil all the criteria of Article 92(1) and is therefore exempted from the notification procedure in Article 93(3), provided that aid granted to the same undertaking over a given period of time does not exceed a certain fixed amount. 1. The Commission may, by means of a Regulation adopted in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 9 of this Regulation, decide that, having regard to the development and the functioning of the common market, certain aid does not fulfil all the criteria of Article 92(1) and is therefore exempted from the notification procedure in Article 93(3), provided that aid granted to the same undertaking or group of undertakings involved in one and the same production process over a given period of time does not exceed a certain fixed amount. (Amendment 3) Article 4(1)(a) and (b) (a) record and store on a running basis all relevant informa- tion regarding the application of the group exemptions; (a) record, store and make public on a running basis all relevant information regarding the application of the group exemptions, including data on individual alloca- tions of aid; (b) at least once every year supply the Commission with information regarding the application of the group exemp- tion in a computerized form and in accordance with the Commission(cid:146)s specific requirements. (b) at least once every year supply the Commission with information regarding the application of the group exemp- tion in a computerized form and in accordance with the Commission(cid:146)s specific requirements. (ba) quantify the total volume of aid which is exempt from the obligation to notify the Commission. (Amendment 4) Article 4(2) 2. Member States shall on a running basis publish a summary of the information required under paragraph 1(a) in their national Official Journal and shall upon request give any interested party access to relevant information regarding the application of the group exemptions. 2. Member States shall on a running basis publish a summary of the information required under paragraph 1(a) in their national Official Journal and shall upon request give any interested party access to relevant information regarding the application of the group exemptions, including data on individual allocations of aid. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/99 Wednesday 1 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 5) Article 4(2a) (new) 2a. Member States shall also be required to forward the summaries referred to in paragraph 2 to the Commission, which shall then publish them in the Official Journal of the European Communities. (Amendment 6) Article 4(3) 3. The Commission shall make access to the information mentioned under paragraph 1(b) available to all Member States. 3. The Commission shall make access to the information mentioned under paragraph 1(b) and (ba) available to any person requesting it. (Amendment 7) Article 4(5) 5. Once a year, the Commission and the Member States shall debate and evaluate in the Advisory Committee the information mentioned under paragraph 1(b). 5. Once a year, the Commission and the Member States shall debate and evaluate in the Advisory Committee the information mentioned under paragraph 1(b) and (ba). This information shall also be the subject of a section in the annual report on competition policy. (Amendment 8) Article 5(2) 2. They may be repealed or amended where circumstances have changed with respect to any of the facts which were basic to their adoption or where the progressive development or the functioning of the common market so requires. 2. They may be repealed or amended where circumstances have changed with respect to any of the facts which were basic to their adoption or where the progressive development or the functioning of the common market so requires. In this case the new Regulation shall establish a period of adaptation for adjusting aids covered by the previous Regulation. The du- ration of this period shall be determined in the light of the impact that maintaining the system may have on the common market and the time required to adjust the national provisions concerned. It shall in no case exceed six months. (Amendment 9) Article 6 Not later than five years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall submit a report on its functioning to the European Parliament and the Council. Not later than three years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall submit a report on its functioning to the European Parliament and the Council and propose, if necessary, that the range of exemptions be extended. (Amendment 10) Article 9a (new) Article 9a The Commission shall inform the European Parliament before adopting a Regulation exempting certain categories of state aid in accordance with the procedure mentioned in Article 9. C 138/100 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 Legislative resolution embodying Parliament(cid:146)s opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the application of Articles 92 and 93 of the EC Treaty to certain categories of horizontal state aid (COM(97)0396 › C4-0512/97 › 97/0203(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(97)0396 › 97/0203(CNS) (1), › having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 94 of the EC Treaty (C4-0512/97), › having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy (A4-0100/98), 1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament(cid:146)s amendments; Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC 2. Treaty; Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by 3. Parliament; Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the 4. Commission proposal; 5. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 262, 28. 8. 1997, p. 6. 8. Shipbuilding * A4-0101/98 Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing new rules on aid to shipbuilding (COM(97)0469 › C4-0527/97 › 97/0249(CNS)) The proposal was approved with the following amendments: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 25) Recital 2a (new) Whereas concerns have been expressed by the European Parliament, which considers that a study should be under- taken into the effects of the economic crisis in Asia and the potential consequences of any discriminatory measures to assist Asian shipyards and whereas in the light of the evidence of any such discriminatory measures from a study presented to the European Parliament and the Council, the Commission and the Council should take the necessary steps to defend the interests of the European shipbuilding industry; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/101 Wednesday 1 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 21) Recital 9 Whereas, in particular operating aid is not the most cost- effective way of encouraging the European shipbuilding industry to improve its competitiveness; whereas, accordingly operating aid should be phased out and the focus shifted more towards other forms of support to promote the necessary improvements in competitiveness, such as investment aids for innovation; Whereas, in view of existing subsidy practices on the world market, contract-related operating aid is a justified way of preserving the European shipbuilding industry; whereas it may be supplemented with investment aids for innovation to improve its competitiveness, provided that this form of aid does not distort competition on the Community market; (Amendment 16) Recital 11 Whereas, one year before that date the Community will monitor the market situation and appraise whether European yards are affected by anti-competitive practices. If it is established at that or a later stage that industry is being caused injury by anti-competitive practices including injurious pric- ing, the Community will consider introducing appropriate measures; Whereas, one year before 31 December 2000 the Commission will monitor the market situation and appraise whether Euro- pean yards are affected by anti-competitive practices, and whereas, if it is established that industry is not being caused injury by anti-competitive practices including injurious pric- ing, operating aid will cease on 31 December 2000; (Amendment 17) Recital 11a (new) Whereas, to be able to make a correct calculation of the disparity between the cost of building vessels in Commun- ity yards and the prices being charged by their external competitors, the Commission must take all the measures required, under current agreements, to ascertain the cor- rectness of charges in the accounts of the major conglom- erates or holding companies in non-Community countries; (Amendment 18) Recital 16 Whereas, close and transparent monitoring is necessary if the aid policy is to be effective; Whereas close and transparent monitoring is necessary if the aid policy is to be effective and is not to cause distortions of competition within the European Community; (Amendment 2) Article 1(a), second point (a) vessels of not less than 100 gt for the performance of a specialized service (for example dredgers and ice break- ers); (a) vessels of not less than 100 gt for the performance of a specialized service (for example dredgers, ice breakers and floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs)); C 138/102 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 3) Article 1(d) (d) (cid:145)ship conversion(cid:146) shall mean the conversion, in the Community, of self-propelled seagoing commercial ves- sels, as defined in (a), of not less than 1 000 gt, on condition that conversion operations entail radical altera- tions to the cargo plan, the shell, the propulsion system or the passenger accommodation; (d) (cid:145)ship conversion(cid:146) shall mean the conversion, in the Community, of self-propelled seagoing commercial ves- sels, as defined in (a), of not less than 1 000 gt, on condition that conversion operations entail radical altera- tions to the cargo plan, the shell, the propulsion system, the passenger accommodation or the specialized services a vessel also provides; (Amendment 4) Article 1(f) (f) (cid:145)contract value before aid(cid:146) shall mean the price laid down in the contract plus any aid granted directly to the yard; (f) (cid:145)contract value before aid(cid:146) shall mean the price laid down in the contract and settled at the time of delivery plus any aid granted directly to the yard; (Amendment 5) Article 3(3), second subparagraph However, where there is competition between different Mem- ber States for a particular contract, the Commission shall require prior notification of the relevant aid proposals at the request of any Member State. In such cases, the Commission shall adopt a position within 30 days of notification; such proposals may not be implemented before the Commission has given its authorisation. By its decision in such cases the Commission shall ensure that the planned aid does not affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest. However, where there is competition between different Mem- ber States for a particular contract, the Commission shall require prior notification of the relevant aid proposals at the request of any Member State. In such cases, the Commission shall adopt a position within 30 days of notification; such proposals may not be implemented before the Commission has given its authorization. By its decision in such cases the Commission shall ensure that the planned aid does not distort competition between shipyards in different Member States or affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest as a result of its being granted subject to different conditions. (Amendment 20) Article 3(5a) (new) 5a. One year before 31 December 2000, the Commission shall monitor the market situation and ascertain whether European yards are being affected by anti-competitive practices. If it is established that the industry is not being harmed by anti-competitive practices, including injurious pricing, operating aid shall cease on 31 December 2000. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/103 Wednesday 1 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 6) Article 4(1) Aid to defray the normal costs resulting from the total or 1. partial closure of shipbuilding, conversion or repair yards may be considered compatible with the common market provided that the resulting capacity reduction is of a genuine and irreversible nature. Aid to defray the normal costs resulting from the total 1. closure of shipbuilding, conversion or repair yards may be considered compatible with the common market provided that the resulting capacity reduction is of a genuine and irreversible nature. (Amendment 26) Article 4(2), second indent › the costs of counselling services to workers made or to be made redundant or retired before legal retirement age, including payments made by shipyards to facilitate the creation of small enterprises which are independent of the shipyards in question and whose activities are not princi- pally shipbuilding, conversion or repair; › the costs of counselling services to workers made or to be made redundant or retired before legal retirement age, including payments made by shipyards to facilitate the creation of small enterprises which are independent of the shipyards in question and whose activities are not ship- building, conversion or repair; (Amendment 23) Article 5(1), introduction 1. Aid for rescue and restructuring of undertakings in difficulties, including capital injections, debt write-offs, sub- sidised loans, loss compensation and guarantees, may excep- tionally be considered compatible with the common market provided that it complies with the general Community guide- lines on state aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty, as currently set out in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 368 of 23 December 1994, and any amendments thereto, and in particular in relation to restructuring it fulfils the following specific conditions: 1. Aid for rescue and restructuring of undertakings in difficulties, including capital injections, debt write-offs, sub- sidised loans, loss compensation and guarantees, may excep- tionally, and once only, be considered compatible with the common market provided that it complies with the general Community guidelines on state aid for rescuing and restructur- ing firms in difficulty, as currently set out in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 368 of 23 December 1994, and any amendments thereto, and in particular in relation to restructuring it fulfils the following specific conditions: (Amendment 9) Article 5(1), third indent › there is a viable restructuring plan that will restore the long-term viability of the undertaking within a reasonable time scale; › a restructuring plan based on realistic assumptions is implemented that will restore the viability of the under- taking, as measured against criteria which are laid down in advance, within a specified time scale; (Amendment 10) Article 5(1), ninth indent › the closed capacity must remain closed for not less than 10 years as from the Commission(cid:146)s approval of the aid; › the closed capacity must be closed permanently. If it is nevertheless reopened for the building of ships or parts thereof, the Commission shall ensure that the aid is paid back; C 138/104 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 27) Article 5(3) 3. The Commission shall seek the views of Member States on all such cases where the aid is in excess of 10 mecus before adopting a position on them. 3. The Commission shall seek the views of Member States on all such cases where the aid is in excess of 10 mecus before adopting a position on them. The Commission shall inform Member States of all requests made to it for authorization of aid covered by this Regulation. (Amendment 12) Article 6, second indent a (new) › the result of an aided innovation project is exploited commercially and it pays its way, and repayment is made over a period not exceeding five years. (Amendment 13) Article 9, second subparagraph (new) Aid for environmental protection may be granted only if it does not result in increased capacity. (Amendment 14) Article 10(2a) (new) 2a. The Commission shall be required to obtain infor- mation which is as reliable as possible concerning com- pliance by aid recipients with the conditions governing eligibility for aid covered by this Regulation. In so doing, it may use external consultants, ask to see all documentation and carry out inspections at undertakings which have received aid. Legislative resolution embodying Parliament(cid:146)s opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation establishing new rules on aid to shipbuilding (COM(97)0469 › C4-0527/97 › 97/0249 (CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(97)0469 › 97/0249(CNS), › having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Articles 92(3)(e), 94 and 113 of the EC Treaty (C4-0527/97), › having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled: (cid:145)Towards a new shipbuilding policy(cid:146) (COM(97)0470 › C4-0548/97), › having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy and the opinions of the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy, the Committee on External Economic Relations and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A4-0101/98), 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/105 Wednesday 1 April 1998 1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament(cid:146)s amendments; Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC 2. Treaty; Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by 3. Parliament; Calls for the conciliation procedure to be opened should the Council intend to depart from the text 4. approved by Parliament; Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the 5. Commission proposal; 6. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. 9. Follow-up to social development world summit A4-0105/98 Resolution on the Commission(cid:146)s communication on the European Union(cid:146)s follow-up to the world summit for social development (COM(96)0724 › C4-0142/97) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission communication (COM(96)0724 › C4-0142/97), › having regard to the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action (1), › having regard to the OECD declaration of May 1996 on the contribution of development cooperation, › having regard to its resolution of 2 March 1995 on the European Union(cid:146)s priorities for the world summit for social development (2), › having regard to the Council resolution of November 1996 on human and social development and EU development cooperation (3), › having regard to the resolution of the ACP-EU Joint Assembly in Lome· of 29 October 1997 on the importance of the UN world conferences of 1990 to 1996 for cooperation between the European Union and the ACP States in the context of the Lome· Convention (4), › having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0105/98), A. whereas social and economic development cannot be attained in the absence of peace and security, ecological balance, economical use of natural resources, and respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, B. whereas poverty, unemployment and social exclusion constitute a denial of fundamental human rights as defined by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, C. whereas more than a quarter of people in the developing world still live in poverty as measured by the human poverty index introduced by the UNDP and about a third, 1,3 billion people, live on incomes of less than ECU 0,875 a day, (1) United Nations, New York, 1995. (2) OJ C 68, 20. 3. 1995, p. 49. (3) SOC(96)1124 of November 1996. (4) AP/2279. C 138/106 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 D. whereas social development places emphasis on people-centred approach, actively involving civil society and empowering men, women and children to improve their condition, E. whereas partnerships for poverty eradication have proven to be an effective instrument of development cooperation allowing a closer working relationship with the indigenous populations on an equal footing; whereas, however, working methods and the training of aid workers need to be brought into line with the new thinking on aid, F. whereas the European Union and its Member States solemnly undertook to contribute to the implementation of the 10 commitments of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action, 1. Welcomes the Commission(cid:146)s communication but expresses concern over delays in the formulation of a clear strategy aimed at encouraging all Member States and signatories of the Copenhagen Declaration to set explicit social development objectives empowering individuals, households and communities to participate in economic, social, civil and cultural development; 2. Stresses the importance of the people-centred approach for the implementation of a development strategy in which people are the main actors, allowing them to take part in the definition of priorities and the implementation of relevant policies, programmes and projects; 3. Calls the Member States to implement the conclusions of the Rio, Vienna, Cairo, Beijing and Istanbul conferences which also put emphasis on different aspects of human and social development; asks the Council to take concrete measures to reduce greenhouse gases in the Union by 15 % by the year 2010; 4. Stresses that development for people can be sustained only if we protect the environment and use our natural resources in a sustainable way; thus, protection of our environment must not be seen as a separate sector, but as a prerequisite for life and social development; all aspects of economic growth should be considered in the context of sustainable development; Priorities at EU level Considers the fight against poverty and social exclusion to be a top priority for the European Union; 5. calls therefore for appropriate measures to be financed from the European Social Fund; 6. Calls on the Commission to define social exclusion, with special reference to the Amsterdam Treaty, and consider the legal instruments for combating poverty and exclusion among various population groups (inter alia the long-term unemployed, families, the disabled, the elderly, etc); 7. Stresses that tackling unemployment is another absolute priority of the Union; calls on the Commission, therefore, to make practical proposals for taxation and social protection systems in the Member States which are more conducive to employment and inclusion and to promote coordination among the Member States in this respect; Calls on the Member States to adopt employment action plans to cut the unemployment rate in line 8. with the 1998 employment guidelines, to support small enterprises, cooperatives and local economies against market centralisation and take action to strengthen the (cid:145)third system(cid:146) in the social and welfare economy; 9. Stresses the importance for the EU and its Member States of promoting policies on equal opportunities between men and women that bridge the gender gap and enable women and men to reconcile work and family obligations, facilitate their return to work and secure unbiased access to employment and education opportunities; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/107 Wednesday 1 April 1998 Calls on the Commission and Member States to work for the earliest possible adoption of the fourth 10. poverty action programme by the Council; 11. Stresses that, as well as consulting the two sides of industry, NGOs operating in the social field and other representative organizations should be consulted on the follow-up measures to promote social development of the Union; calls on the Commission, in addition to European conferences and debates, to embark upon a constructive and continuous dialogue with NGOs and other representative organizations; Priorities at international level 12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make greater efforts in strengthening institutional cooperation among international bodies that have a stake in social development; supports in this connection the Commission(cid:146)s proposal to have joint high-level meetings among the relevant UN agencies, the IMF, the World Bank, the ILO and the WTO to make coordinated efforts giving more weight to economic and social aspects in drawing up and implementing policies for sustainable development as well as in regulating the financial markets; 13. Calls on all countries to work on a programme for debt reduction for the poorest countries, including the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative, and points also to the additional financial resources needed for the implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action in Africa; 14. Urges Member States to allocate on average 20% of their development aid funds to basic social programmes and calls upon recipient countries likewise to allocate 20% of their budgets in support of basic social services as defined in the Oslo Consensus, to include (cid:145)basic education, primary health care, including reproductive health and population programmes, nutrition programmes and safe drinking water and sanitation, as well as the institutional capacity for delivering those services(cid:146); Stresses the need for more effective EU coordinated development cooperation and assistance 15. efforts aiming also to reach at least 0. 7% of GDP for official development assistance and expects all Member States to abstain from the practice of providing aid in forms whereby it is tied to the subsequent award of contracts to their own enterprises, which according to recent studies reduces the effectiveness of funds provided by more than 15%; 16. Calls on all countries actively to enforce and promote compliance with the basic labour standards covered by ILO Conventions 87 and 98 on freedom of association and the right to organize and collective bargaining, Conventions 29 and 105 on the prohibition of all forms of forced and slave labour, Convention 131 on a minimum wage, Conventions 100 and 111 on equal remuneration and the elimination of all forms of discrimination, Convention 155 on health and safety at work, and Convention 138 on the minimum age, including Recommendation 146; a clause requiring compliance with these standards should be a compulsory element in all trade agreements and cooperation agreements concluded by the EU; 17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States actively to enforce and promote social and ethical Regulations in international trade and to support initiatives such as Social Accountability (SA) 8000, a world-wide standard for ethics control based on the UN Declaration on Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and ILO Conventions, drawn up on the initiative of the Council on Economic Priorities (CEP) in collaboration with representatives from labour unions, NGOs, universities, companies, accountancy firms and consultants; 18. Urges Member States and signatories of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action to put emphasis on efforts to develop more equitable and sustainable health policies and to further improve preventive health care, especially child care; underlines the correlation between poor health and the level of educational attainment; C 138/108 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 Calls on the Commission and Member States to cooperate with NGOs in the field to achieve the 19. most efficient delivery of aid; * * * 20. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the UN Economic and Social Committee (Ecosoc), and asks Ecosoc to forward it to delegations of all signatory countries to the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action. 10. Cooperation agreements with ACP A4-0085/98 Resolution on the communication from the Commission on the guidelines for the negotiation of new cooperation agreements with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries (COM(97)0537 › C4-0581/97) The European Parliament, › having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament (COM(97)0537 › C4-0581/97), › having regard to the Council(cid:146)s resolution on gender and development of December 1995, the Beijing Platform for Action, the results of the Copenhagen and Vienna Conferences, and the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), › having regard to the report of the Committee on Development and Cooperation and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Women(cid:146)s Rights and the Committee on Fisheries (A4-0085/98), A. recalling its resolution of 2 October 1997 on the Commission(cid:146)s Green Paper on relations between the European Union and the ACP countries on the eve of the 21st century › challenges and options for a new partnership (1) adopted by a very large majority and taken into account, to a large extent, by the Commission, B. whereas the first summit of ACP Heads of State and of Government affirmed their commitment to the Georgetown Agreement setting up the ACP Group, and likewise their determination to ensure that future ACP-EU relations provide an effective framework for socio-economic development, 1. Fully supports the political guidelines proposed by the Commission for the negotiation of new cooperation agreements with the ACP countries and believes that these guidelines provide an excellent basis for the renewal, updating, and strengthening of ACP-EU cooperation under the new Convention in order to adapt it to meet the challenges of the 21st century; 2. Notes with satisfaction that gender issues have been properly incorporated into the proposed policies on poverty alleviation, democracy and human rights, but finds it unacceptable that there is no mention, to date, of gender in trade, macro-economic policy or financial and technical cooperation; (1) OJ C 325, 27. 10. 1997, p. 28. 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/109 Wednesday 1 April 1998 3. Welcomes, on the one hand, the recognition of the ACP group as a political entity, and on the other hand, the introduction of geographical differentiation reflecting regional diversities and the increasing role of regional cooperation and integration as a factor for development; 4. Reiterates its view that trade liberalization and economic growth alone are not sufficient to reduce poverty, and insists that European development cooperation must recognize the need to grant the poorest people in the world access to and control over resources such as land and credit; 5. Recalls and insists on its view that the promotion and protection of universal human rights enshrined in international agreements such as Vienna, Copenhagen and Beijing, and in particular women(cid:146)s rights, should be the basis of ACP-EU cooperation; 6. Believes that the EU and the ACP countries have a historical and strategic opportunity to grasp, which calls for the definition of a global agreement, the reasserting of ACP-EU partnership on a new basis and the strengthening of democracy, respect for human rights and of parliamentary and political dialogue; Stresses, in this spirit, that in 1991, after signing the fourth Lome· Convention, almost all of the 7. African countries signed and subsequently ratified the Abuja Treaty, which provides for the setting up of an African economic community within 30 years; believes therefore that the cooperation activities to be enshrined in the new EU-ACP convention should take the form of a contribution to the building of this community and the direction it will take, and in no wise oppose the attainment of that goal; Stresses the importance of the first meeting of the Heads of State and of Government of the ACP 8. countries in Libreville on 6 and 7 November 1997; Notes the fact that the General Affairs and Development Council has affirmed the European Union(cid:146)s 9. commitment to the continuation of the Lome· process, and endorsed several of Parliament(cid:146)s essential guidelines (strengthening the political dimension, making the fight against poverty the cornerstone of the partnership, the effective inclusion of new operators and of the issues of gender, the environment, etc. ); Considers that the Lome· process is a part of the acquis communautaire, which an enlarged Union 10. will have to build on, in political, economic and financial terms; Suggests there should be a full and structured debate on the non-budgetary and non-trade related 11. aspects of the future convention, and that they could be the subject of a permanent treaty; 12. Calls on the Commission always to respond in writing to the general rapporteurs report, as adopted, and to send the document to the Joint Assembly for consideration, so as to better ensure proper evaluation of the reports in question; Considers that cooperation between OCTs and ACP States must be encouraged in order to improve 13. relations between them and that relations between the OCTs and the Union must be improved; Calls on the Commission, furthermore, to consider, formulate and then submit to negotiation the 14. conditions under which the overseas countries and territories (OCAT) and the most remote regions of the EU might best achieve better integration with the economies of the regions to which they belong; such integration could be facilitated by, inter alia, granting the OCAT permanent observer status at the ACP-EU Joint Assembly; 15. Calls for a stronger political commitment in favour of renewed EU-ACP cooperation; As regards the political dimension Thoroughly supports the proposal to give the new partnership a strong political dimension, to be 16. based on the promotion of the values of democracy and respect for human rights; 17. Believes that as the United Nations conferences have underlined, the success of development policies and development cooperation policies requires an integrated vision of the economic, political, cultural, social and environmental aspects and account to be taken of gender-specific interests; C 138/110 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 18. Believes that the accelerating pace of globalization calls for the promotion of a more equitable partnership and recalls, in this context, that it had advocated, amongst other things, the rebalancing of partnership to favour the appropriation of development by ACP countries and give them more control of their own development, and the strengthening of a responsible and mature political dialogue; considers it essential to take heed of the concerns of the ACP countries, as expressed at the Libreville summit, over the risks of damage to their fragile and vulnerable economies and of disintegration of the social fabric which would arise from a crude application of the WTO rules and obligations; 19. Stresses that it had proposed (cid:145)the use of contracts in place of the unmanageable cumulation of conditionalities’, provided that the countries concerned respect democratic principles and human rights, and believes that ACP-EU cooperation must be subject to a new type of conditionality based on the political dimension, in particular the respect of the principles of democracy and human rights and on a wide-ranging evaluation of the efforts being undertaken by a government, and which favours long-term sustainable development achieved through good governance and respect for human rights; 20. Fully endorses the proposals on consolidating peace, enhancing security and preventing and settling conflicts; in this context, favours EU technical support for regional security agreements, and calls for the setting up of regionalized mediation structures, in particular of regional listening-posts to monitor ethnic, linguistic, economic, social or religious tensions; Proposes that regionalized mediation structures be set up, and in this context suggests that the idea 21. put forward by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD of establishing resource management regimes to adjudicate over conflicts relating to shared resources, such as water, croplands, forests, should be explored further; 22. Urges the negotiating partners for the new EU-ACP Partnership Agreement to incorporate into the new agreement a ban on anti-personnel mines for all member countries, a time schedule for the removal of existing mines and a special fund to achieve the goal of a mine-free EU-ACP zone within a reasonable time frame; 23. Repeats its proposal that the Commission include provisions to limit and monitor arms sales in the convention, possibly taking the code of conduct put forward by the British Government as a model; notes that many ACP States will require external assistance if they are to develop the capacity to effectively control arms flows; suggests that the EU should consider, inter alia, offering assistance to set up or strengthen laws and administrative measures for regulating and effectively monitoring arms transfers; 24. Notes that many ACP States will require external assistance if they are to develop the capacity to control arms flows effectively; suggests that the EU should consider, inter alia, offering assistance to set up or strengthen laws and administrative measures for regulating and effectively monitoring arms transfers; 25. Calls on the Commission to include in the new Convention provisions for the realization of the objectives set by the UN Conferences, in particular the undertakings agreed on at Rio in 1992 and Copenhagen in 1995; Recalls its request that with a view to the forthcoming Europe-Africa summit, the Union should 26. draw up an African policy covering all aspects, including security; 27. Suggests, in the same spirit, that the Commission should propose to the ACP countries, possibly using the channel of the OAU in certain cases, that they themselves propose the criteria for security, limitation of military spending, respect for human rights, combating improper forms of money-making and corruption, guaranteeing free speech and freedom of the press and good governance, which should be the criteria for the non-misappropriation of aid, and failure to respect which would, in their view, involve penalties in accordance with the objectives of Article 130u of the EC Treaty; 28. Points to the outcome of the 1993 Vienna Human Rights Conference, in particular with regard to the establishment of the principle of the universality of human rights and the principle that women’s rights are human rights and urges therefore those ACP States which have not done so to ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/111 Wednesday 1 April 1998 29. Deems it therefore necessary for the new agreement to incorporate clear commitments to women(cid:146)s rights and the principle of political, social and economic equality between the sexes, on which basis an appropriate gender development policy, including mainstreaming and positive action for women, can be established; Believes that if the political dialogue is to be balanced, it must be able to tackle all policies on both 30. sides which may have an impact on cooperation; 31. Proposes that the discussion of value now under way with regard to human rights should be extended to other aspects of life (such as legal and political equality for women, the family, the situation of children and the elderly, etc. ), within the Joint Assembly and its regional meetings; furthermore considers that, in the context of the dialogue on human rights, special attention should be given to the situation of children and to the defence of the rights of the child in the ACP countries; 32. Recalls that the cultures, customs and traditions of the partner countries differ in nature and that a dialogue on values is an essential prerequisite for preparing for the coexistence rather than the clash of civilizations in tomorrow(cid:146)s multi-polar world and for strengthening fundamental rights; in this context, stresses the need to place political and cultural cooperation on a new footing; Proposes that the future Convention should provide for procedures and funding to support the 33. strengthening of democracy: › training of judges and lawyers; › aid to help establish and spread non-government-subsidized independent media; › aid to train military, police and gendarmerie personnel in human rights, the preservation of the rule of law and judicial procedures; › support for traditional forms of dispute resolution and justice where these have demonstrated their effectiveness; › support for civil society organizations, including women(cid:146)s organizations; › participation of women in independent political, economic and social decision-making processes; › capacity-building, particularly at municipal level; Proposes to introduce the phenomenon of migration, for instance in Africa, among the topics of the 34. political dialogue between the ACP States and the Union; Reaffirms its support for the convention(cid:146)s joint institutions, particularly the Joint Assembly, and 35. calls for them to be strengthened as a precondition for the strengthening of the political dimension; 36. Believes that this strengthening should take the form inter alia of meetings at regional and sub-regional level, with appropriate links and coordination at all levels, without prejudice to the regular holding of plenary sessions; 37. Suggests that the Joint Assembly consider new working methods, including: › setting up a joint parliamentary committee able to meet on a regular basis; › organizing meetings at regional and subregional level with the remit of scrutinizing the implemen- tation of cooperation and the conditions of implementation of the Council(cid:146)s decisions, bringing together both members of parliament and all the operators involved in cooperation; 38. Calls for the democratization of the Joint Assembly by means of provisions for reflecting the diversity of opinion in the ACP countries, which at present have only one representative per country, and by securing a balanced representation of women and men on both the European and ACP sides; C 138/112 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 As regards (cid:145)the adjustment of Community policy to make poverty alleviation the cornerstone of the new partnership(cid:146) 39. Approves the Commission(cid:146)s guidelines and lays particular stress on the value of the integrated approach adopted with regard to poverty eradication, gender mainstreaming and environmental impact assessments with the aim of ensuring that basic human needs such as access to clean water, basic education and primary health care are met; welcomes also the importance given to reducing inequalities in access to health care and education; 40. Urges, in view of the UN conferences at which various aspects of the situation of women, including the role of women in developing countries, were addressed, that full account be taken of the gender aspect in development cooperation; 41. Calls for a reallocation of resources towards investment in social programmes, such as education, health care, training, the provision of clean water, sanitation, housing and the gender aspect, on the basis agreed at the Social Summit in 1995; 42. Believes it is particularly important to prioritize the rapid establishment of basic social services in post-settlement reconstruction, to demonstrate to demobilised fighters the benefits of peace, and to give them a stake in the peace process; 43. Calls for greater emphasis to be placed in future EU-ACP cooperation on improving access to affordable, high-quality special reproductive health services, in particular family planning, given the large unmet demand in ACP countries for services and information; Stresses that there must be clear references in future cooperation to the conditions of children and 44. the development of the population; 45. Welcomes the proposal to include the popular economy as a key element of development and cooperation policy as it promotes an increased participation, responsibility and appropriation of economic activity; Believes, in particular, that with regard to the eradication of poverty, it is essential that cooperation 46. take full account of urban crisis management in the ACP countries; Stresses once again, in this connection, the need to develop a micro-credit system and access to 47. credit by the population, as vital questions which should be dealt with during the negotiations; 48. Stresses, pending the proposals of the Joint Assembly, the importance of supporting the cooperation and regional integration processes in the ACP countries and in particular relations with the OCTs; in this context, supports the proposal of a global agreement with a regional structure, in order to take into account the different situations and provide the adequate responses to individual regions; Stresses the need to eliminate the one-sided dependence on monoculture crops and to improve 49. self-sufficiency in particular by means of increasingly diversified development, production and supply structure; Sees the need to promote not only more efficient food production and processing but also 50. needs-oriented industrial development, accompanied by appropriate measures to boost literacy and enable people, in particular women and girls, to take up and train for professional and skilled manual occupations and by strategies for preventing child labour; 51. Notes that the needs of refugees and internally displaced persons are largely overlooked in the Guidelines; believes that future EU-ACP cooperation should make provision for access not only to food, water, sanitation and shelter, but also health care, including sexual and reproductive health care, and the prevention of gender-based violence in both the emergency phase, and the longer term; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/113 Wednesday 1 April 1998 52. Recalls its suggestion to make the greatest possible use in the struggle to eradicate poverty of leading-edge technologies: hygiene, waste treatment, recycling of scrap and refuse, new varieties of food-producing plants, use of local resources, particularly plants, for medical purposes, (cid:145)drop-by-drop watering(cid:146); stresses the importance of encouraging research in these areas; 53. Proposes that fair trade, as an effective instrument for cooperation, should be given a place in the new agreements with the ACP countries and calls for the Commission to be involved in the promotion and certification of fair trade products; 54. Urges the Commission to take whatever administrative measures are required to ensure that the attack on poverty, whether by means of the popular economy, or the advertising of local and not imported products, the development of micro-credit systems and the use of leading-edge technologies is not merely an addendum to more general, traditional cooperation, but is carried out in synergy between the rural and urban areas within the framework of a specific assessment and decision-making procedure, wherever possible in direct collaboration with operators on the ground, local authorities, economic and social operators, including private sector representatives (especially of SMUs), and NGOs; 55. Urges the development of policies that can be put into practice quickly for environmental regeneration and the preservation of a healthy environment and regenerated natural resources, in particular strategies for the use of alternative, renewable forms of energy so as to combat increasing air pollution and the disastrous practice of forest clearance; As regards opening up cooperation to economic partnership 56. Notes the Commission(cid:146)s proposal to negotiate economic partnership agreements at regional and subregional level, notes the long period normally required for negotiations to conclude free trade areas; is concerned that the Commission(cid:146)s proposal to negotiate regional free trade economic partnership agreements may be premature, impractical and lead to increased poverty and social tension in the ACP States; in particular notes the large adjustment costs for non-industrialised countries, such as lost government revenue and damage to domestic industrial production, which usually fall disproportionately on the poor and vulnerable, and which could result from a rapid transition to fully reciprocal trading relations with the EU; 57. Is concerned by the failure to produce rigorous studies on the likely impact which either regional free trade areas or graduation into the Generalised System of Preferences would have on ACP States, in particular with regard to the European Union(cid:146)s commitment to both poverty eradication and conflict prevention, and therefore calls on the Commission to produce such studies and to publish the results widely in both the EU and ACP States; 58. Welcomes the Commission(cid:146)s proposal to maintain the current Lome· preferences for least developed ACPs and calls for their extension to cover vulnerable economies of the ACP group such as small island states and countries highly dependent on single commodities; 59. Stresses the need for a prudent and gradual move towards reciprocal trading relations with the ACP, and considers that (cid:145)economic cooperation agreements(cid:146) constitute an interesting concept which should be used flexibly by European Member States and the Commission to assist those middle-income ACP States whose level of economic, social and political development makes them unable in the short or medium term to enter into free trade areas with the EU which are clearly compatible with Article XXIV of the GATT; Stresses that these agreements, which imply moving towards reciprocity in commercial matters, 60. should be implemented gradually, (cid:145)in support of regional integration processes and in phase with them(cid:146); nevertheless, considers that the EU must use all possible means to have it recognized that non-reciprocal preferences and protocols are instruments of development until the stated objectives are achieved; notes that, in almost all regions of the ACP, those regional integration processes have barely begun; C 138/114 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 61. Believes it essential to accompany the process of adaptation and integration of regional markets while maintaining the current trading system (preferences, product protocols and compensation for export revenue losses) for an appropriate transitional period which will not however, exceed 10 years following the expiry of the Fourth ACP-EU Convention; 62. Recalls that the inclusion of ACP-EU trade is an essential characteristic of the Lome· Conventions and believes therefore that the early and sudden adoption of the unilateral system of generalized preferences would constitute a backward step and a massive increase in the protectionism of the EU towards developing countries; believes that this can only be avoided, however, if the other trading options are rendered more attractive to non-LLDC ACP States, and therefore calls on the European Member States to ensure that the Economic Cooperation Agreement option is focused on poverty eradication and sustainable development, and that the level of the GSP is improved substantially in the course of the upcoming review; 63. Acknowledges the difficulties involved in implementing the Commission(cid:146)s proposals, particularly as regards the WTO rules, but believes that these obstacles can be removed if there is sufficient political will and flexibility on the part of the ACP-EU partners, who together represent at present 71 of the 132 members of › and thus votes in › the WTO; suggests that before any formal negotiation, in-depth contact be established with the WTO to examine the conditions under which the exceptions accepted in the Marrakesh Treaty could be extended; asks that the ACP countries be offered technical assistance to enable them to negotiate with the WTO under the best possible conditions and calls for cooperation between the ACP and the European Union to be stepped up in WTO matters; 64. Welcomes the fact that the Council has decided to extend the non-reciprocal Lome· preferences to all the least-developed countries, thus eliminating trade discrimination with regard to these countries, and the recognition that trade preferences should be adopted which pay more attention to poverty and less to former colonial status; 65. Endorses the call from the ACP countries to the EU to adopt special and differentiated treatment for the developing countries when applying the rules and regulations governing international economic dealings; 66. Considers it essential to affirm the primacy of the goal of sustainable development and to embody it in the governing rules and policies of the international institutions and in the agreements on the operation of world trade; Urges the Commission to provide assistance to strengthen the capacity of ACP States to put their 67. case within the World Trade Organization; 68. Asks the Commission and Council to fully inform and consult the ACP partners on the impact of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) before signing and believes that the MAI, as it stands now, threatens the right of governments, local communities and citizens to control democratically investment in their economies; Reiterates its calls on EU governments not to sign the MAI and asks the ACP countries 69. governments not to apply to join this agreement as it stands; Calls for the rules on place of origin, which have seriously hampered the growth of ACP trade both 70. at regional and international level, to be simplified and made more transparent; 71. Believes that the EU should provide the ACP countries with technical assistance which would enable them to negotiate under the best possible conditions agreements favouring fledgling industries, guaranteeing normal working conditions and a better environment; 72. Draws the Commission(cid:146)s attention to the fact, however, that harmonious development for all the ACP countries should not be determined exclusively or even mainly by external considerations; the balance of programmes and strategies must ensure that growth in domestic production, purchasing power and consumption are encouraged at least as much as exports; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/115 Wednesday 1 April 1998 73. Welcomes the further integration of aid and trade and the commitment to use technical and financial assistance to remove supply-side constraints which prevent ACP States from taking advantage of trading opportunities, and calls for such assistance to include, inter alia, time-bound and selective protection for infant industries, and long term protection for agriculture; 74. Believes that legislative stability with regard to taxation and contracts is an absolute sine qua non for any kind of development, and suggests that any undertaking, group of undertakings, or producers(cid:146) association believing itself to be the victim of any harmful amendment of legislation in this field should have the possibility of appealing to an ad hoc international court or the court in The Hague; 75. Calls for a programme of technology transfer to the ACP countries on a non-commercial basis, backed up by training programmes tailored to real needs; insists that such transfers must be consistent with the requirements of sustainable development; 76. Calls for a policy and framework for action for the economic, social and environmental development of coastal areas which is consistent with the programmes adopted by the international conferences of the United Nations and, for the small island states, the 1994 Barbados Conference on the sustainable development of small island states to be established and implemented; Reminds the Commission that the Luxembourg European Council called on it (cid:145)to study the 77. procedure for establishing a therapeutic solidarity fund under the aegis of UNAIDS to combat AIDS in the developing countries(cid:146) and calls on the Commission to make provision for the establishment of this fund in the framework of the next convention; 78. Urges the Commission and the ACP States to draw up an adequate legal framework to protect intellectual property in respect of biodiversity in the South; such a framework must provide for the establishment of databases containing information on flora and fauna and their natural habitats, the legal protection of national biodiversity and the legal protection of the inalienable rights of indigenous peoples as regards their traditional knowledge concerning the use of animals and plants; the EU must also provide the ACP States with financial and technical support and the necessary scientific know-how, particular attention being paid to the rights of indigenous peoples; 79. Proposes to include in the new Convention provisions on the principles of Articles 8j of the Convention on Biological Diversity concerning the preservation of knowledge, innovation and practices of indigenous and local communities and their intellectual property rights of approval, involvement and equitable sharing of benefits of any use of such resources; 80. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to establish a global scheme on reducing debt and in particular to press for more effective implementation of the Highly Indebted Poor Country Initiative (HIPC), including earlier and deeper levels of debt reduction, and to ensure that the benefits of debt reduction are channelled into investment in sustainable human development; 81. Calls on the Commission and on the governments of the Member States and the ACP countries actively to supervise, possibly backed-up by guidelines and restrictions, banking practice and the interest rates being demanded, particularly from SMEs; 82. Stresses that developing ACP production means selling the resulting products; observes that the bulk of advertising in ACP countries is for imported products and therefore asks that programmes be put in hand to ensure the presence of free or subsidized advertising of local products on local public radio and television stations, and the setting aside of time-slots on national channels for that purpose; 83. Insists once again on the need to make European Union development cooperation policy genuinely consistent with the Union(cid:146)s other policies, particularly the common agricultural policy, fisheries policy, policy on arms exports, and policies for the environment, gender, debt, human rights, democratization and the rule of law, through the establishment of concrete mechanisms for ensuring consistency within the framework of the future Convention; urges the Commission to take account of the objectives of its development policy when formulating its positions within the WTO; C 138/116 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 Wednesday 1 April 1998 Urges that the establishment of rapid warning and prevention systems for natural disasters should 84. be continued and strengthened in the ACP States at both national and regional level; Recalls the importance it attaches to encouraging scientific research in ACP countries and the 85. protection of intellectual property in all these countries; 86. Considers that a priority for funding should be the development of programmes by the recipient government for the management of natural resources, both renewable and non-renewable, on a sustainable basis and according to the precautionary approach; Emphasizes the importance of convertible currencies and calls for measures to support the 87. developing countries in the development of effective and stable currency systems; Calls for an objective study to be carried out into the economic and financial implications of the 88. entry into force of the euro for the ACP-EU cooperation partners and, in particular, into how it will link in with the CFA franc zone; As regards the budgetary aspects 89. › › Reiterates its call on the Commission: to follow up in a tangible fashion the financial information on the European Development Funds which, each year, is forwarded together with the draft budget, to outline a scheme involving Parliament more closely in the annual estimates of EDF expenditure it draws up; 90. Invites the Commission to present, in connection with the organizational arrangements for economic partnership, the appropriate institutional mechanisms and procedures committing all the institutions politically and, in particular, fostering the requisite democratic oversight; Regrets that, with regard to the financial implications, the information on the new financial 91. instruments remains incomplete; 92. Takes the view that the relevance of these instruments ought to provide the necessary guarantees that expenditure programming will be predictable and that the objectives will be realized on schedule; Invites the Commission to present, in the new interinstitutional agreement and the financial 93. perspective annexed thereto, a mechanism for phasing the EDF into the budget; As regards (cid:145)the practical procedures for managing financial and technical cooperation, which need a complete overhaul(cid:146) Reiterates the absolute need to render cooperation accountable, transparent, effective and visible 94. and to drastically simplify procedures at all levels; 95. Repeats its call for the budgetization of the EDF; 96. Calls for the next Convention to establish the principle of an updating of EDF resources which is at least proportional to the demographic consequences of enlargement of the European Union to include new states; 97. Calls, in accordance with the United Nations recommendations, for the Member States of the European Union to set as a common and priority undertaking a contribution of 0,7% of their GNP to be made available for official development assistance and calls on their partners in all the relevant bodies and in particular in the OECD to do the same; Stresses the need for country-specific strategies to translate Parliament(cid:146)s ambitious objectives into 98. practical action; Believes that in implementing the (cid:145)contract(cid:146), a very substantial strengthening of the programming 99. of resources as a whole is essential; 100. Calls on the Commission to make a distinction between private development operators and non-profit making operators within civil society (associations, European local authorities, universities, etc. ) and to tailor its procedures accordingly; 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/117 Wednesday 1 April 1998 101. Believes that major decentralization of financial and technical cooperation needs to be carried out as part of the process of fully involving all cooperation operators both in decision-making and in implementation of programmes; 102. Recalls that one of the essential new features of the ACP-EU partnership should be its effective opening-up to new operators, welcomes the Commission proposal to consult non-governmental organizations and to ensure that they are fully integrated into European development cooperation and in this context calls for an active information and transparency policy to be built into the Convention so that civil society has easy access to the information which will enable it to take advantage of the provisions of the Convention; regrets in this connection that the Commission has not, as it had envisaged in its Green Paper, upheld the principle of a financial envelope for non-governmental operators; calls for such an envelope to be set up; Emphasizes the importance of specifically targeted civil society involvement in the planning, 103. development and implementation of all measures; Calls for a policy committed to transparency and information with regard to persons in civil 104. society, enabling them to benefit from the possibilities of support which will be provided under the new Convention; Believes that decentralized cooperation should be treated as a fundamental principle of 105. cooperation in future ACP-EU agreements in a way which is adapted to the various types of players concerned, whether regional or local authorities, associations, NGOs, migrant associations, private operators and enterprises, training institutes or non-governmental development aid structures; 106. Stresses the importance of decentralized cooperation as it covers measures and projects which concern citizens(cid:146) daily lives and promotes initiatives coming from the local representatives of the poorest sections of the population, involving regional or local authorities, associations, private bodies, training institutes and non-governmental development aid structures; 107. In this spirit, suggests that migrants, for example in Africa, should not only be seen as a problem but also as actors of development and that their initiatives within their associations should be supported in the framework of decentralized cooperation; thought should be given to improving the transfer of remittances towards their country of origin in order to facilitate their investments and support their development projects; 108. Stresses that many specific experiences of aid to return home will open the way for a general policy, based on assistance provided for migrants responsible for productive-investment projects in their countries of origin, of joint development and partnership; training in development-related trades (agriculture, craft trades, etc. ) devised in agreement with the country of origin, to which the person is returning, could be implemented in developed countries temporarily accepting these workers in order to facilitate their return and to help them contribute to development; 109. Calls for an independent dispute settlements mechanism to be established to arbitrate in disputes involving European development cooperation, including disputes involving the actions of private companies implementing development contracts on behalf of the EU; Considers that a priority must be a reorganization of the Commission structure so that all 110. cooperation policies are coordinated by a single Directorate-General; * * * Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the 111. Governments of the Member States and the ACP States. C 138/118 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 1 April 1998 ATTENDANCE REGISTER 1 April 1998 The following signed: d(cid:146)Aboville, Adam, Aelvoet, Ahern, Ahlqvist, Alavanos, Amadeo, Anastassopoulos, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Andre·-Le·onard, Andrews, Angelilli, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Antony, Anttila, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Arroni, Augias, Avgerinos, Azzolini, Baldi, Balfe, Banotti, Bardong, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barthet-Mayer, Barton, Barzanti, Bazin, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bere‘s, Berger, Bernard-Reymond, Bertens, Berthu, Bertinotti, Bianco, Billingham, van Bladel, Blak, Bloch von Blottnitz, Blokland, Blot, Bo¤ge, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Boogerd-Quaak, Bourlanges, Breyer, Brinkhorst, Brok, Buffetaut, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Cabezo·n Alonso, Cabrol, Caccavale, Caligaris, Camiso·n Asensio, Campos, Campoy Zueco, Cardona, Carlotti, Carlsson, Carnero Gonza·lez, Carniti, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, Cars, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Castellina, Castricum, Caudron, Cederschio¤ld, Cellai, Chanterie, Chesa, Chichester, Christodoulou, Coates, Cohn-Bendit, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Gerard, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Cornelissen, Correia, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cot, Cottigny, Cox, Crampton, Crowley, Cunha, Cunningham, van Dam, D(cid:146)Andrea, Danesin, Dankert, Darras, Daskalaki, David, De Clercq, De Coene, Decourrie‘re, De Esteban Martin, De Giovanni, De Luca, De Melo, Denys, Deprez, Desama, de Vries, van Dijk, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnay, Donnelly Alan John, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dupuis, Dury, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Ebner, Elchlepp, Elles, Elliott, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Ettl, Evans, Ewing, Fabra Valle·s, Fabre-Aubrespy, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Farassino, Fassa, Fayot, Ferber, Fe·ret, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Ferna·ndez Mart(cid:14)·n, Ferrer, Ferri, Filippi, Fitzsimons, Flemming, Florenz, Florio, Fontaine, Fontana, Ford, Formentini, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Frischenschlager, Funk, Gahrton, Galeote Quecedo, Gallagher, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garosci, Garot, Garriga Polledo, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, de Gaulle, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Giansily, Gillis, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Glante, Goepel, Goerens, Go¤rlach, Gollnisch, Gomolka, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Graenitz, Graziani, Green, Gro¤ner, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, Guinebertie‘re, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Haarder, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Ha¤nsch, Hager, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hautala, Hawlicek, Heinisch, Hendrick, Herman, Hoff, Holm, Hoppenstedt, Hory, Howitt, Hughes, Hyland, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jackson, Janssen van Raay, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jensen Lis, Jo¤ns, Jove· Peres, Junker, Kaklamanis, Karamanou, Karoutchi, Katiforis, Kellett-Bowman, Kerr, Kestelijn-Sierens, Killilea, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kittelmann, Kjer Hansen, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Kofoed, Kokkola, Konrad, Krarup, Krehl, Kristoffersen, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Laignel, Lalumie‘re, La Malfa, Lambraki, Lang, Lange, Langen, Langenhagen, Lannoye, Larive, Lataillade, Le Gallou, Lehne, Lenz, Leopardi, Le Pen, Leperre-Verrier, Le Rachinel, Lienemann, Liese, Ligabue, Lindeperg, Lindholm, Lindqvist, Linkohr, Linser, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lucas Pires, Lu¤ttge, Lulling, Macartney, McCarthy, McCartin, McGowan, McIntosh, McKenna, McMillan-Scott, McNally, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Malerba, Malone, Manisco, Mann Erika, Mann Thomas, Marin, Marinho, Marinucci, Marset Campos, Martens, Martin David W. , Martin Philippe-Armand, Martinez, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Medina Ortega, Megahy, Me·gret, Me·ndez de Vigo, Mendiluce Pereiro, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Metten, Mezzaroma, Miller, Miranda, Miranda de Lage, Mohamed Ali, Mombaur, Monfils, Moniz, Moorhouse, Mora·n Lo·pez, Moreau, Morgan, Morris, Mosiek-Urbahn, Mu¤ller, Mulder, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nordmann, Novo, Novo Belenguer, Oddy, Ojala, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Orlando, Otila, Paasilinna, Paasio, Pack, Pailler, Palacio Vallelersundi, Papakyriazis, Papayannakis, Parigi, Parodi, Pasty, Peijs, Pe·rez Royo, Perry, Peter, Pettinari, Pex, Piecyk, Piha, Pimenta, Pirker, des Places, Plooij-van Gorsel, Plumb, Podesta‘, Poettering, Poggiolini, Poisson, Pollack, Pome·s Ruiz, Pompidou, Pons Grau, Porto, Posselt, Pradier, Pronk, Provan, Puerta, van Putten, Querbes, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Raschhofer, Rauti, Read, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Rehder, Ribeiro, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ripa di Meana, Robles Piquer, Rocard, Rosado Fernandes, de Rose, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Ruffolo, Ryyna¤nen, Sainjon, Saint-Pierre, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Samland, Sandb(cid:230)k, Santini, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scapagnini, Scha¤fer, Schaffner, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schlechter, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schnellhardt, Scho¤rling, Schro¤der, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwaiger, Seal, Secchi, Seillier, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Simpson, Sindal, Siso· Cruellas, Sjo¤stedt, Skinner, Smith, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Sonneveld, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Souchet, Soulier, Spaak, Speciale, Spencer, Spiers, Stasi, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Stirbois, Striby, Sturdy, Swoboda, Tamino, Tannert, Tappin, Tatarella, Taubira-Delannon, Telka¤mper, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Teverson, Theato, Theonas, Theorin, Thomas, Thors, Tillich, Tindemans, Todini, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Trakatellis, Trizza, Truscott, Ullmann, Va¤yrynen, Valdivielso de Cue·, Vallve·, Valverde Lo·pez, Vandemeulebroucke, Vanhecke, Van Lancker, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Verwaerde, Viceconte, Vinci, Viola, Virgin, Virrankoski, Voggenhuber, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Watson, Watts, Weber, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiebenga, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijsenbeek, Willockx, Wilson, von Wogau, Wurtz, Wynn, Zimmermann 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/119 1 April 1998 ANNEX Result of roll-call votes 1. Urgencies › Objections Arms exports code of conduct (+) (+) = For (›) = Against (O) = Abstention ARE: Dupuis ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Caligaris, Cox, De Clercq, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kjer Hansen, La Malfa, Lindqvist, Monfils, Mulder, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Va¤yrynen, Vallve·, Virrankoski, Watson, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Jove· Peres, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Ojala, Pettinari, Puerta, Seppa¤nen, Sjo¤stedt, Theonas, Wurtz I-EDN: Blokland, van Dam, Striby PPE: Castagnetti PSE: Lomas, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Simpson, Theorin, Van Lancker UPE: Andrews, Caccavale V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, van Dijk, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Telka¤mper ARE: Dell(cid:146)Alba, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Novo Belenguer, Pradier, Sainjon, Taubira-Delannon (›) I-EDN: Buffetaut NI: Hager PPE: Anastassopoulos, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Banotti, Bardong, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bourlanges, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, D(cid:146)Andrea, De Esteban Martin, Deprez, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Elles, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez Mart(cid:14)·n, Ferrer, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mombaur, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Porto, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stasi, Stenmarck, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Viola, Virgin PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Bere‘s, Berger, Billingham, Bo¤sch, Bowe, Castricum, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Cottigny, Crampton, Darras, David, De Giovanni, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ghilardotti, Go¤rlach, Green, Gro¤ner, Hallam, Hardstaff, Harrison, Hawlicek, Hoff, Howitt, Imbeni, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McMahon, McNally, Mann Erika, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Miranda de Lage, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Newens, Newman, Paasilinna, Paasio, Pe·rez Royo, Pollack, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Rothe, Roubatis, Scha¤fer, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, C 138/120 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 1 April 1998 Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Thomas, Tomlinson, Verde i Aldea, Waidelich, Watts, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Arroni, Azzolini, Cabrol, Cardona, Collins Gerard, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Hyland, Janssen van Raay, Killilea, Leopardi, Ligabue, Mezzaroma, Pasty, Podesta‘, Poisson, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Scapagnini, Schaffner (O) I-EDN: Berthu, des Places, Seillier NI: Dillen, Fe·ret, Vanhecke PSE: De Coene, Ettl, Graenitz, Haug, Jo¤ns, Roth-Behrendt 2. Urgencies › Objections Crises in Kosovo and Albania (+) ELDR: Boogerd-Quaak, Caligaris, De Clercq, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Lindqvist, Monfils, Mulder, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Thors, Va¤yrynen, Virrankoski, Watson, Wijsenbeek I-EDN: Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam NI: Dillen, Fe·ret, Hager, Vanhecke PPE: Anastassopoulos, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Banotti, Bardong, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bourlanges, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, D(cid:146)Andrea, De Esteban Martin, Deprez, Ebner, Elles, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez Mart(cid:14)·n, Ferrer, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mombaur, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Porto, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stasi, Stenmarck, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Viola, Virgin, von Wogau UPE: Caccavale, Mezzaroma (›) ARE: Dell(cid:146)Alba, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Novo Belenguer, Pradier, Sainjon ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, La Malfa GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Jove· Peres, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Ojala, Pettinari, Puerta, Seppa¤nen, Sjo¤stedt, Theonas, Wurtz PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Bere‘s, Berger, Billingham, Bo¤sch, Bowe, Castricum, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Cottigny, Crampton, Darras, David, De Coene, De Giovanni, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Hallam, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hoff, Howitt, Imbeni, Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McMahon, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Miranda de Lage, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Newens, Newman, Paasilinna, Paasio, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roubatis, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Theorin, Thomas, Tomlinson, Van Lancker, Verde i Aldea, Waidelich, Watts, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/121 1 April 1998 UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Azzolini, Cabrol, Cardona, Collins Gerard, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Janssen van Raay, Killilea, Leopardi, Ligabue, Pasty, Podesta‘, Poisson, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Scapagnini, Schaffner V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, van Dijk, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Telka¤mper (O) ARE: Dupuis, Taubira-Delannon ELDR: Kjer Hansen I-EDN: Berthu, des Places, Seillier, Striby 3. Sindal report › A4-0101/98 10th recital of Commission text (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Novo Belenguer, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Vandemeulebroucke, Weber ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, De Luca, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kjer Hansen, Kofoed, La Malfa, Larive, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Va¤yrynen, Vallve·, Virrankoski, Watson, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Ojala I-EDN: Nicholson NI: Amadeo, Angelilli, Cellai, Farassino, Fe·ret, Formentini, Parigi, Tatarella, Trizza PPE: Anastassopoulos, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Banotti, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, D(cid:146)Andrea, Decourrie‘re, De Melo, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Ferna·ndez Mart(cid:14)·n, Ferrer, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Pimenta, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Blak, Iversen, Paasilinna, Sindal UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Azzolini, Baldi, Bazin, van Bladel, Cabrol, Caccavale, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Crowley, Danesin, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Gallagher, Giansily, Guinebertie‘re, Hyland, Janssen van Raay, Karoutchi, Killilea, Lataillade, Ligabue, Malerba, Marin, Martin Philippe-Armand, Mezzaroma, Parodi, Pasty, Podesta‘, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Todini, Viceconte ELDR: Anttila, Lindqvist, Thors GUE/NGL: Miranda, Novo, Ribeiro, Vinci (›) C 138/122 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 1 April 1998 I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, Jean-Pierre, des Places, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Antony, Blot, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Me·gret, Rauti, Stirbois, Vanhecke PPE: De Esteban Martin, Imaz San Miguel PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Avgerinos, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Billingham, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Ha¤nsch, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kokkola, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Theorin, Thomas, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann UPE: Daskalaki, Kaklamanis V: Soltwedel-Scha¤fer GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Mohamed Ali, Moreau, Pailler, Pettinari, Puerta, Querbes, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sjo¤stedt, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Wurtz (O) I-EDN: de Gaulle, Jensen Lis, Krarup, Sandb(cid:230)k NI: Hager, Linser, Raschhofer PSE: Caudron UPE: Cardona, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Ripa di Meana, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber 4. Sindal report › A4-0101/98 Amendment 16 (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Novo Belenguer, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Vandemeulebroucke, Weber ELDR: Lindqvist, Watson GUE/NGL: Pettinari I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, de Gaulle, Jean-Pierre, des Places, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Antony, Blot, Dillen, Farassino, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Me·gret, Stirbois, Vanhecke PPE: Imaz San Miguel 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/123 1 April 1998 PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Avgerinos, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Billingham, Blak, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Ha¤nsch, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kokkola, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Theorin, Thomas, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Azzolini, Baldi, Bazin, van Bladel, Cabrol, Caccavale, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Crowley, Danesin, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Gallagher, Giansily, Guinebertie‘re, Hyland, Janssen van Raay, Karoutchi, Killilea, Lataillade, Ligabue, Malerba, Marin, Martin Philippe-Armand, Mezzaroma, Parodi, Pasty, Podesta‘, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Todini, Viceconte (›) ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, De Luca, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kjer Hansen, Kofoed, La Malfa, Larive, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Va¤yrynen, Vallve·, Virrankoski, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Ojala, Seppa¤nen I-EDN: Nicholson NI: Amadeo, Angelilli, Cellai, Fe·ret, Formentini, Parigi, Rauti, Tatarella, Trizza PPE: Anastassopoulos, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Banotti, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, D(cid:146)Andrea, Decourrie‘re, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Ferna·ndez Mart(cid:14)·n, Ferrer, Ferri, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Pimenta, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau UPE: Cardona, Daskalaki, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Kaklamanis V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hautala, Holm, Lannoye, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Ripa di Meana, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber C 138/124 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 1 April 1998 (O) GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Moreau, Novo, Pailler, Puerta, Querbes, Ribeiro, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sjo¤stedt, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci, Wurtz I-EDN: Jensen Lis, Krarup, Sandb(cid:230)k NI: Hager, Linser, Raschhofer V: Lindholm 5. Sindal report › A4-0101/98 Amendment 19 (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Novo Belenguer, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Vandemeulebroucke, Weber GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Moreau, Novo, Pailler, Puerta, Querbes, Ribeiro, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sjo¤stedt, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci, Wurtz I-EDN: Berthu, Buffetaut, Fabre-Aubrespy, de Gaulle, Jean-Pierre, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Antony, Blot, Dillen, Farassino, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Me·gret, Rauti, Stirbois, Vanhecke PPE: Ferrer, Imaz San Miguel PSE: Carlotti, Caudron, Cot, Cottigny, Darras, Denys, Duhamel, Garot, Happart, Laignel, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Mutin UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Azzolini, Baldi, Bazin, van Bladel, Cabrol, Caccavale, Cardona, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Crowley, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Hyland, Janssen van Raay, Kaklamanis, Karoutchi, Killilea, Lataillade, Ligabue, Malerba, Marin, Martin Philippe-Armand, Mezzaroma, Parodi, Pasty, Podesta‘, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Todini, Viceconte (›) ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, De Luca, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kjer Hansen, Kofoed, La Malfa, Larive, Lindqvist, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Va¤yrynen, Vallve·, Virrankoski, Watson, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Seppa¤nen I-EDN: Blokland, van Dam, Nicholson NI: Amadeo, Angelilli, Cellai, Fe·ret, Hager, Linser, Parigi, Raschhofer, Tatarella, Trizza PPE: Anastassopoulos, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Banotti, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, D(cid:146)Andrea, Decourrie‘re, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Ferna·ndez Mart(cid:14)·n, Ferri, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/125 1 April 1998 Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mendon(cid:231)a, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Pimenta, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Porto, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Avgerinos, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barzanti, Berger, Billingham, Blak, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carniti, Castricum, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, David, De Coene, De Giovanni, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Ha¤nsch, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kokkola, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lambraki, Lange, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Theorin, Thomas, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hautala, Kerr, Lannoye, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Ripa di Meana, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber GUE/NGL: Ojala, Pettinari I-EDN: Jensen Lis, Krarup, des Places, Sandb(cid:230)k (O) NI: Formentini V: Holm, Lindholm 6. Sindal report › A4-0101/98 Amendment 20 (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Novo Belenguer, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Vandemeulebroucke, Weber ELDR: Lindqvist I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, de Gaulle, Jean-Pierre, des Places, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Blot, Dillen, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Linser, Martinez, Me·gret, Raschhofer, Rauti, Stirbois, Vanhecke PPE: An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Bennasar Tous, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Castagnetti, De Esteban Martin, Ebner, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Ferrer, Ferri, Filippi, Fraga Este·vez, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Goepel, Gomolka, Imaz San Miguel, Konrad, Palacio Vallelersundi, Pome·s Ruiz, Robles Piquer, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Siso· Cruellas, Valdivielso de Cue·, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Wieland C 138/126 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 1 April 1998 PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Avgerinos, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Blak, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Ha¤nsch, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kokkola, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Theorin, Thomas, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Azzolini, Baldi, Bazin, van Bladel, Cabrol, Caccavale, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Crowley, Danesin, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Gallagher, Giansily, Guinebertie‘re, Hyland, Janssen van Raay, Karoutchi, Killilea, Lataillade, Ligabue, Malerba, Marin, Martin Philippe-Armand, Mezzaroma, Parodi, Pasty, Podesta‘, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Todini, Viceconte (›) ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, De Luca, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kjer Hansen, Kofoed, La Malfa, Larive, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Va¤yrynen, Vallve·, Virrankoski, Watson, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek I-EDN: Nicholson NI: Amadeo, Angelilli, Cellai, Farassino, Fe·ret, Parigi, Trizza PPE: Anastassopoulos, Argyros, Banotti, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, Decourrie‘re, De Melo, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Escudero, Ferber, Ferna·ndez Mart(cid:14)·n, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Four(cid:231)ans, Friedrich, Funk, Gillis, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mendon(cid:231)a, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Pimenta, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Porto, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valverde Lo·pez, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, von Wogau PSE: Billingham, Marinho, Miranda de Lage UPE: Cardona, Daskalaki, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Kaklamanis V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Ripa di Meana, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber (O) GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Moreau, Novo, Ojala, Pailler, Pettinari, Puerta, Querbes, Ribeiro, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sjo¤stedt, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci, Wurtz 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/127 1 April 1998 I-EDN: Jensen Lis, Krarup, Sandb(cid:230)k NI: Formentini PPE: Menrad V: Lindholm 7. Sindal report › A4-0101/98 Commission proposal (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Novo Belenguer, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Vandemeulebroucke, Weber ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, De Luca, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kjer Hansen, Kofoed, La Malfa, Larive, Lindqvist, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Spaak, Teverson, Vallve·, Virrankoski, Watson, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Ojala I-EDN: Berthu, Buffetaut, Fabre-Aubrespy, de Gaulle, Jean-Pierre, des Places, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Amadeo, Angelilli, Antony, Blot, Cellai, Dillen, Farassino, Fe·ret, Formentini, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Linser, Martinez, Me·gret, Muscardini, Parigi, Raschhofer, Rauti, Stirbois, Trizza, Vanhecke PPE: Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Peijs PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Augias, Avgerinos, Balfe, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Billingham, Blak, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Bowe, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Collins Kenneth D. , Corbett, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Ha¤nsch, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kokkola, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Samland, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Theorin, Thomas, Tomlinson, Tongue, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Azzolini, Baldi, Bazin, van Bladel, Cabrol, Caccavale, Cardona, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Crowley, Danesin, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Hyland, Janssen van Raay, Karoutchi, Killilea, Lataillade, Ligabue, Malerba, Marin, Martin Philippe-Armand, Mezzaroma, Parodi, Pasty, Podesta‘, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Todini, Viceconte V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hautala, Kerr, Lannoye, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Ripa di Meana, Schroedter, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber ELDR: Anttila, Thors (›) GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Moreau, Novo, Pailler, Puerta, Querbes, Ribeiro, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci, Wurtz C 138/128 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 1 April 1998 I-EDN: Blokland, van Dam, Nicholson PPE: Anastassopoulos, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Banotti, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, D(cid:146)Andrea, Decourrie‘re, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Ferna·ndez Mart(cid:14)·n, Ferrer, Ferri, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Colino Salamanca, Colom i Naval, Correia, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Lage, Marinho, Medina Ortega, Miranda de Lage, Pe·rez Royo, Pons Grau, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Torres Couto, Torres Marques (O) ELDR: Ryyna¤nen, Va¤yrynen GUE/NGL: Pettinari, Sjo¤stedt I-EDN: Jensen Lis, Krarup, Sandb(cid:230)k PPE: Four(cid:231)ans, Piha, Pimenta, Porto, Schierhuber PSE: Speciale UPE: Daskalaki, Kaklamanis V: Gahrton, Holm, Lindholm, McKenna, Scho¤rling 8. Scho¤rling report › A4-0105/98 Amendment 10 (+) ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, De Luca, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kjer Hansen, Kofoed, La Malfa, Larive, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Spaak, Teverson, Vallve·, Watson, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, de Gaulle, Jean-Pierre, Nicholson, des Places, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Antony, Blot, Dillen, Farassino, Fe·ret, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Me·gret, Rauti, Stirbois, Vanhecke PPE: Anastassopoulos, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Banotti, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Campoy Zueco, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, D(cid:146)Andrea, Decourrie‘re, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferrer, Ferri, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Gillis, Goepel, 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/129 1 April 1998 Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Pimenta, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Porto, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Azzolini, Baldi, Bazin, van Bladel, Cabrol, Caccavale, Cardona, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Crowley, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Hyland, Janssen van Raay, Kaklamanis, Karoutchi, Killilea, Lataillade, Ligabue, Malerba, Marin, Martin Philippe-Armand, Mezzaroma, Parodi, Pasty, Podesta‘, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Todini, Viceconte (›) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Novo Belenguer, Saint-Pierre, Vandemeulebroucke, Weber ELDR: Lindqvist, Ryyna¤nen, Thors, Va¤yrynen, Virrankoski GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Moreau, Novo, Ojala, Pailler, Pettinari, Puerta, Querbes, Ribeiro, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sjo¤stedt, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Wurtz I-EDN: Jensen Lis, Krarup, Sandb(cid:230)k NI: Amadeo, Angelilli, Cellai, Muscardini, Parigi, Tatarella, Trizza PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Avgerinos, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Billingham, Blak, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Ha¤nsch, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kokkola, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Theorin, Thomas, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Ripa di Meana, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber NI: Formentini, Hager, Linser, Raschhofer (O) C 138/130 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 1 April 1998 9. Scho¤rling report › A4-0105/98 Paragraph 14 (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Novo Belenguer, Saint-Pierre, Vandemeulebroucke, Weber ELDR: Caligaris, Lindqvist, Ryyna¤nen, Thors, Va¤yrynen, Virrankoski GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Moreau, Novo, Ojala, Pailler, Pettinari, Puerta, Querbes, Ribeiro, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sjo¤stedt, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci, Wurtz I-EDN: Jean-Pierre, Jensen Lis, Krarup, Sandb(cid:230)k NI: Amadeo, Angelilli, Cellai, Muscardini, Parigi, Tatarella, Trizza PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Avgerinos, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Blak, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Fantuzzi, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Ha¤nsch, Hallam, Happart, Haug, Hawlicek, Hoff, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kokkola, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lu¤ttge, McGowan, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Morris, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nencini, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Sindal, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Theorin, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waidelich, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Zimmermann UPE: Chesa, Collins Gerard V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Ripa di Meana, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber (›) ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, De Luca, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kjer Hansen, Kofoed, La Malfa, Larive, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Spaak, Teverson, Vallve·, Watson, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek I-EDN: Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, de Gaulle, Nicholson, Souchet, Striby NI: Antony, Dillen, Farassino, Fe·ret, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Me·gret, Rauti, Stirbois, Vanhecke PPE: Anastassopoulos, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Banotti, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Campoy Zueco, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, D(cid:146)Andrea, Decourrie‘re, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferrer, Ferri, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Pimenta, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Porto, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/131 1 April 1998 Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Augias, Billingham, Bowe, Cunningham, De Giovanni, Evans, Falconer, Ford, Hardstaff, Harrison, Hendrick, Howitt, Kinnock, Lomas, McCarthy, McNally, Miller, Morgan, Murphy, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Pollack, Read, Seal, Simpson, Skinner, Smith, Tappin, Thomas, Truscott, Waddington, Watts, Whitehead, Wynn UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Azzolini, Baldi, Bazin, van Bladel, Cabrol, Cardona, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, Crowley, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Hyland, Janssen van Raay, Kaklamanis, Karoutchi, Killilea, Lataillade, Ligabue, Malerba, Marin, Martin Philippe-Armand, Mezzaroma, Parodi, Pasty, Podesta‘, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Todini, Viceconte (O) I-EDN: Berthu, des Places, Seillier NI: Formentini, Hager, Linser, Raschhofer PPE: Imaz San Miguel UPE: Caccavale 10. Scho¤rling report › A4-0105/98 Amendment 9 (+) I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, Jean-Pierre, Jensen Lis, Krarup, Nicholson, des Places, Sandb(cid:230)k, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Amadeo, Angelilli, Cellai, Formentini, Hager, Linser, Muscardini, Parigi, Raschhofer, Trizza PPE: Anastassopoulos, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Banotti, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Campoy Zueco, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, D(cid:146)Andrea, Decourrie‘re, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferrer, Ferri, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Pimenta, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Porto, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Katiforis UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Azzolini, Baldi, Bazin, van Bladel, Cabrol, Cardona, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, Collins Gerard, Crowley, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Hyland, Janssen van Raay, Kaklamanis, Karoutchi, Killilea, Lataillade, Ligabue, Malerba, Marin, Martin Philippe-Armand, Mezzaroma, Parodi, Pasty, Podesta‘, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Todini, Viceconte ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Novo Belenguer, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Vandemeulebroucke, Weber (›) C 138/132 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 1 April 1998 ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, De Luca, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kjer Hansen, Kofoed, La Malfa, Larive, Lindqvist, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Va¤yrynen, Vallve·, Virrankoski, Watson, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Moreau, Novo, Ojala, Pailler, Pettinari, Puerta, Querbes, Ribeiro, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sjo¤stedt, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci, Wurtz NI: Farassino PPE: Lucas Pires, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Avgerinos, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Billingham, Blak, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Ha¤nsch, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kokkola, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Theorin, Thomas, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Ripa di Meana, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber I-EDN: de Gaulle (O) NI: Antony, Blot, Dillen, Fe·ret, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Me·gret, Rauti, Stirbois, Vanhecke PPE: Provan UPE: Chesa 11. Scho¤rling report › A4-0105/98 Resolution (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Novo Belenguer, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Vandemeulebroucke, Weber ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Clercq, De Luca, de Vries, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kjer Hansen, La Malfa, Larive, Lindqvist, Monfils, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Va¤yrynen, Vallve·, Virrankoski, Watson, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/133 1 April 1998 GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Moreau, Pailler, Pettinari, Puerta, Querbes, Ribeiro, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sjo¤stedt, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci, Wurtz I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, de Gaulle, Jean-Pierre, des Places, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Amadeo, Angelilli, Cellai, Farassino, Formentini, Hager, Linser, Muscardini, Parigi, Raschhofer, Rauti, Tatarella, Trizza PPE: De Melo, Ferri, Imaz San Miguel PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Avgerinos, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Billingham, Blak, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Dankert, Darras, David, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Ha¤nsch, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kokkola, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Theorin, Thomas, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiersma, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann UPE: Andrews, Caccavale, Fitzsimons, Lataillade, Marin, Podesta‘, Scapagnini, Todini, Viceconte V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Ripa di Meana, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber (›) GUE/NGL: Novo, Ojala I-EDN: Nicholson PPE: Anastassopoulos, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Banotti, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Campoy Zueco, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, D(cid:146)Andrea, Decourrie‘re, De Esteban Martin, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferrer, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Fontana, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Gillis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lucas Pires, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Moorhouse, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Pimenta, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Porto, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau C 138/134 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 98 1 April 1998 ELDR: Kofoed I-EDN: Jensen Lis, Krarup, Sandb(cid:230)k (O) NI: Antony, Blot, Dillen, Fe·ret, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Me·gret, Stirbois, Vanhecke UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Arroni, Azzolini, Baldi, Bazin, van Bladel, Cabrol, Cardona, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Crowley, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Gallagher, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Hyland, Janssen van Raay, Kaklamanis, Karoutchi, Killilea, Ligabue, Malerba, Martin Philippe-Armand, Mezzaroma, Parodi, Pasty, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Schaffner 12. Rocard report › A4-0085/98 Resolution (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Dell(cid:146)Alba, Dupuis, Ewing, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Pradier, Saint-Pierre, Vandemeulebroucke, Weber ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Caligaris, Cars, Cox, De Luca, Dybkj(cid:230)r, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Goerens, La Malfa, Lindqvist, Monfils, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Virrankoski GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bertinotti, Carnero Gonza·lez, Castellina, Coates, Elmalan, Ephremidis, Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Marset Campos, Miranda, Mohamed Ali, Moreau, Ojala, Pailler, Pettinari, Puerta, Querbes, Ribeiro, Seppa¤nen, Sierra Gonza·lez, Sjo¤stedt, Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez, Theonas, Vinci, Wurtz I-EDN: Berthu, Blokland, Buffetaut, van Dam, Fabre-Aubrespy, Jean-Pierre, Nicholson, Sandb(cid:230)k, Seillier, Souchet, Striby NI: Amadeo, Angelilli, Cellai, Muscardini, Parigi, Tatarella PPE: Anastassopoulos, An(cid:152)overos Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Can(cid:152)ete, Banotti, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bianco, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Camiso·n Asensio, Campoy Zueco, Carlsson, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Cornelissen, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cunha, D(cid:146)Andrea, Decourrie‘re, De Esteban Martin, De Melo, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Ebner, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferrer, Ferri, Filippi, Flemming, Florenz, Fontaine, Four(cid:231)ans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Funk, Galeote Quecedo, Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil, Gillis, Goepel, Graziani, Grosch, Grossete(cid:136)te, Gu¤nther, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Jackson, Kellett-Bowman, Koch, Lambrias, Lucas Pires, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Martens, Mather, Matikainen-Kallstro¤m, Mayer, Mendon(cid:231)a, Menrad, Mombaur, Mosiek-Urbahn, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Otila, Pack, Palacio Vallelersundi, Peijs, Perry, Pex, Piha, Pimenta, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Pome·s Ruiz, Porto, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Redondo Jime·nez, Robles Piquer, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stasi, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Theato, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Vaz da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Verwaerde, Viola, Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, d(cid:146)Ancona, Andersson, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barton, Barzanti, Berger, Billingham, Blak, Bo¤sch, Bontempi, Bowe, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Collins Kenneth D. , Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Cunningham, Darras, David, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garc(cid:14)·a Arias, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Go¤rlach, Graenitz, Green, Gro¤ner, Ha¤nsch, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kokkola, Krehl, Kuhn, Kuhne, Lage, Lambraki, Lange, Lienemann, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Malone, Mann Erika, Marinho, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, 4. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 138/135 1 April 1998 Miranda de Lage, Moniz, Mora·n Lo·pez, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Oddy, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, Pons Grau, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Samland, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sauquillo Pe·rez del Arco, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Speciale, Spiers, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus(cid:14)·, Theorin, Thomas, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Truscott, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann UPE: d(cid:146)Aboville, Andrews, Arroni, Baldi, van Bladel, Cabrol, Cardona, Carre‘re d(cid:146)Encausse, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Danesin, Daskalaki, Donnay, Giansily, Gira(cid:152)o Pereira, Guinebertie‘re, Janssen van Raay, Karoutchi, Lataillade, Ligabue, Malerba, Marin, Mezzaroma, Parodi, Pasty, Podesta‘, Poisson, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Todini, Viceconte V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, van Dijk, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hautala, Holm, Kerr, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Orlando, Ripa di Meana, Scho¤rling, Schroedter, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Tamino, Telka¤mper, Ullmann, Voggenhuber ELDR: Neyts-Uyttebroeck (›) NI: Antony, Blot, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Gallou, Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Me·gret, Stirbois, Vanhecke PPE: Gomolka, Kittelmann, Kla(cid:223), Konrad, Kristoffersen, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lulling ELDR: Anttila, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, De Clercq, de Vries, Fassa, Frischenschlager, Haarder, Kestelijn-Sierens, Kjer Hansen, Larive, Mulder, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Teverson, Thors, Vallve·, Watson, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek (O) I-EDN: Krarup, des Places NI: Farassino, Fe·ret, Hager, Linser, Raschhofer, Rauti PPE: Mann Thomas UPE: Caccavale