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Political Groups

PPE-DE Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European DemocratsPSE Group of the Party of European SocialistsELDR Group of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform PartyVerts/ALE Group of the Greens / European Free AllianceGUE/NGL Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green LeftUEN Union for Europe of the Nations groupEDD Group for a Europe of Democracies and DiversitiesNI Non-attached Members

Committees

AFET Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence PolicyBUDG Committee on BudgetsCONT Committee on Budgetary ControlLIBE Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home AffairsECON Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsJURI Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal MarketITRE Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and EnergyEMPL Committee on Employment and Social AffairsENVI Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer PolicyAGRI Committee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentPECH Committee on FisheriesRETT Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and TourismCULT Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and SportDEVE Committee on Development and CooperationAFCO Committee on Constitutional AffairsFEMM Committee on Women’s Rights and Equal OpportunitiesPETI Committee on Petitions

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CONTENTS 3

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MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Appointments/resignations/end of Members' terms of office .............................................................6Membership of the political groups ....................................................................................................9

MEMBERS’ ACTIVITIES

Written questions ..............................................................................................................................12Question Time (B5-0007/04)............................................................................................................32Summary of Questions time - February 2004...................................................................................34Written declarations..........................................................................................................................35

COMMITTEES

Appointment of rapporteurs and draftsmen ......................................................................... 38

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

Commission documents....................................................................................................... 42

GENERAL INFORMATION

Common Foreign and Security Policy

Declaration on the outcome of the appeal by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahimagainst his conviction on 8 August 2000 ............................................................................. 46Declaration concerning Council Decision 2003/907/CFSP of 22 December 2003implementing Common Position 2003/297/CFSP on Burma/Myanmar ............................. 47Declaration on Libya's accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention ........................... 47Declaration on recent events in Zimbabwe.......................................................................... 48Declaration on Haiti............................................................................................................. 49Declaration on restrictive measures against extremists in the Former Yugoslav Republicof Macedonia (FYROM) and repealing Common Position 2001/542/CFSP ...................... 50Declaration on the process of verification and validation of signatures in Venezuela........ 50Declaration on situation in Darfur (Sudan).......................................................................... 51Declaration on renewing restrictive measures against Zimbabwe....................................... 52Declaration concerning restrictive measures against Liberia .............................................. 52

European Economic and Social Committee

Plenary Assembly of 28 and 29 January 2004..................................................................... 53

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ACTIVITIES OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

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APPOINTMENTS/RESIGNATIONS/END OF MEMBERS' TERMS OFOFFICE

OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION OF A PORTUGUESE MEMBEROF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

At its sitting of 9 February 2004 Parliament took note of the election of:

M Sérgio José Ferreira RIBEIRO

to replace Mr Joaquim MIRANDA (GUE/NGL-PT) with effect from 3 February 2004.

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OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION OF A FRENCH MEMBEROF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT


Mrs Marie-Françoise DUTHU

to replace Mr Yves PIÉTRASANTA (Verts/ALE-FR) with effect from 11 February 2004.

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REPLACEMENT OF A CYPRIOT OBSERVERAT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

The Chypriot authorities have announced that Mr Christodoulos S. TARAMOUNTAS, Observer at theEuropean Parliament, has been replaced by

M Georgios TASOU

with effect from 1st February 2004.

Parliament took note of this at the sitting of 9 February 2004.

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OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION OF A BELGIAN MEMBEROF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT


Mrs Jacqueline ROUSSEAUX

to replace Mrs Frédérique RIES (ELDR/BE) with effect from 19 February 2004.

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END OF THE TERM OF OFFICEOF A SPANISH MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

At its sitting of 25 February 2004 Parliament took note of the appointment of:

Mr Joan COLOM I NAVAL (PSE/ES)

to an office incompatible with the office of a Member of the European Parliament.

Pursuant to Rule 8(4), his membership of the European Parliament ended with effect from 26 February2004.

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END OF THE TERM OF OFFICEOF A BELGIAN MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

At its sitting of 25 February 2004 Parliament took note of the appointment of:

Mrs Frédérique RIES (ELDR/BE)

to an office incompatible with the office of a Member of the European Parliament.

Pursuant to Rule 8(4), her membership of the European Parliament ended with effect from 12 February2004.

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MEMBERSHIP OF THE POLITICAL GROUPS

At its sitting of 12 February 2004, the European Parliament noted that

Mr Hans-Peter MARTIN

is no longer a Member of the Group of the Party of European Socialists (PSE) with effect from 12 February2004.

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MEMBERS’ ACTIVITIES

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WRITTEN QUESTIONS Situation at 19.02.2004

Author Subject No

Maurizio Turco Refunds for exports to the Vatican City State P-0001/04

Bernd Posselt Definition of sexual and reproductive health P-0002/04

Graham Watson Trade in wild birds E-0003/04

Olivier Dupuis Persecution of Uighur Organisations based in theEuropean Union

E-0004/04

Olivier Dupuis Persecution of Uighur Organisations based in theEuropean Union

E-0005/04

Sebastiano Musumeci Granting of favourable tax status to Sicily E-0006/04

Philip Claeys Accession of Cyprus, official languages E-0007/04

Philip Claeys Accession of Cyprus, immigration E-0008/04

Erik Meijer Protection of Netherlands exports of radar detectors byexempting them from a domestic ban

E-0009/04

Erik Meijer Lower levels of protection against BSE infection in beeffrom America in the EU compared with Japan, Russia andother countries

E-0010/04

Cristiana Muscardini Tunis summit and immigration policy E-0011/04

José Ribeiro e Castro EU-India Summit - closer relations E-0012/04

José Ribeiro e Castro EU-India Summit - closer relations E-0013/04

Johanna Boogerd-Quaak Relationship between cancelled flights and PNR P-0014/04

Christopher Huhne Apple orchards E-0015/04

Jan Dhaene The Grefacsa company and the treatment of animal by-products

E-0016/04

Bartho Pronk Adaptation of Council Directive 92/58/EEC on minimumrequirements for the provision of safety and/or healthsigns at work

E-0017/04

Johanna Boogerd-Quaak Link between cancelled flights and PNR E-0018/04

Juan Ferrández Lezaun Júcar-Vinalopó project P-0019/04

Fiorella Ghilardotti, MassimoCarraro and Giovanni Fava

Bridge over the Straits of Messina E-0020/04

Mario Borghezio Urgent adoption of a directive on aircraft safety imposingstringent and uniform checks

E-0021/04


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Mario Borghezio Support for the Po Valley dairy farmers' campaign E-0022/04

Jonas Sjöstedt Inadequate information to the Commission concerning theBothnia Line

E-0023/04

Avril Doyle Financial support for an organisation facilitating theindependence of people with disabilities

E-0024/04

Avril Doyle Possibility of 'BSE' (OSE?) in sheep E-0025/04

Cancelled question E-0026/04

Marco Pannella Ongoing campaign of murder and torture by VietnameseGovernment officials: arrest of Mr Nih, 41 years old,Christian and TRP supporter, on 13 December 2003 inDak Doa

P-0027/04

Philip Bushill-Matthews Age discrimination P-0028/04

Heinz Kindermann Closure of veterinary border control point at Pomellen,Germany

P-0029/04

Christopher Huhne Landfill and gravel extraction sites E-0030/04

Astrid Lulling Practices of some Luxembourg insurance companies E-0031/04

Erik Meijer Long-term stateless-person status of one category ofpermanent residents of the three future EU Member Statesthat were internal states of the Soviet Union until 1991

E-0032/04

Jan Mulder Distortion of competition by the introduction of regionalpremiums

E-0033/04

Erik Meijer Duty-free cigarettes sold over the Internet at half price inRomania and sent by private individuals

E-0034/04

Erik Meijer Unavailability for commercial reasons of information oninsufficient airline safety standards

E-0035/04

Jules Maaten SARS outbreak in China and the Philippines E-0036/04

Charles Tannock Provisions made by acceeding 10 new EU member statesfollowing May 1st 2004 for freedom of movement andestablishment of other EU member state nationals

P-0037/04

Juan Izquierdo Collado Illegal imports of dolphins P-0038/04

Elspeth Attwooll Amount of EU legislative acts E-0039/04

Elspeth Attwooll Size of the Commission E-0040/04

Elspeth Attwooll Trade between Scotland and the rest of the EuropeanUnion

E-0041/04

Elspeth Attwooll Structural Fund decommitments in Scotland E-0042/04


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Elspeth Attwooll Trade impact of the euro E-0043/04

Monica Frassoni Val Jumela E-0044/04

Monica Frassoni Failure to carry out prior checks and a simultaneousenvironmental impact assessment on the entire buildingproject coordinated by Impreglio SpA on the coastline ofSa Sea - Tentizzos in the municipality of Bosa (NU),Sardinia, Italy

E-0045/04

Jan Dhaene Advertisements for jobs in European organisationsrequiring English mother tongue

E-0046/04

Camilo Nogueira Román The French high-speed rail network and its links with theIberian network

E-0047/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Location of the European fisheries monitoring agency inGalicia

E-0048/04

Camilo Nogueira Román EU aid to Iran to tackle the tragic consequences of theBam earthquake

E-0049/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Conflict over pollution - between the Celulosas dePontevedra woodpulp factory (Ence, Galicia) and thepeople and municipal authorities of Pontevedra

E-0050/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Consequences of the letter to the Commission from sixMember States following the failure of the Brussels IGC

E-0051/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Failure of the Brussels IGC and proposals submitted ondouble qualified majority voting

E-0052/04

Camilo Nogueira Román The suspension of work at the Inzar shipyard (Fene,Galicia) arising from the ban on building merchantvessels: action of the Commission and the Spanishgovernment

E-0053/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Compliance with the Kyoto protocol by the Spanish state E-0054/04

Camilo Nogueira Román The Guantánamo prisoners E-0055/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Mr Prodi's statement on the need for each Member Stateor group of Member States to take the initiative and moveforward on the basis of reinforced cooperation if the draftconstitution is not adopted in the near future

E-0056/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Welfare expenditure in the Spanish state and the situationin the EU

E-0057/04

Giuseppe Di Lello Finuoli Funding by the Italian State and the Region of Campaniafor the programme contract submitted by AgrifuturoS.c.a.r.l.

P-0058/04


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Hiltrud Breyer Animal welfare and subsidies following the reform of theCAP

E-0059/04

Hiltrud Breyer Chromium (VI) in leather E-0060/04

Joan Colom i Naval and MaríaSornosa Martínez

Headquarters of the European Food Safety Agency(EFSA)

E-0061/04

Giorgio Calò and Antonio DiPietro

Discriminatory treatment of Community research studentsin Germany

E-0062/04

Alexander de Roo and HiltrudBreyer

Incineration of railway sleepers E-0063/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Alarming rise in unemployment in Galicia: 7 465 newlyunemployed people in December 2003 out of a total of 23419 for Spain as a whole, bringing the rate ofunemployment in Galicia to 12.36%

E-0064/04

Bill Newton Dunn Post-60 flying in Europe P-0065/04

Antonio Di Pietro Parmalat bankruptcy P-0066/04

Bill Newton Dunn Retirement benefits E-0067/04

Miet Smet International Convention on the protection of the rights ofall migrant workers and their families

E-0068/04

Ilda Figueiredo Support for cleaning lakes in the Cantanhede municipaldistrict

E-0069/04

Ilda Figueiredo Chrome-plating factory in Tabaçò, Arcos de Valdevez E-0070/04

Camilo Nogueira Román The Spanish National Hydrological Plan dam on the RiverNarla in Lugo (Galicia) a scheduled Site of CommunityImportance within the Natura 2000 network

E-0071/04

José Ribeiro e Castro Suspected traffic in human organs - Mozambique E-0072/04

José Ribeiro e Castro Suspected traffic in human organs - Mozambique E-0073/04

Roger Helmer European Convention P-0074/04

Raffaele Costa Flight safety checks P-0075/04

Proinsias De Rossa Regulation (EEC) N° 1408/71 and blind and partiallysighted registration

E-0076/04

Proinsias De Rossa Waste water treatment in Ireland E-0077/04

Proinsias De Rossa Schengen Information System and missing persons E-0078/04

Proinsias De Rossa Flight Times and Duty Limitations Proposal -COM(2002)0030

E-0079/04

Proinsias De Rossa Rheumatism and Biomed programme E-0080/04


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Proinsias De Rossa Implementation of IPPC Directive in Ireland E-0081/04

Proinsias De Rossa Clinical Trials Directive E-0082/04

Dirk Sterckx Restrictions on freedom of movement for Flemish travelguides on trips abroad

P-0083/04

Avril Doyle Ban on shipping of oil in single-hull tankers and the use of'flags of convenience'

P-0084/04

Matti Wuori Missing NGO legal framework in Malta E-0085/04

Nelly Maes Language requirements in EU job advertisements E-0086/04

Erik Meijer Use by casinos of EU rules in support of their fightagainst the Netherlands government policy aimed atlimiting compulsive gambling

E-0087/04

Erik Meijer Excessively high premiums charged by Dutch medicalinsurance companies to policyholders in neighbouringStates to offset deficits in the United States

E-0088/04

Astrid Thors Management of nuclear waste in Russia E-0089/04

Ilka Schröder Effects of including Hamas on the list of terroristorganisations

E-0090/04

Ilka Schröder Effects of including Hamas on the list of terroristorganisations

E-0091/04

Herbert Bösch Evolution of electricity prices, investment in the energysector

E-0092/04

Martin Kastler Trafficking in humans and prostitution in the German-Czech border area

P-0093/04

Adriana Poli Bortone Reform of the COM in tobacco P-0094/04

Mihail Papayannakis Public hospital INMI L. Spallanzani in Italy E-0095/04

Alexandros Alavanos Israeli arms for Turkey in exchange for water E-0096/04

Jean Lambert Saint Lucia environmental aid E-0097/04

Olivier Dupuis Extradition of Sok Yoeun E-0098/04

Pietro-Paolo Mennea and others Burma E-0099/04

Marianne Thyssen Language arrangements on the 'Europa' website E-0100/04

Marjo Matikainen-Kallström Position of SMUs in the system for the funding of theEU's research activities

E-0101/04

Paulo Casaca Paying for water E-0102/04

Paulo Casaca Water for human consumption E-0103/04


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José Ribeiro e Castro Namibia - Farms threatened with occupation E-0104/04

Stavros Xarchakos Curious approach adopted by the Greek government to thestock exchange

E-0105/04

Erik Meijer Use in shops of escalators which meet European safetystandards but are apparently unsafe for children

E-0106/04

Charles Tannock Fiat in Italy acting in a joint venture in China providingvans to the People's Republic of China for the purposes ofmobile exectution

E-0107/04

Charles Tannock Fiat in Italy acting in a joint venture in China providingvans to the People's Republic of China for the purposes ofmobile exectution

E-0108/04

Claude Moraes Sikhs and the banning of religious articles of faith P-0109/04

Eija-Riitta Korhola Legality of certain EU decisions should the KyotoProtocol founder

P-0110/04

Minerva Malliori Dioxins in farm-raised salmon P-0111/04

Glyn Ford Dolphins E-0112/04

Raina Echerer and Eurig Wyn Maltese language for the next parliamentary term E-0113/04

Claude Moraes Sikhs and the banning of religious articles of faith E-0114/04

Dana Scallon Leader II projects - Blue Dragon case E-0115/04

Dana Scallon Leader II projects - Blue Dragon case E-0116/04

Monica Frassoni and Daniel Cohn-Bendit

Elimination of voters from Maltese electoral lists E-0117/04

Monica Frassoni and Daniel Cohn-Bendit

Elimination of voters from Maltese electoral lists E-0118/04

Olivier Dupuis Repression of Lao-Hmong communities in theSaysomboune region (Laos)

E-0119/04

Adriana Poli Bortone Death of 20 Albanian nationals E-0120/04

Antonio Di Pietro Integrated waste management in the municipality ofCasale sul Sile (Treviso)

E-0121/04

Toine Manders Debt and European professional football E-0122/04

Dorette Corbey and Jan Wiersma Containers of arsenic pentoxide at sea E-0123/04

Eija-Riitta Korhola Legality of certain EU decisions should the KyotoProtocol founder

E-0124/04

Cancelled question P-0125/04


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Jean Lambert Permits for capture, breeding and trading of protectedspecies in Greece in violation of EU legislation

P-0126/04

Ilda Figueiredo Community budget and the financial perspective P-0127/04

Alexandros Alavanos Application of age limits to recruitment of workersalready having fixed-term contracts over a number ofyears in the public sector in Greece

E-0128/04

Lord Inglewood Invasive alien species E-0129/04

Caroline Lucas Fluoridation of drinking water E-0130/04

Olivier Dupuis Tragedy involving Albanian migrants E-0131/04

Marjo Matikainen-Kallström Improved aviation safety through more effectivechannelling of information

E-0132/04

Rosa Miguélez Ramos Fishery control agency in Vigo P-0133/04

Mario Borghezio Collapse of Parmalat and insufficient checks by Bankitalia P-0134/04

Roberta Angelilli Rome central dairy: safeguarding jobs and protectingfarmers

P-0135/04

Jillian Evans GM food and crop imports E-0136/04

Jillian Evans The case of Mrs Siham Qandah, Jordan E-0137/04

Kathalijne Buitenweg Use of passenger data for CAPPS II testing E-0138/04

Ilda Figueiredo Financial support for undersea optic-fibre cable link forthe islands of Flores and Corvo (Azores)

E-0139/04

Ilda Figueiredo Media access in the Azores and Madeira outlying regions E-0140/04

Cristiana Muscardini Child labour E-0141/04

José Ribeiro e Castro Trafficking in human organs - Mozambique E-0142/04

José Ribeiro e Castro Trafficking in human organs - Mozambique E-0143/04

José Ribeiro e Castro Cuba - Commission delegation E-0144/04

José Ribeiro e Castro International Rice Year E-0145/04

José Ribeiro e Castro Venezuela referendum E-0146/04

Bart Staes Combating the use of drugs in sport P-0147/04

Cees Bremmer Human rights in Burma E-0148/04

Alexandros Alavanos Revenue from denationalisation used to cover currentexpenditure

P-0149/04

Cancelled question E-0150/04

Alexandros Alavanos Shortage of intensive care units in Greece E-0151/04


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Alexandros Alavanos Collection of biometric data at 'Eleftherios Venizelos'airport, their processing by an external partner and thedecision of the Greek Authority for the Protection ofPersonal Data

E-0152/04

Olivier Dupuis Use of the term 'Chechen network' without any proveninvolvement of Chechens

E-0153/04

Margrietus van den Berg 'Kleptocrat tax' E-0154/04

Erik Meijer Disadvantaging certain categories of passengers throughfurther restrictions on the sale of rail tickets from theNetherlands to other European destinations

E-0155/04

Christopher Heaton-Harris Commission's accounting systems P-0156/04

Catherine Guy-Quint Twinnings with Bulgaria and Romania P-0157/04

Brice Hortefeux Aviation safety P-0158/04

Anna Karamanou Trial of women for illegal abortion in Portugal P-0159/04

Uma Aaltonen Use in the EU institutions of sniffer dogs trained to detectexplosives

P-0160/04

Christopher Heaton-Harris Commission's accounting systems E-0161/04


















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Alexandros Alavanos Funding from the Culture 2000 programme for theconservation of valuable cultural works stored in AghiaSofia

E-0178/04

Alexandros Alavanos National immigration plans E-0179/04

Alexandros Alavanos Implementation of Directive 2000/78 in Greece E-0180/04

Charlotte Cederschiöld Network and information security E-0181/04



Avril Doyle Eircom telephone line rental charges in Ireland E-0184/04

Maurizio Turco Infringement of religious freedom in Italy, Spain andPortugal

E-0185/04

Maurizio Turco Infringement of religious freedom in Italy, Spain andPortugal

E-0186/04

Brice Hortefeux Auditing of company accounts E-0187/04

Marco Cappato Abduction of two Ivorians E-0188/04

Olivier Dupuis Tunisian regime's repressive measures targeting humanrights activists

E-0189/04

Mario Borghezio Creating transparency regarding ownership of thecompany Italtrend (RE), benficiary of consulting contractsfrom the European Commission worth millions of euro

E-0190/04

Roberta Angelilli Financial collapse of Parmalat: protecting savers andsetting up a supervisory body

E-0191/04

Philip Bradbourn Repayments under N+2 rule P-0192/04

Ward Beysen Parallel trade P-0193/04

Avril Doyle Flight and duty time limitations for airline pilots E-0194/04

Avril Doyle Access to medical treatment in Member States E-0195/04

Ward Beysen Temporary agency workers directive E-0196/04

Ward Beysen Use of State funds to reduce electricity prices forindustrial users

E-0197/04

Sebastiano Musumeci Creation of a Community body for the study ofunexplained atmospheric phenomena

P-0198/04

Giacomo Santini Ethnic census P-0199/04

Ioannis Marinos The 'Bob Programme' and road accidents E-0200/04

Herbert Bösch Linguistic discrimination in job descriptions E-0201/04


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Michl Ebner Lack of clarity in the rules excluding firms from applyingfor projects funded by the EU

E-0202/04

Alexander de Roo and BerndLange

Spanish Fuel Quality Law - Royal Decree 1700/2003 E-0203/04

Christopher Huhne Financial reporting E-0204/04

Mario Borghezio Protecting SMEs against multinationals: the case of Forddealers in Italy

E-0205/04

Renato Brunetta Unlawful imposition of identification marks for sportscraft in the Venice lagoon

P-0206/04

Harald Ettl Further action by the Commission on the portability ofsupplementary pension rights

P-0207/04

Ioannis Averoff Practical problems with town-twinning scheme P-0208/04

Gabriele Stauner Selection procedures of the European Agency for Safetyand Health at Work

E-0209/04

Markus Ferber Language discrimination in job advertisements E-0210/04

Stavros Xarchakos Allegations of manoeuvring to seize property owned bybuilding cooperatives in Greece

E-0211/04

Simon Murphy Driftnets E-0212/04

Robert Atkins The Pharmaceutical Tariff Elimination Agreement (Zerofor Zero)

E-0213/04

Giles Chichester Details of EU funding to the Palestinian Authority E-0214/04

Marco Pannella Violation of religious freedom in Vietnam E-0215/04

Marco Pannella Violation of religious freedom in Vietnam E-0216/04

Eija-Riitta Korhola Practical measures under the EU's policy on Chechnya E-0217/04

Eija-Riitta Korhola Practical measures under the EU's policy on Chechnya E-0218/04

Dominique Souchet Malta's accession and maritime safety E-0219/04

Mario Borghezio Threats to Po Valley producers as a result of the euro'sexcessive rise against the dollar

E-0220/04

Maurizio Turco Investigations by the Milan public prosecutor into theauditors Grant Thornton and Deloitte in connection withthe Parmalat scandal

E-0221/04

María Ayuso González Cotton P-0222/04

Alexandros Alavanos Unemployment rate in Greece E-0223/04

Roberta Angelilli 'Militaria e Dintorni in Europa' (Militaria Fair) E-0224/04


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Dorette Corbey Food safety and developing countries E-0225/04

Margrietus van den Berg Starch factories and developing countries E-0226/04

Ewa Hedkvist Petersen Alcohol ignition interlock devices ('alcolocks') E-0227/04

Erik Meijer Timely development and production of drugs to combatthe merging of avian influenza virus H5N1 and influenzaA occurring in humans

E-0228/04

Erik Meijer Outcry at the delay in taking decisions to protect dolphinsand porpoises against by-catch capture in large nets

E-0229/04

Konstantinos Hatzidakis Utilisation of Community appropriations in the MemberStates at the close of 2003

P-0230/04

Alexander de Roo EIB loan to Schiphol Airport P-0231/04

Roger Helmer Euro E-0232/04

Olivier Dupuis Meeting between Voloshin, Basaev and Surikov on EUterritory

E-0233/04

Miet Smet Violation of human rights of Cacarica communities inColombia

E-0234/04

Miet Smet Violation of human rights of Cacarica communities inColombia

E-0235/04

Miet Smet Job advertisements for 'native speakers' E-0236/04

Miet Smet Fees at the European Schools E-0237/04

Joachim Wuermeling Implementation of the directive on the safety of cableways E-0238/04

Olivier Dupuis Persecution of Christians and Buddhists in the LaoPeople's Democratic Republic

E-0239/04

Mario Borghezio Huge discount from banks to the 'Democratici di Sinistra'party in violation of the principle of free competition

E-0240/04

Johanna Boogerd-Quaak Language discrimination - native speakers E-0241/04

Cristiana Muscardini Parkinson's disease E-0242/04

Ilda Figueiredo Relocation and unemployment E-0243/04

Joan Colom i Naval Spanish National Hydrological Plan - cost and price ofwater

P-0244/04

Elly Plooij-van Gorsel Impact assessment of OPTA decisions P-0245/04

Joan Colom i Naval Start of work on the Ebro Transfer E-0246/04


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Elisabeth Jeggle and Peter Liese Revision of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 on the sale ofbutter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream,butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufactureof pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs

E-0247/04

Glenys Kinnock Roma children in Bulgaria E-0248/04

Christopher Heaton-Harris Private Eye E-0249/04

Christopher Heaton-Harris Retirement age of football referees E-0250/04

Roberta Angelilli Labelling of bread E-0251/04

Raquel Cardoso Financing of the Natura 2000 network E-0252/04

Geoffrey Van Orden The Construction Products Directive P-0253/04

Elspeth Attwooll Global TB Drug Facility E-0254/04

Joan Vallvé Highways plan for Majorca E-0255/04

María Valenciano Martínez-Orozco Open call for proposals VP/2002/6 for the programmerelating to the Community framework strategy on genderequality (2001-2005)

P-0256/04

María Valenciano Martínez-Orozco Open call for proposals VP/2002/6 for the programmerelating to the Community framework strategy on genderequality (2001-2005)

E-0257/04

Olivier Dupuis Cambodia: Assassination of members of the Opposition E-0258/04

Giacomo Santini Introduction of tolls on state highway 47, Valsugana E-0259/04

Roberta Angelilli Blue tongue disease - protection of stock farmers in Lazio E-0260/04

Baroness Sarah Ludford Reported Spanish ban on motorcycles towing trailers E-0261/04

Graham Watson Sewage treatment plants E-0262/04

Matti Wuori Safety at Sosnovyi Bor nuclear power station P-0263/04

Konstantinos Hatzidakis Community funding for the Greek National Cadastre E-0264/04

Stavros Xarchakos Propagandist mileage from Community funding in therun-up to elections in Greece

E-0265/04

John McCartin Imports of poultry meat into the EU E-0266/04

Juan Ferrández Lezaun Projects offering alternatives to the Spanish NationalHydrological Plan (SNHP)

E-0267/04

Matti Wuori Safety at Sosnovyi Bor nuclear power station E-0268/04

Brice Hortefeux Consumer credit E-0269/04

Brice Hortefeux Follow-up to regulation on cross-border payments E-0270/04


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Brice Hortefeux Counterfeit euro coins and banknotes E-0271/04

Mario Borghezio Timisoara international port E-0272/04

Stefano Zappalà Automar srl - concessionaire for Mercedes Benz motorvehicles

E-0273/04

Johanna Boogerd-Quaak Arsenic acid E-0274/04

Christopher Huhne EU Charter of Fundamental Rights E-0275/04

Eluned Morgan Air pollution E-0276/04

Philip Claeys EU participation in a project to build a multi-purpose hallin Brussels

E-0277/04

Elly Plooij-van Gorsel Problems affecting contract negotiations under the SixthFramework Programme

E-0278/04

Elly Plooij-van Gorsel Embryo and stem-cell research E-0279/04

Rijk van Dam European Commission representation in Delhi P-0280/04

Esko Seppänen Wärtsilä and Italian state subsidies P-0281/04

Paulo Casaca Identification of the outermost regions on officialCommunity maps

P-0282/04

Caroline Lucas Public procurement policy in timer P-0283/04

Joachim Wuermeling BEUC E-0284/04

Alexander de Roo Landfill on Malta E-0285/04

Caroline Lucas EU monkey experiments E-0286/04

Caroline Lucas Mislabelling of seal oil in the EU E-0287/04

Marco Cappato Drug eradication programme in Colombia E-0288/04

Marco Cappato and others Cultural genocide in China E-0289/04

Caroline Jackson Scope of Directive 97/11/EC E-0290/04

Raffaele Costa Road accidents in European Union countries E-0291/04

Esko Seppänen Ship-building in Italy E-0292/04

María Bergaz Conesa Threat to the Güe springs from the construction of thePuente del Arco to El Condado section of the AS 17highway (Asturias, Spain)

P-0293/04

Herman Vermeer Disclosure of the rate structure for the Central EuropeanPipeline System

P-0294/04

Proinsias De Rossa Age discrimination in the provision of goods and services E-0295/04

Theresa Villiers Interim procedure on state aids paid in accession countries E-0296/04


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Theodorus Bouwman Compliance with EU law of Spanish mining companyUMINSA and possible frauds

E-0297/04

Bob van den Bos Relations between the EU and Libya and human rights inLibya

E-0298/04

Christopher Heaton-Harris Compact disc pricing in the EU E-0299/04

Roberto Bigliardo Financing for the new Athens airport E-0300/04

Olle Schmidt Swedish nuclear power and the internal market E-0301/04

Christa Randzio-Plath Working conditions for female flower workers in Africa,Asia and Latin America

P-0302/04

Michael Cashman Booking tickets for travel in another country P-0303/04

Pietro-Paolo Mennea Prison guards P-0304/04

Cristiana Muscardini Request for PDO for 'Sant' Andrea Piemonte' rice P-0305/04

Gerhard Schmid Use of sky marshals E-0306/04

Caroline Lucas Genetically modified crops E-0307/04

Esko Seppänen The French language at the Commission E-0308/04

Miet Smet Extension of TAEIX's area of activity to the WesternBalkans

E-0309/04

Erik Meijer Further reduction of educational facilities for the long-established Sorbian-speaking community in Lausitz,eastern Germany

E-0310/04

Erik Meijer Discontinuation of the activities of the rail freightcompany Ikea Rail within two years of its foundation andthe status of the EU subsidy of EUR 500 000 awarded tothis experiment

E-0311/04

Elspeth Attwooll Development aid P-0312/04

Dana Scallon Galway incinerator P-0313/04

Ulpu Iivari Effect of EU support on the shift of jobs within the EU P-0314/04

Michl Ebner Language programme for minority languages E-0315/04

Michl Ebner European voluntary and solidarity service E-0316/04

Nicholas Clegg Pork by-products E-0317/04

Glenys Kinnock People with mental disabilities in Russia E-0318/04

Dana Scallon Funding of research with embryonic stem cells E-0319/04

Gary Titley Illegal logging and timber trade E-0320/04


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Daniel Cohn-Bendit EU embargo on arms sales to China P-0321/04

Hans-Peter Martin EU Constitution P-0322/04

Werner Langen Stage reached in examining the territorial monopoly ofGerman chimney-sweeps

P-0323/04

W.G. van Velzen New Belgian levy on Netherlands and German electricitydistribution companies for use of the Belgian high-voltagegrid when importing electricity from France

P-0324/04

Wilhelm Piecyk Transposition of Directive 2002/25/EC E-0325/04

Wilhelm Piecyk Subsidies for new fishing nets E-0326/04

Dana Scallon County Clare and Objective I of the Structural Fund E-0327/04

Marco Cappato and others Chinese New Year parade in Paris E-0328/04

Jillian Evans and Ian Hudghton Endometriosis E-0329/04

Luigi Vinci Hospitals for 'national defence' in Italy E-0330/04

Miet Smet Setting up of a regional coordination centre for socialpolicy for the Balkans

E-0331/04

Erik Meijer Mislabelling of arsenic acid as pentoxide by theNetherlands as a result of mistakes in 'unambiguous' newnomenclature for hazardous chemicals

E-0332/04

Erik Meijer The unchanged human rights and democracy situation inChina and Hong Kong, the threat to Taiwan and the needfor the arms embargo

E-0333/04

Erik Meijer The unchanged human rights and democracy situation inChina and Hong Kong, the threat to Taiwan and the needfor the arms embargo

E-0334/04

Astrid Thors Extension of operating licence for Sosnovy Bor nuclearpower plant

E-0335/04

Hiltrud Breyer Embryo research financed from the EU budget P-0336/04

Gabriele Stauner Subsidies for Parmalat P-0337/04

Eluned Morgan Food safety P-0338/04

Jean-Louis Bernié Wind turbines P-0339/04

Benedetto Della Vedova Compatibility of Law 69 of 3 February 1963 with the freemovement of workers within the European Community

P-0340/04

Philip Claeys Introduction of a 'Made in the EU' label P-0341/04

Dirk Sterckx Restrictions on the opening up of the Belgian railwaysmarket

P-0342/04


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Hiltrud Breyer Research on embryos under the EU budget E-0343/04

Gabriele Stauner 'Conseillers hors classe' E-0344/04

Eluned Morgan Trans-European Transport Networks E-0345/04

Eluned Morgan Differential pricing E-0346/04

Glenys Kinnock Use of ACT in treatment of malaria E-0347/04

Robert Sturdy Offensive material on websites in Member States E-0348/04

Roberta Angelilli Serious irregularities involving the EU as regards theestablishment of the private University of Formello(Rome)

E-0349/04

Roberta Angelilli Travel agencies: repercussions of the Alitalia crisis onemployment

E-0350/04

Roberta Angelilli Travel agencies: serious difficulties for operators andcustomers

E-0351/04

Roberta Angelilli The Parmalat case and its repercussions on milk andcheese production in Lazio

E-0352/04

Roberta Angelilli Possibility of funding for a virtual health informationproject

E-0353/04

Roberta Angelilli Funding for the creation of a multi-purpose auditorium E-0354/04

Roberta Angelilli Funding for young artists E-0355/04

Pasqualina Napoletano and others Crisis in the steel sector in Terni E-0356/04

Ewa Hedkvist Petersen Sparsely populated areas in future regional policy E-0357/04

Werner Langen Proceedings concerning the German deposit on drinkscans

P-0358/04

Eija-Riitta Korhola Impact of lack of health care standards on free movementof labour and citizens

P-0359/04

Benedetto Della Vedova Failure to include directory services among universalservice obligations

P-0360/04

Dana Scallon Fluoridation of Irish drinking water E-0361/04

Graham Watson Latvian passport names E-0362/04

Proinsias De Rossa Complaint P2000/4974 E-0363/04

Proinsias De Rossa Packaging Waste Directive and Ireland E-0364/04

Proinsias De Rossa Separation of Accounts Directive E-0365/04

Proinsias De Rossa Shoppers' rights in Ireland under EU law E-0366/04


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Proinsias De Rossa Animal experiments in Ireland E-0367/04

Proinsias De Rossa Irish Government charges and the Seveso II Directive E-0368/04

Proinsias De Rossa Public consultation during the preparation of emergencyplans under the Seveso II Directive

E-0369/04

Proinsias De Rossa Extension of the Working Time Directive to excludedsectors

E-0370/04

Proinsias De Rossa Ireland's failure to fix penalties for ozone-depletingsubstances

E-0371/04

Olivier Dupuis Interrogation of the editor Alexander Podrabinek E-0372/04

Roberta Angelilli Ansaldo-Breda: infringement of environmental protectionlegislation

E-0373/04

Eija-Riitta Korhola Lack of health care standards and its impact on freemovement of labour and citizens

E-0374/04

Martin Kastler Measures to prevent the consumption of alcopops byyoung people

P-0375/04

Luciana Sbarbati Crisis in the steel sector in Terni P-0376/04

Antonios Trakatellis Sustainable management of fisheries resources in theMediterranean and measures to combat illegal fishing

P-0377/04

Hartmut Nassauer and BerndLange

Planned draft second directive on limit values providingfor the establishment of an indicative occupationalexposure limit value, inter alia for nitrogen monoxide(NO)

E-0378/04

Alexandros Alavanos Dismissal of pregnant workers E-0379/04

Alexandros Alavanos Contract-holders at the Fire Service E-0380/04

Alexandros Alavanos Operation of reception classes - second operationalprogramme: 'education and initial training'

E-0381/04

Stavros Xarchakos Free movement between Greece and the rest of the EU E-0382/04

John Bowis Postage rates E-0383/04

Roberta Angelilli Ansaldo-Breda: infringement of laws protecting workersfrom exposure to asbestos

E-0384/04

Theresa Villiers Commercial activities of Ordnance Survey P-0385/04

Jean Saint-Josse Wind turbines P-0386/04

Yves Butel Wind turbines P-0387/04

Roberta Angelilli Terni steelworks: closure of the Thyssen-Krupp plant P-0388/04

Gianfranco Dell'Alba and others African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights E-0389/04


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Francesco Rutelli Closure of the electrical steel department of AST in Terni E-0390/04

Alexander de Roo Hair dye and cancer risks E-0391/04

Mogens Camre The EU's continuing capacity to receive large quotas ofimmigrants from third-world countries

P-0392/04

Bill Miller Animal By-Products Regulation E-0393/04

Francesco Fiori, Giorgio Lisi andGeorges Garot

Measures against hunger in the EU E-0394/04

Antonio Tajani Measures to prevent the closure of the steelworks in Terni E-0395/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Guantánamo-on-Thames? E-0396/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Legalising irregular migrants working in the Union E-0397/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Child slavery networks E-0398/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Secret detention in the USA of foreigners suspected ofterrorist activities because their visa is not in order

E-0399/04

Camilo Nogueira Román Israel's wall in Palestine and the West Bank HealthSystem

E-0400/04

Concepció Ferrer River Ebro water transfer E-0401/04

Concepció Ferrer Crossborder hospital in La Cerdanya E-0402/04

Erik Meijer Distortion of competition to the detriment of theenvironment and of working conditions in the cheapproduction of the semi-finished product primaryaluminium in Iceland

E-0403/04

Erik Meijer Diverting attention from opposition and minority rights inTurkey, on the grounds of geography and religion, inaccession to the EU

E-0404/04

Jules Maaten Outbreak of avian influenza E-0405/04

Jules Maaten and Jan Mulder Discrimination against a Netherlands onion farmer inPoland

E-0406/04

Hugues Martin CRAFT Community programmes P-0407/04

Alexander de Roo Implementation of the Environmental Noise Directive inthe Netherlands

P-0408/04

Carlos Coelho Rights inherent in European citizenship P-0409/04

Proinsias De Rossa Aer Rianta E-0410/04

Charles Tannock and John Bowis Persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community inBangladesh

E-0411/04

Charles Tannock The regulation of exportation of timber from Indonesia E-0412/04


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Charles Tannock and TheresaVilliers

Migrating birds and Habitat Directives with regard to therepublic of Malta

E-0413/04

Charles Tannock The treatment of North Korean refugees in the People'sRepublic of China

E-0414/04

Jonas Sjöstedt Review of decision on Norrmejerier E-0415/04

Dorette Corbey Goose hunting in Zeeland P-0416/04

Ilda Figueiredo Sackings from the Finex Group factory P-0417/04

Gerhard Schmid Security of EC cards E-0418/04

Anna Karamanou Bride burning in Pakistan E-0419/04

Brian Simpson Fluoridation of drinking water E-0420/04

Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna Lifting of the temporary restriction on the use of fishmealin animal feed

E-0421/04

Camilo Nogueira Román High-speed Lubian to Orense rail link giving centralaccess to Galicia

E-0422/04

Ilda Figueiredo Closure of the Brax factory in Portugal E-0423/04

Ilda Figueiredo Protecting wickerwork craftsmen in the MadeiraAutonomous Region

E-0424/04

Camilo Nogueira Román UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's call to fight poverty:EU positions

E-0425/04

Samuli Pohjamo and Mikko Pesälä Timetable for processing rural development projects E-0426/04

Christopher Huhne Residence of nationals in another Member State E-0427/04

Brian Simpson The future of publicly-owned regional airports in the lightof the recent decision on Charleroi Airport, in Belgium,and Ryanair

E-0428/04

John Bowis The case of rev. Rinaldy Damanik, Indonesia E-0429/04

Charles Tannock and Geoffrey VanOrden

Possible Trade Sanctions against Burma E-0430/04

Luigi Vinci European Commission plan for a vertical-takeoffconvertiplane

E-0431/04

Helle Thorning-Schmidt Passive smoking E-0432/04

Seán Ó Neachtain Status of Gaeilige for recruitment to the EU Institutions P-0433/04

Michl Ebner EURO 0 E-0434/04




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Michl Ebner Nitrogen oxide emission limits E-0439/04

Michl Ebner Particulate emission limits E-0440/04

Michl Ebner Particulate filters E-0441/04

John Cushnahan Trade and Cooperation Agreement with Iran P-0442/04

John Cushnahan Open Skies Deal E-0443/04

Margrietus van den Berg Compliance with legislation on health and safety at work E-0444/04


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QUESTION TIME (B5-0007/04) on 10 and 11 February 2004

29 Questions (Rule 43)

Author Subject No

QUESTIONS TO THE COUNCIL

María IZQUIERDO ROJO Disappearance of crops and of the social fabric in Andalusiaas a consequence of the new proposals relating to the COMsin olive oil, cotton and tobacco

H-0845/03

Mary BANOTTI Social inclusion, third sector H-0847/03

Lennart SACRÉDEUS Dawit Isaac, journalist missing in Eritrea H-0849/03

Gerard COLLINS EU and South Africa H-0850/03

Brian CROWLEY Promoting good practice in child protection for youth workacross Europe

H-0853/03

Liam HYLAND Labelling of meats H-0857/03

Seán Ó NEACHTAIN Consulting stakeholders in the fishing sector H-0859/03

Alexandros ALAVANOS Attempts to solve the Cyprus problem H-0861/03

Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

New developments regarding Cyprus and prospects of asettlement

H-0042/04

Josu ORTUONDOLARREA

Is the Spanish Government in breach of Article 6(1) of theEU Treaty?

H-0001/04

Bernd POSSELT Status of Kosovo H-0003/04

Miguel MARTÍNEZMARTÍNEZ

Violation of human rights inherent in the conditions in whichCuban prisoners are being held in the United States

H-0007/04

Pedro MARSET CAMPOS Violation of human rights of Cuban citizens in the UnitedStates

H-0036/04

Ilda FIGUEIREDO Violation by the USA of the human rights of Cuban citizens H-0058/04

Efstratios KORAKAS Human rights violations by the United States affecting fiveillegally detained Cuban citizens

H-0061/04


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QUESTIONS TO THE COMMISSION

Gerard COLLINS Measures to promote low-cost air travel H-0851/03

Claude MORAES Free movement of labour for accession countries H-0046/04

Bill NEWTON DUNN Drug trafficking H-0026/04

QUESTIONS TO DESIGNATED COMMISSIONERS

Mr BARNIER

Alexandros ALAVANOS Biological purification plants H-0862/03

Juan FERRÁNDEZLEZAUN

River Ebro diversion project H-0016/04/rev. 1

Joan VALLVÉ Cross-border regional cooperation H-0022/04

Mr LIIKANEN

Bart STAES WSIS - Civil Society H-0842/03

Reino PAASILINNA Public web pages: suitability for the disabled H-0006/04

Charlotte CEDERSCHIÖLD European Agency for Network and Information Security H-0025/04

Ewa HEDKVISTPETERSEN

E-safety programme H-0043/04

Mr VERHEUGEN

Michael GAHLER Independence of the Hungarian Financial SupervisoryAuthority (PSZÁF)

H-0863/03

Bernd POSSELT Restitution law in Romania H-0004/04

Monica FRASSONI Elimination of voters from Maltese electoral lists H-0033/04

Richard HOWITT The Baku-Ceyhan pipeline H-0038/04


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SUMMARY OF QUESTIONS TIMEFEBRUARY

InstitutionNo. of

questionstabled

No. ofquestions

taken

Questionswith

writtenanswer

Supplementaryquestions

Lapsedquestions(authorabsent)

Questionswithdrawn

by theauthor

Questionsalready onthe agenda

Representativesof the otherInstitutions

Council 33 15 16 6 0 2 0 Mr ROCHE

Commission 52 14 35 7 1 2 0 Mrs de PALACIOMrs DIAMANTOPOULOUMr VITORINOMr BARNIERMr LIIKANENMr VERHEUGEN

85 29 51 13 1 4 0


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WRITTEN DECLARATIONS1

No. EP No. Author Subject Tabled Closed on : Signatures

1/2004 340.817 Richard Howitt, Mario Mantovani,Elizabeth Lynne, Patricia McKennaand Ilda Figueiredo

On the rights of deafblind people 12.01.2004 12.04.2204 170

2/2004 340.908 Marie Anne Isler Béguin On the environmental insecurity in the EU and theworld

12.01.2004 12.04.2004 23

3/2004 341.129 Philip Claeys and Koenraad Dillen On the lack of a response from the Government ofSouth Africa to the attacks on and murders of whitefarmers

12.01.2004 12.04.2004 15

4/2004 341.430 Hiltrud Breyer, Alexander de Roo,Marie Anne Isler Béguin, PaulLannoye and Caroline Lucas

Noise from airports 26.01.2004 26.04.2004 19

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5/2004 341.531 Claude Moraes, Stephen Hughes,Imelda Read, Marie-Hélène Gillig andAlejandro Cercas

Outsourcing (offshoring) of European jobs to Asia,Africa and South America

04.02.2004 04.05.2004 25

6/2004 342.099 Piia-Noora Kauppi, Sarah Ludford,Johannes Swoboda and Nelly Maes

Full and equal participation of Roma in the 'expandingEurope'

09.02.2004 09.05.2004 23

7/2004 342.101 Ward Beysen Postponing the enlargement of the European Union 09.02.2004 09.05.2004 2

8/2004 342.102 Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen, BrunoGollnisch and Mario Borghezio

Organising a European multidisciplinary conference ondemography, the ageing of the population and theEuropean identity

09.02.2004 09.05.2003 6

9/2004 342.103 Marie Anne Isler Béguin and JeanLambert

The Community status of ecological refugee 09.02.2004 09.05.2004 10

10/2004 342.304 Mario Borghezio Compensation for the victims of Communism in Istria,Dalmazia and Venezio-Giulia

11.02.2004 11.05.2004 10

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APPOINTMENT OF RAPPORTEURS AND DRAFTSMEN(Referral: R = Responsible / O = Opinion)

Name Subject Committee Date Doc.

CORBETT(PSE)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure: requestsfor European agencies' opinions

AFCO (R) 17.02.04

SCHIERHUBER(PPE-DE)

Third cohesion report: Structural Fundsafter 2005

AGRI (O) 19.02.04 C5-0092/04

LULLING(PPE-DE)

Improvement of the production andmarketing of honey

AGRI (R) 19.02.04 C5-0052/04

TURCHI(UEN)

Guidelines for trans-European energynetworks

BUDG (O) 18.02.04 C5-0064/04

BERES(PSE)

Enlargement, environment: taxation ofenergy products and electricity(amendment of Directive 2003/96/EC)

ECON (R) 11.02.04 C5-0090/04

GARCÍA-MARGALLO YMARFIL(PPE-DE)

Taxation of savings income ECON (R) 11.02.04 C5-0103/04

KARAS(PPE-DE)

VAT: the place of supply of services(amendment of Directive 77/388/EEC)

ECON (R) 11.02.04 C5-0026/04

POMES RUIZ(PPE-DE)

Protection against counterfeiting: medalsand tokens similar to euro coins

ECON (R) 11.02.04 C5-0075/04

POMES RUIZ(PPE-DE)

Extending protection againstcounterfeiting (medals and tokens similarto euros) to non-participating MemberStates

ECON (R) 11.02.04 C5-0076/04

ATTWOOLL(ELDR)


EMPL (O) 11.02.04 C5-0092/04

PRONK(PPE-DE)

Communication on a general politicalframework for the financial perspectivesafter 2006

EMPL (O) 11.02.04 C5-0089/04

GOODWILL(PPE-DE)


ENVI (O) 16.02.04 C5-0089/04

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PSE Group Third cohesion report: Structural Fundsafter 2005

FEMM (O) 19.02.04 C5-0092/04

LANGEN(PPE-DE)

The conclusion of the World HealthOrganisation Framework Convention onTobacco Control

ITRE (O) 18.02.04 C5-0028/04

ZORBA(PSE)


ITRE (O) 18.02.04 C5-0092/04

BERENGUERFUSTER(PSE)

Vehicle industry: UN EconomicCommission Regulation on uniformprescriptions for internal combustionengines

ITRE (R) 18.02.04

BERENGUERFUSTER(PSE)

Automobile industry : harmonisation ofprovisions on cornering-lamps for power-driven vehicles, UNECE

ITRE (R) 18.02.04

FLESCH(ELDR)

Guidelines for trans-European energynetworks

ITRE (R) 18.02.04 C5-0064/04

BODRATO(PPE-DE)

European Space Agency ITRE (R) 24.02.04 C5-0099/04

WALLIS(ELDR)

Security of natural gas supply JURI (O) 18.02.04 C5-0449/02

WALLIS(ELDR)

Foods: nutrition and health claims inlabelling (amending Directive2000/13/EC)

JURI (O) 18.02.04 C5-0329/03

WALLIS(ELDR)

Fluorinated greenhouse gases JURI (O) 18.02.04 C5-0397/03

WALLIS(ELDR)

Batteries and accumulators and spentbatteries and accumulators

JURI (O) 18.02.04 C5-0563/03

GEBHARDT(PSE)

Services in the internal market JURI (R) 18.02.04 C5-0069/04

MacCORMICK(VERTS/ALE)

Water policy, pollution: quality of freshwaters supporting fish life (codificationof Directive 78/659/EEC)

JURI (R) 19.02.04 C5-0038/04

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Conversion rates between the euro andthe currencies of the Member Statesadopting the euro (codified version)

JURI (R) 19.02.04 C5-0053/04


Minimum stocks of crude oil (codifiedversion)

JURI (R) 19.02.04 C5-0063/04


Common rules for certain types ofcarriage of goods by road (codifiedversion)

JURI (R) 19.02.04 C5-0055/04

CEYHUN(PSE)


LIBE (O) 19.02.04 C5-0089/04

DEPREZ(PPE-DE)

European Refugee Fund LIBE (R) 19.02.04 C5-0096/04

TURCO(NI)

Conclusion of an agreement between theEC and Albania

LIBE (R) 19.02.04

POHJAMO(ELDR)


RETT (O) 17.02.04 C5-0089/04

COSTA(ELDR)

Accession to the Convention concerningInternational Carriage by Rail amendedby the Vilnius Protocol, June 1999

RETT (R) 17.02.04 C5-0041/04

COSTA(ELDR)

International Safety Management Codewithin the Community

RETT (R) 17.02.04 C5-0627/03

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OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

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COMMISSION DOCUMENTS

Reports and Communications

Subject Referral Doc.

Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Councilon EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure - Early warning system Nos9/2003, 10/2003 and 11/2003

AGRICONT

SEC (03) 1410final

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, theCouncil, the European Economic and Social Committee and theCommittee of the Regions on the interpretation of Council Regulation(EEC) No 3577/92 applying the principle of freedom to provide servicesto maritime transport within Member States (maritime cabotage)

RETT COM (03) 595final

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the EuropeanParliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of theRegions: Results of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2003(WRC-03)

ITRE COM (03) 707final

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the EuropeanParliament concerning a New Legal Framework for Payments in theInternal Market (Consultative Document)

JURIECON

COM (03) 718final

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the EuropeanParliament: Reviving the DDA Negotiations - the EU Perspective

DEVEITRE

COM (03) 734final

Communication from the Commission tot the Council and the EuropeanParliament: 2003 Environment Policy Review - Consolidating theenvironmental pillar of sustainable development

ENVI COM (03) 745final

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the EuropeanParliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and theCommittee of the Regions: The competitiveness of business-relatedservices and their contribution to the performance of European enterprises

ECONJURIITRE

COM (03) 747final

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the EuropeanParliament: Preparing for the participation of the Western Balkancountries in Community programmes and agencies

AFETITRE

COM (03) 748final

Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Councilon the experience acquired during the basic surveys of areas under vines(in accordance with Article 7 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 357/79of 5 February 1979 on statistical surveys of areas under vines)

AGRI COM (03) 752final

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Communication from the Commission on buildings policy andinfrastructures in Brussels

CONTBUDG

COM (03) 755final

Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliamenton the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 577/98

EMPL COM (03) 760final

Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council:Operation of Euratom Safeguards in 2002

ITRE COM (03) 764final

Report from the Commission: "Better Lawmaking 2003" pursuant toArticle 9 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarityand proportionality

AFCOJURI

COM (03) 770final

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the EuropeanParliament: Development of the Schengen Information System II andpossible synergies with a future Visa Information System (VIS)

LIBE COM (03) 771final

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the EuropeanParliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and theCommittee of the Regions: joint report on social inclusion summarisingthe results of the examination of the National Action Plans for SocialInclusion (2003-2005)

FEMMEMPL

COM (03) 773final

Second Evaluation Report from the Commission to the Council and theEuropean Parliament on the application of Council Recommendation of 24September 1998 concerning the protection of minors and human dignity

LIBECULT

COM (03) 776final

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the EuropeanParliament: Reports from Member States on behaviours which seriouslyinfringed the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy in 2002

JURIPECH

COM (03) 782final

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the EuropeanParliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and theCommittee of the Regions: The future of European regulatory audiovisualpolicy .

ITRELIBECULT

COM (03) 784final

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and theCouncil: Technical adjustment of the financial perspective for 2005 in linewith movements in GNI and prices (Point 15 of the InterinstitutionalAgreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement ofthe budgetary procedure)

TOUTBUDG

COM (03) 785final

Green Paper on the future of Rules of origin in preferential tradearrangements

DEVEITRE

COM (03) 787final

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Report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, theEuropean Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of theRegions: Report on the implementation and results of the MEDIA IIprogramme (1996-2000)

CULT COM (03) 802final

Report from the Commission to the Council and to the EuropeanParliament on the borrowing and lending activities of the community in2002

AFETDEVEITRE

COM (03) 803final

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the EuropeanParliament and the European Economic and Social Committee: Dividendtaxation of individuals in the Internal Market

JURIECON

COM (03) 810final

Communication from the Commission: Dialogue with associations ofregional and local authorities on the formulation of European Union policy

AFCORETT

COM (03) 811final

Council Directive amending Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC asregards plant protection products containing micro-organisms

ENVI COM (03) 814final

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and theCouncil: The implementation by the EC of the "Bonn Guidelines" onaccess to genetic resources and benefit-sharing under the Convention onBiological Diversity

ITREJURIENVI

COM (03) 821final

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the EuropeanParliament: The World Summit on Sustainable Development one year on:implementing our commitments

DEVEENVI

COM (03) 829final

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COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

19/04Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union

on the outcome of the appeal by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahimagainst his conviction on 8 August 2000

Brussels, 5 February 2004

The European Union, which has continued to monitor closely the case, notes the decision of the MalaysianCourt of Appeal not to reconsider its upholding of the conviction and sentence on 8th August 2000 againstDatuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. The European Union also notesthe Court of Appeal’s decision to deny a request for bail.

The European Union recalls its earlier statements voicing deep concern about the fairness of the legalproceedings and expresses its disappointment at the Court of Appeal’s decisions.

The Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Candidate Countries Bulgaria and Romania, the Countries of theStabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, theFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland,Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this declaration.

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20/04Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union regarding a declaration by the

Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Candidate Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, the

Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia andHerzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the

EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area,concerning Council Decision 2003/907/CFSP of 22 December 2003 implementing Common Position

2003/297/CFSP on Burma/MyanmarBrussels, 2 February 2004

The Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Candidate Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, the Countries ofthe Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland,Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, declare that they share the objectivesof Council Decision 2003/907/CFSP of 22 December 2003 implementing Common Position 2003/297/CFSPconcerning Burma/Myanmar defined by the Council of the European Union on 28 April 2003 on the basis ofArticle 15 of the Treaty on European Union. They will ensure that their national policies conform to thatCouncil Decision.

The European Union takes note of this commitment and welcomes it.

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21/04Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on Libya's accession to the Chemical

Weapons ConventionBrussels, 5 February 2004

The EU recalls the statement made by the Italian Presidency on 20 December 2003 concerning theDeclaration on Weapons of Mass Destruction made by H.E. Abdulrahman Shalgam, Foreign Minister of theGreat Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, on behalf of Colonel Qadhafi, on 19 December 2003.

The EU welcomes the steps taken since then, in particular the recent ratification by Libya of theComprehensive Test Ban Treaty and its accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention and looks forwardto prompt and full implementation by Libya of these fundamental international instruments.

The EU looks forward to Libya signing, ratifying and implementing an Additional Protocol to its SafeguardsAgreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Such a step will further corroborate Libya’sintention to comply fully with the existing legal framework on non-proliferation.


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The EU, in accordance with its recently adopted Strategy on the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of MassDestruction and their means of Delivery, supports the universalisation and strengthening of the multilateraltreaties and agreements in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation and would encourage other Stateswhich have not yet done so to adhere to these instruments.

The EU firmly believes that Libya can play a pivotal role in encouraging other countries, particularly thosein the same region, to follow its example and join international efforts to promote disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Candidate Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, the Countries ofthe Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland andNorway, members of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this declaration.

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on recent events in ZimbabweBrussels, 10 February 2004

The European Union wishes to express its condemnation regarding reports of the violent clampdown of apeaceful demonstration organised by the National Constitutional Assembly on 4 February 2004 in Harare.

In this context the European Union strongly deplores the arrest and assault of a large number of participantsin the demonstration. The EU, in particular, condemns the apprehension and ill-treatment of Mr. LovemoreMadhuku, Chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly.

The European Union calls on the Government of Zimbabwe to take all necessary measures to guarantee therights of its citizens to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly.

The Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Candidate Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, the Countries ofthe Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries, members ofthe European Economic Area, align themselves with this declaration.

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on HaitiBrussels, 16 February 2004

The European Union is greatly concerned at the recent outbreaks of violence in a number of provincialtowns. It calls on all political forces, without exception, to refrain from any kind of violent behaviour.

The marked deterioration in the security situation has been accompanied by serious violations of humanrights and democratic rules. The European Union deplores yet further instances of armed gangs disruptingpeaceful demonstrations on 12 and 15 February 2004.

The European Union would point out that in Kingston on 31 January 2004 President Aristide acceptedCARICOM's proposed prior action plan. Upholding the right of peaceful demonstration was a key part ofthat plan.

The European Union is alarmed at the frequent breaches of international humanitarian law. It would remindall concerned of their duty to respect personnel, establishments, vehicles and medical facilities. The RedCross emblem symbolises that protection and must be respected.

The European Union strongly believes that the present crisis in Haiti must be resolved peacefully, by seekingdialogue and compromise. All constitutional solutions should be considered. In particular, the EuropeanUnion supports the CARICOM initiative and urges all parties to endorse it. The Union calls on the Haitianauthorities to honour the commitments given by President Aristide and put them into practice, in accordancewith the timetable agreed in the action plan.

The Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Candidate Countries Bulgaria and Romania, the Countries of theStabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia,and the EFTA countries Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, alignthemselves with this declaration.

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on Council Common Position 2004/133/CFSP of 10 February 2004on restrictive measures against extremists in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

(FYROM) and repealing Common Position 2001/542/CFSPBrussels, 23 February 2004

The Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Candidate Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, and the EFTAcountries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, declare that theyshare the objectives of Council Common Position 2004/133/CFSP of 10 February 2004 on restrictivemeasures against extremists in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) and repealingCommon Position 2001/542/CFSP. They will ensure that their national policies conform to that CouncilDecision.


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on the process of verification and validation of signatures in VenezuelaBrussels, 23 February 2004

The European Union reaffirms its commitment to the democratic development of Venezuela and reiteratesthe importance of fully implementing the political agreement signed on 29 May 2003 by the Government andthe opposition ‘Coordinadora Democrática’, in line with Resolution 833 of the Organization of AmericanStates (OAS), which calls for a constitutional, democratic, peaceful and electoral solution to the crisis inVenezuela.

The European Union underlines the importance of prompt and effective compliance by the NationalElectoral Council (Consejo Nacional Electoral – CNE) with its institutional duties. In this respect, theEuropean Union is concerned at the delay in the process of verification and validation of signatures todetermine the possibility of recall referenda. It welcomes the announcement by the CNE of its intention toconclude the process at the latest by 28 February, and calls on the CNE to expedite the definitive decision onthe holding of the referenda.

In view of the role of the OAS in Venezuela and the cooperation it has established with the CNE in theverification process, the European Union fully supports the recommendations contained in the jointstatement by the OAS and the Carter Center of 13 February 2004. It agrees, in particular, with the criteria ofinternational observation viz. the principle of transparency in control mechanisms against possible fraud, aswell as the inalienable right of citizen participation that must be guaranteed by the electoral authority. TheEU believes that the will of the signatories must be respected. Although the EU recognizes that there mayhave been some instances of fraud, the CNE should apply technical regulations in a way which respects therights of citizens who have signed petitions in good faith.


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The European Union calls on all parties to continue to implement the agreement of 29 May 2003 in a climateof mutual respect, tolerance and restraint, and to fully abide by the Declaration against Violence and forPeace and Democracy of 18 February 2003, within the framework of the rule of law and democraticprinciples.

The Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Candidate Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, the Countries ofthe Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland,Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this declaration.

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on situation in Darfur (Sudan)Brussels, 25 February 2004

The EU wishes to express its serious concern at the situation in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Thescale of the humanitarian crisis continues to escalate, with Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) estimated tobe in excess of 700,000 requiring urgent humanitarian assistance. The EU calls on the Government of Sudanto grant UN agencies and other relief organisations continued and full access to all areas of Darfur, as theplight of the local populations requires urgent attention. The EU recalls its concern expressed in the jointcommuniqué resulting from the EU-Sudan political dialogue held in Khartoum on December 18th 2003 andits appeal to “all the parties to ensure protection of the civilian population and to allow for unhinderedhumanitarian access for the population in need”.

The EU is alarmed at reports that Janjaweed militias continue to systematically target villages and centres forIDPs in their attacks. The EU strongly condemns the attacks and calls upon the Government of Sudan to putan end to Janjaweed atrocities. The EU also calls on the Government of Sudan to thoroughly investigate theattacks carried out and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice. The EU calls on the rebel groupsoperating in the Darfur region to commit to providing safe passage to relief agencies and refrain from anyactivity that harms the delivery of relief. The EU also urges all parties to the conflict to agree to animmediate cease-fire and to restore stability to the region through facilitated peace talks.

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on Council Common Position 2004/161/CFSP of 19 February 2004on renewing restrictive measures against Zimbabwe

Brussels, 1 March 2004

The Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Candidate Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey and the EFTAcountries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, declare that theyshare the objectives of Council Common Position 2004/161/CFSP of 19 February 2004 on renewingrestrictive measures against Zimbabwe. They will ensure that their national policies conform to that CouncilCommon Position.


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on Council Common Position 2004/137/CFSP of 10 February 2004concerning restrictive measures against Liberia

Brussels, 1st March 2004

The Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Candidate Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, the Countries ofthe Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland,Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, declare that they share the objectivesof Council Common Position 2004/137/CFSP of 10 February 2004 concerning restrictive measures againstLiberia.

They will ensure that their national policies conform to that Council Common Position.


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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

PLENARY SESSION

OF

28 AND 29 JANUARY 2004

SUMMARY OF OPINIONS ADOPTED

Full text versions of EESC opinions are available in the 11 official languages on theCommittee's website at the following address:

http://www.esc.eu.int ("Documents")

The plenary session was attended by Ms Reding, member of the Commission, and Mr Roche, Irish Ministerfor Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the presidency-in-office of the Council of the European Union.

1. MARKET ORGANISATION AND COMPETITION POLICY

• Contractual obligationsRapporteur: Mr Pegado Liz (Various Interests – PT)

– References: COM(2002) 654 final – CESE 88/2004

– Key points:

The Committee supports the two main objectives of the Green Paper, to convert the Rome Conventioninto a Community instrument and to modernise its content, and urges that this be done as quickly as thecomplex nature of the subject allows. It is the Committee's view that the Community instrument should take the form of a regulation, andagrees that the legal basis should be Articles 61(c) and 65(b) of the Treaty, as suggested by theCommission.

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The Committee reaffirms the main principles underpinning the convention, and believes that they shouldbe carried over into the regulation. The Committee's proposals, which are set out in detail above, are based on the need not only to updatesome of the provisions of the Rome Convention in line with intra-Community commercial transactionsand new contractual instruments, especially distance selling, but also to settle a number of questions ofinterpretation raised in the study of law and in the courts during the period in which the Rome Conventionhas been in force. In its opinion and its replies to the Commission's twenty questions, as well as in its own questions, theCommittee has striven to put forward solutions which preserve a balance between the interests of theparties concerned, in compliance with the established principles of law constituting the common heritageof the legal systems of the Member States. The Committee is however aware that the issue has not been exhaustively examined and therefore urgesthe Commission to take proper account, in the final draft of the text it is to submit, of all the contributionsit receives in response to its highly positive initiative represented by the Green Paper.

– Contact: Mr Jakob Andersen(Tel.: 0032 2 546 92 58 – e-mail: [email protected])

• XXXIInd Competition Report Rapporteur: Mr Metzler (Various Interests – DE)

– References: SEC(2003) 467 final – CESE 107/2004

– Key points:

The Committee's conclusions may be summarised as follows:

• The Committee is in favour of the new antitrust arrangements and the concomitant change to thelegal exception system. However, the Commission should make some further improvements to thereforms contained in the modernisation package, providing greater legal certainty for companies andmore firmly enshrining the one-stop-shop principle and companies' rights of defence.

• Greater account should be taken of the actual damage caused when calculating fines.

• Competition rules should allow the degree of regulation of the liberal professions needed to ensure

that their particular remits and legal obligations are fulfilled.

• In reforming merger control, the Commission should only address the special case of "unilateraleffects" with the new version of the market dominance test so as to continue to ensure maximumlegal certainty for companies. The Commission could increase still further the incentive to citearguments about efficiency and should bear in mind with regard to investigative powers and the levelof penalties that merger control and antitrust procedure call for different means.

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• The Commission should publish the announced measures for reforming the area of state aid as soonas possible, allowing the parties concerned the opportunity to give their views on the future handlingof "existing aid" in the accession countries. Future competition reports could also explainCommission practice on state aid law as it relates to the Structural Funds.

– Contact: Mr Nemesio Martinez

(Tel.: 00 32 2 546 95 01 – e-mail: [email protected])

• Approval of motor vehicles (recast version) Rapporteur: Mr Levaux (Employers – FR)

– References: COM(2003) 418 final – 2003/0153 COD – CESE 90/2004 – Contact: Ms Aleksandra Klenke (Tel.: 00 32 2 546 98 99 – e-mail: [email protected])

2. AGRICULTURAL POLICY

• Agricultural employment/EU and accession countries Rapporteur: Mr Wilms (Employees – DE)

– References: Own-initiative opinion – CESE 109/2004

– Key points:

Agriculture and rural development are two of the most pressing problems to be tackled in connectionwith the EU's eastward enlargement. The increase in the number of people active in farming andstructural change heightening competition between farmers and for jobs in agriculture can have seriousrepercussions on the economic and social structure of European agriculture and on social securitysystems.

An upsurge in rural unemployment in the accession countries can also put pressure on the labour marketsituation in current Member States. In the accession countries differences in prosperity betweenmetropolitan and outlying rural areas are expected to increase in more than just economic terms. Humancapital is also undergoing a change: young and qualified people are leaving these regions for moreprosperous ones.

In its opinion, the Committee sets out a vision for the future of the agricultural employment situation andways of achieving it:

• Competitive, sustainable agriculture is to be a fundamental prerequisite for safeguarding employmentand social development and should operate within the framework of an integrated policy for ruralareas.




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• Efforts to combat unemployment should be redoubled.• Better use should be made of the available potential, and political action should be taken to create

synergies from existing options and programmes.• The social partners should work jointly with other players in the regions with a view to formulating

and implementing new ideas deriving from their business knowledge and experience. – Contact: Mr Johannes Kind (Tel.: 00 32 2 546 91 11 – e-mail: [email protected]) • COM/Flax and hemp

Rapporteur: Ms Santiago (Employers – PT)

– Reference : COM(2003) 701 final – 2003/0275 CNS – CESE 104/2004 – Contact: Ms Eleonora Di Nicolantonio (Tel.: 00 32 2 546 94 54 – e-mail: [email protected])

3. CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

• Creative industriesRapporteur: Mr Rodríguez García-Caro (Employers – ES)

– Reference: Exploratory opinion – CESE 102/2004

– Key points: In response to the request of Ms Reding, Commissioner responsible for cultural policy, the Committeeresponded to two questions:

• What are the cultural and socio-economic challenges facing Europe's creative industries?• What contribution could Europe make to respond to these challenges in a lasting way?

The Committee regrets that it was unable to submit remarks on the Culture 2000 programme in view ofthe restriction placed by paragraph 5 of Article 151 of the EC Treaty, although thanks to the provisions ofArticle 157 it must be consulted for all measures supporting industry in general and the creativeindustries in particular.

In its opinion, the Committee carries out a detailed analysis of the cultural and socioeconomic challengesfaced by the creative industries in Europe:

- the need to define what is meant by the "creative industries" and to identify the sectors of activitythat fall within the category;

- challenges arising from linguistic diversity;- specific problems affecting businesses in the cultural sector;- challenges related to globalisation;- problems facing the European Union.






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The potential contribution to be made by Europe to finding long-term solutions to these challenges:

- a cultural policy for the European Union;- a European Cultural Area;- definition of the creative industries;- support for the creative industries;- cultural education and awareness-raising;- support for artists and other creative performers.

– Contact: Mr João Pereira Dos Santos (Tel.: 00 32 2 546 92 45 – e-mail : [email protected])

4. ENERGY

• Renewable energy Rapporteur: Mr Sirkeinen (Employers – FI)

– References: Own initiative opinion – CESE 94/2004

– Key points:

The Committee explicitly supports the targeted and effective promotion of renewable energy sources. At thesame time it points to the contradictions and inconsistencies in relation to complementary policy areas andspheres of action, e.g. the system of emissions trading. It notes that the approach, design and intensity ofsupport schemes vary widely between the Member States and are mostly purely national, which can result insubstantial disruption of the internal market. In addition, most support schemes are not geared to competitionbetween different forms of renewable energy or between RES and traditional generation. Most promotionschemes also lack cost-effectiveness criteria or incentives for enhancing technology and efficiencydevelopment.

The Committee therefore recommends:

– strengthening efforts to facilitate the exchange of good practices between Member States, regions andother actors for promotion of RES and publishing of a regular report to monitor developments in RESmarkets;

– making an in-depth evaluation of the interaction, coherence and practical effects of different EU policiesaffecting the use of renewable energy sources and technologies in order to avoid overregulation;

– starting without delay a thorough study of the developments and the present situation of promoting RES,covering in particular innovativeness, market issues, cost effectiveness of support measures and theirimpact on cost burdens for consumers and on the global competitiveness of EU industries.

– Contact: Mr Siegfried Jantscher(Tel.: 00 32 2 546 82 87 – e-mail: [email protected])




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5. TRANSPORT SAFETY

• Transport infrastructure for the future Rapporteurs: Ms Alleweldt (Employees – DE) Mr Levaux (Employers – FR) Mr Ribbe (Various Interests – DE)

– References: Own-initiative opinion – CESE 93/2004

– Key points:

The EESC believes that transport policy must be one of the key areas of action in future as part of theEU's sustainability and climate protection policy.

It thus considers it necessary to develop the pan-European transport corridors in southern and easternEurope, thereby improving the conditions for managing transport trends in the Mediterranean region.

Infrastructure projects with European implications only fulfil their function if they respond to economic,political and social interests. This requires involvement of business associations, transport companies,trade unions, and environmental and consumer organisations.

The EESC also notes that:

– the intermodality of TENs and corridors must be ensured and quality criteria provided for;– there should be more emphasis on the environmentally friendly use of inland waterways and

promotion of short sea shipping and its integration into the planning of TENs and corridors;– promotion of rail transport, paying particular attention to cross-border cooperation projects and

connections to seaports means defining ambitious, but feasible, objectives.

Finally, with regard to infrastructure financing, the EESC proposes the creation of a European funddedicated to priority TEN-T projects, which would be managed by the European Investment Bank andfinanced by a charge of one cent on every litre of all types of fuel consumed on EU roads for all roadtransport of goods and persons (public or private).

– Contact: Mr Luis Lobo(Tel.: 00 32 2 546 97 17 – e-mail: [email protected])

• Amendment/European Maritime Safety Agency Rapporteur: Mr Chagas (Employees – PT)




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– References: COM(2003) 440 final – 2003/0159 COD – CESE – Contact: Mr Luis Lobo


• Amendment/civil aviation security Rapporteur: Mr Simons (Employers – NL)

– References: COM(2003) 566 final – 2003/0222 COD – CESE 98/2004 – Contact: Mr Siegfried Jantscher


6. BORDER CONTROLS AND FREE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE

• European Agency for the Management of Operational Co-operation at theExternal Borders

Rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (Employees – ES)

– References: COM(2003) 687 final – 2003/0273 CNS – Key points:

In this opinion, the EESC welcomes the establishment of a European Agency for the Management ofOperational Co-operation at the External Borders, which will be set up under the present Regulation. TheAgency will improve co-ordination between the authorities in the Member States and the effectiveness ofcontrols at the external borders.

The Agency's main tasks must include ensuring that people are treated more humanely and thatinternational conventions on human rights are respected. It is particularly important that effective bordercontrols do not jeopardise the right to asylum.

The EESC agrees with the Commission when it states that voluntary return is preferable to forced returnand considers that the Agency must ensure that the principles of humanitarian law are respected, inparticular the right to asylum.

– Contact: Mr Pierluigi Brombo(Tel.: 00 32 2 546 97 18 - e-mail: [email protected])

• Local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States Rapporteur working without a study group: Mr Simons (Employers – NL)

– References: COM(2003) 502 final – 2003/0193 (CNS) – 2003/0194 (CNS) – CESE 101/2004






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– Key points:

The Committee endorses the aims of both proposals on local border traffic – notably to facilitate bordercrossing for bona fide border residents and, at the same time, to take account of the need to preventillegal immigration and potential threats to security posed by criminal activities.

To the extent that this twofold objective cannot be achieved under existing Community law (includingthe Schengen acquis), the Committee makes certain recommendations in relation to the proposal for aCouncil regulation submitted as document 2003/0193.

– Contact Ms Stefania Barbesta(Tel.: 00 32 2 546 95 10 - e-mail: [email protected])

7. PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT • Fluorinated greenhouse gases

Rapporteur: Mr Sears (Employers – UK)

– References: COM(2003) 492 final – 2003/0189 COD – CESE 100/2004 – Contact: Mr Robert Wright


• Shipments of waste

Rapporteur: Mr Buffetaut (Employers – FR)

– References: COM(2003) 379 final – 2003/0139 COD – CESE 99/2004 – Contact: Mr Robert Wright

(Tel.: 00 32 2 546 91 09 – e-mail: [email protected]) • Gaseous pollutants – ignition engines

Rapporteur: Mr Ranocchiari (Employers – IT)

– References: COM(2003) 522 final – 2003/0205 COD – CESE 91/2004 – Contact: Ms Aleksandra Klenke (Tel.: 00 32 2 546 98 99 – e-mail: [email protected])






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8. CONSUMER PROTECTION • Unfair business-to-consumer practices

Rapporteur: Mr Hernández Bataller (Various Interests – ES)

– References: COM(2003) 356 final – 2003/0134 COD – CESE 105/2004

– Key points:

The EESC endorses the Commission's aim of providing a high level of consumer protection andfacilitating the operation of the internal market. It acknowledges the effort put in by the Commission andthe ex ante assessment before the presentation of the proposal.

The EESC agrees on the need to avoid excessively detailed regulation and to introduce progressively thehighest possible level of harmonisation.

The EESC particularly welcomes the fact that the specific directives are to have precedence over theframework directive where there are divergences between them.

The EESC would like to see a standstill clause inserted in the proposal guaranteeing that existing levels ofprotection will not fall.

The EESC considers that it would be better to have a single set of rules on misleading advertising, withthis proposal either repealing the current directive or amending it. The Commission should at leastprovide for its mandatory application mutatis mutandis ("reflex-application") in those cases where acommercial practice which is unfair in a business-to-consumer relation forms part of a business-to-business contractual relation at an earlier stage in the distribution chain.

The EESC would prefer to base the proposal on Article 153 of the EC Treaty or possibly on this articlejointly with Article 95.

To complement the codes of conduct, the proposal should consider the possibility of adopting measuresfor the out-of-court settlement of disputes. The EESC believes that consideration should be given to othermeasures which the Member States should apply to reinforce the effectiveness of the frameworkdirective, based on the measures already proposed, such as the publication in the mass media of thejudicial decisions enforcing the cessation of unfair commercial practices.

– Contact: Mr Nemesio Martinez (Tel.: 00 32 2 546 95 01 – e-mail: [email protected])




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• Consumer protection cooperation Rapporteur: Mr Hernández Bataller (Various Interests – ES)

– References: COM(2003) 443 final – 2003/0162 COD – CESE 106/2004

– Key points:

The Committee shares the objectives and goals of the Commission proposal, but regrets that Article 153is not used as a legal basis.

The proposal is unclear regarding the conditions for reimbursement of costs or losses incurred as a resultof measures held to be unfounded by a court as far as the substance of the intra-Community infringementis concerned. It needs to specify that such court decisions must be final judgments and not therefore opento appeal.

The EESC regrets that the Commission considers the possibility of "de minimis" infringements ofconsumer protection that could be committed in other Member States without any penalty beingimposed.

It seems excessively rigid to the EESC that a request for mutual assistance may be refused if the requestis not well founded.

The EESC regrets that there is no obligation on the Commission to submit a regular report to theEuropean Parliament and the EESC on the application of the regulation at Community level.

Finally, the EESC considers that the procedures laid down in this Decision are too bureaucratic and thatit should have its own more easily implemented mechanisms.

– Contact: Mr Nemesio Martinez (Tel.: 00 32 2 546 95 01 – e-mail: [email protected]) 9. TAXATION

• Extension of reduced VAT rates Rapporteur: Mr Malosse (Employers – FR)

– Reference: COM(2003)825 final – 2003/0317 (CNS) – CESE 103/2004

– Key points:

The EESC endorses the principle of continuing to apply the reduced VAT until 31 December 2005 inorder to avoid the serious consequences of a legal vacuum or the sudden cessation of measures whichhave had a demonstrably favourable impact.

The EESC nonetheless regrets that the Council was unable to agree on the European Commission'sproposal for a directive to rationalise and simplify the system. It would point out that the principle ofunanimous voting in tax matters has been a definite obstacle here.



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− Contact: Ms Borbála Szij(Tel.: 00 32 2 546 92 54 - e-mail : [email protected])

10. SMEs AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• E-business/Go Digital Rapporteur: Mr McDonogh (Employers – IE)

− References: COM(2003) 148 final – CESE 89/2004

− Contact: Mr João Pereira Dos Santos (Tel.: 00 32 2 546 92 45 – e-mail: [email protected])

11. CODIFICATION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF COMMUNITYLEGISLATION

• Codified version/hired vehicles Rapporteur: Mr Simons (Employers – NL)

– Reference: COM(2003) 559 final – 2003/0221 COD – CESE 97/2004 – Contact: Mr Siegfried Jantscher


• Operation of aeroplanes/Convention Rapporteur: Mr Green (Employers – DK) – References : COM(2003) 524 final – 2003/0207 COD – CESE 96/2004

– Contact : Mr Luís Lobo

(Tel : 00 32 2 546 97 17 - e-mail: [email protected])







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