Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday 16 December 1997
19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/13 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER 1997 Tuesday 16 December 1997 (98/C 14/02) PART I Proceedings of the sitting IN THE CHAIR: Mrs FONTAINE Vice-President which she urged Members to examine, aimed at ensuring that former Presidents could undertake the various official duties which still came their way without undue difficulty); (The sitting opened at 9 a. m. ) 1. Approval of Minutes Mr Scha¤fer had informed the Chair that he had been present at the previous dayís sitting but that his name was not on the attendance register. The following spoke: › Mr Thomas, who asked for the President of Parliament to write to the President of the Commission asking if there was any truth in press reports to the effect that US companies were lobbying for Community legislation on genetically modified organisms and foodstuffs to be watered down; › Mr Lindqvist, who said that he had been present the previous day but that his name was not on the attendance register. The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved. * * * The following spoke: › Mrs Bloch von Blottnitz who referred to comments she had previously made, most recently on 17 November (Minutes of that sitting, Item 2), and said tht she had been waiting for six months for an answer to her request for an explanation concerning claims made in Zimbabwe by the Dutch presiden- cy-in-office of the Council that Parliament had not taken a stance on the CITES Convention when in fact Parliament had adopted a resolution on this subject; she hoped she would soon have a reply so that she would no longer have to take the floor on the subject (the President noted her request); › Mr Rosado Fernandes who said that he had tabled a question to the Bureau on 22 October 1997, pursuant to Rule 28(2), asking why a former President of Parliament, Mr Ha¤nsch, could still use an official car and enjoy the privileges he had had as President; he wanted to know what precedents there were in this area and how much these facilities cost (after confirming that the Bureau had indeed considered the question of how to ensure that former Presi- dents who were still Members of Parliament received treatment commensurate with their status, the President said that it had adopted provisions which were reasonable and modest and › Mrs Pack, who wanted to know which of Mr Ha¤nschís predecessors had enjoyed similar privileges (the President replied that the Bureauís decision concerned all former Presidents); › Mr Ha¤nsch, who made a personal statement saying that the official car which he was entitled to use was purely to enable him to carry out commitments arising from the fact that he had been President, and was not for his use as a Member; › Mrs Pack, who repeated her previous request, asking specifically which of Mr Ha¤nschís predecessors had asked the Quaestors for an official car for months, if not years after leaving office (the President read out the following decisions concerning former Presidents taken by the Bureau, on a proposal by the Secretary-General, at its meeting of 5 Novem- ber 1997; › allocation of offices similar to those allocated to commit- tee or delegation chairmen, › allocation of secretarial services for two and a half years, › entitlement to an official car with driver for the first three months, › priority access to the driversí pool to enable former Presidents to meet their commitments outside the normal places of work for the following nine months); › Mr De Vries, who pointed out that the Bureau decision, which he felt was reasonable, concerned future Presidents leaving office and who praised Mr Ha¤nschís work as President; › Mr Samland, who pointed out that the minutes of Bureau meetings were public and that its decisions could therefore be examined by all Members, adding that the decision in question merely reflected current practice in national parliaments; it was in the interests of Parliament, he said, that former Presidents should be able to represent it fittingly in the Member States; he also expressed appreciation for Mr Ha¤nschís work as Presi- dent; C 14/14 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 › Mr Lindqvist, who said that he had put two questions, one to the Council and one to the Commission, on Parliamentís buildings in Brussels and Strasbourg, and had not received an answer to either of them, but instead a letter according to which his questions were inadmissible under Rule 41(1); he asked who was responsible for deciding whether a question was admissible or not, (the President said that rulings on the admissibility of questions were made by the President of Parliament and that the two questions should have been submitted under Rule 28, a course of action which she recommended Mr Lindqvist to take); › Mr Falconer, who said that he had also put a question to the President on the cost of Parliamentís computer equipment in Brussels and on certain drawbacks in the equipment; he hoped that the provisions of the Rules would not be used to avoid having to answer questions which Membersí electorate wanted to see answered (the President replied that if he re-tabled his question under Rule 28 he could expect a reply); › Mr Rosado Fernandes, who said that he had tabled a written question to the Commission on 20 October 1997 (3479/97) on what he described as the disastrous farm policy implemented in Portugal using the Structural Funds and said that he had not received a reply, even though the Portuguese electorate, he said, was entitled to one; he accused Commis- sioner Pinheiro of trying to block the reply, a tactic which, he said, was unacceptable in a democracy and possibly worse than those used in totalitarian states (the President, after pointing out that she had ánot heard the end of Mr Rosado Fernandesís remarksí, replied that the matter would be checked and Mr Rosado Fernandes would receive a reply to his question); › Mr Medina Ortega, who asked Mr Rosado Fernandes to withdraw the last part of his remarks. 2. Transfers of appropriations The Commission had referred to the budgetary authority transfer of appropriations No 50/97, (SEC(97)1958 › C4- 0584/97) concerning the transfer of ECU 44 million from Sub-Section B1 to the monetary reserve, in accordance with Article 10 of the Council Decision of 31 October 1994 on budgetary discipline. This transfer was governed by the procedure laid down in Article 15 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993. The transfer request was put on the agenda of the trialogue of 19 November 1997. At that meeting it emerged that there were no differences of opinion between Parliament and the Council on the matter. At its meeting of 8 and 9 December 1997, the Committee on Budgets noted that, pursuant to Article 15 of the Interinstitu- tional Agreement, there was no difference of opinion and that the transfer could be deemed to have been adopted. * * * The Committee on Budgets had considered the proposed transfer of appropriations No 52/97 (SEC(97)2055 › C4- 0578/97), which concerned two budget items: › A-3050 European Institute for South and South-East Asian Studies, › A-3059 European Institute for Research on Mediterranean and Euro-Arab Cooperation. It decided to authorize, pursuant to Article 26(5)(b) of the Financial Regulation, transfer of part of the reserve entered: in Chapter A-100 Provisions (for Articles A-3050 and A-3059) to item A- 3050 to item A- 3059 European Institute for South and South-East Asian Studies in the amount of: European Institute for Research on Mediterra- nean and Euro-Arab Cooperation. in the amount of: * * * ECU 200 000 ECU 50 000 The Committee on Budgets considered the proposed transfer of appropriations No 53/97 (SEC(97)2056 › C4-0579/97), which concerend Article B8-013 Other Joint Actions of the European Union under the common foreign and security policy. It decided to authorize, pursuant to Article 26(5)(b) of the Financial Regulation, transfer of part of the reserve entered: in Chapter B0-40 Provisions (for Article B8-013) to Article B8-013 Other Joint Actions of the European Union under the common for- eign and security policy to an amount of: (in commitment appro- priations) (in payment appropria- tions) * * * ECU 3 500 000 ECU 1 144 000 The Committee on Budgetary Control had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations 54/97, (SEC(97)2106 › C4- 0611/97). The committee noted that this request concerned an item of operating expenditure for the replacement of furniture, which should be submitted within the framework of a normal budgetary procedure. It also pointed out that in implementation of the 1997 budget, by means of transfer of appropriations 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/15 from article to article C-inf 3/97, notified to the budgetary authority at the time of first reading of the 1998 draft budget, Item C-2211, Replacement of furniture’, had been increased by ECU 24 500. The committee also drew attention to the fact that from 1998 the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions would be taking over the premises vacated by Parliament (see Amendment 676). In view of these considerations the Committee on Budgetary Control rejected the proposal unanimously. * * * Tuesday 16 December 1997 Should the Council take a different decision from Parliament, a trialogue would have to be convened pursuant to Article 15 of the Interinstitutional Agreement. * * * The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations No 61/97, (SEC(97)2295 › C4- 0654/97) concerning budget line B8-013 › Other joint actions of the European Union under the Common Foreign and Security Policy. The committee decided to authorize, pursuant to Article 26(5)(b) of the Financial Regulation, the transfer of part of the reserve entered in: The Committee on Budgetary Control had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations 55/97, (SEC(97)2157 › C4- 0612/97) and adopted it in full. Chapter B0- 40: Provisions (for heading B8-013) However, with regard to the allocation of the sum of ECU 30 million › originally earmarked for the long-term purchase by the Commission of the Jean Monnet building and the land on which it was built › the committee decided that ECU 16 million should be used for the outright purchase of the Breydel II building. The balance of ECU 14 million would if necessary be the subject of a request for non-automatic carry-over of appropria- tions to 1998 after the Commission submitted to the budgetary authority a communication on the conclusion of the negotia- tions under way between the Commission and the Luxembourg Government concerning the above building. * * * The Committee on Budgets had considered proposed transfer of appropriations No 58/97, (SEC(97)2171 › C4-0616/97) concerning budget line B0-230 › Reserve for loans and loan guarantees to and in non-member countries. This transfer was governed by the procedure laid down in Article 15 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993. The committee decided to authorize, pursuant to Article 26 of the Financial Regulation, transfer of part of the reserve entered in: Chapter B0- 23: Guarantee reserve (for heading B0-230) to heading B0-240 Payments to the Gua- rantee Fund in respect of new operations to an amount of: (in commitment appro- priations) ECU 69 000 This payment to the Guarantee Fund covered the decisions already adopted by the Council, i. e. : › the former Republic of Yugoslavia and Macedonia, › Bulgaria, Armenia and Georgia. The payment did not cover any aid to Tadjikistan. to Chapter B8-013 Other joint actions of the European Union under the Common Foreign and Security Policy to an amount of (in commitment appro- priations) (in payment appropria- tions) ECU 8 000 000 ECU 6 000 000 3. Topical and urgent debate (motions for reso- lutions tabled) The President announced that she had received from the following Members or political groups requests for the inclu- sion in the debate on topical and urgent subjects of major importance of motions for resolutions pursuant to Rule 47(1): › Andre·-Le·onard, Spaak, Fassa, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on Algeria (B4-1036/97); › Vallve·, Watson and Fassa, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on the situation in Western Sahara (B4-1037/97); › La Malfa and Cars, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on the situation of civil society in Croatia (B4-1038/97); › Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on the political situation in Equatorial Guinea (B4-1039/97); › Bertens and Frischenschlager, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on the lack of control of nuclear material (B4-1040/97); › Bertens, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on arms export controls (B4-1041/97); › Gu¤nther and Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the convention of Ottawa on a total ban convention on anti-people mines (B4-1042/97); › Habsburg-Lothringen, Pack and Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, on legal certainty in Albania (B4-1043/97); › Habsburg-Lothringen and Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in the Republic of Ingushetia (B4-1044/97); C 14/16 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 › von Habsburg, Maij-Weggen and Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in Nagaland (B4-1045/97); › Moorhouse and Maij-Weggen, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Nigeria (B4-1046/97); › Gillis, Cushnahan, McCartin and Banotti, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the blockade of Irish beef exports and free movement of goods in the European Internal Market (B4- 1047/97); › Tindemans, Gu¤nther and Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in Burundi (B4-1049/97); › Maij-Weggen, Ferna·ndez Mart ·n and Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in Sierra Leone (B4-1050/97); › Bertens, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on the Ottawa Treaty on anti-people mines (B4-1051/97); › Andre·-Le·onard, Bertens and Fassa, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on the warring factions in Burundi (B4-1052/97); › Bertens, Fassa, Andre·-Le·onard, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on Nigeria (B4-1053/97); › Mulder and Watson, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on land reform in Zimbabwe (B4-1054/97); › Puerta and Sornosa Mart ·nez, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on human rights in Colombia (B4-1055/97); › Ainardi, Manisco, Marset Campos, Svensson, Seppa¤nen and Alavanos, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal in the United States (B4-1056/97); › Carnero Gonza·lez, Pettinari, Svensson and Ojala, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on freedom of expression and association in Croatia (B4-1057/97); › Pailler, Eriksson, Puerta, Wurtz, Miranda, Ephremidis and Alavanos, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the release of Leyla Zana (B4-1058/97); › Carnero Gonza·lez, Wurtz, Vinci, Pettinari, Ojala, Sornosa Mart ·nez, Gutie·rrez D ·az, Alavanos and Theonas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Ottawa Treaty on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti- personnel mines and on their destruction (B4-1059/97); › Dupuis, DellíAlba and Hory, on behalf of the ARE Group, on the situation in the Republic of Ingushetia (B4-1060/97); › Dupuis, DellíAlba and Hory, on behalf of the ARE Group, on the situation of fundamental rights in the Peopleís Republic of China (B4-1061/97); › Dupuis and DellíAlba, on behalf of the ARE Group, on Nagaland (B4-1062/97); › Hory, Macartney and Taubira-Delannon, on behalf of the ARE Group, on the results of the Ottawa Conference on anti-people mines (B4-1063/97); › DellíAlba, on behalf of the ARE Group, on the situation of civil society in Croatia (B4-1064/97); › Vandemeulebroucke, on behalf of the ARE Group, on arms flows to the warring factions in Burundi (B4-1065/97); › Hory, on behalf of the ARE Group, on human rights abuses in Djibouti (B4-1066/97); › Hory, on behalf of the ARE Group, on human rights in Sierra Leone (B4-1067/97); › Hory, on behalf of the ARE Group, on the human rights situation in Equatorial Guinea (B4-1068/97); › Hory and Macartney, on behalf of the ARE Group, on human rights in Nigeria (B4-1069/97); › Ford, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the case of Mr Toma Petre Ghitulescu (B4-1070/97); › Lambraki, Hatzidakis, Dimitrakopoulos and Oomen-Ruijt- en, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the bomb attack on the ecumenical patriarchate (B4-1071/97); › Cunningham, Swoboda, Apolina·rio and Theorin, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the Ottawa Treaty on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines and on their destruction (B4-1072/97); › Van Putten, Vecchi and Junker, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Sierra Leone (B4-1073/97); › Baro·n Crespo, Apolina·rio, Barros Moura and Rocard, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation of civil society in Croatia (B4-1074/97); › Swoboda and Van Putten, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Burundi (B4-1075/97); › Azzolini, Pasty, Baldi and Caccavale, on behalf of the UPE Group, on banning anti-people mines (B4-1076/97); › Azzolini, Pasty, Baldi and Caccavale, on behalf of the UPE Group, on the situation in Burundi (B4-1077/97); › Azzolini, Pasty, Baldi and Caccavale, on behalf of the UPE Group, on the human rights situation in Nigeria (B4- 1078/97); › Azzolini, Pasty, Baldi and Caccavale, on behalf of the UPE Group, on the human rights situation in Sierra Leone (B4-1079/97); › Van Bladel, on behalf of the UPE Group, on respect for human rights in Surinam (B4-1080/97); › Telka¤mper, Hautala, on behalf of the V Group, on the Ottawa Treaty on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines and on their destruction (B4-1081/97); › Aelvoet, Bloch von Blottnitz, Holm and Lannoye, on behalf of the V Group, on uranium mining on aboriginal territory (B4-1082/97); › Kreissl-Do¤rfler, on behalf of the V Group, on human rights in Colombia (B4-1083/97); › Roth, Aelvoet, Telka¤mper and Wolf, on behalf of the V Group, on the situation of refugees and displaced persons throughout the world and the HCR report State of the World Refugeesí (B4-1084/97); 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/17 Tuesday 16 December 1997 › Aelvoet, Telka¤mper, McKenna and Hautala, on behalf of the V Group, on arms flows to the warring factions in Burundi (B4-1085/97); › Telka¤mper and Aelvoet, on behalf of the V Group, on Sierra Leone (B4-1086/97); › Aelvoet and Telka¤mper, on behalf of the V Group, on Djibouti (B4-1087/97); Non-attached Member, Mr Samland, chairman of the Commit- tee on Budgets, Mr Christodoulou, Mr Kaklamanis, Mr Virran- koski, Mr Nicholson, Mr Lukas, Mrs Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Mr McCartin, Mrs Kjer Hansen, Mr Colom i Naval, Mr Garriga Polledo, Mrs Ghilardotti, Mr Fabra Valle·s, Mr Tappin, Mr Sar- lis, Mr Willockx, Mr Ru¤big, Mr Imaz San Miguel and Mr Bourlanges. The President closed the debate. › Mu¤ller, Telka¤mper, Aelvoet and Ripa di Meana, on behalf of the V Group, on Nigeria (B4-1088/97); Vote: Minutes 18. 12. 1997, Part I, Item 3. › Aelvoet, Cohn-Bendit, Gahrton and Tamino, on behalf of the V Group, on freedom of the press and right of association in Croatia (B4-1089/97); › Aglietta, on behalf of the V Group, on China (B4- 1090/97). The President announced that, pursuant to Rule 47(2), first subparagraph, Parliament would be informed at the end of the morningís sitting of the list of subjects to be included on the agenda for the next debate on topical and urgent subjects of major importance to be held from 4 to 6 p. m. on Thursday 18 December. 4. 1998 draft general budget › 1998 draft ECSC operating budget (debate) The next item was a joint debate on two reports drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Budgets. Mr Tillich and Mr Tomlinson introduced the report which they had drawn up on the draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 1998, as modified by the Council (Sections I to VI) (C4-0600/97) and on amending letter 1/98 to the 1998 preliminary draft budget (Section III › Commission) (C4-0645/97) (A4-0390/97). Mr Giansily introduced his report on the draft ECSC operating budget for 1998 (SEC(97)0933 › C4-0270/97) (A4-0409/97). He also spoke on behalf of the UPE Group on report A4-0390/97. The following spoke: Mr Mulder, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture, Mr Wolf, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Mrs Morgan, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Culture, Mrs McNally, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Research, Mr Fischbach, President-in-Office of the Council, Mr Liikanen, Member of the Commission, Mr Wynn, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Elles, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Podesta‘, on behalf of the UPE Group, and Mr Brinkhorst, on behalf of the ELDR Group. IN THE CHAIR: Mr IMBENI Vice-President 5. Justice and home affairs (debate) The next item was a debate on two oral questions. Mr Nassauer moved the oral questions which he had tabled on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, to the Council (B4-0915/97) and to the Commission (B4- 0916/97) on the annual debate on progress made in implemen- tation of the areas of justice and home affairs › Article K. 6, third paragraph of the EU Treaty. The following spoke: Mr Fischbach, President-in-Office of the Council, and Mrs Gradin, Member of the Commission. IN THE CHAIR: Mrs SCHLEICHER Vice-President As it was now voting time the debate was adjourned to 3 p. m. (Item 19). 6. Official welcome On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed the family of Miguel Angel Blanco, the young town councillor from Ermua in the Basque country, assassinated in July by the terrorist organization ETA, who had taken their seats in the official gallery. VOTING TIME 7. Pollutants from internal combustion en- ***III (vote) gines Report by Parliamentís delegation to the Conciliation Committee (rapporteur: Mr Kenneth D. Collins › A4- 0413/97) (Simple majority for approval) The following spoke: Mr Seppa¤nen, on behalf of the GUE/ NGL Group, Mrs Mu¤ller, on behalf of the V Group, Mr DellíAlba, on behalf of the ARE Group, Mr Fabre- Aubrespy, on behalf of the I-EDN Group, Mr Antony, JOINT TEXT C4-0627/97 › 95/0209(COD): Parliament approved the joint text (Part II, Item 1). C 14/18 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 8. Consumer protection in indication of 12. COM in raw tobacco * (Rule 99) (vote) ***III (vote) prices Report by Parliamentís delegation to the Conciliation Committee (rapporteur: Mrs Oomen-Ruijten › A4-0414/ 97) (Simple majority for approval) Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (COM(97)0529 › C4-0568/97 › 97/0286(CNS)) (Simple majority) JOINT TEXT C4-0643/97 › 95/0148(COD): Parliament approved the joint text (Part II, Item 2). referred to responsible: AGRI opinion: BUDG 9. Procurement procedures in water, energy, ***III transport and telecommunications (vote) Report by Parliamentís delegation to the Conciliation Committee (rapporteur: Mr Langen › A4-0398/97) (Simple majority for approval) JOINT TEXT C4-0619/97 › 95/0080(COD): Parliament approved the joint text (Part II, Item 3). 10. Wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and * (Rule 99) (vote) durum wheat Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat (COM(97)0463 › C4-0511/97 › 97/0241(CNS)) (Simple majority) referred to responsible: AGRI opinion: BUDG PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION COM(97)0529 › C4- 0568/97 › 97/0286(CNS) Parliament approved the Commission proposal (Part II, Item 6). 13. Generalized tariff preferences * (Rule 99) (vote) Proposals for Council Regulations: I. applying the special incentive arrangements concern- ing labour rights and environmental protection pro- vided for in Articles 7 and 8 of Council Regulation (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 applying the scheme of generalized tariff preferences in respect of certain industrial and agricultural products originating in developing countries (COM(97)0534 › C4-0593/97 › 97/0293(CNS)) II. applying Article 6 of Council Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and (EC) No 1256/96 on multiannual generalized tariff preferences schemes in respect of certain industrial and agricultural products originating in developing countries, excluding the most advanced beneficiary countries from entitlement to generalized tariff preferences (COM(97)0533 › C4-0594/97 › 97/0299(CNS)) PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION COM(97)0463 › C4- 0511/97 › 97/0241(CNS) Parliament approved the Commission proposal (Part II, Item 4). (Simple majority) referred to responsible: DEVE opinion: ESOC 11. Agricultural statistics * (Rule 99) (vote) Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 96/411/EC on improving Community agricultural statis- tics (COM(97)0482 › C4-0536/97 › 97/0245(CNS)) (Simple majority) referred to responsible: AGRI I. PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION COM(97)0534 › C4-0593/97 › 97/0293(CNS) Amendments adopted: 1 to 3 collectively Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended (Part II, Item 7). PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION COM(97)0482 › C4-0536/97 › 97/0245(CNS) II. PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION COM(97)0533 › C4-0594/97 › 97/0299(CNS) Parliament approved the Commission proposal (Part II, Item 5). Parliament approved the Commission proposal (Part II, Item 7). 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/19 14. Common fisheries policy * (Rule 99) (vote) Report by the Committee on Fisheries on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (COM(97)0341 › C4-0416/97 › 97/0189(CNS)) (A4-0389/97, rapporteur: Mr Eisma) (without debate). (Simple majority) PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION COM(97)0341 › C4- 0416/97 › 97/0189(CNS): Parliament approved the Commission proposal (Part II, Item 8). DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION: Parliament adopted the legislative resolution (Part II, Item 8). 15. Control of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith * (Rule 99) (vote) Report by on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on the proposal for a Council Direc- tive on the control of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith (COM(97)0015 › C4-0066/97 › 97/0025(CNS)) (A4-0370/97, rapporteur: Mrs Redondo Jime·nez) (without debate). (Simple majority) Tuesday 16 December 1997 The different parts of the text were adopted in order (the 2nd part of para. 15 by EV (391 for, 38 against, 17 abstentions). Split votes: recital M (UPE) 1st part: up to áworking hoursí 2nd part: remainder para. 11 (UPE) 1st part: up to áessentialí 2nd part: remainder para. 12 (UPE) 1st part: text without áand Europeaní 2nd part: these words para. 15 (UPE) 1st part: up to áas a wholeí 2nd part: remainder Parliament adopted the resolution (Part II, Item 10). 17. Trafficking in women for sexual exploitation (vote) Waddington report › A4-0372/97 (Simple majority) PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE COM(97)0015 › C4- 0066/97 › 97/0025(CNS) MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Amendments adopted: 1 to 13 collectively Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended (Part II, Item 9). DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION: Am. 6 was to para. 31 and not para. 30. Amendment adopted: 6 Amendments rejected: 4 by EV (202 for, 227 against, 4 absten- tions); 1; 3; 5 (1st part); 2 by EV (193 for, 243 against, 1 abstention); 7 Parliament adopted the legislative resolution (Part II, Item 9). Amendment fallen: 5 (2nd part) The different parts of the text were adopted in order (the 2nd part of para. 12 by EV (236 for, 187 against, 5 abstentions) 16. Organization of work (vote) Andersson report › A4-0313/97 (Simple majority) MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The following spoke during the vote: › Mr Bourlanges on the requests for split votes. Separate vote: para. 29 (V) Amendments adopted: 4 by EV (255 for, 187 against, 1 absten- tion) and 5 Split votes: Amendments rejected: 2 by EV (196 for, 246 against, 8 abstentions); 6; 3 by EV (204 for, 244 against, 3 abstentions) Amendment cancelled: 1 para. 12 (UPE, PPE) 1st part: up to ácrimeí 2nd part: up to áagainst their willí 3rd part: remainder C 14/20 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 para. 14 (UPE, PPE) 1st part: introduction 2nd part: first indent 3rd part: 2nd indent 4th part: remainder of para. without áanonymouslyí 5th part: that word am 5 (UPE) 1st part: text without áanonymouslyí 2nd part: that word para. 26 (V) 1st part: text without áthe CEECí 2nd part: these words Parliament adopted the resolution by RCV (PSE) Members voting: For: Against: Abstentions: (Part II, Item 11). 447 415 1 31 * * * Explanations of vote were made by the following Members: Oomen-Ruijten report › A4-0414/97 › in writing: Cushnahan; Be·be·ar COM in raw tobacco › C4-0568/97 › in writing: Holm; Hulthe·n, Wibe, Andersson, Ahlqvist, Theorin, Waidelich; Kirsten M. Jensen, Blak, Sindal, Iversen; Be·be·ar Redondo Jime·nez report › A4-0370/97 › in writing: Souchet Andersson report › A4-0313/97 › in writing: Wolf; Lindqvist; Titley; Lis Jensen Waddington report › A4-0372/97 › orally: Crawley › in writing: Cushnahan; Kirsten M. Jensen, Blak, Sindal, Iversen; Theonas; Lis Jensen, Bonde, Sandbæk * * * Corrections to votes Waddington report › A4-0372/97 final vote Mr Carlo Casini had intended to vote in favour Mrs Stenzel had intended to abstain END OF VOTING TIME 18. Topical and urgent debate (list of subjects selected) The President informed Parliament that, in accordance with Rule 47(2), the list of subjects for the debate on topical and urgent subjects of major importance to be held on Thursday had been drawn up. It contained 32 motions for resolutions grouped together as follows: I. ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES B4-1042/97 by the PPE Group B4-1051/97 by the ELDR Group B4-1059/97 by the GUE/NGL Group B4-1063/97 by the ARE Group B4-1072/97 by the PSE Group B4-1076/97 by the UPE Group B4-1081/97 by the V Group II. BURUNDI B4-1049/97 by the PPE Group B4-1052/97 by the ELDR Group B4-1065/97 by the ARE Group B4-1075/97 by the PSE Group B4-1077/97 by the UPE Group B4-1085/97 by the V Group III. HUMAN RIGHTS Nigeria B4-1046/97 by the PPE Group B4-1053/97 by the ELDR Group B4-1069/97 by the ARE Group B4-1078/97 by the UPE Group B4-1088/97 by the V Group Sierra Leone B4-1050/97 by the PPE Group B4-1067/97 by the ARE Group B4-1073/97 by the PSE Group B4-1079/97 by the UPE Group B4-1086/97 by the V Group Croatia B4-1038/97 by the ELDR Group B4-1057/97 by the GUE/NGL Group B4-1064/97 by the ARE Group B4-1074/97 by the PSE Group B4-1089/97 by the V Group Equatorial Guinea B4-1039/97 by the ELDR Group B4-1068/97 by the ARE Group Djibouti B4-1066/97 by the ARE Group B4-1087/97 by the V Group In accordance with Rule 47(3), the overall speaking time for Thursdayís debate had been allocated as follows, subject to modification of the list: For one of the authors: Members: 1 minute 45 minutes in total 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/21 In accordance with Rule 47(2), second subparagraph, any objections to this list, which would have to be tabled and justified in writing by a political group or at least 29 Members, had to be tabled by 8 p. m. that evening. The vote on these objections would be taken without debate at the beginning of the next dayís sitting. (The sitting was suspended at 12. 55 and resumed at 3 p. m. ) Tuesday 16 December 1997 20. Fifth framework R&D programme › Fifth framework programme for research (Eura- tom) ***I/* (debate) The next item was a joint debate on two reports drawn up by Mrs Quisthoudt-Rowohl on behalf of the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy, on: › the proposal and amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the fifth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities and (1998-2002) COM(97)0439 › C4-0410/97 › 97/0119(COD)) (A4- 0396/97). (COM(97)0142 › C4-0186/97 IN THE CHAIR: Mr COT Vice-President and › the proposal for a Council Decision on the fifth framework programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for research and training activities (1998-2002) (COM(97)0142 › C4-0234/97 & COM(97)0439 › C4- 0410/97- 97/0120(CNS)) (A4-0395/97). 19. Justice and home affairs (continuation of debate) The following spoke: Mr Schulz, who began by expressing regret that the debate on such an important subject had been suspended and that the noise during Mrs Gradinís speech had prevented people from hearing her properly and had not presented a very flattering image of Parliament, and called on the political groups to bring their Members to order and for the Conference of Presidents to be asked to look into these two matters (the President replied that these two matters would be referred to the Conference of Presidents and himself regretted that the debate had been suspended but pointed out that this was partly due to the fact that Members did not respect their speaking time, but echoed the apologies to Mrs Gradin for the disturbance in the Chamber while she was speaking) and Mrs Reding who, on behalf of the PPE Group, agreed with Mr Schulz. The following spoke: Mrs Lindeperg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mrs Reding, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Caccav- ale, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mr Wiebenga, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Buffetaut, on behalf of the I-EDN Group, Mr Schulz, Mrs Cederschio¤ld, Mr Elliott, Mr Pirker, Mr Fisch- bach, President-in-Office of the Council, and Mrs Gradin, Member of the Commission. The President announced that he had received the following motion for resolution pursuant to Rule 40(5) from: › Mr Nassauer, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, on progress made in 1997 in the implementation of cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs pursuant to Title VI of the Treaty on European Union (B4-1025/97). The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 17. 12. 1997, Part I, Item 15. The President announced that, as voting time on Wednesday would be broken off for the formal sitting due to be held at 12 noon, the vote on the first Quisthoudt-Rowohl report (A4-0396/97) which included 171 amendments, would be postponed to Thursday. The deadline for tabling requests for separate and split votes would remain unchanged at 9 p. m. on Tuesday. The vote on the other Quisthoudt-Rowohl report (A4-0395/97) would still take place at voting time on Wednesday. Mrs McNally pointed out that the amendments from the first Quisthoudt-Rowohl report (A4-0396/97) were not yet availa- ble and that it was therefore not possible to prepare requests for separate and split votes, and asked for everything to be done to ensure that these amendments be distributed as quickly as possible (the President drew attention to the technical con- straints which were behind this situation and gave an assurance that the amendments would be ready at 5 p. m. ). Mrs Quisthoudt-Rowohl introduced her reports. The following spoke: Mrs Schierhuber, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture, Mrs Ghilardotti, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Budgets, Mr Imbeni, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Mr Schiedermeier, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Regional Policy, Mr Fer- ber, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Transport, Mr Kuhne, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Culture, Mr Adam, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Fisheries, Mrs McNally, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Womenís Rights, Mrs Ojala, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Employment, Mrs Marinucci, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on the Environ- ment, Mr Tannert, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mrs Vaz da Silva, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Scapagnini, chairman of the Research Committee, on behalf of the UPE Group and Mrs Plooij-van Gorsel, on behalf of the ELDR Group. C 14/22 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 IN THE CHAIR: Mr PODESTA‘ Vice-President The following spoke: Mr Marset Campos, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mrs Ahern, on behalf of the V Group, Mr Macartney, on behalf of the ARE Group, Mr Desama, Mr W. G. van Velzen, Mr Pompidou, Mr Alavanos, Mr Holm, Mr Linkohr, Mr Malerba, Mr Lange and Mrs Cresson, Member of the Commission. The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 17. 12. 1997, Part I, Item 11 (A4-0395/97) and Minutes of 18. 12. 1997, Part I, Item 7 (A4-0396/97). 21. Energy policy (debate) Mr Scapagnini introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy, on the Commission communication An overall view of energy policy and actionsí (COM(97)0167 › C4-0205/97) (A4-0308/97). Mr Papoutsis, Member of the Commission, spoke. IN THE CHAIR: Mr GUTIE· RREZ DI·AZ Vice-President Question 28 by Mrs Van Putten lapsed as its author was absent. Question 29 by Mr Fitzsimons: Toy safety M. Flynn answered the question and supplementaries by Mr Fitzsimons, Mr Schmid and Mr David W. Martin. The President reminded Members that a meeting of solidarity with the victims of ETA terrorism was taking place at that moment. Second part Question 30 by Mr McMahon: Removal of age limits in Commission recruitment Question 31 by Mr Cassidy: Equal opportunities for older workers in recruitment to the European Commission Question 32 by Mrs Plooij-van Gorsel: EU action to remove age limits in recruitment Mr Liikanen, Member of the Commission, answered the questions and supplementaries by Mr McMahon, Mr Cassidy, Mrs Plooij-van Gorsel and Mr Truscott. Question 33 by Mr Sjo¤stedt: Implications for the Member States of the European Parliamentís first reading of the 1998 budget Mr Liikanen answered the question and supplementaries by Mr Sjo¤stedt, Mr Cornelissen and Mr Wibe. As it was now Question Time the debate was adjourned to the evening (Item 24). Mrs Van Putten apologized for not arriving in time for her question 28 to be taken. Question 34 by Mr Truscott: Tachographs in minibuses 22. Question Time (questions to the Commis- sion) Mr Kinnock, Member of the Commission, answered the question and a supplementary by Mr Truscott. Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commis- sion (B4-1002/97). Question 35 by Mr Waidelich: Commission document on road safety Mr Smith, author of Question 76, spoke on the organization of Question Time. Mr Kinnock answered the question and supplementaries by Mr Waidelich and Mr Lindqvist. First part Question 36 by Mr Wijsenbeek: Rail shuttle between the Netherlands and Poland Question 25 by Mr Cars: Application of the law on public procurement Mr Kinnock answered the question and a supplementary by Mr Wijsenbeek. Mr Monti, Member of the Commission, answered the question and supplementaries by Mr Cars, Mr Wijsenbeek and Mr Ru¤- big. Question 26 by Mr Robles Piquer lapsed as its author was absent. Question 27 by Mrs Hardstaff: The use of E111 forms in Member States Mr Schmid spoke on the organization of Question Time and specifically on the number of supplementaries which were authorized which, in his view, meant that there was not enough time to deal with all the questions tabled. The President advised him to raise the matter with the Rules Committee. Mr Cornelissen put another supplementary which Mr Kinnock answered. Mr Flynn, Member of the Commission, answered the question and supplementaries by Mrs Hardstaff and Mr Truscott. Questions 37 to 42 would receive written answers. 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/23 Question 43 by Mrs Ahern: Proposed project for the comple- tion of Khmelnitski 2 and Rovno 4 nuclear reactors (k2/r4) in the Ukraine Mr Van den Broek, Member of the Commission, answered the question and a supplementary by Mrs Ahern. Question 44 by Mrs Hautala: Proposed project for the completion of Khmelnitski 2 and Rovno 4 nuclear reactors (k2/r4) in the Ukraine Mr Van den Broek answered the question and a supplementary by Mrs Hautala. Tuesday 16 December 1997 25. Aid to shipbuilding * (debate) Mr Sindal introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy, on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation 3094/95 thereby further prolonging the relevant provisions of the seventh Council Directive on aid to shipbuilding (COM(97)0469 › C4-0526/97 › 97/0248(CNS)) (A4-0377/97). The following spoke: Mr Jarzembowski, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mrs Riis-Jłrgensen, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Querbes, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mr Sjo¤stedt and Mr Van Miert, Member of the Commission. Questions 45 to 90 would receive written answers. The President closed the debate. The President closed Question Time to the Commission. Vote: Minutes of 17. 12. 1997, Part I, Item 13. (The sitting was suspended at 7. 05 p. m. and resumed at 9 p. m. ) IN THE CHAIR: Mr David W. MARTIN Vice-President 23. Beef and veal products (statement with debate) Mr Fischler, Member of the Commission, made a statement on beef and veal products posing a potential health risk. The following spoke: Mrs Roth-Behrendt, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Bo¤ge, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Santini, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mr Cox, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the V Group, Mr Macartney, on behalf of the ARE Group, Mr Nicholson, on behalf of the I-EDN Group, Mr Martinez, Non-attached Member, Mr Whitehead, Mr Gillis, Mr Hyland, Mr Watson, Mr Paisley, Mr Sturdy, Mrs Roth-Behrendt, Mr Fischler, and Mrs Bonino, Member of the Commission. The President closed the debate. Mr Hallam and Mrs Jackson spoke (the President cut them off, as the debate was closed). 26. Services of general interest in Europe (debate) Mrs Billingham introduced her report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy, on the Commission communication Ser- vices of general interest in Europeí (COM(96)0443 › C4- 0507/96) (A4-0357/97). IN THE CHAIR: Mr MARINHO Vice-President The following spoke: Mrs Scho¤rling, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Employment, Mrs Ryyna¤nen, draftsman of the opinion of the Regional Committee, Mr Wijsenbeek, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Transport, Mr Bowe, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Mr Rack, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, Mr Desama, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Herman on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Cox, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mr Ribeiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mr Blokland, on behalf of the I-EDN Group, Mrs Tongue, Mr Porto, Mrs Moreau, Mr Paasilinna, Mr Konrad, Mrs Torres Marques, Mr Van Miert, Member of the Commission, Mr Desama, to make a personal statement following Mr Van Miertís remarks, and Mr Alan J. Donnelly, who put a question to the Commission which Mr Van Miert answered. The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 17. 12. 1997, Part I, Item 16. 24. Energy policy (continuation of debate) The following spoke: Mr Stockmann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Watson, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Mrs Bloch von Blottnitz, on behalf of the V Group, Mrs McNally and Mr Adam. The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes of 18. 12. 1997, Part I, Item 10. 27. Denominations of euro coins **II (debate) Mrs Soltwedel-Scha¤fer introduced the recommendation for second reading drawn up on behalf of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Regulation on denominations and technical specifica- tions of euro coins intended for circulation (C4-0598/97 › 97/0154(SYN)) (A4-0386/97). C 14/24 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 The following spoke: Mr Wibe, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Hoppenstedt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Mezzaroma, on behalf of the UPE Group, Mrs Peijs, Mr Gallagher Mr Ru¤big, Mr de Silguy, Member of the Commission, and the rapporteur and Mr Ru¤big, with questions to the Commissin which Mr de Silguy answered. The President closed the debate. Vote: Minutes 17. 12. 1997, Part I, Item 12. 28. Agenda for next sitting The President announced the following agenda for the sitting of Wednesday 17 December 1997: 9 a. m. › 1 p. m. , 3 › 7 p. m. and 9 p. m. › 12 midnight: 9 › 9. 15 a. m. : › topical and urgent debate (objections) 9. 15 › 11. 30 a. m. , 3 › 5. 30 p. m. and 9 p. m. › 12 midnight: › joint debate on a Council report and two Commission and Council statements on the European Council meetings in Luxembourg and the six months of the Luxembourg Presidency › Cassidy report on capital adequacy of investment firms ***I › Jove· Peres report on olives and olive oil › Valverde Lo·pez report on combating tobacco consump- tion › Pimenta report on humane trapping standards agree- ment * › Sandbæk recommendation for second reading on food- stuffs for particular nutritional uses ***II › Paasio recommendation for second reading on operations with European non-governmental development organiza- tions **II 11. 30 a. m. › 12 noon: › voting time 12 noon: › Formal sitting 12. 30 p. m. : › continuation of votes 5. 30 › 7 p. m. : › Question Time to the Council › continuation of debate on the Commissionís work pro- gramme for 1998 (The sitting closed at 12. 10 a. m. ) Julian PRIESTLEY Secretary-General Jose· Mar ·a GIL-ROBLES GIL-DELGADO President 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/25 Tuesday 16 December 1997 PART II Texts adopted by the European Parliament 1. Pollutants from internal combustion engines ***III A4-0413/97 Decision on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council Directive on emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery (C4-0627/97 › 95/0209(COD)) (Codecision procedure: third reading) The European Parliament, › having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant Commission declaration, C4-0627/97 › 95/0209(COD), › having regard to its opinion at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(95)0350 (2), › having regard to its decision on the common position (3), › having regard to the Commissionís opinion on Parliamentís amendments to the common position, COM(97)0354 › C4-0367/97, › having regard to Article 189b(5) of the EC Treaty, › having regard to Rule 77(2) of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A4-0413/97), 1. Approves the joint text and draws attention to the Commission declaration; Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, pursuant to Article 191(1) of 2. the EC Treaty; Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of 3. the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal; 4. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 308, 20. 11. 1995, p. 29. (2) OJ C 328, 7. 12. 1995, p. 1. (3) OJ C 167, 2. 6. 1997, p. 22. C 14/26 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 2. Consumer protection in indication of prices ***III A4-0414/97 Decision on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council Directive on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers (C4-0643/97 › 95/0148(COD)) (Codecision procedure: third reading) The European Parliament, › having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant Commission declaration, C4-0643/97 › 95/0148(COD), › having regard to its opinion at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(95)0276 (2), › having regard to its decision on the common position (3), › having regard to the Commission’s opinion on Parliament’s amendments to the common position, COM(97)0136 › C4-0164/97, › having regard to Article 189b(5) of the EC Treaty, › having regard to Rule 77(2) of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A4-0414/97), 1. Approves the joint text and draws attention to the Commission declaration; Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, pursuant to Article 191(1) of 2. the EC Treaty; Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of 3. the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal; 4. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 141, 13. 5. 1996, p. 191. (2) OJ C 260, 5. 10. 1995, p. 5. (3) OJ C 085, 17. 3. 1997, p. 26. 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/27 Tuesday 16 December 1997 3. Procurement procedures in water, energy, transport and telecommunica- tions ***III A4-0398/97 Decision on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 93/38/EEC coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors (C4-0619/97 › 95/0080(COD)) (Codecision procedure: third reading) The European Parliament, › having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant Council, Commission and Parliament declarations, C4-0619/97 › 95/0080(COD), › having regard to its opinion at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(95)0107 (2), › having regard to its decision on the common position (3), › having regard to the Commissionís opinion on Parliamentís amendments to the common position, COM(97)0290 › C4-0331/97, › having regard to Article 189b(5) of the EC Treaty, › having regard to Rule 77(2) of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A4-0398/97), 1. Approves the joint text; confirms its declaration and recalls those of the Council and Commission; Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, pursuant to Article 191(1) of 2. the EC Treaty; Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of 3. the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal; 4. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 347, 18. 11. 1996, p. 25. (2) OJ C 138, 3. 6. 1995, p. 49. (3) OJ C 167, 2. 6. 1997, p. 53. 4. Wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat * (Rule 99) Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat (COM(97)0463 › C4-0511/97 › 97/0241(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The proposal was approved. C 14/28 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 5. Agricultural statistics * (Rule 99) Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 96/411/EC on improving Community agricul- tural statistics (COM(97)0482 › C4-0536/97 › 97/0245(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The proposal was approved. 6. COM in raw tobacco * (Rule 99) Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (COM(97)0529 › C4-0568/97 › 97/0286(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The proposal was approved. 7. Generalized tariff preferences * (Rule 99) I. Proposal for a Council Regulation applying the special incentive arrangements concerning labour rights and environmental protection provided for in Articles 7 and 8 of Council Regulation (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 applying the scheme of generalized tariff preferences in respect of certain industrial and agricultural products originating in developing countries (COM(97)0534 › C4- 0593/97 › 97/0293(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The proposal was approved with the following amendments: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION (*) AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 1) Recital 6 Whereas the special incentive arrangements concerning labour rights should primarily be confined to production sectors that have actually taken steps to comply with the ILO Conventions in question; whereas provision must therefore be made for the special arrangements to apply to certain sectors but not to others; Whereas the special incentive arrangements concerning labour rights should be confined to production sectors that have actually taken steps to comply with the ILO Conventions in question; (*) OJ C 360, 26. 11. 1997, p. 9. 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/29 Tuesday 16 December 1997 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 2) Recital 16a (new) Whereas additional technical assistance requirements should be met within the limits of the annual budget available; (Amendment 3) Article 15a (new) Article 15a The implementation of this system for granting special incentive arrangements shall be subject to continuous development. The Commission shall submit a periodic assessment report to the European Parliament and the Council. The first assessment report shall be submitted by 30 June 2000 at the latest. The Commission shall inform the budgetary authority each year, by means of a working document accompanying the preliminary draft budget, of changes in the financial losses resulting from the implementation of this system. II. Proposal for a Council Regulation applying Article 6 of Council Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and (EC) No 1256/96 on multiannual generalized tariff preferences schemes in respect of certain industrial and agricultural products originating in developing countries, excluding the most advanced beneficiary countries from entitlement to generalized tariff preferences (COM(97)0533 › C4-0594/97 › 97/0299(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The proposal was approved. 8. Common fisheries policy * (Rule 99) A4-0389/97 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (COM(97)0341 › C4-0416/97 › 97/0189(CNS)) The proposal was approved. C 14/30 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 Legislative resolution embodying Parliamentís opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (COM(97)0341 › C4-0416/97 › 97/0189(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(97)0341 › 97/0189(CNS) (1), › having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 43 of the EC Treaty (C4-0416/97), › having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries (A4-0389/97), 1. Approves the Commission proposal; Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by 2. Parliament; Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the 3. Commission proposal; 4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 267, 3. 9. 1997, p. 62. 9. Control of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith * (Rule 99) A4-0370/97 Proposal for a Council Directive on the control of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith (COM(97)0015 › C4-0066/97 › 97/0025(CNS)) The proposal was approved with the following amendments: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION (*) AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 1) Recital 7 Whereas the measures have to take into account that systematic official surveys are necessary to locate the pathogen; whereas such surveys should include inspection procedures and, where appropriate, given that under certain environmental circum- stances the disease can remain latent and unobserved both in the growing crop of tomatoes and potatoes and in stored potato tubers, should include sampling and testing procedures; where- as spread of the pathogen within the growing crop is not the most important factor, but whereas the pathogen can spread by surface water and certain associated wild solanaceous plants, and therefore the irrigation of potato and tomato crops using Whereas the measures have to take into account that systematic official surveys are necessary to locate the pathogen; whereas such surveys should include inspection procedures and, where appropriate, given that under certain environmental circum- stances the disease can remain latent and unobserved both in the growing crop of tomatoes and potatoes and in stored potato tubers, should include sampling and testing procedures; where- as spread of the pathogen within the growing crop is not the most important factor, but whereas the pathogen can spread by surface water and certain associated wild solanaceous plants, and therefore the irrigation of potato and tomato crops using (*) OJ C 124, 21. 4. 1997, p. 12. 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/31 Tuesday 16 December 1997 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT contaminated water appears to pose a risk for infection of such crops; whereas also the pathogen can exist through the winter in self-sown (volunteer) potato and tomato plants and these may be a source of infection being carried from one season to the next; whereas the pathogen is spread also by the contami- nation of potatoes or tomatoes through contact with infected potatoes or tomatoes and through contact with planting, harvesting and handling equipment or transport and storage containers which have become contaminated with the organ- isms by previous contact with infected potatoes or tomatoes; whereas spread of the pathogen can be reduced or prevented by decontamination of such objects; whereas any such contami- nation of seed potatoes poses a major risk for the spread of the pathogen; similarly the latent infection of seed potatoes poses a major risk for the spread of the pathogen and this can be prevented only by the use of seed potatoes produced in an officially approved programme whereby seed potatoes have been tested and found free from infection; contaminated water appears to pose a risk for infection of such crops; whereas also the pathogen can exist through the winter in self-sown (volunteer) potato and tomato plants and these may be a source of infection being carried from one season to the next; whereas the pathogen is spread also by the contami- nation of potatoes through contact with infected potatoes and through contact with planting, harvesting and handling equip- ment or transport and storage containers which have become contaminated with the organisms by previous contact with infected potatoes; whereas spread of the pathogen can be reduced or prevented by decontamination of such objects; whereas any such contamination of seed potatoes poses a major risk for the spread of the pathogen; similarly the latent infection of seed potatoes poses a major risk for the spread of the pathogen and this can be prevented only by the use of seed potatoes produced in an officially approved programme whereby seed potatoes have been tested and found free from infection; (Amendment 2) Article 4(2)(c) (c) introduce appropriate additional precautionary measures based on the level of estimated risk, particularly in relation to production of the listed plant material, in order to prevent any spread of the organism. (c) introduce appropriate additional precautionary measures based on the level of estimated risk, particularly in relation to production of the listed plant material and the move- ment of seed potato lots other than those referred to in subparagraph (a), if produced at the place of produc- tion from which the samples referred to in subpara- graph (a) have been taken, in order to prevent any spread of the organism. (Amendment 3) Article 4(3) 3. In those cases of suspected occurrence where there is a risk of contamination of the listed plant material or surface water in another Member State(s), the Member State in which the suspected occurrence has been reported shall immediately notify, according to the risk identified, the details of the said suspected occurrence to the other Member State(s) concerned. 3. In those cases of suspected occurrence where there is a risk of contamination of the listed plant material or surface water in another Member State(s), the Member State in which the suspected occurrence has been reported shall immediately notify, according to the risk identified, the details of the said suspected occurrence to the other Member State(s) concerned, which shall cooperate as necessary. Member States thus notified shall take preventive measures in accordance with paragraph 2(c) and any other appropriate measures in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2. (Amendment 4) Article 5(2), second subparagraph The details of this notification shall be confidential. They may be submitted to the Committee. The details of this notification shall be confidential. They shall be submitted to the Committee, which shall treat them as confidential. C 14/32 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 5) Article 10, second paragraph The additional measures mentioned in the first subparagraph may include the prescription that only seed potatoes or tomatoes may be planted that are either officially certified or officially inspected to meet the required plant health stan- dards. The latter may apply in particular in cases where farmers are authorized to use, on their own holding, seed potatoes or tomatoes which they have obtained from their own harvest and in other cases where own-produced seed potatoes or tomatoes are planted. Deleted (Amendment 6) Article 12(1), first subparagraph 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provision necessary to comply with this Directive with effect from 1 July 1997. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive with effect from 1 March 1998. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. (Amendment 7) Annex I(I), second entry Plants, other than seeds, of Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L. ) Karsten ex Farw. Plants, other than seeds, and fruits of Lycopersicon lycoper- sicum (L. ) Karsten ex Farw. Tomato Tomato (ii) in the case of tomato: (ii) in the case of tomato: (Amendment 8) Annex I(II)(1)(ii) › visual inspection of the growing crop at appropriate times, and, › in the case of tomato crops grown for seed production and where appropriate for other tomato crops, sam- pling for official or officially supervised laboratory testing, using the method set out in Annex II for the diagnosis, detection and identification of the organ- ism. › visual inspection, at appropriate times, of at least the growing crop of plants to be replanted for commer- cial uses. (Amendment 9) Annex I(II)(2)(ii) (ii) in the case of surveys on tomatoes: › estimated total area grown, in hectares, of outdoor crops and of crops grown under protection, › stratification by seed and fruit production and, where appropriate, region, (ii) in the case of surveys of at least the growing crop of tomato plants to be replanted for commercial uses: › estimated total quantity of plants, › number of visual inspections; 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/33 Tuesday 16 December 1997 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT › number and timing of samples taken for testing, › number of visual inspections in the field, › number (and size of sample) of visual inspections; (Amendment 10) Annex II The method for the listed plant material referred to in Articles 4 and 5 shall be in accordance with Commission Decision 97/. /EC detailing an interim test scheme for the diagnosis, detection and identification of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith (not yet adopted by the Commission). The method for the listed plant material referred to in Articles 4 and 5 shall be in accordance with Commission Decision 97/647/EC (1) detailing an interim test scheme for the diagno- sis, detection and identification of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith. (1) OJ L 273, 6. 10. 1997, p. 1. (Amendment 11) Annex VI(2)(ii) (ii) for tomato fruit, Deleted › use of fruit for industrial processing and intended for direct and immediate delivery to a processing plant with appropriate waste disposal facilities, and dispo- sal of plant debris including seed by appropriate means, or › use of fruit for consumption and packed at sites with appropriate waste disposal facilities, › some other use or disposal, provided that it is established that thereis no identifiable risk of the organism spreading; (Amendment 12) Annex VI(4. 1)(a)(ii), first indent, second subindent › the field shall be established and maintained during the first three years either, in bare fallow or, in cereals excluding maize or, in permanent pasture with frequent close cutting or intensive grazing or, as grass for seed production, followed by planting in the succeeding two years with non-host plants of the organism for which there is no identified risk of the organism surviving or spread- ing, › the field shall be established and maintained during the first three years either in bare fallow, or in cereals, depending on such risk as may have been determined, or in permanent pasture with frequent close cutting or intensive grazing, or as grass for seed production, fol- lowed by planting in the succeeding two years with non-host plants of the organism for which there is no identified risk of the organism surviving or spreading, C 14/34 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 13) Annex VI(4. 1)(a)(ii), second indent, second subindent › in the case of tomatoes, only tomato plants with an accompanying plant passport or plants raised from seed on the place of production and officially inspected and found free from the organism shall be planted, Deleted Legislative resolution embodying Parliamentís opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive on the control of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith (COM(97)0015 › C4-0066/97 › 97/ 0025(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(97)0015 › 97/0025(CNS) (1), › having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 43 of the EC Treaty (C4-0066/97), › having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A4-0370/97), 1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliamentís amendments; Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by 2. Parliament; Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the 3. Commission proposal; 4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 124, 21. 4. 1997, p. 12. 10. Organization of work A4-0313/97 Resolution on the Commission Green Paper Partnership for a new organization of workí (COM(97)0128 › C4-0187/97) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission Green Paper, COM(97)0128 › C4-0187/97, › having regard to the Commission White Paper Growth, Competitiveness and Employment › The Challenges and Ways Forward into the 21st centuryí (COM(93)0700 › C4-0509/93), 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/35 Tuesday 16 December 1997 › having regard to the Commission communication The future of social protection: A framework for a European debateí (COM(95)0466 › C4-0524/95) and the Commission report on social protection in Europe › 1995 (COM(95)0457 › C4-0518/95), › having regard to the Commission White Paper on education and training Teaching and Learning › Towards the learning societyí (COM(95)0590 › C4-0597/95), › having regard to the Commission report to the Council and Parliament on the demographic situation in the European Union › 1995 (COM(96)0060 › C4-0143/96), › having regard to the Commission Green Paper Living and working in the information society: people firstí (COM(96)0389 › C4-0522/96), › having regard to the Commission communication on equality of opportunity for people with disabilities (COM(96)0406 › C4-0582/96), › having regard to its resolution of 13 July 1995 on a coherent employment strategy for the European Union (1), › having regard to its resolution of 18 September 1996 on the reduction and adaptation of working time (2), › having regard to its resolution of 28 November 1996 on the Commission report Employment in Europe › 1996í and the Commission communication Action for Employment in Europe › A Confidence Pactí (3), › having regard to its resolution of 19 February 1997 on the Commission communication The future of social protection, a framework for a European debateí and the Commission report on social protection in Europe 1995 (4), › having regard to its resolution of 11 March 1997 on the Commission Green Paper Living and working in the information society: people firstí (5), › having regard to its resolution of 12 March 1997 on the Commission White Paper on education and training Teaching and learning › Towards the learning societyí (6), › having regard to its resolution of 14 March 1997 on the Commission report to the Council and the European Parliament on the demographic situation in the European Union › 1995 (7), › having regard to its resolution of 11 April 1997 on the Commission communication on equality of opportunity for people with handicaps (8), › having regard to its resolution of 19 November 1997 on the proposal for a Council Directive concerning the framework agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC (9), › having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Womenís Rights (A4-0313/97), A. whereas it welcomes the new Green Paper as an important contribution to the European effort to strengthen competitiveness and increase employment, B. whereas not only competitiveness but also the European social model is to a large extent the result of consultation between the two sides of industry, inter alia concerning the organization of work, (1) OJ C 249, 25. 9. 1995, p. 143. (2) OJ C 320, 28. 10. 1996, p. 97. (3) OJ C 380, 16. 12. 1996, p. 84. (4) OJ C 85, 17. 3. 1997, p. 63. (5) OJ C 115, 14. 4. 1997, p. 36. (6) OJ C 115, 14. 4. 1997, p. 85. (7) OJ C 115, 14. 4. 1997, p. 238. (8) OJ C 132, 28. 4. 1997, p. 313. (9) Minutes of that Sitting, Part II, Item 6. C 14/36 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 C. whereas the reform of the European organization of work is being driven by changes in markets, society, demographic trends and human resources, which influence and are influenced by new production technologies, the development of new products and forms of services, trends towards globalization and the completion of the internal market, D. whereas it is disturbed to note that the rate of modernization of the organization of work in Europe is slow, and lags well behind the rate in Japan and the USA, E. whereas experience shows that successful reorganization of work calls for a long-term approach and the creation of an atmosphere of confidence, which underlines the demands on business management to strike a balance between long- and short-term interests, F. whereas the reorganization of work calls for an integrated strategy in which the coordination of efforts, human resources, markets and technology are seen as part of a whole, G. whereas the reorganization of work should be viewed broadly, so as also to take account of the cultural and psychological dimensions of change, and the historical implications of organizational structures, H. whereas the ábest practicesí approach not only has advantages for the organization of the labour market but also warrants application to the organization of work, I. whereas the responsibility for the reorganization of work must primarily lie in partnership based on agreements between employees, employers and their representatives; whereas, in this connection, Parliament has repeatedly called on the Council and Commission to ensure appropriate SME representation in the European social dialogue, J. whereas a partnership which includes public bodies is required to create the necessary balance between flexibility and social security in changes to the organization of work, K. whereas work cannot be reorganized with the sole objective of increasing productivity and meeting employersí need for greater flexibility; rather, the reorganization should have the aim of guaranteeing the rights of workers and increasing or maintaining the level of employment, for which reason it must always be based on negotiations between the two sides of industry, L. whereas a partnership which includes public bodies means seeking solutions involving the adaptation of tax and social insurance systems, labour law, labour market policy, public social infrastructures, the education system, Community programmes and Community structural initiatives and helping increase knowledge and the dissemination of knowledge with a view to speeding up the reorganization of work, M. having regard to the importance of working hours for the organization of work, including that in sectors and activities so far excluded from the Directive on working hours, for which European minimum standards should likewise be laid down, 1. Calls on the Commission, concerning the future effort, to: (a) make proposals in the areas relating to the reorganization of work either in a separate White Paper or in a forthcoming social action programme, (b) help to create the conditions for a partnership for the reorganization of work between the two sides of European industry and in this context also to examine the conditions for partnership at industry or sectoral levels, (c) assess the scope for greater cooperation between the Member Statesí existing bodies for improving the organization of work, in which the unofficial Acteur Groupí network and the European Foundation for Improving Living and Working Conditions should be regarded as natural components, as a stage in the process of developing knowledge of the new organization of work and in an increased exchange of experience between the Member States, 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/37 Tuesday 16 December 1997 (d) submit to the European Parliament a summary of the views expressed during the debate on the Green Paper, and information as to the form which the Commission considers that further efforts to reform the organization of work in Europe should take; 2. Calls on the Member States and the Commission, in their reports on the implementation of the provisions of Directive 93/104/EC (1) on working hours, provided for by Article 18(5) thereof, to devote attention to the modernization of the organization of work from the point of view of working hours; 3. Calls on the Community and the Member States to do more to help stimulate a substantially greater involvement of life-long learning under which adaptations to the tax systems, social insurance, labour market policy and legislation (including the question of entitlement to study leave) should be taken into account, and to ensure that these adaptations are in line with the priorities needed to reach groups which are not adequately covered by further training systems; Calls on the Commission to examine the conditions under which it might, via the social dialogue, 4. help bring about agreements on life-long learning; 5. Considers that modification of the Structural Funds should help increase the development of new growth sectors rather than prop up old structures, and therefore calls on the Commission in the current review of the Structural Funds to take into account the need for stepped-up life-long learning and the new organization of work; 6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to overhaul Objective 4 aid, the Adapt and Leonardo da Vinci programmes, the fifth framework programme for research and technological development and other Community initiatives involved to make them better able to promote development in the organization of work and life-long learning; 7. Considers that the Member States should give greater attention to the scope for a new organization of work in small and medium-sized undertakings, which could be done by partnership between the two sides of industry, public authorities and research institutes to establish local and regional networks to provide advice and disseminate knowledge and technology; 8. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to promote an active labour market policy in the Member States, in which a combination of giving employees the opportunity of further training and the unemployed the chance to enter the labour market via a rotation system should be regarded as a positive example; Considers that there should be tax changes, reducing taxes on labour while increasing taxes on for 9. example capital and environmentally unfriendly activities; 10. Considers that a differentiation of taxation should be regarded as one way of stimulating in-house training in which reductions in payroll tax/charges for workers undergoing training and tax relief for resources earmarked for individual or collective training should be considered; 11. Considers worker participation in decisions about changes in the organization of work to be essential; calls on the Commission therefore to consider submitting proposals for binding minimum standards on workersí rights to information, consultation and participation at all levels; 12. Considers that changes in working time are highly important in the context of the new organization of work, and that such changes should principally be a matter for collective agreement between the social partners, but that fundamental working time standards should be governed by national and European legislation; Considers that the changes to working hours should be accompanied by the creation of all the 13. necessary associated social support infrastructure (training, child care, transport); (1) OJ L 307, 13. 12. 1993, p. 18. C 14/38 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 14. Notes that organization of family life is often dependent on, and is sometimes disrupted by, the organization of work; calls therefore on all parties concerned, when preparing and establishing a partnership for a new organization of work, to take account of family responsibilities, both of men and of women, and of care of the sick and elderly; Reminds the Commission of the calls contained in Parliamentís abovementioned resolution of 15. 18 September 1996 for further study of reductions in working hours; 16. Believes that any discussion of a new organisation of work must go hand in hand with a reappraisal of womenís and menís roles both on the labour market and in society as a whole, in order to overcome gender segregation on the labour market and the unequal division of responsibilities in the domestic sphere; 17. Notes that an agreement on part-time work has been reached under the social dialogue, but that this agreement does not cover other atypical forms of work such as teleworking, as pointed out in its abovementioned resolution of 19 November 1997; calls therefore once again on the Commission to submit proposals for ways of guaranteeing workersí social security and social protection in the case of other atypical forms of work; 18. Emphasizes the importance to be given to equal opportunities considerations in the new organization of work and considers that greater attention should be paid to equal opportunities in studies on changes to the organization of work; 19. Calls on the Commission to take more generally into account the situation of immigrant and ethnic minorities on the European labour market, and calls on all parties involved in the new organization of work to seek in their objectives to ensure that increased flexibility does not increase discrimination against a particular group; Calls on the Commission to study ways of developing the participation of workers in the profits and 20. results of enterprises in connection with the new organization of work; 21. Notes that increasing use is being made of freelance workers in the reorganization of work and in new enterprises; calls for this phenomenon to be taken into account in developing new forms of social security; 22. Stresses the objective set by the Commission in its communication on áequality of opportunity for people with disabilitiesí of developing a uniform strategy for employment of the disabled and stepping up measures to integrate people with disabilities, and expects the Commission, therefore, in accordance with this objective, to devote special attention to efforts on behalf of people with disabilities in its future action with regard to reform of the organization of work; 23. Calls on the Member States to consider the advantages of requiring employers to bear more of the costs arising from shortcomings in the working environment, with the aim of demonstrating the benefits to be derived from an improved working environment, inter alia in the form of less absenteeism, better quality of work and reduced risks that employees may be compelled to leave enterprises; 24. Warns in particular against the creation of a two-tier society with an unskilled, unprotected, largely female workforce in atypical work such as telework and homeworking on the one hand, and a highly skilled minority benefiting from continuous training in new technologies on the other; 25. Recalls that Structural Funds used to facilitate the reorganisation of work must, according to the Regulations reforming the Structural Funds in 1993, apply the principle of equal opportunities between women and men, and that the guidelines for the Adapt Community Initiative specify that attention will be given to actions aiming at promoting equal opportunities for women; Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Economic and 26. Social Committee and the two sides of European industry. 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/39 Tuesday 16 December 1997 11. Trafficking in women for sexual exploitation A4-0372/97 Resolution on the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation (COM(96)0567 › C4-0638/96) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission Communication (COM(96)0567 › C4-0638/96), › having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) of 18 December 1979, and in particular Article 6 thereof, › having regard to the Declaration and Programme of Action of the United Nations world conference on human rights in Vienna in 1993, › having regard to the Resolution (49/166) on traffic in women and girls adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 23 December 1994, › having regard to the Declaration and Platform for Action resulting from the Fourth UN World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995, › having regard to Recommendation 1325 (1997) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on traffic in women and forced prostitution, › having regard to the Joint Actions adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K. 3 of the Treaty on European Union: › establishing an incentive and exchange programme for persons responsible for combating trade in human beings and the sexual exploitation of children (the STOP Programme) (1), › concerning the creation and maintenance of a directory of specialised competences, skills and expertise in the fight against international organized crime (2), › extending the mandate given to the Europol Drugs Unit (3), › concerning action to combat trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation of children (4), › having regard to the report of the Conference on Trafficking in Women in Vienna on 10-11 June 1996, › having regard to the statement resulting from the NGO conference on the trafficking of women held in Noordwijkerhout on 5-7 April 1997, › having regard to the ministerial declaration on European guidelines for effective measures to prevent and combat trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation agreed in The Hague on 24-26 April 1997, › having regard to the fact that the draft Treaty of Amsterdam contains a provision in its new Article K. 1 that also refers to trafficking in persons, › having regard to its resolution of 14 April 1989 on the exploitation of prostitution and the traffic in human beings (5), › having regard to its resolution of 16 September 1993 on trade in women (6), › having regard to its resolution of 18 January 1996 on trafficking in human beings (7), › having regard to the report of the Committee on Womenís Rights and the opinions of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs and the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0372/97), (1) OJ L 322, 12. 12. 1996, p. 7. (2) OJ L 342, 31. 12. 1996, p. 2. (3) OJ L 342, 31. 12. 1996, p. 4. (4) OJ L 63, 4. 3. 1997, p. 2. (5) OJ C 120, 16. 5. 1989, p. 352. (6) OJ C 268, 4. 10. 1993, p. 141. (7) OJ C 32, 5. 2. 1996, p. 88. C 14/40 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 A. whereas trafficking in human beings, which is a late twentieth century form of slavery, affects men, women and children, but most victims are women and the majority of these women are trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation, B. whereas trafficking in women is increasing because of the vulnerability, poverty and marginalisation of women in their countries of origin, the high profits and low risks experienced by traffickers, and the demand for women for prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation that exists in Europe, C. whereas trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation involves not only enforced prostitution but forced or false marriages and work situations which are covers for and facilitate sexual exploitation, D. whereas trafficking in women is a global problem requiring international cooperation and multidisciplinary approaches focusing on prevention, detection and successful prosecution of the traffickers, protection of the victims and rehabilitation of the survivors, E. whereas, in its unanimous resolution of 18 January 1996, mentioned above, on trafficking in human beings, the European Parliament outlined the objectives of a well-organized multidisciplinary policy on combating trafficking, F. whereas the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are increasingly countries of transit and destination as well as of origin of the women concerned; whereas this is due in large part to rising female poverty and unemployment in those countries alongside crumbling social structures, G. whereas trafficking in human beings has largely become the province of organised crime in which there has been considerable growth particularly in the former eastern bloc countries, one reason for this being the fact that police and legal services lack manpower, training and equipment and are thus unable to adequately counter this form of criminality, H. whereas trafficking in human beings represents a lucrative element of the extensive activities of international organised crime which, by laundering illegal income in so-called tax havens, is strengthening its grip on the white economy with all the attendant consequences of this, I. whereas non-governmental organisations have a vital role to play in research, prevention and the protection of victims, particularly given that they can more easily gain the confidence of women victims than the relevant authorities, 1. Welcomes the initiatives taken by the Commission and the interagency approaches it has advocated in the Communication; 2. Considers it indispensable for the Commission, acting independently or in cooperation with the Council, to use a task force to ensure the detailed specification and execution, within the Commission and elsewhere, of the action points included in the Communication and asks for an annual survey on the activities of this task force; 3. Stresses the need to carry out a coordinated information campaign between the European Union and third countries and addressed to women, describing clearly how the networks trafficking in women operate and the machinery they use to ensnare their victims; 4. Stresses the need to see trafficking in women first and foremost from the point of view of the victims and to treat it as a violation of womenís fundamental human rights, rather than seeing it exclusively in terms of the fight against organised crime or illegal immigration; believes that to ignore this aspect risks marginalising the women concerned and sending them underground, where they have no hope of protection from further abuse; 5. Calls on Member States to implement in full the Joint Action adopted on 24 February 1997 under Article K. 3 of the Treaty on European Union concerning action to combat trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation of children and to carry through into practice the commitments made in the declaration following the Ministerial Conference on combating trafficking in women held in The Hague from 24-26 April 1997 and calls on the parliaments of the Member States to draw the attention of their respective governments to the need to give concrete substance to the joint action and the undertakings made; 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/41 Tuesday 16 December 1997 Calls for an active initiating and coordinating policy on the basis, inter alia, of Article 29 (former 6. Article K. 1) in conjunction with Article 34(2) (former Article K. 6(2)) of the draft Treaty of Amsterdam; 7. Calls on the Member States, in the spirit of the Joint Action of 24 February 1997, to draft a convention providing for common provisions for sanctions against trafficking in human beings with sentences which reflect the seriousness of the offence; 8. Calls on Member States to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to the fight against trafficking in women and recommends that Member States set up an inter-ministerial coordination which would also provide for NGO participation in coordinated action on trafficking in women; Calls on all media to renounce advertising of or based on prostitution connected with trafficking in 9. women; 10. Calls on Member States to prioritise above all protection of the victims, including access to: › adequate income and confidential social, health and psychological care; › emergency telephone lines; › legal assistance and the availability of translators for the purposes of bringing a formal complaint; › safe houses and temporary residence status pending a decision on whether the woman stays in the country; › advice on their right of asylum, how to apply for temporary or permanent resident permits, and repatriation to their home country; › the legal possibilities of damage compensation; › a work permit and training opportunity for the period the victim spends in the country; 11. Stresses the need to offer support to all victims and not to restrict this to those women who are willing to bring a formal case against a trafficker or to those considered to have a good chance of bringing about a conviction; 12. Underlines the importance, also from the point of view of prevention, of effective sanctions against those individuals and organisations directly or indirectly involved with trafficking in women with penalties and measures commensurate with the severity of the crime, including maximum custodial sentences at least equal to the maximum punishment that can be demanded for rape, punitive fines, deprivation of civil rights, including confiscation of passport or other travel documents, restriction on the exercise of certain professional activities, deportation after serving the sentence, closure of establishments where victims of trafficking in human beings have been employed against their will, confiscation of the proceeds of the offence and the moveable or immoveable assets gained thereby, which must a priori be used to provide financial ácompensationí for the victims; 13. Recommends that further consideration be given to the Regulation, inspection and control of cross-border marriage and employment bureaux, and the practices of some labour contracts, which may be used directly or indirectly for the purpose of trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation; 14. Asks the Member States to consider taking the following measures where applicable: › › › to provide the possibility in law that active prosecution of individuals and organisations involved in the trafficking of women should rely not only on the offence which is the subject of the action but that other forms of evidence may be capable of leading to a sentence; to apply the principle of extra-territoriality to individuals and organisations engaged in trafficking in women; to make the taking away of travel documents a punishable offence and to consider setting up an emergency telephone service where áclientsí can anonymously report cases of enforced prostitution; C 14/42 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 15. Calls for the STOP Programme, in addition to taking measures to improve detection and prosecution of traffickers and the training of operatives, to provide financing and programmes designed to provide information, prevention and the reintegration of the victims, to give emphasis to victim support, involving all agencies and authorities coming into contact with victims of trafficking, and to encourage greater collaboration between official bodies and non-governmental organisations; 16. Believes that funding for the STOP Programme should be increased, within the limits of the financial perspective mainly in order to extend the programme of reintegration for the victims and that Parliament must be regularly informed on the criteria used for the selection of projects to permit a proper evaluation of the programme; Considers that a balance should be achieved in both the STOP and DAPHNE programmes between 17. projects dealing with trafficking in women and those concerning the sexual exploitation of children; Calls on the Commission to ensure the effective coordination and monitoring of measures across 18. the range of Community programmes, where funds could be used to combat trafficking in women and to ensure in this respect that trafficking in women is specifically mentioned in all relevant guidelines for applicants and to make the possibilities of such financing known to the NGOs and institutions concerned; 19. Believes in particular that greater use could be made of Community education, training and employment programmes to assist the victims whether they stay in the EU or return to their country of origin; 20. Calls for an increase in funds under the PHARE and TACIS Programmes for projects directly linked to the fight against trafficking in women, given the fact that the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are now countries of transit and destination as well as countries of origin; 21. Calls for all EU Member Statesí embassies and EU representations in third countries to be informed of the dangers of recruitment into the entertainment business and to be sent multilingual information material, and to take an active part in local events to discourage trafficking in women; insists on the need to support womenís organisations in whatever form and to integrate them into the process of information and opinion-forming; 22. Calls on the Commission and Member States to make provision for greater support to those women who return to their country of origin including finance to return home, counselling, education and vocational training, and employment opportunities to assist their rehabilitation: the guiding principle of every measure should be to support the rehabilitation of the women and their reintegration into society; 23. Believes that NGOs concerned with trafficking in women both in Member States and in countries of origin should receive maximum support from Community programmes and Member States authorities given their expertise in prevention (eg information campaigns), support and protection of the victims, and rehabilitation of returnees; Considers that the ECU 3 million allocated to the DAPHNE Programme for 1997 is completely 24. insufficient; Calls on the Commission to accelerate its work in proposing a legal basis for the DAPHNE 25. Programme, which should be expanded to include rehabilitation and protection of the victims of trafficking given that this is not given adequate attention in other Community programmes; Calls on the Commission to give priority in EU development aid programmes in the CEEC, Asia, 26. Latin America, the ACP and Mediterranean area to combating trafficking in women by addressing the underlying reasons why women are vulnerable to trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation, including poverty, lack of employment opportunities, low levels of literacy and education and the status of women in society, in addition to supporting projects designed specifically to address trafficking; 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/43 Tuesday 16 December 1997 27. Calls on the Commission and Member States to give high priority to gender equality and womenís rights in negotiations with applicant countries and to ensure that the legislation and structures in those countries are sufficient to tackle the problem of trafficking in women and are in line with measures taken in the Member States; 28. Urges the Commission, Member States and third countries involved in the negotiations over the reform of the Lome· Convention to take into account the need to promote womenís rights and the fight against trafficking in women; calls for all future bilateral agreements with third countries to include a clause whereby such agreements should be suspended where countries are found not to have taken measures to enhance gender equality and combat trafficking in women; Calls on the Member States to act as quickly as possible to ratify the Europol Convention, given 29. that the mandate of the Europol Drugs Unit has recently been extended to the fight against traffic in human beings and to give Europol or its predecessor all the resources they need to cope with their increased tasks; 30. Calls on the Council to extend the scope of the future European Information System (EIS) to combating trafficking in human beings by exchanging computerized data concerning the identity of traffickers and the international networks for the transit of victims; 31. Stresses the importance of giving the victims of trafficking confidence in the forces of law and order, and calls for the relevant police services to be given special training and appropriate linguistic knowledge to enable them to provide the requisite assistance to victims who will thereby be able to cooperate in the fight against trafficking in human beings; Deems it necessary to nominate, in the framework of the United Nations, a special rapporteur for 32. trafficking in human beings in order to facilitate international initiatives in this field; 33. Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the committeeís report to NGOs working in the field of trafficking in women, the Commission, the Council, the governments of the Member States, the governments of third countries seeking membership of the Union, the governments of the ACP countries, and other countries of origin. C 14/44 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 ATTENDANCE REGISTER 16 December 1997 The following signed: díAboville, Adam, Aelvoet, Ahern, Ahlqvist, Ainardi, Alavanos, Aldo, Amadeo, Anastassopoulos, díAncona, Andersson, Andre·-Le·onard, Andrews, Angelilli, Añoveros Trias de Bes, Antony, Anttila, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Cañete, Arroni, Augias, Avgerinos, Azzolini, Baldarelli, Baldi, Balfe, Banotti, Bardong, Baro·n Crespo, Barros Moura, Barthet-Mayer, Barton, Barzanti, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bere‘s, Bernard-Reymond, Bernardini, Bertens, Berthu, Bianco, Billingham, van Bladel, Blak, Bloch von Blottnitz, Blokland, Blot, Bo¤ge, Bo¤sch, Bonde, Boniperti, Bontempi, Boogerd-Quaak, Botz, Bourlanges, Bowe, de Bre·mond díArs, Breyer, Brinkhorst, Brok, Buffetaut, Burenstam Linder, Burtone, Cabezo·n Alonso, Cabrol, Caccavale, Caligaris, Camiso·n Asensio, Campos, Campoy Zueco, Cardona, Carlotti, Carlsson, Carnero Gonza·lez, Carniti, Carre‘re díEncausse, Cars, Casini Carlo, Cassidy, Castagne‘de, Castagnetti, Castellina, Castricum, Caudron, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chesa, Chichester, Christodoulou, Coates, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Colli, Collins Gerard, Collins Kenneth D. , Colombo Svevo, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Cornelissen, Correia, Corrie, Costa Neves, Cot, Cottigny, Cox, Crampton, Crawley, Crowley, Cunha, Cunningham, Cushnahan, van Dam, DíAndrea, Danesin, Dankert, Dary, David, De Clercq, De Coene, Decourrie‘re, De Esteban Martin, De Giovanni, DellíAlba, De Luca, De Melo, Denys, Deprez, Desama, de Vries, D ·ez de Rivera Icaza, van Dijk, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Di Prima, Donnay, Donnelly Alan John, Donnelly Brendan Patrick, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dupuis, Dury, Dybkjær, Ebner, Eisma, Elchlepp, Elles, Elliott, Elmalan, Eriksson, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Ettl, Evans, Ewing, Fabra Valle·s, Fabre-Aubrespy, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Farassino, Fassa, Fayot, Ferber, Fe·ret, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Ferna·ndez Mart ·n, Filippi, Fini, Fitzsimons, Flemming, Florenz, Florio, Fontaine, Fontana, Ford, Fourçans, Fraga Este·vez, Friedrich, Frischenschlager, Frutos Gama, Funk, Gahrton, Galeote Quecedo, Gallagher, Garc ·a Arias, Garc ·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garosci, Garot, Garriga Polledo, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, de Gaulle, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Giansily, Gillis, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glante, Glase, Goepel, Goerens, Go¤rlach, Gollnisch, Gomolka, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Gonza·lez Triviño, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Graenitz, Graziani, Gro¤ner, Grosch, Grosseteête, Gu¤nther, Guinebertie‘re, Gutie·rrez D ·az, Haarder, von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Ha¤nsch, Hager, Hallam, Happart, Hardstaff, Harrison, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hautala, Hawlicek, Heinisch, Hendrick, Herman, Hermange, Hernandez Mollar, Herzog, Hoff, Holm, Hoppenstedt, Hory, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Hume, Hyland, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Imbeni, Iversen, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jackson, Janssen van Raay, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jensen Kirsten M. , Jensen Lis, Jo¤ns, Jove· Peres, Junker, Kaklamanis, Karamanou, Karoutchi, Katiforis, Kellett-Bowman, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kerr, Kestelijn-Sierens, Killilea, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kittelmann, Kjer Hansen, Klaß, Koch, Kofoed, Kokkola, Konrad, Krarup, Kreissl-Do¤rfler, Kristoffersen, Kronberger, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Laignel, Lalumie‘re, La Malfa, Lambraki, Lambrias, Lang, Lange, Langen, Langenhagen, Lannoye, Larive, de Lassus Saint Genie‘s, Lataillade, Le Gallou, Lehne, Lenz, Le Pen, Leperre-Verrier, Le Rachinel, Lienemann, Liese, Lindeperg, Lindholm, Lindqvist, Linkohr, Linser, Lo¤o¤w, Lomas, Lu¤ttge, Lukas, Lulling, Macartney, McCarthy, McCartin, McGowan, McIntosh, McKenna, McMahon, McMillan-Scott, McNally, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Malerba, Manisco, Mann Erika, Mann Thomas, Manzella, Marin, Marinho, Marinucci, Marset Campos, Martens, Martin David W. , Martin Philippe-Armand, Martinez, Mather, Mayer, Medina Ortega, Megahy, Me·gret, Me·ndez de Vigo, Mendiluce Pereiro, Mendonça, Menrad, Metten, Mezzaroma, Miller, Miranda, Miranda de Lage, Mohamed Ali, Mombaur, Monfils, Moniz, Moorhouse, Mora·n Lo·pez, Moreau, Moretti, Morgan, Morris, Mosiek-Urbahn, Mouskouri, Mu¤ller, Mulder, Murphy, Musumeci, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Needle, Nencini, Newens, Newman, Nicholson, Nordmann, Novo, Novo Belenguer, Oddy, Ojala, Olsson, Oomen-Ruijten, Orlando, Otila, Paasilinna, Paasio, Pack, Paisley, Papayannakis, Parigi, Parodi, Pasty, Peijs, Pe·rez Royo, Perry, Peter, Pettinari, Pex, Piecyk, Piha, Pimenta, Pinel, Pirker, des Places, Plooij-van Gorsel, Plumb, Podesta‘, Poettering, Poggiolini, Poisson, Pollack, Pome·s Ruiz, Pompidou, Pons Grau, Porto, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Puerta, van Putten, Querbes, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Raschhofer, Rauti, Read, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Rehder, Ribeiro, Riis-Jłrgensen, Rinsche, Ripa di Meana, Robles Piquer, Rocard, Rosado Fernandes, de Rose, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Rovsing, Ru¤big, Ruffolo, Ryyna¤nen, Sainjon, Saint-Pierre, Sakellariou, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Samland, Sandbæk, Santini, Sanz Ferna·ndez, Sarlis, Scapagnini, Scha¤fer, Schaffner, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schlechter, Schleicher, Schlu¤ter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schnellhardt, Scho¤rling, Schro¤der, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwaiger, Seal, Secchi, Seillier, Seppa¤nen, Sichrovsky, Simpson, Sindal, Siso· Cruellas, Sjo¤stedt, Skinner, Smith, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Sonneveld, Sornosa Mart ·nez, Souchet, Soulier, Spaak, Speciale, Spencer, Spiers, Stasi, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Stirbois, Stockmann, Striby, Sturdy, Svensson, Swoboda, Tajani, Tamino, Tannert, Tappin, Tatarella, Taubira-Delannon, Telka¤mper, Terro·n i Cus ·, Teverson, Theato, Theonas, Theorin, Thomas, Thors, Thyssen, Tillich, Tindemans, Titley, Tomlinson, Tongue, Torres Couto, Torres Marques, Trakatellis, Truscott, Tsatsos, Ullmann, Va¤yrynen, Valdivielso de Cue·, Vallve·, Valverde Lo·pez, Vandemeulebroucke, Vanhecke, Van Lancker, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz da Silva, Vecchi, van Velzen W. G. , van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Verwaerde, Viceconte, Vinci, Viola, Virgin, Virrankoski, 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/45 Tuesday 16 December 1997 Voggenhuber, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Watson, Watts, Weber, Weiler, Wemheuer, West, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Wiebenga, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijsenbeek, Willockx, Wilson, von Wogau, Wolf, Wurtz, Wynn, Zimmermann. C 14/46 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 98 Tuesday 16 December 1997 (+) = For (›) = Against (O) = Abstention ANNEX Result of roll-call votes 1. Waddington report A4-0372/97 Resolution (+) ARE: Barthet-Mayer, Castagne‘de, De Lassus, Ewing, Gonza·lez Triviño, Hory, Lalumie‘re, Macartney, Saint-Pierre, Vandemeulebroucke ELDR: Andre·-Le·onard, Anttila, Bertens, Boogerd-Quaak, Brinkhorst, Cars, Cox, Dybkjær, Eisma, Fassa, Gaso‘liba i Bo¤hm, Haarder, Kjer Hansen, Larive, Lindqvist, Mulder, Olsson, Plooij-van Gorsel, Riis-Jłrgensen, Ryyna¤nen, Spaak, Teverson, Thors, Vallve·, Virrankoski, Va¤yrynen, Watson, Wiebenga, Wijsenbeek GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Gonza·lez A· lvarez, Herzog, Jove· Peres, Manisco, Mohamed Ali, Ojala, Pettinari, Puerta, Querbes, Ribeiro, Seppa¤nen, Sjo¤stedt, Svensson, Theonas, Wurtz I-EDN: Blokland, Bonde, Buffetaut, van Dam, de Gaulle, Jensen Lis, Nicholson, Sandbæk NI: Dillen, Fe·ret, Fini, Hager, Kronberger, Lang Carl, Le Rachinel, Lukas, Muscardini, Parigi, Raschhofer, Sichrovsky, Vanhecke PPE: Anastassopoulos, Añoveros Trias de Bes, Areitio Toledo, Argyros, Arias Cañete, Banotti, Bardong, Be·be·ar, Bennasar Tous, Berend, Bernard-Reymond, Bo¤ge, Bourlanges, de Bre·mond díArs, Brok, Burenstam Linder, Camiso·n Asensio, Carlsson, Cassidy, Castagnetti, Cederschio¤ld, Chanterie, Chichester, Christodoulou, Colombo Svevo, Cornelissen, Corrie, Cunha, Cushnahan, De Esteban Martin, Deprez, Dimitrakopoulos, Donnelly Brendan, Ebner, Elles, Escudero, Estevan Bolea, Fabra Valle·s, Ferber, Ferna·ndez-Albor, Fernandez Mart ·n, Ferrer, Filippi, Florenz, Fontaine, Fourçans, Fraga Estevez, Friedrich, Galeote Quecedo, Garc ·a-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gillis, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Graziani, Grosseteête, Gu¤nther, Hatzidakis, Heinisch, Herman, Hernandez Mollar, Hoppenstedt, Ilaskivi, Imaz San Miguel, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Kellett-Bowman, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kristoffersen, Lambrias, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Lenz, Liese, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Maij-Weggen, Malangre·, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mather, Mayer, Me·ndez de Vigo, Mendonça, Menrad, Mombaur, Mosiek-Urbahn, Mouskouri, Nassauer, Oomen-Ruijten, Otila, Pack, Peijs, Perry, Piha, Pimenta, Pirker, Plumb, Poettering, Poggiolini, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Reding, Redondo Jime·nez, Rinsche, Robles Piquer, Ru¤big, Salafranca Sa·nchez-Neyra, Sarlis, Schiedermeier, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schro¤der, Schwaiger, Secchi, Siso· Cruellas, Sonneveld, Soulier, Spencer, Stasi, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevens, Stewart-Clark, Sturdy, Theato, Thyssen, Tillich, Tindemans, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cue·, Valverde Lo·pez, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vaz Da Silva, van Velzen W. G. , Virgin, Wieland, von Wogau PSE: Adam, Ahlqvist, díAncona, Andersson Jan, Aparicio Sa·nchez, Apolina·rio, Augias, Avgerinos, Baldarelli, Balfe, Baro·n Crespo, Barton, Barzanti, Billingham, Blak, Bontempi, Botz, Bowe, Bo¤sch, Cabezo·n Alonso, Campos, Carlotti, Carniti, Castricum, Caudron, Colajanni, Colino Salamanca, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Correia, Cot, Cottigny, Crampton, Crawley, Cunningham, Dankert, David, De Coene, De Giovanni, Denys, Desama, D ·ez de Rivera Icaza, Donnelly Alan John, Donner, Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop, Duhamel, Dury, Elchlepp, Elliott, Ettl, Evans, Falconer, Fantuzzi, Fayot, Ford, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Glante, Graenitz, Gro¤ner, Ha¤nsch, Hallam, Hardstaff, Harrison, Haug, Hawlicek, Hendrick, Hoff, Howitt, Hughes, Hulthe·n, Imbeni, Izquierdo Rojo, Jensen Kirsten, Jo¤ns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Kerr, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kokkola, Kuckelkorn, Kuhn, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambraki, Lange, Lindeperg, Linkohr, Lo¤o¤w, McCarthy, McGowan, McNally, Mann Erika, Manzella, Marinucci, Martin David W. , Medina Ortega, Megahy, Mendiluce Pereiro, Metten, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Morgan, Morris, Murphy, Mutin, Myller, Napoletano, Needle, Newens, Newman, Paasilinna, Paasio, Papakyriazis, Pe·rez Royo, Peter, Piecyk, Pollack, van Putten, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rehder, Rocard, Rothe, Rothley, Roubatis, Ruffolo, Sakellariou, Samland, Scha¤fer, Schlechter, Schmid, Schmidbauer, Schulz, Seal, Simpson, Sindal, Skinner, Smith, Spiers, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tannert, Tappin, Terro·n i Cus ·, Theorin, Thomas, Titley, Tomlinson, Tongue, Truscott, Tsatsos, Van Lancker, van Velzen Wim, Verde i Aldea, Waddington, Waidelich, Walter, Weiler, Wemheuer, White, Whitehead, Wibe, Willockx, Wilson, Wynn, Zimmermann 19. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 14/47 Tuesday 16 December 1997 UPE: Caccavale, Kaklamanis V: Aelvoet, Ahern, Bloch von Blottnitz, van Dijk, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hautala, Holm, Kreissl-Do¤rfler, Lannoye, Lindholm, McKenna, Mu¤ller, Ripa di Meana, Schroedter, Scho¤rling, Soltwedel-Scha¤fer, Tamino, Ullmann, Wolf UPE: Poisson (›) (O) I-EDN: Berthu, des Places PPE: von Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen, Rack, Verwaerde UPE: díAboville, Arroni, Azzolini, Baldi, van Bladel, Carre‘re díEncausse, Chesa, Collins Gerard, Donnay, Fitzsimons, Gallagher, Garosci, Hermange, Hyland, Karoutchi, Malerba, Parodi, Pasty, Podesta‘, Pompidou, Rosado Fernandes, Santini, Schaffner, Tajani, Viceconte