Decision on the request for waiver of the immunity of Mr Raúl Miguel Rosado Fernandes
21. 6. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 175/67 Tuesday 9 March 1999 11. Equal treatment for men and women * A4-0038/99 Legislative resolution embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions (COM(96)0093 − C4-0317/96 − 96/0095(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The European Parliament, − having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(96)0093 − 96/0095(CNS)) (1), − having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 235 of the EC Treaty (C4-0317/96), − having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, − having regard to the report of the Committee on Women’s Rights and the opinions of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens’ Rights and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A4-0038/99), 1. 2. Rejects the Commission proposal; Calls on the Commission to withdraw its proposal; Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a Directive based on the Treaty of Amsterdam and 3. on recognition of the collective nature of positive action measures, which contains mandatory legal instructions to take positive action wherever necessary in order to achieve equal treatment and opportunities for men and women and to remedy the under-representation of women at all levels of decision-making; 4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 179, 22. 6. 1996, p. 8. 12. Request for waiver of Mr Rosado Fernandes’ immunity A4-0076/99 Decision on the request for waiver of the immunity of Mr Rau´ l Miguel Rosado Fernandes The European Parliament, − having received a request for waiver of the immunity of Mr Rau´l Miguel Rosado Fernandes, forwarded by the Prosecutor-General of the Portuguese Republic on 23 October 1998 and announced in plenary sitting on 5 November 1998, − having regard to Article 10 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities of 8 April 1965, and to Article 4(2) of the Act concerning the Election of Representatives to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage of 20 September 1976, − having regard to the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Communities of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1), − having regard to Article 157 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, (1) See Case 101/63: Wagner v. Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 399 and Case 149/85: Wybot v. Faure [1996] ECR 2403