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European Parliament

1980/81 session

Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 12 January 1981

1. Resumption of session 1 2. New Year's wishes from the President 1 3. Welcome to Greek Members 1 4. Supplementary budget No 2 for 1980 and general budget of the Communities for 1981 2 5. Petitions 2 6. Documents received 2 7. Texts of Treaties forwarded by the Council 4 8. Transfers of appropriations 4 9. Official welcome 4 10. Reference to committee 4 11. Withdrawal of a motion for a resolution 4 12. Order of business 4 13. Urgent debate 6 14. Speaking time 6 15. Deadline for tabling amendments , 6 16. Introduction of the new Commission ... 6 17. Action taken by the Commission on the opinions and proposals of Parliament 7 18. Resolution on the meeting place of Parliament 7 19. Question Time Questions to the Commission 8 20. Agenda for next sitting 9

Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 13 January 1981

1. Approval of minutes 4 12 2. Documents received .., 12 3. Discharge in respect of the implementation of the 1977 and 1978 budget (debate) 12 4. European automobile industry (continuation of debate) 12 5. In Memoriam 13 6. European automobile industry (continuation of debate) 13

Price: £ 210/£ Irl 2-40 (Continued overleaf) Contents (continued) 7. Urgent debate 13 8. — Resolution on the measures taken in response to the comments contained in the resolution accompanying the decision granting a discharge in respect of the implementation of the 1977 budget 13 — Resolution of the measures taken by the Community institutions in response to the comments appearing in the decisions granting a discharge in respect of the 1978 financial year in accordance with the Financial Regulation 15 9. Resolution on the European automobile industry 17 10. Directive on aid to shipbuilding (debate) 23 11. Prevention of pollution of the sea (debate) 23 12. Memorial service for Mr Gundelach 24 13. Urgent debate — 24 14. Agenda 24 15. Agenda for next sitting 25

Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 14 January 1981

1. Approval of minutes 26 2. Documents received 26 3. Decision on urgency 26 4. Council statement on the programme of the Dutch presidency (followed by a debate) 27 5. Urgent debate 27 6. Council statement on the programme of the Dutch presidency (continuation of debate) 27 7. Community's own resources (debate) 27 8. Question Time Questions to the Council 28 Questions to the Foreign Ministers meeting in political cooperation 29 9. Urgent debate 29 10. Agenda for next sitting ... 29

Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 15 January 1981

1. Approval of minutes 31 2. Documents received — Reference to committee 31 3. Decision on urgency 31 4. Resolution on membership of the committees 33 5. Agenda 33 6. Decentralized energy production (debate) 33 7. Document received 34 8. Opinion on the proposal for a Directive on aid to shipbuilding 34 9. Decision on urgency (continuation) .. 36 10. Agenda 36 11. Decentralized energy production (continuation of debate) 37 12. Verification of credentials 37 13. Prevention of pollution of the sea (continuation of debate) 37 14. Research and development programme in the field of environment (debate) 37 15. Directives on maximum levels for pesticide residues (debate) 38 16. Greek applications for membership of committees 38 17. Recovery and reuse of waste paper and board (debate) 38 18. Agenda 38 19. Human rights in Uruguay (debate) 38 20. Regulations concerning sugar and isoglucose (debate) 39 21. Framework agreement for cooperation between the EEC and Brazil (debate) 39 22. Information policy of the Community (debate) 39 23. Urgent debate 39 24. Agenda for next sitting 40 (Continued on inside back cover) Contents (continued) Minutes of the sitting of Friday, 16 January 1981

1. Approval of minutes .44 2. Documents received 44 3. Petitions 45 4. Membership of committees 45 5. Decision on urgency 45 6. Appointment of Greek Members to committees 46 7. Regulation concerning the market in cereals (debate) 46 8. Community fisheries policy (debate) 46 9. 'Unification' of Libya and Chad (debate) 47 10. Information policy of the Community (continuation of debate) 47 11. Regulation concerning the market in cereals (vote) 47 12. — Resolution on Community fisheries policy 47 — Resolution on Community fisheries policy 48 13. Resolution on. cooperation by the Community with Chad, under the Lome Convention, following the 'unification' of Libya and Chad 49 14. Resolution on the possibilities and limits of decentralized energy production (soft technologies) 50 15. — Opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal for a directive concerning the enforcement in respect of shipping using Community ports, of international standards for shipping safety and pollution prevention 52 — Opinion on the proposal for a decision establishing a Community information system for preventing and combating hydrocarbon pollution of the sea 55 — Resolution on the prevention of disasters during the extraction of oil and gas in north-west European waters 56 — Resolution on combating the effects of disasters where oil is released into the sea and reaches the shore 59 16. Opinion on the proposal for a decision adopting a sectoral research and development programme in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) (indirect and concerted actions) 1981 to 1985 60 17. Opinion on the proposals for: I. a Directive on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals intended for human consumption 62 II. a Directive on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on foodstuffs of animal origin 62 18. Opinion on the proposal for a recommendation to the Member States concerning the recovery and reuse of waste paper and board 66 19. Human rights in Uruguay (vote) 67 20. Regulations on sugar and isoglucose (vote) 68 21. Opinion on the proposal for a regulation on the conclusion of a framework agreement for cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil 69 22. Membership of Parliament 70 23. Information policy of the Community (continuation of debate) 70 — Resolution on the information policy of the European Community, of the Commission of the European Communities and of the European Parliament 74 24. Social situation of cultural workers (debate) 81 — Resolution on the social situation of cultural workers 82 25. Linking work and training for young persons in the Community • ; 83 26. Dates for next part-session 83 27. Approval of minutes 83 28. Adjournment of session 83 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/1

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

1980/81 SESSION

Sittings from 12 to 16 January 1981

Palais de l'Europe —^ Strasbourg

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING OF MONDAY, 12 JANUARY 1981

IN THE CHAIR: MRS VEIL

President

(The sitting was opened at 4 p. m.)

1. Resumption of session 3. Welcome to Greek Members

The President declared resumed the session of the Euro On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed the pean Parliament adjourned on 19 December 1980. Greek Members of Parliament.

The following spoke: Mr Bournias, on behalf of the New Democracy Party, Mr Haralambopoulos, on behalf of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, Mr 2. New Year's wishes from the President Zighdis, on behalf of the Union of the Democratic Centre, Mr Louies, on behalf of the Greek Communist The President wished the Members of Parliament, staff Party, and Mr Pesmazoglou, on behalf of the Party of and representatives of the press a happy new yea*. Democratic Socialism. No C 28/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

Monday, 12 January 1981 4. Supplementary budget No 2 for 1980 and general which had been referred to the Committee on budget of the Communities for 1981 Economic and Monetary Affairs;

Moving on to the question of the draft supplementary budget No 2 for 1980 and the draft general budget for (b) from the committees, the following report: 1981, the President announced that on 23 December — report by Mr Spinelli, on behalf of the 1980 she had ascertained, in accordance with the Committee on Budgets, on the Community's provisions of the Treaties, that the procedures provided own resources (Doc. 1-772/80); for in the Treaties had been completed and that the two budgets had been finally adopted. (c) the following oral questions:

Mr Glinne spoke on behalf of the Socialist Group, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (CD — oral question with debate by Mr Galland on Group), on behalf of the European Democratic Group, behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group to on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, on the Council on the need for a Community behalf of the Group of European Progressive Democrats energy policy (Doc. 1-769/80); and on behalf of the Italian Members of the Communist and Allies Group. — oral question with debate by Mr Muller-Hermann and Mr Vergeer on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Seligman on behalf of the European Democratic Group, Mr Linkohr on behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Galland, Mr Calvez, Mr 5. Petitions Ippolito, and Mr Veronesi to the Council on the Community's, oil supplies from the Middle East The President announced that she had received: (Doc. 1-770/80);

— a petition from Mr Amedee Turner, on behalf of 7 138 constituents from 152 churches in the Suffolk — oral questions pursuant to Rule 47A for European Parliamentary Constituency, on cereals Question Time on 12 and 14 January 1981 by surplus as food aid to the Third World (No 63/80), Sir John Stewart-Clark, Mr Welsh, Mr Paisley, Mr Berkhouwer, Mr Walter, Mrs Weber, Mr Wettig, Mr van Minnen, Mr Schmid, Mr — a petition from the Mont Cenis Dairy Cooperative Muntingh, Mrs Lentz-Cornette, Mr Adam, Mr Society and others on exclusive authorization to Hutton, Mrs Nielsen, Mrs Castle, Mr Louwes, prospect for uranium in the Quart area (No 64/80). Mrs Squarcialupi, Lord Bethell, Mr Hume, Mr Collins, Mr Kirk, Mr Radoux, Mr Megahy, Sir David Nicholson, Mr Price, Mr Patterson, Mr These petitions had been entered in the register Bettiza, Mr Harris, Mr Curry, Mr van Aerssen, provided for in Rule 48 (2) and pursuant to paragraph Mrs Fuillet, Mr Couste, Mr Ansquer, Mr 3 of that Rule, they had been referred to the Committee Remilly, Mr Enright, Sir Peter Vanneck, Mr on the Rules of Procedure and Petitions. Cecovini, Mrs Ewing, Mr Balfe, Mr Howell, Mr Vie, Mr Moreau, Mr Calvez, Mr Israel, Mr Pearce, Mr Turcat, Mrs De March, Mr Pranchere, Mrs Poirier, Mr Frischmann, Mr Galland, Sir Frederick Warner, Mr Davern, Mr Remilly, Mr Ansquer, Mr Cronin, Mr Howell, 6. Documents received Mr Clement, Mrs Fourcade, Mr Vie, Mr de Lipkowski, Mr Couste, Mrs Ewing, Mr Seal, Mr The President announced that she had received: Hutton, Mr Adam, Mr Price, Mr Pedini, Mr Habsburg, Mr Berkhouwer, Mr Lomas, Mrs (a) from the Council, a request for an opinion on: Carettoni Romagnoli, Mrs Lizin, Mr Morel and, Mr Bdgh, Mr Turcat, Mr Paisley, Mrs Le Roux, — the proposal from the Commission of the Mrs Lizin, Mrs Ewing, Mr Paisley, Mr European Communities to the Council for a Morel and, Mr Chambeiron, Mr Haagerup, Mr directive amending Directives 65/65/EEC, Berkhouwer and Mr Israel (Doc. 1-778/80); 75/318/EEC and 75/319/EEC on the approximation of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action relating to (d) the following motions for resolutions, tabled proprietary medicinal products (Doc. 1-787/80) pursuant to Rule 25: 9.2.81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/3

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— by Mrs Cinciari Rodano, Mr Ceravolo and Mr creation of a Europan financial instrument for Papapietro, on the education of the children of recycling petrodollars to increase and diversify migrant workers (Doc. 1-773/80) world energy supplies (Doc. 1-779/80) which had been referred to the Committee on which had been referred to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs; Yourth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport; — by Mr Combe, on 1982 the year of the craft industry and small and medium-sized — by Mr Fanti, Mr Galluzzi and Mr Segre, on the undertakings (Doc. 1-789/80) expulsion of Palestinian mayors (Doc. 1-774/80) which had been referred to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs ;

which had been referred to the Political Affairs — by Mr Glinne, Mrs Fuillet, Mrs Committee; Seibel-Emmerling, Mrs Roudy, Mrs Krouwel-Vlam, Mr Adam, Mr Collins, Mr Muntingh and Mrs Weber, on protection of — by Mr Nyborg, Mr Kirk, Mrs Ewing, Mr de la European consumers against imports into the Malene, Mr Pfennig, Mr Calvez, Mr Galland, Community of products which have been Mr Pintat, Mr Davern, Mr Albers, Mr declared unsuitable for consumption under Bonaccini, Mr de Goede, Mr Lalor, Mr Fich, legislation in the United States (Doc. Mr D'Angeloante, Mr Vie, Mr Damseaux, Mr 1-781/80/rev.) Ansquer, Mr Deleau, Miss de Valera, Mr Jakobsen, Mr Blaney, Mrs Boserup, Mr which had been referred to the Committee on the Capanna, Mrs Gredal, Mr Doublet, Mr Lynge, Environment, Public Health and Consumer Mr Clement, Mr Remilly, Mr Geronimi, Mr Protection; Flanagan and Mrs Bonino, on the setting up of a committee on fisheries, maritime and freshwater — by Mr Pisani, Mr Jaquet, Mrs Charzat, Mrs fish farming and catches (Doc. 1-775/80) Cresson, Mr Delors, Mr Estier, Mr M. Faure, Mrs Fuillet, Mrs Gaspard, Mr Josselin, Mr Loo, Mr Martinet, Mr Moreau, Mr Motchane, Mr -— by Mr Pedini, Mr d'Ormesson, Mr Konrad Oehler, Mr Percheron, Mrs Roudy, Mr Sarre, Schon, Mr Klepsch, Mr Habsburg and Mrs Mr Schwartzenberg, Mr Sutra, and Mrs Cassanmagnago Cerretti, on the situation in Vayssade, on adopting the objectives, the central Africa (Doc. 1-776/80) administrative and financial rules and the procedures of the European agricultural policy which had been referred to the Political Affairs (Doc. 1-785/80) Committee; which had been referred to the Committee on Agriculture; — by Sir James Scott-Hopkins, Lady Elles, Mr Mtfller, Mr Tyrrell, Lord Bethell and Mr Kirk, (c) from the Council, opinions on: on behalf of the European Democratic Group, — the proposal for the transfer of appropriations on the situation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania No 17/80 between chapters within Section IV (Doc. 1-777/80) — Court of Justice — of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 1980 (Doc. 1-651/80) — (Doc. 1-782/80), which had been referred to the Political Affairs Committee; — the proposal for the transfer of appropriations No 23/80 between chapters within Section II — Commission — of the general budget of the by Mr Muller-Hermann, Mr Klepsch, Mr European Communities for the financial year Tindemans, Mr Vergeer, Mrs Cassanmagnago 1980 (Doc. 1-656/80) — (Doc. 1-783/80), Cerretti, Mr d'Ormesson, Mr O'Donnell, Mr Estgen, Mrs Walz, Mr Janssen van Raay, Mr — the proposal for the transfer of appropriations Langes, Mr Notenboom, Mr Bersani, Mr No 24/80 between chapters within Section III Wawrzik, Mr von Bismarck, Mr Beumer, Mr — Commission — of the general budget of the Macario, Mr van Aerssen, Mr Jonker, Mr European Communities for the financial year Alber, Mr Rinsche, Mr Michel, Mr Blumenfeld, 1980 (Doc. 1-657/80) — (Doc. 1-784/80). Mr Sassano, Mr Hoffmann, Mrs Maij-Weggen, Mr Herman, Mr Salzer, Mr Vandewiele, Mr which had been referred to the Committee on Helms, Mr Simonnet and Mr Brok, on the Budgets. No C 28/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

Monday, 12 January 1981

7. Texts of Treaties forwarded by the Council their motion for a resolution on the hunger strikes by prisoners in Long Kesh and Armagh prisons (Doc, The President announced that she had received from the 1-692/80) (see item 6 of minutes of 15 December Council a certified true copy of the following document: 1980).

— memorandum of understanding for the implementation of a European Research Project on 12. Order of business Benthic Coastal Ecology (Cost Project 47). The President announced that the draft agenda for the present part-session had been distributed (PE 70.199/rev.). 8. Transfers of appropriation s She stated that, at their meeting that morning, the The President announced that the Committee on political group chairmen had authorized her to propose Budgets: to Parliament the folowing adjustments to the agenda: (a) had approved the proposals for transfers of appropriations Nos 7/80 (Doc. 1-417/80), 12/80 (Doc. 1-474/80), 16/80 (Doc. 1-590/80), 17/80 — That day's agenda: (Doc. 1-651/80), 20/80 (Doc. 1-655/80), 21/80 (Doc. 1-664/80), 23/80 (Doc. 1-656/80) and 24/80 — reduction from 10 to 5 minutes of the speaking (Doc. 1-657/80); time allocated to each of the political groups following the statement by the President of the (b) had rejected the proposal for transfer of Commission appropriations No 11/80 (Doc. 1-527/80); — at 8 p.m., i.e. after Question Time, the sitting would continue if necessary until 8.30 p.m., so (c) had noted with approval the proposal for transfer of as to consider the items on the agenda which appropriations No 18/80, on which Parliament had had not yet been dealt with not been officially consulted.

Parliament noted this announcement. — Wednesday, 14 January 1981:

— the joint debate on the reports by Mr Spinelli and Mr Balfour on the Community's own 9. Official welcome resources and budgetary questions would take place, but the moving of amendments and the On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed a vote on the motions for resolutions would be delegation from the Assembly of the Socialist Federal deferred to the February part-session Republic of Yugoslavia, chaired by Mr Sinan Hasani, Vice-President of the Assembly, who had taken their seats in the official gallery. — Thursday, 15 January 1981:

— withdrawal from the agenda of the report by 10. Reference to committee Mrs Pruvot on youth activities, which had not been submitted sufficiently early. The President announced that, contrary to the statement made on 15 December 1980 (see item 6 of minutes of Parliament agreed to these proposals. 15 December 1980), the motion for a resolution by Mr Michel on nuclear safety policy (Doc. 1-668/80) had The President also announced that she had received been referred only to the Committee on Energy and from Mr Coppieters, on behalf of the Group for the Research. Technical Coordination and Defence of Independent Groups and Members, pursuant to Rule 12, a proposal that the oral questions (Docs. 1-508/80, 1-769/80 and 1-770/80) should not be included in the debate on the 11. Withdrawal of a motion for a resolution report by Mrs Walz (Doc. 1-696/80), on the agenda for Thursday, 15 January. The President announced that Mr Blaney and Mr Capanna had informed her that they had withdrawn Mr Coppieters and Mr Bangemann spoke. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/5

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Parliament rejected the proposal by Mr Coppieters. — Combe report on maximum - levels for pesticide residues Mr Coppieters spoke. Hooper report on the recovery and reuse of waste At the request of Mr Lange, chairman of the Committee paper and board on Budgets, Parliament decided to hold separate debates on the reports by Mr Spinelli (Doc. 1-772/80) and Mr 3 p. m.: Balfour (Doc. 1-136/80), included on the agenda for the sitting of Wednesday, 14 January. Voting time

Mr Fergusson spoke on the report by Mrs van den Wednesday, 14 January 1981 Heuvel (Doe. 1-693/80), included on the agenda for Wednesday, 14 January. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Parliament adopted the following agenda for that — Possibly, decision on urgency part-session: — Council statement on the programme of the Dutch presidency - That afternoon: — Spinelli report on the Community's own resources — Introduction of the new Commission — Balfour report on budgetary questions — Statement by the Commission on the action taken by the Commission on the opinons and proposals of — van den Heuvel report on human rights in Uruguay the European Parliament

— Motion for a resolution on the meeting place of Parliament (vote) 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.:

— Joint debate on the report by Mr Aigner on the Question Time (questions to the Council and the implementation of the 1977 budget and the report Foreign Ministers) by Mr Battersby on the implementation of the 1978 budget Thursday, 15 January 1981

6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. to 12 midnight: Question Time (questions to the Commission) — Walz report on decentralized energy production (2)

Tuesday, 13 January 1981 —- Possibly, continuation of Tuesday's and Wednesday's agenda 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.: — Possibly, report on sugar and isoglucose — Possibly, continuation of Monday's agenda — Possibly, Gautier report on fishery products — Bonaccini report (continuation of debate) on the European automobile industry (*•) — Possibly, B. Nielsen report on the use of hormonal substances in domestic animals. — Delorozoy report on aid to shipbuilding — Possibly, report on cereals — Joint debate on the Carossino report, two Maij-Wegen reports and the Spaak report on — Possibly, Bocklet report on sugar pollution of the sea — Louwes report on the EEC-Brazil cooperation — Alber report on a research and development agreement programme in the field of environment — Nyborg report on the importation of certain goods

H Oral questions Docs. Nos 1-639/80, 1-640/80, 1-641/80, 1-642/80, 1-643/80, 1-644/80, 1-645/80 : and Oral questions Docs. 1-508/80, 1-760/80 and 1-770/80 1-674/8 0/rev. will be included in the debate. will be included in the debate. No C 28/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

Monday, 12 January 1981 — Schall report on the Community's information She announced that the vote on this request for urgent policy debate would be held at the beginning of the sitting on Wednesday, 14 January. — Pruvot interim report on cultural workers

— The Pruvot report on youth activities had been The President also announced that the motion for a withdrawn from the agenda resolution tabled by the Liberal and Democratic Group with request for urgent debate pursuant to Rule 14, on — Prag report on linking work and training for young the adoption of supplementary budget No 2 for 1980 persons and the general budget for 1981 (Doc. 1-786/80) had been withdrawn. — Castellina report on Stabex

3 p.m.:

Voting time 14. Speaking time

On a proposal from the President and with the Friday, 16. January 1981 agreement of the political group chairmen, Parliament decided that speaking time for each day of the present 9 a.m.: part-session would be allocated in accordance with the provisions of Rules 28 and 36 A. — Possibly, motions for resolutions placed on the agenda pursuant to Rule 14

— Possibly, continuation of Thursday's agenda 15. Deadline for tabling amendments

Votes: On a proposal from the President Parliament decided to fix the deadlines for tabling amendments for the 9 a.m.: part-session as follows:

Possibly, decision on urgency — 4 p.m. that day for reports on the agenda for 12 January

10.30 a.m.: — 8 p. m. that day for reports on the agenda for Vote on motions for resolutions on which the debate Tuesday, 13 January, with the exception of the has closed •-•• Bonaccini report, for which the deadline had expired on 15 December 1980

After 10.30 a.m.: — 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 13 January for the Balfour Texts would be put to the vote at the close of each report (this deadline was fixed after Sir James debate. Scott-Hopkins had spoken) and the van den Heuvel report on the agenda for 14 January

13. Urgent debate — 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 13 January for reports on the The President announced that she had received a agenda for 15 January motion for a resolution tabled by Ms Clwyd, Mr Rogers, Mr Key, Mr Griffiths, Mr Lomas, Mrs Buchan, Mrs Castle, Mr Enright, Mr Megahy, Mr Gallagher, Mr — 12 noon on Friday, 6 February for the Spinelli Collins, Mr Boyes, Mr Seal, Mr O'Leary, Miss Quin, report on the agenda for 14 January. Mr Adam, Mr van Minnen, Mrs Viehoff, Mr Gabert, Mrs Lizin, Mr Schmid, Mr Balfe and Mr Oehler, with request for urgent debate pursuant to Rule 14, on the steel industry in Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom (Doc, 1-771/80). 16. Introduction of the new Commission

The justification of the request for urgency was Mr Thorn, President of the Commission, introduced the contained in the document itself new Commission of the European Commities. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/7

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The following spoke: Mr Glinne, on behalf of the Preamble: Adopted Socialist Group, Mr Klepsch, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Sir James Sole paragraph: Adopted (by electronic vote since the Scott-Hopkins, on behalf of the European Democratic result of the show of hands was doubtful) Group, Mr Fanti, Communist and Allies Group, Mr Bangemann, on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic After the sole paragraph: Group, Mr de la Malene, on behalf of the Group of European Progressive Democrats, Mr Blaney, Group for — Amendment No 1 by Mr Enright the Technical Coordination and Defence of Independent Groups and Members, Mr Romualdi, non-attached The vote on this amendment was divided into three Member and Mr Paisley. parts:

— 1st part of paragraph la: rejected

— 2nd part of paragraph la: adoped

17. Action by the Commission on the opinions and — paragraph lb: adopted proposals of Parliament

The President announced that the communication from Explanations of vote: the Commission on action taken on opinions delivered x by the European Parliament at the last part-session ( ) The following spoke: Mr Enright, Mr Mart, Mr had been distributed at the same time as the text drawn Hamilius on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic up by the Secretariat on the same subject. Group, Mr Klepsch on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Habsburg, Mrs Dekker, Mr Prag, Mr Pearce and Mr Pattersort. Sir Frederick Warner spoke. The President announced that she had received from Mr Klepsch, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), pursuant to Rule 35 (4), a request for a roll-call vote on the whole of the motion for a resolution. 16. Meeting place of Parliament (vote) Pursuant to Rule 35 (6), the President decided to use the The next item was, pursuant to Rule 33 (4), the vote on electronic voting system the motion for a resolution by Mr Enright and others, on the meeting place of Parliament (Doc. 1-749/80) (see Result of vote: item 22 of nimutes of 19. 12. 1980). Membes voting:. 210 (^ For: 114 Mr Enright requested separate votes on the two halves Against: 86 of paragraph 1 a of Amendment No 1, the first part being 'Resolves that the February part-session shall take Abstentions: 10 place in Strasbourg' and the second 'Resolves that the July part-session shall take place in Strasbourg'. Parliament adopted the following resolution:

(*) See Annex to verbatin report of proceedings of the sitting of 12 January 1981. (*) See Annex No C 28/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

Monday, 12 January 1981

RESOLUTION

on the meeting place of Parliament

The European Parliament

— recalling its decision in favour of a single seat,

— deeply troubled by the schedule for plenary sittings for 1981,

— wishing to remove from its staff the uncertainty which currently exists,

1. Resolves to submit to a vote of the whole Parliament the schedule for plenary sittings for 1981;

2. Resolves that the July part-session shall take place in Strasbourg;

3. Instructs the Bureau to place before Parliament, at the March part-session, its proposals for the second half of 1981.

IN THE CHAIR: MR ROGERS Questions No 3 by Mr Paisley: Integration scheme in Belfast

Vice-President Commissioner Giolitti answered the question and supplementary questions by Mr Paisley, Mr Boyes, Mr J. D. Taylor and Mr Hume. 19. Question Time

Parliament considered a number of questions put to the Questions No 4 by Mr Berkhouwer: Summertime Commission, the Council or the Foreign Ministers meeting in political cooperation (Doc. 1-778/80). Commissioner Kontogeorgis answered the question and supplementary questions by Mr Berkhouwer and Mr de Courcy Ling. Questions to the Commission

Questions No 5 by Mr Walter: Reduction in the discharge of Question No 1 by Sir John Stewart-Clark: Poultry industry waste from the titanium dioxide industry into the sea — No 6 by Mrs Weber: Disposal of waste from the titanium dioxide Commissioner Gundelach answered the question and industry — No 7 by Mr Wettig: Significance of the supplementary questions by Sir John Stewart-Clark, directives on waste from the titanium dioxide industry — No 8 Mr Turner, Sir Frederick Warner and Mr Paisley. by Mr van Minnen: Commission proposal on the surveillance of the environment affected by the titanium dioxide industry — No 9 by Mr Schmid: Programmes to reduce pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry.-— No 10 Questions No 2 by Mr Welsh: Review of the operation of the by Mr Muntingh: Damage caused to fishing resources by waste Multifibre Agreement and No 38 by Mrs Ewing: Multifibre from the titanium dioxide industry Agreement Commissioner Narjes answered the questions and Commissioner Haferkamp answered the questions and supplementary questions by Mr Walter, Mrs Weber, Mr supplementary questions by Mr Welsh, Mrs Ewing, van Minnen, Mr Schmid, Mr Newton Dunn, Mrs Mr Seal, Mrs Kellett-Bowman and Mr Schmid. Squarcialupi, Mr Sherlock and Mrs von Alemann. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/9

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Questions No 11 by Mrs Lentz-Cbrnette: Seismological Mrs Castle spoke on the conduct of Question Time. research at European level The President declared the first part of Question Time Commissioner Davignon answered the question and a closed. supplementary question by Mrs Lentz-Cornette.

Question No 12 by Mr Adam on regional policies has 20. Agenda for next sitting been deferred to trie next part-session at the request of the author. The President announced the following agenda for the sitting on Tuesday, 13 January 1981:

Questions No 13 by Mr Hutton: Proposals on forestry 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Commissioner Gundelach answered the question and supplementary questions by Mr Hutton and Mr — Joint debate on the Aigner report on the Balfour. implementation of the 1977 budget and the Battersby report on the implementation of the 1978 Question No 14 by Mrs Nielsen on income support for budget workers in the shipbuilding industry will receive a written answer since the author was absent and had not — Bonaccini report on the European automobile named a substitute. industry (continuation of debate) (x)

— Delorozoy report on aid to shipbuilding Questions No 15 by Mrs Castle: Publication of a list of the sub-programmes in the United Kingdom — Joint debate on the Carossino report, two Maij-Weggen reports and the Spaak report on Commissioner Giolitti answered the question and pollution of the sea supplementary questions by Mrs Castle, Mr Price and Mr Key. — Alber report on a research and development programme in the field of environment Question No 16 by Mr Louwes on anti-dumping measures against imports of soyabean meal from Brazil — Combe report on maximum levels for pesticide had been withdrawn by the author. residues

— Hooper report on the recovery and reuse of waste Questions No 17 by Mrs Squarcialupi: Observance of paper and board international standards on working conditions

Commissioner Cheysson answered the question and 3 p.m.: supplementary questions by Mrs Squarcialupi, Mr Michel, Mr Herman and Mr Moorhouse. Voting time

(The sitting was closed at 8.25 p.m.)

H.-J. OPITZ Marcel VANDEWIELE Secretary-G eneral Vice-President

(!) Oral questions Docs. Nos 1-639/80, 1-640/80, 1-641/80, 1-642/80, 1-643/80, 1^644/80, 1-645/80 and 1-674/80/rev. would be included in the debate. No C 28/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

Monday, 12 January 1981

ANNEX

Result of roll-call votes

(A) = Absent or did not vote

(+) = Yes (-) = No (O) = Abstention

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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING OF TUESDAY, 13 JANUARY 1981

IN THE CHAIR: MR VANDEWIELE

Vice-President

(The sitting was opened at 9 a.m.)

1. Approval of minutes taken in response to the comments contained in the resolution accompanying the decision granting a The minutes of the previous day's sitting were discharge in respect of the implementation of the 1977 approved. budget (Doc. 1-672/80).

Mr Battersby introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control, on the 2. Documents received measures taken by the Community institutions in the light of the comments appearing in the decisions giving The President announced that he had received: discharge in respect of the 1978 financial year in accordance with the Financial Regulation (Doc. (a) a report from Mr Delatte, on behalf of the 1-671/80). Committee on Agriculture, on the proposals from the Commission of the European Communities to The following spoke: Mr Notenboom on behalf of the the Council (Doc. 1-700/80) for: Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Kellett-Bowman on behalf of the European Democratic I. a regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No Group,'Mr Inner on behalf of the Liberal and 1111/77 laying down common provisions for Democratic Group, Mr Tugendhat, Member of the isoglucose Commission, Mr Aigner, Mr Battersby, Mr Tugendhat und Mrs Kellett-Bowman. II. a regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1592/80 on the application of the system of The President announced that the motions for production quotas in the sugar and isoglucose resolutions would be put to the vote at the next voting sectors during the period 1 July 1980 to 30 June time (see item 8 of these minutes). 1981 He declared the debate closed. (Doc. 1-792/80);

(b) a motion for a resolution from Mrs Scrivener, on 4. European automobile industry (continuation of behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, tabled debate) pursuant to Rule 25, on the interinstitutional dialogue on a common interpretation of the budget The next item was the continuation of debate on the provisions of the Treaties (Doc. 1-789/80) report by Mr Bonaccini on the European automobile industry (Doc. 1-673/80) (see item 7 of the minutes of which had been referred to the Committee on 18 December 1980) Budgets. Mr Martinet spoke.

3. Discharge in respect of the implementation of the 1977 and 1978 budget (debate) IN THE CHAIR: MR KATZER

The first item on the agenda was the joint debate on Vice-President two reports on the discharge in respect of the implementation of the 1977 and 1978 budget. The following spoke: Mr Muller-Hermann, Sir Frederick Warner, Mr Frischmann, Communist and Allies Group Mr Aigner introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of and Mr Pininfarina on behalf of the Liberal and the Committee on Budgetary Control, on the measures Democratic Group. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/13

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IN THE CHAIR: MRS VEIL IN THE CHAIR: MR DANKERT

President Vice-President

5. In memoriam 7. Urgent debate On behalf of Parliament, the President paid tribute to the memory of Mr Gundelach, Member of the The President announced that he had received a motion Commission, who died that morning. for a resolution by Mr de la Malene, Mr Lalor, Mrs Ewing, Mr Nyborg, Mr Ansquer, Mr Clement, Mr Mr Thorn, President of the Commission, joined in this Couste, Mr Cronin, Mr Davern, Mr Deleau, Mr tribute. Doublet, Mr Fanton, Mr Flanagan, Mrs Fourcade, Mr Geronimi, Mr Israel, Mr de Lipkowski, Mr Remilly, Mr Parliament observed one minute's silence. Turcat, Miss de Valera, Mr Vie and Mrs Weiss, on behalf of the Group of European Progressive Democrats, with request for urgent debate pursuant to Rule 14, on the crisis in the European automobile industry (Doc. 1-790/80). IN THE CHAIR: MR KATZER Vice-President The justification of the request for urgency was contained in the document itself. Sir Henry Plumb, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, and Mr Moller joined in this tribute. The vote on this request for urgency would be held at the beginning of the next day's sitting. 6. European automobile industry (continuation of debate)

The following spoke: Mr de la Malene, on behalf of the Group of European Progressive Democrats, Mr Petronio, non-attached Member, Mr Dido, Miss Forster, Mr Carossino, Mr Delorozoy, Ms Clwyd, Sir 8. Discharge in respect of the implementation of the David Nicolson, Mr Vernimmen, Mr de Courcy Ling, 1977 and 1978 budget (vote) Mr Beazley, Mr Michel, Mr Coppieters, Mr Narjes and Mr Davignon, Members of the Commission, and the The next item was the vote on the motion for a rapporteur. resolution contained in the report by Mr Aigner (Doc. 1-672/80) and the motion for a resolution contained in The President announced that the motion for a the report by Mr Battersby (Doc, 1-671/80). resolution, together with the amendments which had been tabled, would be put to the vote at the next voting time, (see item 9 of these minutes). Motion for a resolution contained in the report by Mr Aigner (Doc. 1-672/80) He declared the debate closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 1.10 p.m. and resumed at 3 p.m.) Parliament adopted the following resolution:

RESOLUTION

on the measures taken in response to the comments contained in the resolution accompanying the decision granting a discharge in respect of the implementation of the 1977 budget

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the ECSC Treaty, and in particular Article 78g thereof,

— having regard to the EEC Treaty, and in particular Article 206b thereof, I

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— having regard to the EAEC Treaty, and in particular Article 180b thereof,

— having regard to the annual report of the Court of Auditors concerning the financial year 1977 (*), .

— having regard to the decisions of 16 November 1979 granting a discharge and the comments accompanying these decisions (2),

— having regard to the report by the Commission on the measures taken in response to these comments (3),

— having regard to the report of the Court of Auditors on the measures taken in response to these comments (4),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (Doc. 1-672/80),

— whereas it is of fundamental importance for the effectiveness of the discharge procedure that the measures taken in response to these comments be monitored,

1. Considers it necessary to remind all.the institutions of the Community of their obligation under the third and fourth paragraphs of Article 85 of the Financial Regulation to report to it, when requested to do so, on the measures taken in response to the comments accompanying the discharge decisions;

2. Notes that there has not been a satisfactory improvement in the Commission's willingness to utilize appropriations for new policies entered by Parliament by way of amendment and also to carry through these policies by implementing the budget; points out that it will take the necessary steps with a view to solving this problem in the context of the 1979 discharge^

3. Notes that the call for harmonization of the institutions' recruitment procedures and for the organization of joint recruitment procedures has so far produced no practical effect and calls on the Commission to submit appropriate proposals by 1 July 1981;

4. Is pursuing the study of the institutions' accommodation problems and will in the near future consider a report by the Committee on Budgetary Control, in particular as regards

1. compliance with Community procedures and 2. observance of the requirements of proper financial management in the planning and use of new buildings for the institutions;

5. Emphasizes the progress that has been made, following pressure applied in the context of the discharge procedure, in regard to the rate of utilization of commitment and payment appropriations under the Social Fund;

6. Takes note of the Commission's assurances that, following the entry into force of the new Rules, the rate of utilization of appropriations will in future no longer be slowed down by procedures in the individual States;

7. Takes the view that the Commission's efforts to ensure that the principle of additionality is applied to aid under the Regional Fund are still inadequate;

H OJ No. C 313, 30. 12. 1978. (2) OJNo.L331, 27. 12. 1979. (3) COM(80) 233 Annex. (4) PE 67.917. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/15

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8. Protests once again at the cancellation of the appropriation of 14 million EUA entered by Parliament by way of modification for food aid;

9. Notes the Commission's statements to the effect that the court of Auditors will be permitted to discharge its audit powers in regard to the funds allocated to UNRWA for Palestinian refugees;

10. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the Court of Justice and the Court of Auditors.

— Motion for a resolution contained in the report by Mr Battersby (Doc. 1-671/80)

Parliament adopted the following resolution:

RESOLUTION

on the measures taken by the Community institutions in response to the comments appearing in the decisions granting a discharge in respect of the 1978 financial year in accordance with the Financial Regulation (*)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the ECSC Treaty and in particular Article 78g thereof,

— having regard

— having regard to the EAEC Treaty and in particular Article 180b thereof,

— having regard to the report of the Court of Auditors on the accounts for the 1978 financial year and the answers of the institutions to the report (Doc. 1-567/79),

— having regard to its resolution of 23 May 1980 (2),

— having regard to the reports of certain Community institutions on the measures taken in response to Parliament's comments,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (Doc. 1-671/80),

— conscious of the importance which attaches to the Parliamentary decision granting discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EC,

— wishing to ensure a prompt and effective follow-up to the comments made by Parliament in the context of the discharge decision,

— believing that all institutions of the Community should respond promptly and comprehensively to these comments,

(!) OJ No L 356, 31. 12. 1977, (2) OJ No L 180, 14. 7. 1980. No C 28/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

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As regards the follow-up to discharge comments

1. Recalls that it asked, in the decision on the 1978 discharge, that the Commission should furnish by November, a report on the follow-up to the comments set out in the discharge * resolution and appreciates the fact the Commission has complied with Parliament's wishes in this regard;

2. Considers that it will be necessary to amend Article 85, final sub-paragraph, of the Financial Regultion, to ensure that in future, the answers of the institutions are made available before the following year's discharge procedures are too far advanced to enable these answers to be fully taken into account by the Parliament in the next discharge decision;

3. Recalls that the Commission inadequately implemented some ninety per cent of Parliament's duly adopted amendments incremental to the 1978 EC budget and that in only a few cases were acceptable explanations given;

4. Considers that there are growing differences in interpretation by the three institutions of the Commission's role in the implementation of the budget, which run counter to the interests of the Community and which are unacceptable to Parliament;

5. Insists that these differences should be reconciled at the earliest opportunity and that a conciliation procedure should be launched as soon as possible to ensure that Parliament's will, as reflected in the budget as adopted, is carried into effect;

6. insists that this procedure be launched before the discharge decision for the 1979 financial year is taken;

7. Welcomes the efforts being made by the Commission to keep transfers of appropriations and carryovers to a minimum and, thereby, to ensure greater respect for the budget as adopted;

Issues arising out of the 1978 discharge decision to be considered in separate reports

8. Will consider — in the framework of the 1979 discharge or of separate reports — issues relating to agricultural stocks, accommodation policy, the follow-up to the COMO affair, assessment of valuation for customs purposes, certain staff-related expenditures, the Joint Research Centre problems, EAGGF market management, and borrowing and lending policies together with their democratic control;

A regards the European Regional Development Fund

9. Deplores the fact that, still, not all Member States permit full and adequate control, by Community officials, of European Regional Development Fund expenditure;

As regards food aid

10. Deplores the fact that the existing decision-making processes, which involve the Council in fixing the quantities for allocations to individual beneficiaries, hamper the implementation of the Community food aid policy, and stresses the need for multiannual programming of aid in this sector; 9.2.81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/17

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As regards decentralised agencies

11. Observes that the Commission has given an assurance that the relevant amendments will be incorporated in the regulations governing decentralized agencies so that Parliament, acting on a recommendation from the Council, gives the discharge thus reflecting the position under the Treaty of 22 July 1975 and the established procedure;

12. Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the report of its committee to the Council and Commission.

9. European automobile industry (vote) After the heading 'External trade policy'

— Amendment No 8 by Mr Couste and others The next item was the vote on the motion for a resolution contained in the report by Mr Bonaccini The rapporteur spoke. (Doc. 1-673/80). Amendment No 8 was rejected. Preamble and paragraph 1: Adopted

Paragaph 8: After paragraph 1: — Amendment No 5 by Mr Moreau, Mrs Salisch and — Amendment No 7 by Mr Couste, Mr Lalor, Mr Mr Seeler Nyborg and Mrs Ewing The rapporteur spoke. — Amendment No 6 by the same authors Amendment No 5 was adopted.

The rapporteur requested a separate vote on the two parts of Amendment No 7, the first part ending after Paragraphs 9 to 14: adopted the words 'the automobile industry'.

The first part of Amendment No 7 was adopted. Paragraph 15: — Amendment No 14 by Mr Carossino (withdrawn) The second part of Amendment No 7 was rejected. Paragraph 15 was adopted. Amendment No 6 was rejected. After paragraph 15

Paragraphs 2 to 6: adopted — Amendment No 10 by Mr Pininfarina -

The rapporteur spoke. After paragraph 6: Amendment No 10 was rejected. — Amendment No 16 by Mrs Lizin and Mr Vernimmen Paragraphs 16 and 18: adopted The rapporteur spoke.

Amendment No 16 was rejected. After paragraph 17:

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The rapporteur spoke. Paragraphs 29 and 30:

Amendment No 1 was rejected. — Amendment No 4 by Mr Sarre and Mr Oehler

— Amendment No 9 by Mr Verhaegen and Mr Paragaph 18: adopted Henckens, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (CD Group)

The rapporteur spoke and Mr von Bismarck drew Paragraph 19: attention to an inaccuracy in the French, German and English versions of Amendment No 9 ' — Amendment No 11/rev. by Mr Pininfarina Amendment No 4 was rejected. The rapporteur spoke. Mr Galland, Mr Herman and the rapporteur spoke on Mr Pininfarina withdrew his amendment. Amendment No 9.

The following raised a point of order: Mr Rogers, Lady Amendment No 9 was adopted by electronic vote since Elles and Mr Pininfarina. the result of the vote by show of hands and sitting and standing was doubtful. Mr von der Vring took over the amendment in his own name. Paragraph 30 thus amended was adopted.

Amendment No 11/rev. was adopted. After paragraph 30:

Paragaph 20: adopted — Amendment No 15 by Mr Sarre and Mr Oehler

The rapporteur spoke. Paragraph 21: Amendment No 15 was adopted. — Amendment No 2 by Mr Sarre and Mr Oehler

The rapporteur spoke. Paragraphs 31 and 32(a): adopted Amendment No 2 was rejected.

Paragraph 21 was adopted. Paragraph 32(b):

Paragraph 22: adopted — Amendment No 12 by Mr Pininfarina

The rapporteur spoke. After paragraph 22: Amendment No 12 was rejected. — Amendment No 3 by Mr Sarre and Mr Oehler Subparagraph (b) of paragraph 32 was adopted. The rapporteur spoke. Paragraph 32 (c) and (d) and paragraphs 33 and 34: Amendment No 3 was rejected. adopted

Paragraphs 23 to 25: adopted Explanations of vote: Paragraph 26: The following spoke: Mr de la Malene on behalf of the — Amendment No 13 by Mr Carossino (withdrawn) Group of European Progressive Democrats, Mrs Lizin, Mr Sarre and Mr de Courcy Ling.

Paragraphs 26 to 28: adopted Parliament adopted the following resolution: 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/19

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RESOLUTION

on the European automobile industry

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the motion for a resolution (Doc. 1-280/80) tabled by Mr Pininfarina and the motion tabled by Mr Sarre and others (Doc. 1-311/80),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on External Relations and the Committee, on Social Affairs and Employment (Doc. 1-673/80),

— having regard to the key importance of this sector in European industry and to the economy as a whole,

— having regard to the disturbing loss of markets both within and outside the Community as a result of the trade offensive by aggressive non-Community industries,

— having regard to the serious effects this is having on employment, income distribution and the general economic health of the Community, particularly for certain regions and in sectors linked to or dependent on the car industry,

— convinced that the car industry can instil new dynamism and growth into the European economy and that appropriate Community measures could prove very effective in this field,

Community strategy

1. Urgently calls for the formulation, at Community level, of a strategy for the automobile industry that will enable it to take advantage of the size of the Community market, the economic and political strength of the Community and its extensive trading links with the rest of the world;

2. Regrets that at its meeting of 1 and 2 December 1980 the European Council did not discuss the problem of the automobile industry;

3. Considers that the strategy adopted should be such as to allow the attainment of the fundamental objectives, which are to increase the productivity of the European automobile industry and to strengthen its competitiveness on the world market;

4. Calls upon the Commission when fulfilling its executive functions to grant the necessary priority to studying and drafting proposals relating to the automobile industry;

5. Urgently calls for close cooperation between the national governments and the 4 Community institutions with a view to creating the basic conditions necessary for improving the common market, and insists on the need for steps to by taken to achieve greater harmonization of the laws of the. Member States, the coordination of national aid schemes and the elimination of technical barriers to trade;

6. In order to speed up the adoption of the most appropriate common measures, requests the Commission to conduct, as rapidly as possible, a survey of the effects of Community regulations on energy saving, safety and pollution;

7. Calls for a greater investment of private risk capital, and considers that any Community intervention should be on the basis of the coordination of national programmes, with particular use being made of instruments such as the new Community loans; No C 28/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

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8. Asks its committee to monitor continuously developments in this sector and to report to it periodically on this subject;

External trade policy

9. Requests the Commission to pay particularly close attention to further developments in the talks between the representatives of the European and Japanese manufacturers. It should see to it that the internal market is afforded adequate protection, in particular through its contacts and negotiations with the third countries concerned. The purpose of this is to ensure impoved market access in particular through the removal of spurious obstacles to trade, under conditions of effective equality as well as balanced exchange rates, especially against the yen and with fewer divergences in matters affecting industrial relations. The Commission is asked to negotiate an agreement for the voluntary restraint of Japanese experts to the Community. If these contacts and negotiations do not produce the desired results, the Community must then rapidly adopt the necessary measures to protect its market;

10. Hopes that the Council will adopt the Commission proposal for a directive introducing a special procedure for Community certification of industrial products from third countries;

11. Considers that a thorough appraisal should be made of the implications for the Community automobile industry of the enlargement of the Community and calls for an improvement in the trade balance between Spain and the EEC in this sector;

12. Enjoins the Community to examine and take account of the implications of the buy-back agreement concluded with third countries that manufacture cars;

13. Considers that the Community's competition policy must be viewed not merely in an intra-Community context, but also in the light of the need to ensure that undertakings are able to compete effectively and on an equal footing with third country manufacturers;

Problems associated with the common market

14. Urgently calls upon the Council to adopt the directives designed to eliminate technical barriers to trade in motor vehicles and the proposal concerning a special procedure for Community certification of industrial products from third countries; points out that, once all the above proposals have been adopted, a Community type-approval certificate for motor vehicles will effectively be possible: such a type approval procedure willvgive the Community an important bargaining position within the new GATT agreements for reciprocity on non-tariff barriers;

15. Asks that genuinely effecive measures be taken to harmonize the existing legislation of the Member States concerning the technical characteristics of motor vehicles, especially from the point of view of inspection and control, making allowance for likely developments in the 1980's;

16. Calls on the Commission to ensure that competition is maintained in this sector so that consumers in the Community are assured of a supply of vehicles at appropriate prices; 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/21

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17. Reaffirms the need for the current work on the harmonization of the laws relating to car insurance to be brought to a rapid conclusion and calls for an analysis of the different fiscal provisions at present applicable to the sale and the use of cars in the various Member States;

18. Points out that removing barriers within the Community makes it easier for smaller specialist firms in assembling, components and research and development to flourish and thereby create jobs and contribute to the competitiveness of the entire industry;

Research and development

19. Expresses concern at the fact that Community research and development activity may not be up to the level of that of the leading third country competitors, and considers that the Community should encourage and assist such activity, while also coordinating national research projects and playing a direct part in 'non-competitive' research directly linked to the industry as well as in basic research in the sector;

20. Calls for encouragement and support to be given to the financing of studies and practical programmes designed to improve production and its organization, with a view to increasing productivity while respecting the need for a satisfactory working environment; and further requests that the social consequences of these programmes be at the same time examined;

21. While reaffirming the importance of all aspects of research, lays particular stress on research which is concerned with energy saving, the use of energy sources other than hydrocarbons and the search for alternative materials;

22. Points out that the requisite technological innovations must also be directed towards increasing the safety of consumers and workers and towards improving both working and living conditions;

23. Calls for thorough studies of the precise costs involved in the pursuit of these three objectives and of the combination of priorities that may prove to be necessary;

Industrial structure

24. Urgently calls for an end to be put to the fragmentation of the Community industries, by the adoption of measures aimed at encouraging fuller cooperation between companies ' through joint programmes covering research, experimentation and components and motor vehicle production as well as other forms of collaboration and joint ventures within the Community and with undertaking in third countries, such as would help improve European production and deserve to be approved and supported. While concentrations may also have their drawbacks, they should positively be encouraged in suitable cases (for example, in certain sectors of the components industry), when the result would be substantial economies of scale and a better organization of the production process;

25. While stressing the Community's openness to foreign investment, draws the attention of the Community to the effects of foreign investment within the Community and of Community investment abroad; No C 28/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

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26. Believes that foreign investment within the Community can in particular help to create new jobs but could also lead to Europe's technological dependence being increased, and calls upon the Commision to guard against this possibility; calls attention to three essential conditions that must be considered jointly in cases of joint ventures with third country undertakings; the Community firm must not be weakened to such an extent that there is reason to fear that it may be absorbed by its partners; its capital share must represent a preponderant proportion of the value of the final product; the intervention of the partner company must not be purely commercial in nature;

27. Welcomes on principle investments by European automobile manufacturers in third countries and considers it necessary for the Community to lend support to such efforts on a long-term basis by concluding capital protection agreements with these countries;

28. Reaffirms the need for new programmes of technological development on a broad scale, based squarely on automation techniques and the use of robots, and to identify the best methods of organizing production and of simplifying component assembly processes and stockpiling policies. These programmes and the studies preceding them must be pro moted, encouraged, and adequately supported, having due regard for the possible social consequences;

29. Requests the Commission to ascertain what practical scope there is for an agreement between producers of components, insurance companies and organizations of vehicle repairers to expedite, standardize and reduce the cost of the procedures followed for repairing vehicles and settling claims;

Social aspects

30. Recognizes that the adjustment of the automobile industry to new circumstances will have serious social implications and stresses the need for the simultaneous implementation of comprehensive measures to cope with them in a satisfactory manner;

31. Considers that the Community should play an important part in this area, by evaluating the effects on employment and working conditions of restructuring schemes, of organizational changes in the production process and of technological innovation, especially increased automation, on the production line; this means that workers' representatives and their trade union organizations in particular should have the right to information to monitor the investment programmes, and also the right to be consulted on the expected effects of this programme on the level of employment, qualifications required, vocational training, working conditions, the organization of work and the location of jobs;

32. Draws the attention of the Commission and Council to the fact the these measures are urgently needed to enable the Community to act in time and to halt the crisis in the European automobile industry;

33. Calls for consultation with the social partners with a view to diagnosing the problems in the sector, comparing information, facilitating cooperation at European level, especially in the components sector, and formulating the training and redeployment policies necessitated by developments on the automobile market;

34. Believes that the Community will be able to make a special contribution in various fundamental areas by: 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/23

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(a) facilitating the flow of preliminary information to the trade unions and to the whole work-force, and the joint assessment by the social partners of employment prospects and of changes in conditions of employment;

(b) adopting at an early date the guidelines envisaged for reorganizing and adjusting working hours and, in particular, for introducing a flexible retirement policy;

(c) adopting at the same time — in particular with the help of the Social Fund — measures for professional training and retraining, etc., with a view to facilitating mobility on the labour market;

(d) calling for and supporting those measures that are essential at regional level to prevent very serious damage to the areas affected by these measures and the deterioration of their industrial structures and to ensure that account is taken, in any allocation of resources, of the regional imbalances that persist within the Community;

35. Urgently calls for an increasingly modern and effective public transport policy which will help to make substantial improvements in traffic systems, especially in the large conurbations, and which, by promoting a wider range of transport facilities, will allow people to make a freer and more rational choice and guarantee smoother passenger traffic flows and cheaper use of the motor car;

36. Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the report of its committee to the Council and Commission.

10. Directive on aid to shipbuilding (debate) had been tabled, at the next voting time (see item 8 of minutes of 15 January 1981) Mr Delorozoy introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the proposal from the Commission of. the He declared the debate closed. European Communities to the Council (Doc. 1-472/80) for a directive on aid to shipbuilding (Doc. 1-638/80).

The following spoke: Mr Caborn, on behalf of the 11. Prevention of pollution of the sea (debate) Socialist Group, Sir David Nicolson, on behalf of the European Democratic Group, Mr Herman, on behalf of The next item was the joint debate on four reports on the Group of the European Peopee's Party (CD Group), the prevention of pollution of the sea. Mrs Le Roux, Communist and Allies Group, Mr Calvez, on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, Mr Remilly, on behalf of the Group of European Mr Carossino introduced his report, drawn up on Progressive Democrats, Mr Almirante, non-attached behalf of the Committee on Transport, on the proposal Member, Mr Paisley and Mr Andriessen, Member of from the Commission of the European Communities to the Commission. the Council (Doc. 1-332/80) for a directive concerning the enforcement, in respect of shipping using Community ports, of international standards for The President stated that the motion for a resolution shipping safety and pollution prevention (Doc. would be put to the vote, with the amendments which 1-708/80). No C 28/24 Official Journal of th. European Communities 9. 2. 81

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Mrs Maij-Weggen introduced her reports, drawn up on St-Pierre-le-Jeune for Mr Gundelach, Member of the behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Commission, who had died that morning. Health and Consumer Protection, on: — the proposal from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council (Doc. 1-333/80) for a decision establishing a Community information 13. Urgent debate system for preventing and combating hydrocarbon pollution of the sea (Doc. 1-709/80) The President announced that he had received the following motions for resolutions with request for — the prevention of disasters during the extraction of urgent debate pursuant to Rule 14: oil and gas in North-West European waters (Doc. 1-473/80). — by Mr Glinne on behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Klepsch on behalf jof the Group.of the European People's Party (CD Group), Sir James Scott-Hopkins Mrs Spaak introduced her repot, drawn up on behalf of on behalf of the European Democratic Group, Mr the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Fanti on behalf of the Communist and Allies, Mr Consumer Protection, on combating the effect of Bangemann on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic disasters where oil is released into the sea and reaches Group, and Mr de la Malene on behalf of the the shore (Doc. 1-467/80). Group of European Progressive Democrats, on membership of committees (Doc. 1-788/80)

— by Mr Ferri, Mrs Squarcialupi, Mrs Roudy, Mr Chambeiron, Mr Ripa di Meana, Mr van Minnen, IN THE CHAIR: MR VANDEWIELE Mr Seeler, Mrs Seibel-Emmerling, Mr Kiihn, Mrs Weber, Mrs Vayssade, Mr Fischbach, Mr Aigner, Vice-President Mr Kellett-Bowman, Mr Pedini, Mr Bersani, Mr Dido, Mr Lezzi, Mr Costanzo, Mrs Gaiotti de Biase, Mr Ghergo, Mr De Pasquale, Mr Galluzzi The following spoke: Mr Klinkenborg, on behalf of the and Mrs Baduel Glorioso, on the. arbitrary Socialist Group and the Committee on Transport, Mr alteration of the school week at the European Janssen van Raay, on behalf of the European People's School in Luxembourg (Doc. 1-794/80) Party (CD Group), Mr Johnson on behalf of the European Democratic Group, Mr Veronesi, Communist and Allies Group, Mr Haagerup on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, Mr de Lipkowski on behalf of — by Mrs van den Heuvel, Mrs Roudy, Mr Glinne, Mr Cohen, Mr Abens, Ms Clwyd, Mrs Krouwel-Vlam, the Group of European Progressive Democrats, Mr Mr Arndt, Mr Klinkenborg, Mr Key, Mrs Viehoff, Pesmazoglou, Mr Dalakouras, Mr Josselin, Mr Mr Sieglerschmit, Mr Wetter, Mr Enright, Mr d'Ormesson, Mr Moorhouse, Mrs Le Roux, Mr Schmid, Mr Schinzel, Mr van Minnen, Mr Martinet, Voyazis, Mr Morel and, Mr van Minnen, the last two on Mr Pelikan, Mr Albers and Mr Schieler, on the a point of order, Mr Doublet, Mrs Weber, Mr Turner, conscientious objector Chriotos Nounis (Doc. Mrs Squarcialupi, Mr Markozanis, Mr Muntingh, Mr 1-796/80). Percheron, Mr Frangos, Mr Dalakouras, Mr Peponis, Mr Kontogeorgis, Member of the Commission.

The justification for the requests for urgency were In view of the hour, the debate was interrupted at this contained in the documents themselves. point, to resume on Thursday, 15 January.

The vote on these requests for urgency would be held at The Alber (Doc. 1-660/80), Combe (Doc. 1-729/80) the beginning of the next day's sitting. and Hooper (Doc. 1-659/80) reports were likewise postponed until Thursday's sitting.

14. Agenda 12. Memorial service for Mr Gundelach The President announced that, of the various reports The President announced that a memorial service would placed on Thursday's agenda as 'possibly' items, the be held at noon the following day in the Church of Committee on Agriculture, at its meeting the previous 9.2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/25

Tuesday, 13 January 1981 day, had been able to adopt only the Delatte report on 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. isoglucose. — Decision on urgency

— Council statement on the programme of the Dutch As a result, only this one report remained on Thursday's presidency agenda. — Spinelli report on the Community's own resources

Parliament took note of this information. — Balfour report on budgetary questions

— van den Heuvel report on human rights in Uruguay

15. Agenda for next sitting 5.30 p;m. to 7 p.m.

The President announced the following agenda for the Question Time (questions to the Council and the sitting on Wednesday, 14 January: Foreign Ministers)

(The sitting was closed at 7.15 p.m.)

H.-J. OPITZ Simone VEIL Secretary General President No C 28/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2, 81

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING OF WEDNESDAY, 14 JANUARY 1981

IN THE CHAIR: MRS VEIL

President

(The sitting was opened at 9 a.m.)

1. Approval of minutes Urgent procedure was rejected.

The minutes of the previous day's sitting were approved. Pursuant to Rule 25, this motion for a resolution was referred to the appropriate committee, in this case the Committee on Social Affairs and Employment.

2. Documens received — motion for a resolution by six political groups on The President announced that she had received the membership of committees (Doc. 1-788/80) following motions for resolutions, tabled pursuant to Rule 25: Urgent procedure was adopted.

— by Mr Seligman, on behalf of the European On a proposal from the President, Parliament decided Democratic Group, on the energy strategy following that the vote on this motion for a resolution would be the Venice Summit of 23 June 1980 (Doc. the first item on the agenda for the following day. 1-791/80)

which had been referred to the Committee on Also on a proposal from the President, Parliament Energy and Research; decided to fix the deadline for submitting nominations at 12 noon the following day. — by Mr Calvez, on the establishment in Brittany of a European Training Centre for members of crews of — motion for a resolution by Mr de la Malene and fishing vessels registered in Europe (Doc. 1-795/80) others, on behalf of the Group of European Progressive Democrats, on the automobile industry which had been referred to the Committee on (Doc. 1-790/80) (Withdrawn by Mr de la Malene) Agriculture. — motion for a resolution by Mr Ferri and others on the alteration of the school week at the European 3. Decision on urgency School in Luxembourg (Doc.,.1-794/80)

The next item was the vote on the urgency of five Mr Ferri and Mr Hahn spoke. motions for resolutions:

— motion for a resolution by Ms Clwyd and others Urgent procedure was rejected. on the steel industry (Doc. 1-771/80) Pursuant to Rule 25, this motion for a resolution was The following spoke: Ms Clwyd, Mr Bangemann on referred to the appropriate Committee, in this case the behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, Mr Committee on Budgetary Control. Spencer on behalf of the European Democratic Group, Mr Peters, on behalf of the Socialist Group and Mrs — motion for a resolution by Mrs van derl Heuvel and Cassanmagnago Cerretti on behalf of the Group of the others on the conscientious objector Christos European People's Party (CD Group). Nounis (Doc. 1-796/80) 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/27

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Sir James Scott-Hopkins asked that the vote on the Commission for a regulation on cereals (Doc. urgency of this motion for a resolution be deferred to 1-701/80). the beginning of the following day's sitting since the document had not been distributed' in time. He said that urgency was justified by the fact that this proposal should have been adopted by 15 December 1980.* Mrs van den Heuvel agreed to this procedure and the vote was therefore deferred. He pointed out that a report on this matter had been placed on the agenda for the sitting of Thursday, 15 January for possible debate, but that the Committee on Agriculture had not been able to adopt the report. 4. Council statement on the programme of the Dutch presidency (followed by a debate) He said that the vote on this request for urgent debate Mr van der Klaauw, President-in-Office of the Council, would take place at the beginning of the following day's began by paying tribute to the memory of Mr sitting. Gundelach, Member of the Commission, who had died the previous day. He then introduced the programme of — from the Council a request for urgent debate during the Dutch presidency for the coming six months. that part-session on proposals for regulations on sugar and isoglucose (Doc. 1-700/80).

Mrs Kellett-Bowman raised a point of order and Mr He said that since the Committee on Agriculture had van der Klaauw spoke in reply. submitted a report on the subject drawn up by Mr Delatte (Doc. 1-792/80), there was no need to adopt urgent procedure. The following spoke in the debate: Mrs van den Heuvel on behalf of the Socialist Group and Mr Penders on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (CD Group). (The sitting was suspended at 12.45 p.m. and resumed at 3 p.m.)

IN THE CHAIR: MR VANDEWIELE IN THE CHAIR: MR MOLLER

Vice-President Vice-President

The following spoke: Sir James Scott-Hopkins on behalf 6. Council statement on the programme of the Dutch of the European Democratic Group, Mr Galluzzi, presidency (continuation of debate) Communist and Allies Group, Mr Berkhouwer on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, Mr Israel Mr Nyborg spoke. on behalf of the Group of European Progressive Democrats, Mr Bogh, Group for the Technical Coordination and Defence of Independent Groups and The President declared the debate closed. Members, Mr Pesmazoglou, Mr Jaquet, Mr Travaglini, Mr Martin, Mrs Castellina, Mr Romualdi, Mrs Walz, chairman of the Committee on Energy and Research, Mr Paisley, Mr de Goede and Mr van der Klaauw. 7. Community's own resources (debate)

Mr Spinelli introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on the Community's own resources (Doc. 1-772/80). 5. Urgent debate

The President announced that he had received, pursuant The following spoke: Mr Arndt on behalf of the to Rule 14: Socialist Group, Mr Barbi on behalf otthe Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr J.M. Taylor on behalf of the European Democratic Group, Mr —- from the Commission a request for urgent debate Baillot, Communist and Allies Group, Mr Nord on during that part-session on the proposal from the behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, Mr Vie on No C 28/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. ..81

Wednesday, 14 January 1981 behalf of the Group of European Progressive Question No 55 by Mr Ansquer on hormones in Democrats, Mr Bonde, Group for the Technical feedingstuffs will receive a written reply since the author Coordination and Defense of Independent Groups and was absent and had not appointed a substitute. Members, Mr Tugendhat, Member of the Commission, Mr Pesmazoglou, _ who declined to speak, Mr Question No 56 by Mr Cronin on dangerous and illegal Notenboom, Mr R. Jackson, Mr Leonardi, Mr Visentini chemical waste being dumped off the Irish coast had and Mr Tuckman. been withdrawn by the author.

Question No 57 by Mr Howell: Community cooperation in IN THE CHAIR: MR ZAGARI pollution control of the North Sea

Vice-President Mr Van der Mei answered the question and supplementary questions by Mr Howell, Mr Seeler and Mr De Goede. Mrs Boserup spoke.

Question No 58 by Mr Clement: Outline programme for the IN THE CHAIR: MR KATZER improvement of agricultural structures

Vice-President Mr Van der Mei answered the question and supplementary questions by Mr Clement and Mrs Ewing. Mr M0ller and the rapporteur spoke.

The President pointed out that the amendments would be moved and the texts voted on during the next Questions No 59 by Mrs Fourcade: Terms of oil agreements part-session. concluded between individual governments

He declared the debate closed. Mr Van der Mei spoke and then answered questions by Mrs Fourcade, Mr Galland and Mr Seligman. Parliament then moved on to the QuestionTime.The two reports remaining on the agenda (Docs. 1-136/80/rev. Mr Galland raised a point of order. and 1-693/80) were deferred to the following day.

Mr Balfour raised a point of order. Question No 60 by Mr Vie: Negotiations with the Comecon countries

8. Question Time Mr Van der Mei answered the question and a supplementary question by Mr Vie. , The next item was the continuation and conclusion of Question Time (Doc. 1-778/80). Question No 61 by Mr de Lipkowski: Timetable for increases Question to the Council in agricultural prices

Question No 53 by Mr Davern: Beef market Mr van der Mei answered the question and supplementary questions by Mr Fanton, deputizing for Mr Van der Mei, President-in-Office of the Council, the author, Mr Howell, Mr Martin, Mr Delatte and Mr answered the question and supplementary questions by Vie. Mr Paisley and Mr Maffre-Bauge.

Question No 54 by Mr Remilly: Aid to the wood processing Question No 62 by Mr Couste: Urgent need for measures in and construction industries the held of temporary employment abroad

Mr Van der Mei answered the question and Mr Van der Mei answered the question and supplementary questions by Mr Remilly, Mrs Ewing, supplementary questions by Mr Couste, Mr Schmid and Mr Hutton and Mr Adam. Mr Doublet. 9.2.81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/29

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Question No 63 by Mrs Ewing: The return of the Elgin by Mr Hume, Mr Kavanagh, Mrs Desmond, Mr Marbles to Greece O'Connell, Mr O'Leary, Mr Rogers, Mr Glinne, Mrs Castle, Mr B. Friedrich, Mr Lezzi, Mrs van den Mr Van der Mei answered the question and Heuvel, Mr Abens, Mr Jaquet, Mr Colla, Mr Arndt, supplementary questions by Mrs Ewing and Dame Mr Estier, Mrs Gredal, Mr Dido, Mrs Viehoff, Mr Shelagh Roberts. Key, Mr Griffiths, Mr Collins and Mr Adam, on behalf of the Socialist Group, and Mr Lalor, Mr Flanagan, Miss de Valera, Mr Cronin, Mr Davern, Mrs Ewing, Mr Israel, Mr Remilly, Mr Blaney, Mr Question No 64 by Mr Seal: Textile labelling Ryan, Mr Clinton, Mr McCartin and Mr O'Donnell Mr Van der Mei answered the question and on the Irish Rugby Football Union's South African supplementary questions by Mr Seal, Mr Paisley and Tour (Doc. 1-801/80) Mr Fanton.

by Mr van Minnen, Mr Colla, Mr Dankert, Mr Gautier, Mr Hansch, Mrs Hoff, Mrs Question No 65 by Mr Hutton: Monthly Council report to Krouwel-Vlam, Mr Linkohr, Mrs Lizin, Mr Lomas, Parliament Mr Moreau, Mr Rogers, Mr Ruffolo, Mr Schinzel, Mr Schmid, Mr Seal, Mr Seefeld, Mrs van den Mr Van der Mei answered the question and Heuvel, Mr Van Miert, Mrs Viehoff, Mrs Weber supplementary questions by Mr Hutton, Lord and Mr Woltjer on the situation in El Salvador Harmar-Nicholls and Mr Hord. (Doc. 1-803/80)

Questions to the Foreign Ministers meeting in political co by Mr Coppieters, Mr Balfe, Mr Blaney, Mr operation Ruffolo, Mr Capanna, Mrs Castelliha, Mr de Goede, Mrs Boserup, Mr Gendebien, Mr Lomas, Question No 78 by Mrs Carettoni Romagnoli: EEC and Mrs Wieczorek-Zeul, Mr Seal, Mr van Minnen, Mrs Turkey van den Heuvel, Mr Van Miert, Mrs Dekker, Mr Mr Van der Klaauw, President-in-Office of the Foreign Colla, Mrs Weber, Mr Schmid, Mr Segre and. Mr Ministers meeting in political cooperation answered the Leonardi on the fate of six Corsican prisoners (Doc. question and supplementary questions by Mrs Carettoni 1-806/80) Romagnoli, Mr Israel, Mr Schinzel, Mr Chambeiron, Mr Schmid, Mr van Minnen and Mr Papaefstratiou. He pointed out that the justification of the requests for urgency was contained in the documents themselves.

Question No 79 by Mrs Lizin: Thorn initiative on the Middle East He announced that the vote on these requests for urgent Question No 86 by Mr Israel: The value of pursuing debate would take place at the beginning of the Community initiatives on the Middle East following day's sitting.

Mr Van der Klaauw answered the questions and supplementary questions by Mrs Lizin, Mr Gall and, Mr Provan, Mr Purvis, Mr Israel and Mr Moreland. 10. Agenda for next sitting The President declared Question Time closed. The President announced the following agenda for the sitting on Thursday, 15 January 1981: He stated that the questions which had not been considered would receive a written reply unless the authors withdrew them or asked that they be carried over to the next Question Time. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. to 12 midnight: '

9. Urgent debate — Decision on requests for urgent debate The President announced that he had received the following motions for resolutions with request for — Vote on the motion for a resolution on membership urgent debate, pursuant to Rule 14: of committees No C 28/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

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— Walz report on decentralized energy production (*) — Louwes report on the EEC-Brazil cooperation agreement — Continuation of joint debate on the Carossino report, two Maij-Weggen reports and the Spaak — Nyborg report on the importation of certain goods report on pollution of the. sea — Schall report on the Community's information: — Alber report on a research and development policy programme in the field of environment — Interim report by Mrs Pruvot on cultural workers — Combe report on maximum levels for pesticide residues — Prag report on linking work and training for young persons — Hooper report on recovery and reuse of waste paper and board — Castellina report on Stabex

— Balfour report on budgetary questions

— van den Heuvel report on human rights in Uruguay 3 p.m.:

— Delatte report on sugar and isoglucose Voting time

(The sitting was closed at 7.25 p.m.)

H. J. OPITZ Allan ROGERS Secretary General Vice President

(!) Oral questions Docs. 1-508/80, 1-769/80 and 1-770/80 will be included in the debate. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/31

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING OF THURSDAY, 15 JANUARY 1981

IN THE CHAIR: MR ROGERS

Vice-President.

(The sitting was opened at 10 a.m.)

Mr Moreland and Mr Galland spoke on a point of which had been referred to the Political Affairs order. Committee;

(b) from the Council: 1. Approval of minutes — an opinion on the proposal for a transfer of appropriations No 22/80 between chapters The minutes of the previous day's sitting were within Section III — Commission — of the approved. general budget of the European Communities for the 1980 financial year (Doc. 1-636/80) — (Doc. 1-805/80)

2. Documents received — Reference to committee which had been referred to the Committee on Budgets. The President announced that he had received:

The President also announced that the proposal from (a) the following motions for resolutions, tabled the Commission of the European Communities to the pursuant to Rule 25: Council for a regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the market in cereals (Doc. 1-701/80), which had been — by Mr Lalor and Mr Israel, on the deteriorating referred to the Committee on Agriculture (see item 6 of situation relating to human rights in El Salvador the minutes of 15 December 1980), had now also been (Doc. 1-797/80) referred to the Committee on Budgets. which had been referred to the Political Affairs Committee; 3. Decision on urgency — by Mr Doublet, on the Olympic Games (Doc. 1-798/80) The first item on the agenda was the vote on five requests for urgency. which had been referred to the Political Affairs Committee; — proposal for a regulation on cereals (Doc. 1-701/80) — by Mr de Lipkowski, on shipping and marine pollution (Doc. 1-799/80) The following spoke: Mr Sutra, Mr Davignon,, Member which had been referred to the Committee on of the Commission, and, on a point of order, Mrs Transport; Kellett-Bowman.

— by Mr Israel, on human rights and the Lome Mr Friih, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Convention (Doc. 1-800/80) Agriculture, spoke. which had been referred to the Committee on Development and Cooperation; The following spoke: Mr Curry, Mr Dalsass, Mr Ferri on behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Fruh on a point of — by Mr Josselin and Mrs Wieczorek-Zeul, on the order, Sir James Scott-Hopkins on behalf of the situation in El Salvador (Doc. 1-802/80) European Democratic Group, Mr Pranchere, No C 28/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.2. 81

Thursday, 15 January 1981 Communist and Allies Group, Mr Louwes on behalf of others on the Irish Rugby Football Union's South the Liberal and Democratic Group and Mr Davignon. African Tour (Doc. 1-801/80)

Speaking on behalf of the Group of European The following spoke: Mr Hume, Mr O'Leary, Mr Progressive Democrats, Mr Davern requested, pursuant Beazley on behalf of the European Democratic Group, to Rule 35 (4), a roll-call vote on this request for Mr Klepsch on behalf of the Group of the European urgency. People's Party (CD Group), Mr Maher on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, and Mr Glinne on behalf of the Socialist Group. Mr Pranchere spoke.

Urgent procedure was rejected. A roll call vote was taken using the electronic system.

Pursuant to Rule 25 this motion for a resolution was Result of vote: referred to the appropriate committee, in this case the Members voting: 230 (^ Political Affairs Committee. For: 119 — motion for a resolution by Mr van Minnen and 108 Against: others on the situation in El Salvador (Doc. Abstentions: 3 1-803/80)

Urgent procedure was adopted. The following spoke: Mr Glinne on behalf of the Socialist Group, who asked, pursuant to Rule 35 (4), for a roll call vote on this request for urgency, Mr Mr Gautier spoke concerning the inclusion of this item Klepsch on behalf of the Group of the European on the agenda. People's Party (CD Group), Mr Martin, Communist and Allies Group, Mr Haagerup on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, Mr van Minnen and Mrs On a proposal from the President, Parliament decided Bonino, Group for the Technical Coordination and to give its opinion on this proposal for a regulation on Defence of Independent Groups and Members. Friday and to fix the deadline for tabling amendments at 2 p.m. on Thursday afternoon.

A roll call vote was taken using the electronic system. Mr Frith spoke.

— motion for a resolution by Mrs van den Heuvel on Since the electronic system was not functioning the conscientious objector Christos Nounis (Doc. correctly, Parliament decided, after Mr von der Vring, 1-796/80) Mr Boyes and Mr van Minnen had spoken, to defer the vote to 3 p.m. that afternoon.

The following spoke: Mrs van den Heuvel, Mr Bournias, Mr Klepsch on behalf of the Group of the motion for a resolution by Mr Coppieters and European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Glinne on others on the fate of six Corsican prisoners (Doc. behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Fergusson on behalf 1-806/80) of the European Democratic Group, and Mr Haagerup on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group. The President stated that there existed another text on Urgent procedure was rejected. the same subject, by Mr Glinne on behalf of the Socialist Group (Doc. 1-809/80), which had not yet been distributed, and that the vote would therefore Pursuant to Rule 25 this motion for a resolution was concern the subject and not one specific motion for a referred to the appropriate committee, in this case the resolution. Legal Affairs Committee.

— motion for a resolution by Mr Hume and others, on The following spoke: Mr Coppieters, Mr Estier on behalf of the Socialist Group, and Mr Lalor and behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Baillot, Communist and Allies Group, Mr Galland on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group and Mr Geronimi on behalf of (*) See Annex. the Group of European Progressive Democrats. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/33

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Urgent procedure was rejected. 4. Membership of committees (vote)

The next item was the vote on the motion for a resolution tabled by six political groups on membership Pursuant to Rule 25, these two motions for resolutions of committees (Doc. 1-788/80). were referred to the appropriate committee, in this case the Legal Affairs Committee. Parliament adopted the following resolution:

RESOLUTION

on membership of the committees

The European Parliament,

— decides to alter the membership of the committees as follows:

1. Political Affairs Committee: 43 members

2. Committee on Agriculture: 41 members

3. Committee on Budgets: 39 members

4. Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs: 39 members

5. Committee on Energy and Research: 36 members

6. Committee on External Economic Relations: 38 members

7. Legal Affairs Committee: 27 members

8. Committee on Social Affairs and Employment: 29 members

9. Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning: 31 members

10. Committee on Transport: 27 members

11. Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection: 28 members

12. Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport: 26 members

13. Committee on Development and Cooperation: 29 members

14. Committee on Budgetary Control: 28 members

15. Committee on the Rules of Procedure and Petitions: 28 members.

5. Agenda 6. Decentralized energy production (debate)

Mr Balfour requested that his report on convergence and budgetary questions (Doc. 1-136/80/rev.), on the agenda for that day's sitting, be deferred to the next Mrs Walz introduced her report, drawn up on behalf of part-session. the Committee on Energy and Research, on the possibilities and limits of decentralized energy Parliament agreed to this request. production (soft technologies) (Doc. 1-696/80). No C 28/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

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IN THE CHAIR: MR DE FERRANTI Preamble and paragraph 1: adopted

Vice-President Paragraph 2:

— Amendment No 1 by Mr Caborn: rejected after the Mr Van Aardenne, President-in-Office of the Council, rapporteur had spoken. spoke. Paragraph 2 was adopted Paragraph 3: adopted IN THE CHAIR: MR B. FRIEDRICH Paragraph 4: Vice-President — Amendment No 2 by Mr Caborn: rejected after the rapporteur had spoken.

Mr Davignon, Member of the Commission, spoke. Paragraph 4 was adopted

Mr Galland raised a point of order. Paragraph 5:

The following spoke: Mr Adam on behalf of the — Amendment No 3 by Mr Caborn: rejected after the Socialist Group, Mr Muller-Hermann on behalf of the rapporteur had spoken. Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Seligman, on behalf of the European Democratic Paragraph 5 was adopted. Group, Mr Veronesi, Communist and Allies Group, and Mr Galland on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Paragraph 6: Group. — Amendment No 4 by Mr Caborn: rejected after the rapporteur had spoken.

7. Document received Mr Rogers spoke on a point of order.

The President announced that he had received from Mr Paragraph 6 was adopted Gautier and 20 other signatories a motion for a resolution on the proposal from the Commission for a Paragraph 7: adopted regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on Paragraph 8: the common organization of the market in cereals (Doc. 1-701/80) (Doc. 1-813/80). — Amendment No 5 by Mr Caborn: rejected after the rapporteur had spoken. He said that this motion for a resolution would be considered together with the proposal for a regulation Paragraph 8 was adopted on the same subject from the Commission which was included on the agenda for the following day (Doc. Paragraph 9: 1-701/80). — Amendment No 6 by Mr Caborn: rejected after the rapporteur had spoken. (The sitting was suspended at 1.05 p.m. and resumed at 3 p.m.) Paragraph 9 was adopted

Paragraph 10: IN THE CHAIR: MR DANKERT — Amendment No 7 by Mr Caborn: rejected after the Vice-President rapporteur had spoken.

Paragraph 10 was adopted Mr Fergusson spoke on a point of order. Paragraph 11: adopted

8. Directive on aid to shipbuilding (vote) Explanation of vote:

The next item was the vote on the motion for a Miss Quin spoke. resolution contained in the report by Mr Delorozoy (Doc. 1-638/80). Parliament adopted the following resolution: 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities NoC 28/35

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RESOLUTION

embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council for a directive on aid to shipbuilding

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal from the Commission to the Council (1),

— having been optionally consulted by the Council (Doc. 1-472/80),

— having regard to the Council Resolution of 19 September 1978 on the reorganization of the shipbuilding industry (2),

— having regard to the most recent report from the Commission on aid to shipbuilding (3),

— having regard to the Commission's report on the state of the shipbuilding industry as at 1 January 1980 (4),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary, Affairs (Doc. 1-638/80),

1. Notes that there has been success in achieving a planned reduction in production capacity in the shipbuilding sector, though not all Member States have contributed equally in this respect;

2. Points out that the future of several firms in the Community's shipbuilding industry and the jobs of tens of thousands of people are still constantly under threat; stresses therefore the need for the two Member States in which the structure of the sector has changed least in recent years to bear their share of the burden and to speed up their restructuring programmes;

3. Notes also that the Community's directives on aid to shipbuilding have contributed over the years to making national aid schemes easier to monitor and to restricting distortions of competition; regards the present proposal as a further step in this direction;

4. Reiterates how urgent and important it is for the Community to develop a sectoral structural policy covering the interdependent sectors of shipping, shipbuilding, ship-repair and trade policy; believes, therefore, that the rules governing Member States' aid to shipbuilding should be seen as part of such a structural policy; further recalls the Commission's earlier proposals for using the Regional and Social funds to alleviate the regional and social consequences of restructuring; calls on the Commission to draw up specific proposals for implementing the scrap-and-build programme which it elaborated in 1979;

5. Regrets that the Community policy regarding shipbuilding does not comprehensively cover the many different ways in which national assistance or preference can distort competition and therefore the rational restructuring of the industry. In particular the exclusion of military shipbuilding and oilfield equipment, and the national procurement thereof, leaves ample opportunity for propping up inefficient yards and not rewarding those

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that have restructured. Furthermore, the lack of transparency in purchasing decisions by governments and nationalized industries leaves many doubts as to the efficacy of this narrowly defined measure;

6. Agrees that in the present situation it is hardly possible to arrive at completely uniform systems of aid in the Member States, but stands by this as the aim in the long term; regrets, however, that the aims of the earlier directives on aid to shipbuilding have not been achieved and that, furthermore, the various types of aid schemes in the Community have increased in number and scale;

7. Attaches the utmost importance to the provision contained in Article 11 concerning the prior approval by the Commission of aids planned by Member States;

8. Recalls that in most Member States the limit for cutbacks in capacity has almost been reached; calls on the Commission in the light of this fact to ensure that the production aid permitted under Article 6 also meets the criterion of degressivity in the cases involved;

9. Points out that the time is approaching for the number of aid schemes to be reduced and for a greater degree of uniformity to be sought in the amount of aid granted by the Member States; calls on the Commission to draw up its proposal for the next directive, which will enter into force on 1 January 1983, having regard to these considerations; aid to the shipbuilding industry cannot be granted through the Community budget during this period;

10. Urges the Commission to submit proposals to the Member States for restructuring and creating a dynamic framework for this industry such as will make the sector competitive in the long term without resorting to permanent subsidization;

11. Approves with these comments the Commission's proposal for a directive to apply from 1 January 1981 until 31 December 1982.

9. Decision on urgency (continuation) Urgent procedure was rejected.

The next item was the roll-call vote using the electronic Pursuant to Rule 25, this motion for a resolution was system, on the urgency of the motion for a resolution by referred to the appropriate committee in this case the Mr van Minnen and others on the situation in El Political Affairs Committee. Salvador (Doc. 1-803/80) (see item 3 of these minutes).

Result of vote: Members voting: 188 (i) 10. Agenda

For: 67 Mr Pedini, chairman of the Committee on Youth, Against: 119 Culture, Education, Information and Sport, requested that the report by Mr Schall on the information policy Abstentions: 2 of the Community (Doc. 1-596/80), included on the agenda for that sitting, be deferred until the next part-session on condition that it was included at the (i) See Annex beginning of the agenda of that part-session. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal "of "the European Communities No C 28/37

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In view of the large number of amendments tabled to 12. Verification of credentials this report, the President proposed that it be referred back to committee with the amendments and included On a proposal from the Bureau, pursuant to Rule 3 (1), on the agenda for February. Parliament ratified the appointments of the 24 Greek Members whose nomination had been announced on 19 December 1980 (see item 3 of the minutes of Mr Pedini maintained his initial request. 19 December 1980).

The following spoke: Mr Schwencke, Mr Schall, rapporteur, and Mrs Viehoff.

Mr Pedini withdrew his request. 13. Prevention of pollution of the sea (continuation of debate) Mr Beyer de Ryke requested that this debate be postponed until the next part-session. The next item was the continuation of the joint debate on the reports by Mr Carossino (Doc. 1-708/80), Mrs Maij-Weggen (Doe. 1-709/80 and 1-473/80) and Mrs Parliament rejected this request. Spaak (Doc. 1-467/80). (see item 11 of minutes of 13 January 1981). Mr Bersani informed Parliament that Mrs Castellina wished her report on Stabex (Doc. 1-698/80), due to be The following spoke: Mr Coutsocheras, Mr Katsafados, dealt with that day, to be postponed until the next Mr Narjes, Member of the Commission, Mr Collins, part-session. chairman of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, and Mrs Parliament agreed to this request. Maij-Weggen, rapporteur.

The President announced that the motions for resolutions and the amendments tabled to them would 11. Decentralized energy production (continuation of be put to the vote at the next voting time (see item 15 of debate) minutes of 16 January 1981).

He declared the joint debate closed. The next item was the continuation of the debate on the Walz report (Doc. 1-696/80).

The following spoke: Mr Turcat on behalf of the Group of European Progressive Democrats, Mr Coppieters, 14. Research and development programme in the field Group for the Technical Coordination and Defence of of environment (debate) Independent Groups and Members, Mrs Dekker, non-attached Member, Mrs Charzat, Mr Sassano, Mr Mr Alber introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of Beazley, Mr Delorozoy, Mr Schmid, Mr Fuchs and Mr the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Purvis. Consumer Protection, on the proposal from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council (Doc. 1-330/80) for a decision adopting a IN THE CHAIR: MR JAQUET, sectoral research and development programme in the field of environment (environmental protection and Vice-President. climatology) (indirect and concerted actions) 1981-1985 (Doc. 1-660/80).

The following spoke: Mr Maher, Mrs Lizin, Mr Herman, Mr Price, Mr Moreland, the rapporteur and IN THE CHAIR: MR M0LLER Mr Davignon, Member of the Commission. Vice-President The President announced that the motion for a resolution and the amendments tabled to it would be put to the vote at the next voting time (see item 14 of The following spoke: Mrs Schleicher on behalf of the minutes of16 January 1981). Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Mrs Pruvot on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group He declared the debate closed. and Mr Narjes, Member of the Commission. No C 28/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

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The President announced that the motion for a 17. Recovery and reuse of waste paper and board resolution would be put to the vote at the next voting (debate) time (see item 16 of minute of 16 January 1981). Miss Hooper introduced her report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health He declared the debate closed. and Consumer Protection, on the proposal from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council (Doc. 1-210/80) for a recommendation to the Member States concerning the recovery and reuse of waste paper and board (Doc. 1-659/80). 15. Directives on maximum levels for pesticide residues (debate) The following spoke: Mrs Fuillet, Mr Purvis on behalf of the European Democratic Group, Mrs Pruvot on Mr Combe introduced his report, drawn up on behalf behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, Mr of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health Sherlock and Mr Narjes, Member of the Commission. and Consumer Protection, on the proposals from the Commission of the European Communities to the The President announced that the motion for a Council (Doc. 1-806/79) for resolution and the amendments tabled to it would be put to the vote at the next voting time (see item 18 of minutes of 16 January 1981). I. a directive on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals intended for He declared the debate closed. human consumption

II. a directive on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on foodstuffs of animal 18. Agenda origin The President announced that he had received a request (Doc. 1-729/80). from Mr Nyborg that his report on the final importation of certain goods (Doc. 1-646/80) be deferred to the next part-session. The following spoke: Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Socialist Group, Mrs Lentz-Cornette on behalf of the Parliament agreed to this request. Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Newton Dunn on behalf of the European Democratic Group, Mr Sherlock, Mr Narjes, Member of the Commission, the rapporteur, Mrs Lentz-Cornette, Mr 19. Human rights in Uruguay (debate) Narjes and Mr Sherlock. Mrs van den Heuvel introduced her report, drawn up on behalf of the Political Affairs Committee, on The President announced that the motion for a violations of human rights in Uruguay (Doc. 1-693/80). resolution and the amendments tabled to it would be put to the vote at the next voting time (see item 17 of minutes of 16 January 1981). (The sitting was suspended at 8 p.m. and resumed at 9 p.m.)

He declared the debate closed. IN THE CHAIR: MR ZAGARI

Vice-President 16. Greek applications for membership of committees

The President announced that a list of the applications The following spoke: Mr Lezzi on behalf of the Socialist of Greek Members for membership of committees was Group, Mrs Cassanmagnago Cerretti on behalf of the being distributed. Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Sir John Stewart-Clark, draftsman of the opinion of the Committeee on External Economic Relations, who On a proposal from the President, Parliament decided spoke also on behalf of the European Democratic to fix the deadline for tabling amendments to this list, Group, Mrs Baduel Glorioso, Communist and Allies which could include only Greek Members, at 9 p.m. Group, Mr Vie on behalf of the Group of European that evening. Progressive Democrats, Mr van Minnen, Mr 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/39

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Vernimmen, Mr Coutsocheras, Mr Coppieters, Mr agreement for cooperation between the European Andriessen, Member of the Commission, and the Economic Community and the Federative Republic of rapporteur. Brazil (Doc. 1-529/80).

The President announced that the motion for a The following spoke: Mr Seeler on behalf of the resolution and the amendments tabled to it would be Socialist Group, Mr van Aerssen on behalf of the Group put to the vote at the next voting time (see item 19 of of the European People's Party (CD Group), Lord minutes of 16 January 1981) O'Hagan on behalf of the European Democratic Group, Mrs Carettoni Romagnoli, Communist and Allies He declared the debate closed. Group, and Mr Andriessen, Member of the Commission.

The President announced that the motion for a 20. Regulations concerning sugar and isoglucose resolution and the amendments tabled to it would be (debate) put to the vote at the next voting time (see item 21 of minutes of16 January1981). Deputizing for the rapporteur, Mr Louwes introduced the report drawn up by Mr Delatte, on behalf of the He declared the debate closed. Committee on Agriculture, on the proposals from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council (Doc. 1-700/80) for

I. a regulation amending Regulation (EEC) 22. Information policy of the Community (debate) No 1111/77 laying down common provisions for isoglucose Mr Schall introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committeee on Youth, Culture, Education, II. a regulation amending Regulation (EEC) Information and Sport, on the information policy of the No 1592/80 on the application of the system of European Community, of the Commission of the production quotas' in the sugar and isoglucose European Communities and of the European Parliament sectors during the period 1 July 1980 to 30 June (Doc. 1-596/80). 1981 Mr Natali, Member of the Commission, spoke. (Doc. 1-792/80).

The following spoke: Mr Vernimmen on behalf of the The following raised points of order: Mr Kavanagh and Socialist Group, Mrs Barbarella, Communist and Allies Mr Pedini, chairman of the Committee on Youth, Group, Mr De Keersmaeker on behalf of the Group of Culture, Education, Information and Sport. the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Remilly on behalf of the Group of European Progressive The following spoke in the debate: Mr Kavanagh on Democrats, and Mr Richard, Member of the behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Brok on behalf of the Commission. Group of the European People's Party (CD Group) and Mr Hutton on behalf of the European Democratic Group. The President announced that the motion for a resolution and the amendments tabled to it would be put to the vote at the next voting time (see item 20 of Mr Patterson raised a point of order. minutes of 16 January 1981). In view of the hour, the debate was suspended at this He declared the debate closed. point, to be resumed the following morning.

The debate on the Pruvot (Doc. 1-558/80) and Prag 21. Framework agreement for cooperation between (Doc. 1-460/80) reports was likewise postboned until the EEC and Brazil (debate) the following day.

Mr Louwes introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on External Economic Relations, on the proposal from the Commission of the European 23. Urgent debate Communities to the Council (Doc. 1-456/80) for a regulation on the conclusion of the framework The President announced that he had received the No C 28/40 Official Journal of the European Communities

Thursday, 15 January 1981 following motions for resolutions with request for of the European People's Party (CD Group) (Doc. urgent debate, pursuant to Rule 14: 1-808/80).

He pointed out that the justification of the requests for — by Mr Seeler, Mr von der Vring, Mr Walter, Mr urgency was contained in the documents themselves. Gautier, Mrs Focke, Mr Linde, Mr Arndt, Mr Linkohr, Mrs van den Heuvel, Mrs Hoff, Mr Peters, He announced that the vote on these requests for urgent Mr Gabert, Mr Rieger, Mr Karl Schon, Mr Seefeld, debate would take place at the beginning of the Mr Woltjer, Mr Hansen, Mrs Wieczorek-Zeul, Mrs following day's sitting. Krouwel-Vlam, Mr Klinkenborg, Mr Van Miert, Mr Schinzel and Mr Schmid, on behalf of the Socialist Lady Elles raised a point of order. Group, on the Community fisheries policy (Doc. 1-807/80); 24. Agenda for next sitting — by Mr Helms, Mr Klepsch, Mr Clinton, Mr Giummarra, Mr Tolman, Mr d'Ormesson, Mr The President announced the following agenda for the Miiller-Hermann, Mr Colleselli, Mr Ryan, Mr sitting on Friday, 16 January 1981: Dalsass, Mr Friih, Mr Herman, Mr von Bismarck, Mr Blumenfeld, Mr Mertens, Mr von Hassel, Mr Janssen van Raay, Mr van Aerssen, Mr Poettering, 9 a.m.: Mr Michel, Mr Schall, Mr Majonica, Mrs Schleicher, Mr Malangre, Mr Schnitker and Mr — Decision on requests for urgent debate Brok on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Maher, Mr — Appointment of Greek Members to committees Bangemann, Mr Nielsen, Mr Haagerup, Mr Louwes, Mr Delatte and Mr Calvez on behalf of the — Regulation concerning the market in cereals and Liberal and Democratic Group, Mr Battersby, Miss motion for a resolution Brookes and Mr Turner, on fisheries policy (Doc. 1-814/80); — Continuation of debate on the Schall report on the information policy of the Community — by Mrs Boserup, Mrs De March, Mr Louies, Mr Papapietro, Mr Ansart, Mr Piquet, Mr Chambeiron — Interim report by Mrs Pruvot on cultural workers Mr Damette, Mrs Hoffmann, Mrs Le Roux, Mr Maffre-Bauge, Mr Martin, Mr Pranchere, Mr — Prag report on linking work and training for young Verges, Mrs Poirier, Mr Bonaccini, Mr Carossino, persons in the Community Mrs" Carettoni Romagnoli, Mr Ferrrero, Mr Vitale and Mr Cardia, on the violation of human rights and freedoms in Greece (Doc. 1-810/80); 9 a.m.:

— by Mr Glinne on behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Vote on requests for urgent procedure Klepsch on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Fergusson on behalf of the European Democratic Group and Mr 10.30 a.m.: Haagerup on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, on the Community's cooperation with Vote on motions for resolutions on which the debate Chad, in the framework of the Lome Convention^ has closed following the 'merger' between Libya and Chad (Doc. 1-821/80) (this motion for a resolution replaces the motion for a resolution by Mr Glinne After 10.30 a.m.: and others on behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Klepsch and Mr Penders on behalf of the the Group A vote would be taken after the closure of each debate

(The sitting was ed at 0.30 a.m.)

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ANNEX

Result of roll-call votes

(A) = Absent or did not vote

(+) = Yes

(-) = No

(O) := Abstention

Doc. 1-701/80 (+)

Abens, Adam, Albers, Arfe, Arndt, Balfe, Balfour, Battersby, Beazley, Boyes, Brookes, Caborn, Gastle, Catherwood, Clwyd, Cohen, Collins, Cottrell, Courcy Ling de, Curry, Dalziel, Damseaux, Davern, Desmond, Douro, EJles, Fergusson, Ferri, Flanagan, Foeke, Forster, Forth, Gabert, Gallagher, Gautier, Gendebien, Glinne, Gredal, Griffiths, Hansch, Harmar-Nicholls, Harris, Herklotz, Heuvel van den, Hopper, Hord, Howell, Hume, Hutton, Jackson C, Jackson R., Kavanagh, Kellett-Bowman Ed., Kellett-Bowman El., Key, Kirk, Klinkenborg, Krouwel-Vlam, Kiihn, Lange, Lezzi, Linde, Linkohr, Lizin, Maher, Megahy, Minnen van, Moorhouse, Moreland, Newton Dunn, Nicolson, O'Connell, O'Hagan, O'Leary, Orlandi, Patterson, Peters, Petersen, Plaskovitis, Prag, Price, Prout, Provan, Purvis, Quin, Radoux, Rieger, Roberts, Ryan, Salisch, Schieler, Schinzel, Schmid, Schwencke, Scott-Hopkins, Seal, Seefeld, Seeler, Seligman, Sherlock, Sieglerschmidt, Simmonds, Spencer, Stewart-Clark, Taylor J. D., Taylor J. M., Tuckman, Turner, Tyrrell, Van Miert, Vanneck, Vernimmen, Viehoff, Vring von der, Walter, Warner, Weber, Wieczorek-Zeul, Woltjer. (-)

Adonnino, Alber, Antoniozzi, Baduel Glorioso, Baillot, Barbarella, Barbi, Bersani, Beumer, Bismarck von, Blumenfeld, Bournias, Brok, Cassanmagnago Cerretti, Charzat, Clement, Colla, Colleselli, Combe, Coppieters, Costanzo, Costanzo, Cresson, Croux, Dalsass, De Keersmaeker, Del Duca, Diana, Diligent, Dimopoulos, Doublet, Estgen, Estier, Fanton, Ferrero, Fourcade, Frangos, Friih, Fuchs, Fuillet, Gaiotti de Biase, Galland, Geronimi, Geurtsen, Ghergo, Giavazzi, Goppel, Gun van der, Haagerup, Habsburg, Hahn, Hassel von, Helms, Herman, Israel, Janssen van Raay, Jonker, Jiirgens, Klepsch, Le Roux, Lentz-Cornette, Leonardi, Ligios, Louwes, Liicker, Maffre-Bauge, Majonica, Malangre, Markozanis, Mart, Martin M., Mertens, Michel, Moreau J., Moreau L., Motchane, Muller-Hermann, Nielsen J., Notenboom, Oehler, Ormesson d', Penders, Pintat, Poniatowski, Pottering, Pranchere, Rabbethge, Remilly, Rumor, Sable, Sassario, Schall, Schleicher, Schnitker, Schon Konrad, Seitlinger, Simonnet, Sutra, Tolman, Turcat, Vayssade, Verhaegen, Veronesi, Verroken, Vie Vitale, Walz, Wawrzik, Wogau von.

(O)

Beyer de Ryke, Gatto, Goede de.

(A) Aerssen van, Agnelli, Aigner, Alemann von, Almirante, Ansart, Ansquer, Bangemann, Barbagli, Baudis, Berkhouwer, Berlinguer, Bethel, Bettiza, Blaney, Bocklet, Bogh, Bonaccini, Bonde, Bonino, Boot, Boserup, Brandt, Buchan, Buttafuoco, Caillavet, Calvez, Capanna, Cardia, Carettpni Romagnoli, Cariglia, Carossino, Castellina, Cecovini, Ceravolo, Chambeiron, Cinciari Rodano, Clinton, Collomb, Couste, Coutsocheras, Craxi, Cronin, d'Angelosante, Dalakouras, Damette^ Dankert, De Clercq, De Ferranti, De Gucht, De March, De Pasquale, De Valera, Dekker, Delatte, Deleau, Delmotte, Delorozoy, Delors, Denis, Deschamps, Dido, Donnez, Enright, Ewing, Fanti, Faure E., Faure M., Fellermaier, Fernandez, Fich, Filippi, Fischbach, Fotilas, Friedrich B., Friedrich I., Frischmann, Galluzzi, Gaspard, Georgiadis, Giummarra, Gondicas, Gonella, Gouthier, Gremetz, Hamilius, Hammerich, Haralambopoulos, Henckens, Hoff, Hoffmann J., Hoffmann K. H., Hooper, Ippolito, Irmer, Jakobsen, Jalton, Jaquet, Johnson, Josselin, Katsafados, Katzer, Kohier, Lalor, Langes, Lecanuet, Lega, Lemmer, Lenz, Lima, Lipkowski de, Lomas, Loo, Louies, Luster, Lynge, Macario, Macciocchi, Maij Weggen, Malene de la, Marchais, Marshall, Martin S., Martinet, McCartin, Mihr, Modiano, M©Her, Muntingh, Narducci, Nikolaou, Nielsen T., Nord, Nordlohne, Normanton, Nyborg, O'Donnell, Paisley, Pajetta, -Pannella, Papaefstratiou, Papapietro, Pearce, Pedini, Pelikan, Peponis, Percheron, Pesmazoglou, Petronio, Pfennig, Pflimlin, Piccoli, Pininfarina, Piquet, Pisani, Plumb, Poirier, Pruvot, Puletti, Rhys No C 28/42 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2.81 '

Thursday, 15 January 1981 Williams, Rinsche, Ripa di Meana, Rogers, Romualdi, Rossi, Roudy, Ruffolo, Salzer, Sarre, Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Schon Karl, Schwartzenberg, Scrivener, Segre, Seibel-Emmerling, Simpson, Skovmand, Soussouroyannis, Spaak, Spicer, Spinelli, Squarcialupi, Tindemans, Travaglini, Vandewiele, Vardakas, Veil, Vergeer, Verges, Vetter, Visas, Visentini, Vlachopoulos, Voyadzis, Wagner, Weiss, Welsh, Wettig, Wurtz, Zaccagnini, Zagari, Zardinidis, Zecchino, Zighdis.

Doc. 1-803/80

(+)

Adam, Albers, Ansart, Arndt, Baduel Glorioso, Baillot, Bonino, Carettoni Romagnoli, Chambeiron, Charzat, Colla, Collins, Coppieters, Dankert, Dekker, Enright, Ferrero, Focke, Friedrich B., Fuillet, Gabert, Gaiotti de Biase, Gautier, Glinne, Griffiths, Hansch, Heuvel van den, Hoff, Jaquet, Key, Klinkenborg, Krouwel-Vlam, Lalor, Le Roux, Linde, Linkohr, Lizin, Malene de la, Martin M., Minnen van, Moreau J., Motchane, O'Connell, Peponis, Percheron, Peters, Pisani, Plaskovitis, Quin, Radoux, Rieger, Rogers, Schinzel, Schmid, Schwencke, Seeler, Sieglerschmidt, Squarcialupi, Van Miert, Vayssade, Viehoff, Vring von der, Walter, Weber, Wettig, Wieczorek-Zeul, Zagari. (-) Aerssen van, Aigner, Alber, Antoniozzi, Barbi, Battersby, Beazley P., Bersani, Beumer, Beyer de Ryke, Blumenfeld, Boot, Brok, Brookes, Cassanmagnago Cerretti, Catherwood, Cottrell, Courcy Ling de, Croux, Dalsass, Dalziel, De Ferranti, De Keersmaeker, Del Duca, Delorozoy, Diana, Douro, Elles, Estgen, Fergusson, Fischbach, Forth, Friih, Fuchs, Galland, Ghergo, Giavazzi, Giummarra, Gondicas, Goppel, Gun van der, Haagerup, Habsburg, Hahn, Harmar-Nicholls, Harris, Hassel von, Helms, Herman, Hooper, Hopper, Howell, Hutton, Jackson C, Janssen van Raay, Katzer, Kellett-Bowman El., Kirk, Klepsch,-Lemmer, Lentz-Cornette, Lenz, Liicker, Maher, Maij Weggen, Malangre, Markozanis, Marshall, Martin S., Mertens, Moller, Moreau L., Moreland, Muller-Hermann, Newton Dunn, Nicolson, Nord, Notenboom, O'Hagan, Ormesson d', Patterson, Pearce, Pedini, Penders, Pflimlin, Pottering, Prag, Price, Prout, Provan, Purvis, Rabbethge, Rinsche, Roberts, Rumor, Salzer, Sassano, Schall, Schleicher, Schnitker, Schon Konrad, Scott-Hopkins, Seitlinger, Seligman, Sherlock, Spencer, Stewart-Clark, Taylor J. D., Taylor J. M., Tolman, Tuckman, Turner, Tyrrell, Verhaegen, Verroken, Walz, Wawrzik, Welsh, Wogau von.

(O)

Vandewiele, Veronesi.

(A)

Abens, Adonnino, Agnelli, Alemann von, Almirante, Ansquer, Arfe, Balfe, Balfour, Bangemann, Barbagli, Barbarella, Baudis, Berkhouwer, Berlinguer, Bethell, Bettiza, Bismarck von, Blaney, Bocklet, Bogh, Bonaccini, Bonde, Boserup, Bournias, Boyes, Brandt, Buchan, Buttafuoco, Caborn, Caillavet, Calvez, Capanna, Cardia, Cariglia, Carossino, Castellina, Castle, Cecovini, Ceravolo, Cinciari Rodano, Clement, Clinton, Clwyd, Cohen, Colleselli, Collomb, Combe, Costanzo, Couste, Coutsocheras, Craxi, Cresson, Cronin, Curry, D'Angelosante, Dalakouras, Damette, Damseaux, Davern, De Clercq, De Gucht, De March, De Pasquale, De Valera, Delatte, Deleau, Delmotte, Delors, Denis, Deschamps, Desmond, Dido, Diligent, Dimopoulos, Donnez, Doublet, Estier, Ewing, Fanti, Fanton, Faure E., Faure. M., Fellermaier, Fernandez, Ferri, Fich, Filippi, Flanagan, Forster, Fotilas, Fourcade, Frangos, Friedrich I., Frischmann, Gallagher, Galluzzi, Gaspard, Gatto, Gendebien, Georgiadis, Geronimi, Geurtsen, Goede de, Gonella, Gouthier, Gredal, Gremetz, Hamilius, Hammerich, Haralambopoulos, Henckens, Herklotz, Hoffmann J., Hoffmann K. H., Hord, Hume, Ippolito, Irmer, Israel, Jackson R., Jakobsen, Jalton, Johnson, Jonker, Josselin, Jiirgens, Katsafados, Kavanagh, Kellett-Bowman Ed., Kohler, Kiihn, Lange, Langes, Lecanuet, Lega, Leonardi, Lezzi, Ligios, Lima, Lipkowski de, Lomas, Loo, Louies, Louwes, Luster, Lynge, Macario, Macciocchi, Maffre-Bauge, Majonica, Marchais, Mart, Martinet, McCartin, Megahy, Michel, Mihr, Modiano, Moorhouse, Muntingh, Narducci, Nielsen J., Nielsen T., Nikolaou, Nordlohne, Normanton, Nyborg, O'Donnell, O'Leary, Oehler, Orlandi, Paisley, Pajetta, Pannella, Papaefstratiou, Papapietro, Pelikan, Pesmazoglou, Petersen, Petronio, Pfennig, Piccoli, 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/43

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Pininfarina, Pintat, Piquet, Plumb, Poirier, Poniatowski, Pranchere, Pruvot, Puletti, Remilly, Rhys Williams, Ripa di Meana, Romualdi, Rossi, Roudy, Ruffolo, Ryan, Sable, Salisch, Sarre, Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Schieler, Schon Karl, Schwartzenberg, Scrivener, Seal, Seefeld, Segre, Seibel-Emmerling, Simmonds, Simonnet, Simpson, Skovmand, Soussouroyannis, Spaak, Spicer, Spinelli, Sutra, Tindemans, Travaglini, Turcat, Vanneck, Vardakas, Veil, Vergeer, Verges, Vernimmen, Vetter, Vie, Visas, Visentini, Vitale, Vlahopoulos, Voyadzis, Wagner, Warner, Weiss, Woltjer, Wurtz, Zaccagnini, Zardinidis, Zecchino, Zigdis. No C 28/44 Official Journal of the European Communities

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING OF FRIDAY, 16 JANUARY 1981

IN THE CHAIR: MR DANKERT Vice-President

(The sitting was opened at 9 a.m.)

1. Approval of minutes which had been referred to the Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning; The minutes of the previous day's sitting were approved. — by Mrs Squarcialupi on the charter of rights of the sick (Doc. 1-815/80) 2. Documents received which had been referred to the Committee on The President announced that he had received: the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection; (a) from the Council, a request for an opinion on: — by Mr Josselin on the creation in Brittany of a — the amended proposal from the Commission of European centre for research into and action the European Communities to the Council for a against pollution and a European data bank regulation concerning a system for observing the (Doc. 1-816/80) markets for the carriage of goods by rail, road and inland waterway between Member States (Doc. 1-812/80) which had been referred to the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection; which had been referred to the Committee on Transport; — By Mrs Krouwel-Vlam, Mr Collins, Mrs (b) the following motions • for resolutions, tabled Seibel-Emmerling, Mr Adam, Mrs Fuillet, Mr pursuant to Rule 25: Muntingh, Mr O'Connell, Mrs Roudy and Mrs Weber, on behalf of the Socialist Group,'on the — by Mr Balfe on the methods of retaining the production and use of pharmaceutical products friendship of the President of France (Doc. (Doc. 1-817/80) 1-793/80) which had been referred to the Committee on which had been referred to the Legal Affairs Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection for consideration — by Mr Caillavet and Mr Pflimlin on measures to under their respective terms of reference; combat excessive urban concentration and to promote institutional polycentrism through regional planning at European level and the — by Mr d'Ormesson, Mrs Cassanmagnago Cerretti, use of modern means of transport and Mr Alber, Mr Friih, Mr Ligios, Mr Tolman, Mrs communication (Doc. 1-804/80) Walz, Mr Muller-Hermann, Mr Herman, Mr von Bismarck, Mr Lucker, Mr Clinton, Mr Dalsass, Mr Bersani, Mrs Lentz-Cornette, Mrs Schleicher, Mr which had been referred to the Committee on Ghergo, Mr De Keersmaeker, Mr Wawrzik, Mr Regional Policy and Regional Planning; Helms, Mr Janssen van Raay, Mr Fuchs, Mr Costanzo, Mr Barbagli, Mrs Maij-Weggen, Mrs — by Mr Geronimi on the economic situation in Rabbethge, Mr Mertens, Mr Pedini, Mr McCartin Corsica (Doc. 1-811/80) and Mr von Hassel, on behalf of the Group of the 9.2.81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/45

European People's Party (CD Group), on the use of Friday, 16 January 1981 the biomass as a source of energy (Doc:. 1-818/80) taken at the CSCE follow-up conference in Madrid (No 68/80), which had been referred to the Committee on Energy and Research; — a petition from Mr Hans Meister, represented by — by Mr d'Ormesson, Mr Alber, Mr Pedini, Mr Mr Klaus Bower and Mr Matthias Nolting Pflimlin, Mr. Fischbach, Lady Elles, Mrs (lawyers), on disciplinary procedure with a view to Fourcade, Mrs Moreau, Mr Galland, Mr Beyer dismissal from the civil service of the Federal de Ryke, Mr Doublet, Mr Turcat and Mr Republic of Germany (No 69/80), Fergusson on Lebanon (Doc. 1-819/80) — a petition from Mr Hans-Jurgen Langmann and Mr which had been referred to the Political Affairs Hans Peter, represented by Mr Klaus Bower and Mr Committee (also referred to the enlarged Matthias Nolting (lawyers), on disciplinary Bureau); procedure with a view to dismissal from the civil service of the Federal Republic of Germany (No — by Mr van Aerssen, Mr Jonker, Mr Klepsch, 70/80), Mrs Cassanmagnago Cerretti, Mr Vergeer, Mr Blumenfeld, Mr Diligent, Mr Herman, Mr Fischbach, Mr Ryan, Mr Barbi, Mr Antoniozzi, — a petition from Mr Klaus Sojka on confirmation of Mr von Hassel, Mr Habsburg, Mr Janssen van the power of legal associations to take legal action Raay, Mrs Boot, Mr Aigner, Mr Luster, Mr in the field of the protection of flora and fauna Rumor, Mr Diana, Mr Adonnino, Mr Beumer, (environmental protection) (No 71/80). Mr van. der Gun, Mrs Gaiotti d e Biase, Mr Seitlinger, Mr Travaglini, Mr Glinne, Mr Lange, These petitions had been entered in the register Mr Seefeld, Mr Seeler, Mr Balfour, Mr Welsh, provided for in Rule 48 (2) and, pursuant to paragraph Miss Hooper, Mr Purvis, Mr Berkhouwer, Mr 3 of that Rule, they had been referred to the Committee Spinnelli, Mr Veronesi, Mr Leonardi, Mr Cardia on the rules of Procedure and Petitions. and Mr Galluzzi on the work and-programme of the Commission (Doc. U822/80)

which had been referred to the Political Affairs 4. Membership of committees Committee; At the request of the Group of European Progressive Democrats, Parliament ratified the appointment of Mr Vie as member of the Legal Affairs Committee to replace Mr Geronimi.

3. Petitions

The President announced that he had received: 5. Decision on urgency

The first item on the agenda was the vote on the — a petition from Mrs Marilena Sgarabottolo, on urgency of four motions for resolutions: behalf of the Union of Italian Women of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, on the position of women in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and application of — motion for a resolution by Mr Seeler and others, on the Community directive (No 65/80), behalf of the Socialist Group (Doc. 1-807/80) and motion for a resolution by Mr Helms and others, on — a petition from Mr Jurgen Ort, on social behalf of the Group of the European People's Party disadvantages for parents, of slender financial means (CD Group), Mr Maher and others, on behalf of the resulting from the introduction of the five-day week Liberal and Democratic Group, and Mr Battersby at the European School in Luxembourg (No 66/80), and others, (Doc. 1-814/80) on the Community fisheries policy.

— a petition from Mr Georges Malots ux and Mr Christian Cointat, on behalf of the Trade Union of On a proposal from the President, Parliament decided International and European Civil Servants, on to hold a single vote on the urgency of these two attacks against the public service (No 67/80), motions.

— a petition from Mr Schonbeck, on behalf of 'Europe 2000', on measures for safeguarding peace to be Urgent procedure was adopted. No C 28/46 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

Friday, 16 January 1981 The item was included on the agenda of that sitting.. He announced that one amendment and a motion for a resolution had been tabled. — motion for a resolution by Mrs Boserup and others, on human rights in Greece (Doc. 1-810/80). Sir Henry Plumb, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, gave the opinion of his committee. The following spoke: Lady Elles, Mr Arndt on behalf of the Socialist Group, and Mr Chambeiron. The following spoke: Mr Gautier on behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Dalsass on behalf of the Group of Urgent procedure was rejected. the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Sutra, Mr Provan on behalf of the European Democratic Group, Pursuant to Rule 25, this motion for a resolution was Mr Andriessen, Member of the Commission, Mr referred to the appropriate committee, in this case the Pranchere, Mr Curry, Mr Louwes, on behalf of the Legal Affairs Committee. Liberal and Democratic Group, Mrs Cresson, Mr Andriessen and Mr Remilly. — motion for a resolution by four political groups on the 'unification' of Libya and Chad (Doc. 1-821/80). The President announced that the vote on the proposal for a regulation and on the motion for a resolution by Mr Gautier would be held at the next voting time (see The following spoke: Mr Martin, Lady Elles and Mr item 11 of these minutes). Glinne on behalf of the Socialist Group.

He declared the debate closed. Urgent procedure was adopted.

The item was included on the agenda of that sitting.

8. Community fisheries policy (debate) 6. Appointment of Greek Members to committees Mr Seeler introduced the motion for a resolution which The President announced that the proposals by the he had tabled together with Mr von der Vring, Mr Bureau had been distributed. Walter, Mr Gautier, Mrs Focke, Mr Linde, Mr Arndt, Mr Linkohr, Mrs van den Heuvel, Mrs Hoff, Mr Peters, Mr Gabert, Mr Rieger, Mr Karl Schon, Mr Seefeld, Mr Since the number of applications was equal to the Woltjer, Mr Hansen, Mrs Wieczorek-Zeul, Mrs number of seats to be filled, Parliament decided to ratify Krouwel-Vlam, Mr Klinkenborg, Mr Van Miert, Mr these appointments (*). Schinzel and Mr Schmid, on behalf of the Socialist Group, on the Community fisheries policy (Doc. 1-807/80).

7. Regulation concerning the market in cereals (debate) Mr Helms introduced the motion for a resolution which he had tabled together with Mr Klepsch, Mr Clinton, In accordance with the decision taken the previous day, Mr Giummarra, Mr Tolman, Mr d'Ormesson, Mr Muller-Hermann, Mr Colleselli, Mr Ryan, Mr Dalsass, (see item 3 of minutes of 15 January 1981) Parliament Mr Friih, Mr Herman, Mr von Bismarck, Mr was to give its opinion on the proposal for a regulation Blumenfeld, Mr Mertens, Mr von Hassel, Mr Janssen concerning the market in cereals (Doc. 1-701/80). van Raay, Mr van Aerssen, Mr Pottering, Mr Michel, Mr Schall, Mr Majonica, Mrs Schleicher, Mr Malangre, The President pointed out that the text of this proposal Mr Schnitker and Mr Brok on behalf of the Group of had been distributed in December 1980. the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Maher, Mr Bangemann, Mr Nielsen, Mr Haagerup, Mr Louwes, Mr Delatte and Mr Calvez on behalf of the He stated that, pursuant to Rule 14 (4), the urgent, Liberal and Democratic Group, Mr Battersby, Miss debate could be held without a report or on a basis of Brookes and Mr Turner, on fisheries policy (Doc. an oral report by the appropriate committee. 1-814/80).

x ( ) See Annex. Mr Andriessen, Member of the Commission, spoke. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/47

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The President announced that the two motions for 11. Regulation concerning the market in cereals (vote) resolutions would be put to the vote at the next voting time (see item 12 of these minutes). The next item was the vote on the proposal for a regulation (Doc. 1-701/80) and on the motion for a resolution (Doc. 1-813/80). He declared the debate closed.

Mr Galland raised a point of order.

9. 'Unification' of Libya and Chad (debate) Together with more than 30 other Members, Mr The next item was the motion for a resolution tabled by Martin requested application of Rule 33 (4) which Mr Glinne on behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Klepsch states that if so requested before the voting has begun on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party by at least 30 Members present, a vote shall be valid (CD Group), Mr Fergusson on behalf of the European only if a majority of the current Members of Parliament Democratic Group and Mr Haagerup on behalf of the have taken part in it. Liberal and Democratic Group, on cooperation by the Community with Chad, under the Lome Convention, following the 'unification' of Libya and Chad (Doc. Mr von der Vring and Mr Gautier raised points of 1-821/80). order.

Mr Andriessen, Member of the Commission, spoke. Mr Marshall gave an explanation of vote.

The President announced that the motion for a resolution would be put to the vote at the next voting VOTE: time (see item 13 of these minutes).

— Proposal for a regulation: He declared the debate closed.

Mr de Lipkowski, Mr Fanton and Mr Clement had tabled Amendment No 1 to the second paragraph of 10. Information policy of the community Article 2. (continuation of the debate)

The next item was the continuation of the debate on the Since a majority of the current Members of Parliament report by Mr Schall (Doc. 1-596/80) (see item 22 of did not take part in the vote, it was placed on the minutes of 15 January 1981). agenda of the next sitting, pursuant to Rule 33 (4).

The following spoke: Mrs Pruvot on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group, Mr Skovmand, Group for the Technical Coordination and Defence of 12. Community fisheries policy (vote) Independent Groups and Members, Mr Schwencke and Mr Patterson. — motion for a resolution by Mr Seeler and others (Doc. 1-807/80)

The debate was suspended for voting time, to be resumed thereafter. Parliament adopted the following resolution:

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on Community fisheries policy

The European Parliament,

— greatly concerned about the future of deep-sea fishing, particularly as regards the Federal Republic of Germany, and the many jobs involved in the fishing fleet, the fish industry, ancillary industries and the fish trade, No C 28/48 • Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

Friday, 16 January 1981 — anticipating that any further delay in Council decisions on the Community's fisheries policy will not only destroy the confidence of those concerned in the Community's ability to take action, but will also lend support to those political forces which believe that the problems will be solved more easily by a return to national decision-making in Europe,

1. Calls on the Council to implement the fisheries agreements with Canada and Norway without delay, and expects the Council to take the necessary decisions on quotas, structural policy and size requirements as soon as possible;

2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

— Motion for a resolution by Mr Helms and others (Doc. 1-814/80)

Together with more than 10 other Members, Mr Marshall requested, pursuant to Rule 33 (3), that the President establish whether a quorum was present.

The President established that a quorum was present.

Parliament adopted the following resolution:

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The European Parliament,

— exercising its responsibility as a directly-elected assembly,

— having regard to the evident tensions and uncertainties in the fisheries sector which the lack of a Council decision has provoked in all Member States,

— having regard to its resolutions on the framing of the common fisheries policy, in particular those contained in the Clinton report (Doc. 1-560/80), the report on quotas (Doc. 1-597/80) and the structure report (Doc. 1-679/80),

— alarmed and concerned by the fact that the Council has not taken the decision on fisheries announced for the end of 1980 and now does not intend to convene the fisheries Council, originally planned for 19 January 1981, until 27 January,

— having regard to the lack of Council decisions and the resultant continuing vacuum,

— conscious of the serious economic consequences of the uncertainty affecting the fishermen, the processing industry and the fish trade and the problems this produces for consumers in the Community,

1. Deplores the fact that the Council has hitherto been unable to take the urgent decisions needed for a genuine common fisheries policy; ~ 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/49

Friday, 16 January 1981 2. Calls on the Council, now that Parliament has delivered its opinion on all essential features, to decide upon a new common fisheries policy without delay and expects the Council to base its decision on Parliament's Community-inspired proposals;

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

13. Unification of Libya and Chad (vote)

The next item was the vote on the motion for a resolution by Mr Glinne and others (Doc. 1-821/80).

Explanations of vote:

The following spoke: Mr Glinne on behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Israel on behalf of the Group of European Progressive Democrats, and Mr Habsburg on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (CD Group).

Parliament adopted the following resolution:

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on cooperation by the Community with Chad, under the Lome Convention, following the 'unification' of Libya and Chad

The European Parliament,

— noting the invasion of Chad by Libya and a merger between the two countries in circumstances bearing a strong resemblance to annexation which are causing concern to the Organization of African Unity and a large number of ACP governments and European partners to the Lome Convention,

— approving and supporting countries of the OAU who on 14 January 1981 demanded the immediate withdrawal of Libyan forces from Chad,

— underlining the danger of a further deterioration of the situation in Central Africa following the invasion,

— pointing out, further, that the signatories of the Lome Convention of 28 February 1975 wished to 'demonstate their common desire to maintain and develop the friendly relations existing between their countries',

— considering that it would not be possible for Chad, if permanently annexed by Libya, to remain an associate of the Lome Convention,

1. Calls on the Commission and the Foreign Ministers meeting in political cooperation to appeal to all ACP Governments, the OAU and the non-aligned movement to do everything in their power to restore peace and independence to Chad so that Chad may properly remain within the Lome Convention; No C 28/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

Friday, 16 January 1981 2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Governments of the Member States and the ACP countries, the Secretary-General of the OAU, the Commission and the Foreign Ministers meeting in political cooperation.

IN THE CHAIR: MR ROGERS Paragraph 5:

Vice-President — Amendment No 5 by Mr Coppieters

— Amendment No 3 by Mr Adam on behalf of the 14. Decentralized energy production (vote) Socialist Group The next item was the vote on the motion for a resolution contained in the report by Mrs Walz (Doc. — Amendment No 2 by Mrs Lizin 1-696/80). The rapporteur spoke. Preamble and paragraphs 1 and 2: adopted These three amendments were consecutively rejected.

Paragraph 3: Paragraph 5 was adopted. — Amendment No 4 by Mr Coppieters Paragraph 6: adopted The rapporteur agreed to the amendment on condition that it was added to the paragraph rather than replacing it. Paragraph 7:

Parliament agreed to this proposal. — Amendment No. 1 by Mr Turcat: adopted after the Paragraph 3 was adopted. rapporteur had spoken.

Amendment No 4 was adopted. Paragraphs 8 to 10: adopted

Paragraph 4: adopted Parliament adopted the following resolution:

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on the possibilities and limits of decentralized energy production (soft technologies)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its previous resolutions relating to energy policy, in particular, — on energy objectives of the Community for 1990 and convergence of national policies (1), — on the granting of financial support for projects to exploit alternative energy sources in the solar energy sector (2), — on I. a regulation granting of financial aids to demonstration projects in the field of energy-saving and II, a regulation concerning financial support for projects to exploit alternative energy sources (3),

(!) OJ No C 59, 10. 3. 1980, p. 41. (2) OJ No C 39, 12. 2. 1979, p. 38. (3) OJ No C 299, 12. 12. 1977, p. 50. 9.2.81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/51

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— on the need for a Community policy on the use of solar energy (1), — on a decision to review the energy research and development programme adopted by the Council Decision of 22 August 1975 (2),

— having regard to the report of its Committee on Energy and Research (Doc. 1-696/80),

1. Draws attention to the inexorable depletion of the world's fossil fuel resources, which makes it necessary to search for new energy sources.

2. Considers that, given the Community's heavy dependence on imported fossil fuels and uranium, far greater attention should be paid to the. development of indigenous and renewable energy sources;-

3. Views projections of future energy demand, even where these have already been scaled down, as involving a commitment to take full advantage of every economically feasible opportunity for additional energy production and use;

4. Considers that, in view of the continuing dependence upon non-renewable energy sources, every effort should be made to keep energy demand to a minimum, notably by energy conservation policies and concern for the energy-consumption impact of techniques of production; emphasizes that choices about additional energy production must allow for considerations about the health and safety of present and future generations;

5. Regard the sharp increases which have already taken place and the still higher increases which can be expected in the price of conventional fuels as an opportunity to exploit sources and forms of energy which have hitherto appeared uneconomic if these yield a net energy gain;

6. Takes the view, therefore, that the time has come to push strongly ahead with further research and investment programmes to test and develop new sources of energy, particularly the generation of heat and electricity from solar energy, wind energy, biomass and geothermal energy in order to add to the existing range of still vital sources of energy such as coal and nucelar power, including fast-breeder and high-temperature reactors, by offering economically viable alternatives which reduce the dependence of the European Communities on third countries;

7. Takes the view that significant progress can be made by introducing smaller scale, decentralized production based largely on non-fossil and non-nuclear energy forms in order to reduce the Community's dependence on imported energy and to stimulate development and employment in areas away from large overcrowded conurbations;

8. Believes that there is still considerable scope for decentralized investment and energy production in the highly developed industrialized countries even outside existing electricity grids; considers, however, that such production, on small or medium scale, is even better suited to developing countries, towards whose progress it can make an appreciable

(J) OJ No C 163, 11. 7. 1977, p. 66. (2) OJ No C 293, 13. 12. 1976, p. 17. No C 28/52 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.2.81

Friday, 16 January 1981 contribution, while at the same time avoiding, through decentralized distribution, the unreasonable formation of large urban concentrations;

9. Calls on the Commission to draw up as part of a comprehensive energy policy, a programme to develop and exploit all forms of decentralized and renewable energy production both in the Community and in developing countries and more specifically, to investigate the extent to which these can serve to dissociate economiy growth from energy consumption;

10. Expects the Commission to include in its study the social consequences, particularly the effect on employment;

11. Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the report of its committee to the Council and Commission.

15. Prevention of pollution of the sea (vote) Paragraph 7:

The next item was the vote on the motions for — Amendment No 1 by Mr Percheron and Mr resolutions contained in the reports by Mr Carossino Josselin: adopted after the rapporteur had spoken. (Doc. 1-708/80), Mrs Maij-Weggen (Doc. 1-709/80 and 1-473/80) and Mrs Spaak (Doc. 1-467/80). Paragraphs thus amended was adopted.

Paragraph 8 to 11: adopted —- Motion for a resolution contained in Doc. 1-708/80: After paragraph 11: Preamble and paragraphs 1 to 6: adopted — Amendment No 3 by Mr Howell: adopted after the rapporteur had spoken. After paragraph 6: Paragraphs 12 to 17: adopted — Amendment No 2 by Mr Howell and Mr Turner: adopted after the rapporteur had spoken. Parliament adopted the following resolution:

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embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council for a directive concerning the enforcement, in respect of shipping using Community ports, of international standards for shipping safety and pollution prevention

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal from the Commission to the Council (l),

— having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 84 (2) of the EEC Treaty (Doc. 1-332/80),

(!) OJ No C 192, 30. 7. 1980, p. 8. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/53

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— having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and the opinions of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on the Environment, • Public Health and Consumer Protection (Doc. 1-708/80).

— having regard to the report on the best means of preventing accidents to shipping ^nd consequential marine and coastal polluation and on shipping regulations (Doc. 555/78) (i),

1. Regrets that the Community has so far failed to take an initiative commensurate with its role and responsibilities on any of the problems of safety at sea and marine pollution by hydrocarbons;

2. Points out that the complex nature of the problems and the vast issues involved require international cooperation, with a progressive approach to the necessary measures and solutions; it must also be stressed that the situation with regard to safety at sea and marine pollution is too serious to admit of any further delay;

3. Observes that these delays are already causing serious damage, since the Community, as the world's principal trading power, possesses a very extensive fleet which, with the accession of Greece, will expand still further, as well as a very long coastline and numerous ports and landing places;

4. Notes with regret that, notwithstanding the recent signing and implementation of an increasing number of international conventions to ensure safe and environmentally acceptable navigation, the number of accidents at sea with resultant loss of life and marine and coastal pollution has increased over the last two years;

5. Expresses its great displeasure that, as a result of the unjustifiable delay in ratification of international conventions by a large number of governments, the conventions they have signed cannot enter into force;

6. Urges the governments of the Member States concerned to ratify forthwith the international conventions to increase shipping safety and preserve the marine and coastal environment concluded within the framework of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO);

7. Calls on the Council without delay to negotiate with the international agencies a 'special rules status' for the North Sea in line with those at present enforced in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas, particularly with a view to ensuring that means are found of identifying and bringing to justice ships polluting Community waters whether they are destined for Community ports or not;

8. At the same time urges the authorities of the Member States concerned to apply the international conventions they have signed immediately, pending completion of the often cumbersome and time-consuming ratification procedures; urgently requests the Member States to consider ways of taking action within maritime conference in which European shipowners play a dominant role so as to ensure that the application of the various safety standards provided for in these international conventions is actually taken into account in the rules for the operation of these maritime conferences;

(i) OJ No C 67, 12. 3. 1979, p. 22. No C 28/54 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.-2. 81

Friday, 16 January 1981 9. Lays stress once again on the fact that an effective preventive policy in the sphere of shipping safety and marine pollution can produce favourable results only if strict enforcement and scrupulous application of existing international conventions are guaranteed;

10. In the light of this fact, expresses its satisfaction with this Commission proposal and notes that it satisfies a demand it has repeatedly expressed;

11. Notes that the main feature of this proposal is its conversion into an obligation of the port States' right to identify, inspect and temporarily immobilize substandard vessels;

12. Believes that the Community is thus afforded the opportunity to take effective action against all vessels which do not comply with current international minimum standards in the field ,of safety and social welfare;

13. Calls on the Commission to extend its recommendations on vessel safety standards to include minimum crew qualifications for all ships travelling in Community waters flying any flag whether or not destined for Community ports;

14. Considers it of the utmost importance that the procedure proposed in the draft directive be strictly implemented in all Community ports, to prevent the creation of 'cheap' ports, the diversion of traffic flows and distortions of competition;

15. Stresses the importance of opening negotiations with third countries to extend the geographical area of application of the Community procedure and is convinced that the pressure of external competition can be allayed;

16. Subscribes to the Commission's view that implementation of its proposal will lead indirectly to an improvement in the shipbuilding and ship-repairing sectors which are currently in difficulty;

17. Does not share the Commission's view that no supplementary Community measures are needed and indeed believes that the specific situation in the Member States of the Community calls for more stringent measures;

18. Stresses in particular its opinion twice given in 1980 that the presence of pilots should be compulsory on oil tankers in congested EEC waters;

19. Therefore requests the Commission to examine thoroughly the measures conained in this resolution and the report of its committee.

— Motion for a resolution contained in Doc. 1-709/80

. Parliament adopted the following resolution: 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/55

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embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council for a decision establishing a Community information system for preventing and combating hydrocarbon pollution of the sea

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal from the Commission to the Council (1),

— having been consulted by the Council (Doc. 1-333/80);

— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Transport (Doc. 1-709/80);

— whereas the European Parliament has already on several occasions directly and indirectly expressed its grave concern about increasing oil pollution of the sea;

— whereas this increasing pollution constitutes a serious threat to the ecological balance of the Community's waters and coastal areas and could inflict great damage on the economy, especially fisheries and the tourist industry;

— whereas cooperation between the countries of the European Community and non-member countries concerned is essential for the prevention and control of such pollution;

1. Welcomes the Commission's proposal for the establishment of a Community information system for preventing and. combating hydrocarbon pollution of the sea;

2. Notes, however, that many of the international and regional conventions referred to in Article 1 (3) have not yet come into force because various Member States have so far failed to ratify them and stresses that participation in and ratification of these agreements is essential for the effectiveness and credibility for the proposed system;

3. Takes the view that if the information system is to have an optimal effect its scope needs to be as wide as possible and requests the Commission to initiate negotiations without delay with non-member countries, particularly in the North Sea and Mediterranean area, in order to promote their participation in the system;

4. Considers that, after due preparation, the offshore industry operating in Community waters must also be integrated in this information system and requests the Commission to initiate appropriate discussions and to report to the European Parliament within one year on the results;

5. Also welcomes the Commission's draft decision setting up an Advisory Committee on the Control and Reduction of Pollution caused by hydrocarbons discharged at sea;

6. Believes that non-member countries, provided they take part in the proposed information system, must also be allowed to participate in the Advisory Committee and requests the Commission to supplement its draft decision accordingly;

H OJ No C 200, 6. 8. 1980, p. 2. No C 28/56 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

Friday, 16 January 1981 7. Notes that the financial records attached to the two proposals are realistic find the approval of the Committee on Budgets;

8. Points out that the plan in question constitutes an important first step towards the realization of the Community action programme of June 1978 on the control and reduction of pollution caused by hydrocarbons discharged at sea and requests the Commission to formulate additional proposals as soon as possible with a view to further implementation of this programme;

9. Approves the Commission's proposal, subject to the above observations.

— Motion for a resolution contained in Doc. 1-473/80

Preamble and paragraphs 1 and 2: adopted

Paragraph 3:

— Amendment No 1/rev. by Mrs Squarcialupi

Adopted after Mr Beumer had spoken on behalf on the rapporteur. Paragraph 3 as amended was adopted.

Paragraphs 4 to 9: adopted

Explanations of vote:

Mr Muntingh spoke.-

Parliament adopted the following resolution:

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on the prevention of disasters during the extraction of oil and gas in north-west European waters

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the motion for a resolution on the prevention of disasters during the extraction of oil and gas in north-west European waters (Doc. 1-309/79),

— whereas in recent years socio-economic and political circumstances have led to a sharp increase in exploration for new off-shore oil and gas fields in generally difficult drilling areas, including the North Sea, this being of considerable importance to a number of Member States of the European Community, 9.2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/57

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— whereas the risks involved in the off-shore extraction of oil and gas in 'the North Sea are greater than is apparent from the statistics available inasmuch as: — the oil- and gas-bearing zones are situated at considerable depths be lows the surface; — the pressure in the underground strata is frequently high; — the geology of the sea-bed is complex; and — meteorological conditions in the areas in question are extremely erratic; and whereas the situation is such that new and advanced techniques which are virtually untried elsewhere are regularly being introduced,

— whereas an oil spill in the North Sea on the scale of that involving the drilling rig Ixtoc-1 in the Gulf of Mexico (1979) could have catastrophic consequences for the off-shore industry, the environment and the fishing and tourist industries, especially in the highly vulnerable tidal flats area which extends for 3 000 km along the Danish, Dutch and German coasts,

— whereas existing private, national and international arrangements for preventing and dealing with oil pollution in the North Sea abound with partial solutions, duplications and uncoordinated provisions and there is therefore no guarantee that swift and effective couter measures could be taken if a large-scale disaster actually occurred,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection (Doc. 1-473/80),

1. Calls on the Commission to obtain information on the causes, circumstances and effects of recent accidents involving offshore installations:

2. Calls on the Commission to investigate existing national legislation on the living and working conditions of the workforce on off-shore installations, both as regards the safety of those concerned and with a view to preventing disasters which might be caused by human error;

3. Calls on the Commission to obtain information on the national legislation of the various States bordering on the North Sea and other waters surrounding the EEC countries on the off-shore extraction of oil and gas in their own territorial waters, and into the criteria applied by those States when issuing licences to various oil and gas companies for exploration for and the production of oil and gas, with particular reference to drilling rigs and safety equipment for drilling rigs;

4. Calls on the Commission to obtain information on the national legislation and provisions of the Member States and coastal States for dealing with large-scale marine and coastal pollution by oil, with particular reference to the availability of mechanical, chemical and biological facilities for combating pollution, to the coordination of the activities concerned and to the question of specific contingency plans for highly vulnerable coastal areas;

5. Calls on the Commission to obtain information on the activities and responsibilities of off-shore operators and oil and gas companies in the matter of direct measures to counteract the effects of disasters, with particular reference to the facilities available and the system of coordination;

6. Recommends the Commission in this connection to take steps to investigate the feasibility and usefulness of a special international coordinating body to provide coherent No C 28/58 Official Journal of the European Communities j 9. 2, 81

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7. Invites the Commission to submit a report on these matters to the European Parliament within the next year and at the same time to investigate the extent to which the European Community could help to coordinate the preventive and corrective measures taken by the Member States and any other countries involved (notably Norway) in dealing with large-scale oil pollution in the North Sea;

8. Invites the Council to provide the Commission with sufficient funds to enable it to comply with these recommendations;

9. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.

motion for a resolution contained in Doc. 1-467/80: Mr Baillot spoke.

The first and second parts of Amendment No 3 were Preamble and paragraph 1: rejected.

first indent of the preamble: adopted Paragraph 2 was adopted. second indent of the preamble:

— Amendment No 1 by Mrs Le Roux: rejected after After Paragraph 2: Mr Collins had spoken on behalf of the rapporteur. — Amendment No 4 by Mrs Le Roux: rejected after Mr Collins had spoken. Second indent was adopted

The last five indents and paragraph 1: adopted Paragraph 3: adopted

Paragraph 4: After paragraph 1: — Amendment No 5 by Mrs Le Roux: rejected after — Amendment No 2 by Mrs Le Roux: rejected after Mr Collins had spoken. Mr Collins had spoken. - Paragraph 4 was adopted.

Paragraph 5: adopted Paragraph 2:

;— Amendment No 3 by Mrs Le Roux: Explanations of vote:

Mr Collins, deputizing for the rapporteur, requested a Mrs Dekker spoke on behalf of the Dutch non-attached separate vote on the two halves of this amendment, the Members. first part ending after the words 'International Compensation Fund'. Parliament adopted the following resolution: ^fficial^oumal of the European Communities

— having regard to the motion foraresolutionby^r^untingh^oc^D^^B^^

— havingregardtotheincreaseinthetransport of oilby tankers and tothe increasing number of accidents ^vhich have affected coastal regions and populations of the Community^

— having regard to the serious economic and environmental consec^uences of the accidents^

— considering that the best v^ay of controlling maritime pollution is to implement an effective prevention police

— having regard to the damage caused to themarine fauna and flora bycertain chemical products used to disperse oil slic^

— having regard tothe inadec^uacyof themechanicalmeansat the disposalofthelocal^ regional and national authorities of the maritime ^tates^

— having regard to thereportof the Committee onthe^nvironment^ublic^lealthand Consumer protection and the opinion of the Committee on agriculture

^ ^ra^vs attention to its resolutions of^ûne^B^ând^êbruary^^^^ on the means to prevent accidents to shipping and consequential marine and coastal pollution andon shipping regulations^^

^ Repeats once again that onlycoordinated action at Communityleveland the effective application of international conventions can safeguard the marine and coastal environments

^ool^s to the Commissionto continue its efforts inthis field andto submit as soon as possible proposals for directives relating in particular to mechanical methods^ in the light of the studies carried out under the action programme on the control and reduction of pollution caused by oil spills at sea adoptedby the Council on^^une^^

^ Calls onthe Commission tofurtherinitsproposals the procurement of thenecessary funds^ — to improvemechanical methodsand interestthe oil companies in financing this research^ — to encourage the broadest possible and coordinated use of mechanical methods^ — to supply mechanical equipment inparticular tothe inhabitantsofcoastalregions^for instance the fishermen^ since theyare the first to be affected^ — to assist in the financing ofthe specialised researchcentres responsible for definingthe most appropriate mechanical and chemical means of controlling pollution and protecting the marine flora and faunaD

^ instructs its president to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission

(!) OJ No C 163, 10. 7. 1978, p. 17 and OJ No C 67, 12. 3. 1979, p. 22. No C 28/60 Official Journal of the European Communities

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The next item was the vote on the motion for a resolution contained in the report by Mr Alber (Doc. 1-660/80).

Parliament adopted the following resolution:

RESOLUTION

embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council for a decision adopting a sectoral research and development programme in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) (indirect and concerted actions) 1981—1985.

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal from the Commission to the Council (*),

— having been consulted by the Council (Doc. 1-330/80),

— having regard to the xeport of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection and the opinion of the Committee on Energy and Research (Doc. 1-660/80),

1. Recognizes the importance of research in the fields of environmental protection and climatology as without the relevant knowledge pollution could not be prevented nor could harmless alternatives and 'clean' technologies be developed;

2. Consequently stresses the need to pursue the existing research programmes (indirect and concerted actions);

3. Approves of the extension of the objectives of environmental protection beyond the abatement of pollution to include the prevention of pollution and conservation of the natural environment of humans, fauna and flora;

4. Endorses the main objectives of the programme, particularly the compilaton of scientific and technical data to help reduce environmental pollution and protect and judiciously use natural resources;

5. Welcomes the concentration, rationalization and reorganization of the programmes and research activities;

6. Underlines the need for intensive coordination of national environmental research activities as a means of saving time and money;

7. Recommends that research be concentrated in areas of importance to the Community;

8. Stresses the need to speed up the tempo of the research programmes since otherwise subsequent direct actions may no longer be effective;

0) OJ No C 228, 8. 9. 1980, p. 1. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/61

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9. Lays stress therefore on the priority of direct actions over long-term research;

10. Approves the programme and supports the proposal of the Commission, but requests the latter to adopt the following amendment pursuant to Article 149, second paragraph, of the EEC Treaty.

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION OF TEXT AMENDED THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (») BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Council Decision adopting a sectoral research and development programme in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology (indirect and concerted actions) 1981 to 1985

Preamble, recitals and Articles 1 and 2 unchanged

Article 3 Article 3

The programme shall be reviewed at the end of the third The programme shall be reviewed before the end of the year. This review, in accordance with the appropriate second year. This review, in accordance with the procedures, may lead to a Council Decision for a new appropriate procedures, may lead to the programme five-year programme which would supersede the current being revised after the Advisory Programme Committee programme at the end of the fourth year. and the European Parliament have been consulted. The European Parliament shall be informed immediately of the results of such a revision.

Articles 4 to 9 unchanged

H For complete text see OJ No C 228, 8. 9. 1980, p.1.

17. Directives on maximum levels for pesticide residues (vote)

The next item was the vote on the motion for a resolution contained in the report by Mr Combe (Doc. 1-729/80). No G 28/62 Official Journal of the .European Communities 9. 2. 81

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Proposal for a Directive II

Point 8.2 of Annex II:

— Amendment No 3 by Mrs Martin

— Amendment No 2 by Mr Delatte

The rapporteur spoke.

— Amendment No 3 was rejected

— Amendment No 2 was adopted.

Motion for a resolution

Preamble and paragraphs 1 to 8: adopted

After paragraph 8:

— Amendment No 1 by Mr Sherlock: adopted after the rapporteur had spoken.

Paragraphs 9 to 12: adopted

Parliament adopted the following resolution:

RESOLUTION

embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposals from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council for

I. a Directive on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals intended for human consumption

II. a Directive on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on foodstuffs of animal origin

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposals from the Commission to the Council (1),

— having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 43 of the EEC Treaty (Doc. 1-806/79),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection and the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture (Doc. 1-729/80);

1. Welcomes these proposals whose aim, in implementation of the Council's declarations of intent of 22 July 1974 (2), is to provide better protection of consumers' health;

t1) OJ No C 56, 6. 3. 1980, p. 14. (2) OJ No C 92, 6. 8. 1974, p. 2. I

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2. Notes with satisfaction that the Commission has chosen total harmonization, which is more effective in protecting the environment and the health of consumers while doing more to promote trade;

3. Stresses once again the need to rank consumer health protection higher than economic considerations;

4. Believes that harmonization of legislation on foodstuffs is essential to the proper functioning of the common market in agricultural products;

5. Considers that Article 43 of the EEC Treaty provides the best basis for dealing with health'problems of this kind;

6. Considers it most important that the necessary inspection procedures be instituted and calls on the Commission to ensure that imported cereals and foodstuffs of animal origin are subject to the same strict controls as regards maximum levels of residues as apply to intra-Community trade;

7. Invites the Commission, therefore, to propose without delay, via the usual procedures, Community-level sampling and analysis methods as required for the implementation of this directive;

8. Wishes nevertheless to restrict as far as possible the scope for permitting higher maximum levels for the residues of certain pesticides in certain cases;

9. Asks the Commission to consider amending the Directive to include a requirement that the Member States should carry out regular monitoring and surveillance of foods, both as sold to the consumer and as eaten, and report the results on a regular basis to the Commission in order to ensure an efficient and similar degree of enforcement throughout the Community;

10. Expresses its concern at the fact that the Directive does not deal with the problems caused by the accumulation and possible interaction of several different pesticide residues which may be present at the same time in the same product, even though in each case the level may be within the maximum permitted limits and consequently requests that the Standing Committee on Plant Health investigate this subject as a matter of urgency and that the Commission take appropriate action to provide the greatest possible safeguards for consumers' health;

11. Requests the Commission in conjunction with the appropriate experts to adapt and supplement the existing regulations in the light of any new scientific and technological discoveries;

12. Requests the Commission to take immediate steps to ban the use of the pesticides ethylene dibromide and ethylene dichloride;

13. Requests the Commission, taking the above into account, also to adopt the following amendments, pursuant to Article 149, second paragraph, of the EEC Treaty. No C 28/64 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

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TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION OF TEXT AMENDED THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (l) BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Council Directive on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals intended for human consumption

Preamble and first 15 recitals unchanged

Whereas it is not necessary to apply provisions of this delete Directive to products intended for export to non-member countries;

Remaining recitals unchanged

Articles 1 to 8 unchanged

Article 9 Article 9

This Directive shall not apply to the products referred delete to in Article 1 where it can be established by appropriate evidence that they are intended for export to non-member countries.

Articles 10 and 11 unchanged

Annexes I and II unchanged

(!) For complete text see OJ No C 56, 6. 3. 1980.

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION OF TEXT AMENDED THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (>) BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Council Directive on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on foodstuffs of animal origin

Preamble and first 15 recitals unchanged

Whereas it is not necessary to apply this Directive to delete products for export to non*member countries

Remaining recitals unchanged

Articles 1 to 8 unchanged

(!) For. complete text see OJ No C 56, 6. 3. 1980. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities C 28/65

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TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION OF TEXT AMENDED THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Article 9 Article 9

This Directive shall not apply to the foodstuffs referred delete to in Article 1 where it can be established by appropriate evidence that they are intended for export to non-member countries.

Articles 10, 11 and 12 unchanged

Annex I unchanged

Annex II Points 1 to 8.1 unchanged

8.2 beta- 8.2 beta- lsomer 0.1 0.02 0.02 isomer 0.1 0.1 0.02

Point 8.3 unchanged

18. Recovery and re-use of waste paper and board Amendment No 3 by Mr Sherlock: adopted after (vote) the rapporteur had spoken.

The next item was the vote on the motion for a resolution contained in the report by Miss Hooper Motion for a resolution (Doc. 1-659/80). Preamble and paragraph 1: adopted

Proposal for a recommendation After paragraph 1: Sixth recital of the preamble: — Amendment No 2 by Mr Purvis on behalf of the — Amendment No 1 by Mrs Fuillet: rejected after the European Democratic Group: adopted after the rapporteur had spoken. rapporteur had spoken.

Sole paragraph: Paragraph 2: adopted — Amendment No 4 by Mr Sherlock: adopted after the rapporteur had spoken. Parliament adopted the following resolution: No C 28/66 Official Journal of the European Communities

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RESOLUTION

embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal from the Commission of the Europan Communities to the Council for a recommendation to the Member States concerning the recovery and reuse of waste paper and board

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal from the Commission to the Council (1),

— having been consulted by the Council (Doc. 1-210/80),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection (Doc. 1-659/80),

1. Warmly welcomes this proposal of the Commission to promote the use of recycled paper and board in the Community;

2. In particular urges the Commission to reassess its own previous directives and regulations which militate against the use of recycled paper (e.g. in food packaging) and to make new proposals in such areas with all possible speed taking into account up-to-date energy and timber supply positions as well as technological developments;

3. Approves the Commission's proposal, but requests it to adopt the following amendments pursuant to Article 149, second paragraph, of the EEC Treaty.

(!) OJ No C 135, 6. 6. 1980, p. 3.

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION OF TEXT AMENDED THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (*) BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Council recommendation to the Member States concerning the recovery and reuse of waste paper and board

Preamble and first two recitals unchanged

Whereas waste paper constitutes a significant Whereas waste "paper constitutes a significant percentage of urban waste and is technically recoverable percentage of urban waste and is technically recoverable as a valuable secondary raw material for the on a selective basis as a secondary raw material for the manufacture of certain paper and board products; manufacture of certain paper and board products;

Fourth recital unchanged

Whereas there is a deficiency (over 50 %) in the Whereas there is a deficiency (over 50%) in the Community's present needs of raw materials for paper Community's present needs of raw materials for paper and board manufacture which has to be made up by and board manufacture which has to be made up by imports from non-member countries; imports from non-member countries of both pulp and of paper and paper products, the latter being manufactures mainly from virgin fibre;

H For complete text see OJ No C 135, 6. 6. 1980, p. 3. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/67

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TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION OF TEXT AMENDED THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Whereas the Community should aim to recover 60 % of its present paper and board consumption which would require a substantial increase in the existing level of recovery of waste paper;

Recommends that Member States define and implement Recommends that Member States define and implement policies to promote the use of recycled paper and board policies to promote the use of recycled paper and board, and particularly; and that the Community institutions do likewise, and particularly:

— encourage the use of recycled — and recyclable — — encourage the use of recycled — and recyclable — paper and board, especially in the national paper and board, especially in the Community administrations, public bodies and those national Institutions and in the national administrations, official services which can set an example; public bodies and those national official services which can set an example;

Second, third and fourth indents unchanged

develop and promote uses for waste paper other develop and promote uses for waste paper not than as raw material for the manufacture of paper appropriate for use as raw material for the and board; manufacture of paper and board;

encourage voluntary schemes for selective recovery of domestic as well as industrial waste paper at competitive quality and prices.

19. Human rights in Uruguay (vote) Sixth indent: adopted

The next item on the agenda was the vote on the Seventh indent: motion for a resolution contained in the report by Mrs van den Heuvel (Doc. 1-693/80). —r- Amendment No 2 by Mr Fergusson: adopted after the rapporteur had spoken. Mr Habsburg requested that the motion be voted paragraph by paragraph, and paragraph 1 indent by Eighth indent: adopted indent.

Preamble: Paragraph 1:

Fist five indents: adopted — Amendment No 4 by Mr Fergusson (withdrawn)

After the fifth indent: First indent: adopted by a vote by sitting and standing, since the result of the show of hands was doubtful. — Amendment No 1 by Mr Fergusson: adopted after the rapporteur had spoken. Second indent: adopted No C 28/68 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

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Third indent: adopted The vote on the motion for a resolution as a whole was therefore placed on the agenda of the next sitting.

Paragraph 1: adopted

Paragraph 2: adopted 20. Regulations on sugar and isoglucose (vote)

The next item was the vote on the motion for a Paragraph 3: adopted resolution contained in the report by Mr Delatte (Doc. 1-792/80).

After paragraph 3: Together with thirty other Members, Mr Curry requested-^pplication of Rule 33 (4). — Amendment No 5 by Mr van Minnen: rejected after the rapporteur had spoken. Preamble:

The President established that the majority of the current Members of Parliament had not taken part in Paragraph 4: the vote. — Amendment No 3 by Mr Fergusson The vote was therefore placed on the agenda of the next sitting. The rapporteur agreed to the amendment on condition that it be added to paragraph 4.

. Paragraph 4 was adopted.

Amendment No 3 was adopted. 21. Framework cooperation agreement between the EEC and Brazil (vote)

Paragraph 5: adopted The next item was the vote on the motion for a resolution contained in the Louwes report (Doc. 1-592/80).

After paragraph 5: Preamble and paragraphs 1 and 2: adopted

— Amendment No 6 by Mr Coppieters After paragraph 2: The rapporteur spoke. — Amendment No 2 by Mr Vergeer and others Amendment No 6 was rejected by a vote by sitting and standing, since the result of the show of hands was The rapporteur spoke. doubtful. Amendment No 2 was adopted by a vote by sitting and standing since the result 'of the show of hands was Paragraph 6: adopted doubtful.

Paragraphs 3 and 4: adopted Explanations of vote:

Mr Lomas and Mr Forth spoke. After paragraph 4:

Mr Hord requested with the support of 10 other — Amendment No 3 by Mrs Squarcialupi Members, pursuant to Rule 33 (3), that the President ascertain whether a quorum was present. The rapporteur, Mrs Baduel Glorioso and the rapporteur spoke. Amendment No 3 was rejected. Lady Elles spoke.

The President established that there was no quorum. Paragraphs 5 to 7: adopted 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/69

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Paragraph 8: Paragraph 8 thus amended was adopted.

— Amendment No 1 by Mr Miiller-Hermann on Paragraphs 9 to 12: adopted behalf of the Group of the European People's Party: adopted after the rapporteur had spoken. Parliament adopted the following resolution:

RESOLUTION

embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council for a regulation on the conclusion of a framework agreement for cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil

The European Parliament,

— whereas on 28 May 1980 the. President-in-Office of the Council, pursuant to the Luns-Westerterp Procedure, notified the relevant committees of the conclusion of a cooperation agreement between the EEC and Brazil,

— having regard to the proposal from the Commission to the Council (1),

— having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 235 of the EEC Treaty (Doc. 1-456/80),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on External Economic Relations and the opinion of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (Doc. 1-529/80).

1. Notes that in a relatively short period Brazil has undergone extremely rapid industrial development, and has become an important economic partner in the world;

2. Points out that, partly as a result of the energy crisis, Brazil is confronted by a difficult external economic position, and that the country is contending with growing social tensions created by the great incomes disparities in its population;

3. Hopes that steps will be taken to better the situation of the poorest sections of society, inter alia by the introduction of improved social and labour norms;

4. Regards Brazil as pre-eminently a 'newly industrialized country', but also as a partner in the Third World, and from this fact concludes that relations between Brazil and the Community should as far as possible be founded on the basis of reciprocity, whilst taking into account the serious internal situation of that country;

5. Welcomes the agreement on trade and economic cooperation signed recently by the two parties, in view first of the complementary nature of their economies and second of Brazil's growing significance in the world economy;

6. Is aware that Brazil is rich in raw materials and still affords considerable investment opportunities, in exchange for which the Community could make a contribution to the further development of the country by making available capital and technology;

(*) OJ No C 169, 9. 7. 1980, p. 3. No C 28/70 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81.

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7. Notes that the cooperation agreement is an outline agreement to be supplemented by separate measures and provisions, and therefore requests the Commission of the European Communities, possibly through the Joint Cooperation Committee: — to provide the relevant parliamentary committees with details of the measures by which it is proposed to implement the agreement, — to supply them with figures, at regular intervals, on the development of trade and investment between the EEC and its Member States and Brazil, and — to report at regular intervals on progress made under the cooperation agreement;

8. Considers, in this connection, that it is vitally important that Brazil should provide Community investors with greater security and should not nullify existing contracts by subsequent government measures:

9. Considers it of fundamental importance that a solution be found rapidly to the difficult problem of the sea transport of goods between Brazil and the Community, bearing in mind ' that a further exchange of notes only containing a declaration of intent as in 1973, is no longer adequate: urges that the UNCTAD Agreement also be applied to shipping between Brazil and the European Community, the load being distributed in the ratio 40:40:20;

10. Considers it of fundamental importance that Brazil should do its utmost to accelerate the curtailment of existing tariff and non-tariff import restrictions;

11. Considers it important that, provided Brazil agrees, a permanent delegation from the Commission should be established in Brazil so as to contribute in a practical way to the implementation of the cooperation agreement;

12. Points out that regular meetings between Members of the European Parliament and the Brazilian Parliament can also make a contribution to the development of mutual relations and the successful application of the cooperation agreement;

13. Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the report of its committee to the Government and Parliament of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

22. Membership of Parliament established that there was a vacancy and would duly inform the Member State concerned. The President announced that Mr Kohler had informed him by letter of 12 January 1981 of his resignation as Member of the European Parliament as of 16 January. 23. Information policy of the Community (continuation of the debate and vote) Pursuant to Article 12 (2), second subparagraph, of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the Mrs Gaiotti De Biase spoke in the continuation of the Assembly by direct universal suffrage, the Assembly debate on the Schall report (Doc. 1-596/80). 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/71

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IN THE CHAIR: MR PFLIMLIN The fourth indent thus amended was adopted;

Vice-President Paragraph 2:

— Amendment No 12 by Mrs Viehoff and others The following spoke: Mr Martin, Mrs Lenz and Mr Pedini, chairman of the Committee on Youth, Culture, — Amendment No 37 by Mr Coppieters Education, Information and Sport. The rapporteur spoke. The President declared the debate closed. Amendment No 12 was rejected.

The rapporteur spoke. Parliament proceeded to the vote on the motion for a resolution. Amendment No 37 was rejected.

Paragraph 2 was adopted. Preamble — first four indents, (adopted) Paragraph 3:

— fifth indent — Amendment No 43 by Mr Hutton: adopted after — Amendment No 35 by Mr Coppieters the rapporteur had spoken (withdrawn) — Amendment No 41 by Mr Hutton (adopted Paragraph 3 thus amended was adopted. . after the rapporteur had spoken) Paragraph 4:

The fifth indent thus amended was adopted. — Amendment No 13 by Mrs Viehoff and others: rejected after the rapporteur had spoken. — sixth, and seventh, indents (adopted) Paragraph 4 was adopted.

Paragraph 1 Paragraph 5: — first indent (adopted) — Amendment No 1 by Mr Schall — secnd indent — Amendment No 36 by Mr Coppieters (adopted — Amendment No 44 by Mr Hutton after the rapporteur had spoken) The rapporteur spoke.- — third indent — Amendment No 42 by Mr Hutton (adopted Amendment No 1 was adopted. after the rapporteur had spoken) Mr Hutton withdrew Amendment No 44.

The third indent thus amended was adopted Paragraph 5 thus amended was adopted. — fourth indent After paragraph 5: — Amendment No 11 by Mrs Viehoff and others — Amendment No 4 by Mrs Pruvot on behalf of — Amendment No 14 by Mrs Viehoff and others the Liberal and Democratic Group — Amendment No 25 by Mr Brok and others

The rapporteur spoke. The rapporteur spoke.

Amendment No 14 was adopted. Amendment No 11 was adopted. Mr Hahn withdrew Amendment No 25.

Amendment No 4 therefore fell. Paragraph 6: adopted No C 28/72 Official journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

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After paragraph 6: Subparagraph (c): ,

— Amendment No 45 by Mr Hutton: adopted after — Amendment No 19 by Mr Schwencke: adopted by the rapporteur had spoken. sitting and standing after the rapporteur had spoken.

Paragraph 7: adopted — Amendment No 38 by Mr Coppieters: rejected

After paragraph 7: Subparagraph (d):

— Amendment No 46 by Mr Hutton — Amendment No 20 by Mr Schwencke: rejected after the rapporteur had spoken. The rapporteur requested separate votes on the two new paragraphs contained in this amendment. Subparagraph (e): The first part of the amendment was adopted. — Amendment No 21 by Mr Schwencke The second part of the amendment was adopted. The rapporteur spoke. Paragraphs 8 to 10: adopted Amendment No 21 was adopted by sitting and standing since the result of the show of hands was doubtful. After paragraph 10:

— Amendment No 29 by Mr Brok and others: adopted Subparagraph (f): after the rapporteur had spoken. — Amendment No 22 by Mr Schwencke: rejected after the rapporteur had spoken. Paragraph 1.1: adopted

'Subparagraph (f) was adopted. Paragraph 12:

— Amendment No 5 by Mr Pruvot on behalf of the After subparagraph (f): Liberal and Democratic Group — Amendment No 6 by Mrs Pruvot, on behalf of the -— Amendment No 26 by Mr Brok and others Liberal and Democratic Group

The rapporteur spoke. — Amendment No 27 by Mr Brok and others.

Amendment No 5 was adapted. The rapporteur spoke. The rapporteur spoke. Amendment No 6 was rejected by sitting and standing Amendment No 26 was adopted. since the result of the show of hands was doubtful.

Paragraph 12 thus amended was adopted. Mr Hahn withdrew Amendment No 27.

After paragraph 12: Last two subparagraphs: adopted

— Amendment No 15 by Mrs Viehoff and others: —- Amendment No 47 by Mr Hutton: adopted after adopted after the rapporteur had spoken. the rapporteur had spoken.

Paragraph 13: Paragraph 13 as amended was adopted. Subparagraph (a): adopted Paragraph 14: Subparagraph (b): — Amendment No 7 by Mrs Pruvot, on behalf of the — Amendment No 18 by Mr Schwencke: adopted Liberal and Democratic Group: adopted after the after the rapporteur had spoken. rapporteur had spoken. 9.2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/73

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Paragraph 15: After paragraph 18:

— Amendment No 39 by Mr Coppieters — Amendment No 32 by Mr Brok and others

— Amendment No 24 by Mr Pedini — Amendment No 48 by Mr Hutton

— Amendment No 8 by Mrs Pruvot, on behalf of her The rapporteur spoke. group. Amendment No 32 was rejected.

The rapporteur spoke. Amendment No 48 was adopted.

Amendment No 39 was rejected. Paragraph 19: adopted Amendment No 24 was adopted by sitting and standing since the result of the show of hands was doubtful. Paragraph 20:

Amendment No 8 was rejected. — Amendment No 17 by Mrs Viehoff and others

Paragraph 15 as amended was adopted. — i\mendment No 9 by Mrs Pruvot on behalf of the Liberal and Democratic Group

After paragraph 15: — Amendment No 33 by Mr Brok and others

— Amendment No 30 by Mr Brok and others The rapporteur spoke.

Amendment No 17 was adopted. The rapporteur spoke. Mr Schwencke and the rapporteur spoke. Amendment No 30 was rejected by a vote by sitting and standing since the result of the show of hands was Amendments Nos 9 and 33 fell. doubtful.

Paragraph 21: Paragraphs 16 and 17: adopted — Amendment No 3 by Mr Schall

After paragraph 17: — Amendment No 40 by Mr Goppieters

— Amendment No 28 by Mr Brok and others: adopted — Amendment No 23/rev. by Mr Pedini after the rapporteur had spoken. The rapporteur spoke. Paragraph 18: Amendment No 3 was adopted.

— Amendment No 16 by Mrs Viehoff and others Amendment No 40 wras rejected. — Amendment No 2 by Mr Schall Amendment No 23/rev. was rejected by a vote by sitting and standing since the result of the show of — Amendment No 49 by Mr Patterson hands was doubtful. — Amendment No 31 by Mr Brok and others. Paragraphs 23 and 24: adopted

The rapporteur spoke. After paragraph 24:

Amendments Nos 16, 2 and 49 were adopted — Amendment No 10 by Mrs Pruvot on behalf of the consecutively. Liberal and Democratic Group.

Mr Hahn withdrew Amendment No 31. — Amendment No 34 by Mr Brok and others.

Paragraph 18 thus amended was adopted. The rapporteur spoke. No C 28/74 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

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Amendment No 10 was adopted. Paragraph 25: adopted

Amendment No 34 was rejected. Parliament adopted the following resolution:

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on the informaton policy of the European Community, of the Commission of the European Communities and of the European Parliament

The European Parliament,

— whereas it is the responsibility of all the European Community's information services to inform the public in the individual Member States in particular, and furthermore in the world in general, about the objectives, policies and activities of the European Community as a whole in a manner commensurate with its importance,

— concerned that, 23 years after the signature of the EEC Treaty, the level of information about the Community among the citizens of the Member States remains low and that neither the Commission nor the European Parliament have so far been able to carry out their duty to provide information on a scale commensurate with the importance of the European Community and its objectives,

— having regard to the Commission's Information Programme for 1980 (COM(79) 701 final), the statement by the Director-General of the Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations on 2 October 1979 to the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport, published as PE 59 985/Ann. and the earlier reports of the committee responsible for information,

— convinced that the value of the Community's information policy lies in several distinct areas, namely: — in explaining the aims, structures, achievements and problems of the European Community, information policy is an integral part of the policy of the institutions, a condition for the full achievement of the specific and implicit objectives of the Treaties, frequently reaffirmed in official documents, directed towards the completion of the construction of a genuine European union, through the creation of a critical and aware feeling of European identity; — in explaining the practical decisions and activities of the Community, the information policy is an essential condition for the full exercise of the democratic rights of the citizens of the Community, both as regards the possibility of keeping a watch on Community activities and providing individuals with the ability to benefit from the measures introduced;

— in explaining =the Community to those outside it, the information policy is an essential instrument in supporting and promoting major Community initiatives for peaceful development in the world, for greater integration of the economies and balanced development, for solving regional imbalances, protecting human rights and extending freedom,

— convinced that it is a basic responsibility of the Commission to inform the citizens of the Community of the long-term purposes and of the short-term policies of the Community, as well as of its own activities and proposals, but that at the same time it is the principal task of the information services of the European Parliament to make the citizens of the Member States of the European Community aware of the existence and role of the 9. 2. 81 ^Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/75

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Parliament and its Members and that because of their different responsibilities a clear distinction must be drawn between the Commission's information policy and Parliament's specific role, without thereby excluding the possibility of cooperation between the two information services where necessary,

— emphasizing the responsibilities of the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport as regards the Information Services of the Parliament, and the importance of preparing, as a matter of urgency, a clear Parliament information strategy,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport (Doc. 1-596/80),

L With regard to the Commission's information policy and information services

1. Emphasizes that the provision of information about the Community's activities must be based on a clearly defined programme established annually by the Commission and embodying coordinated and uniform guidelines of a political and practical nature bearing in mind the differing needs of the Member States, and

— considers that such a programme should require the active participation of all the Commission's directorates-general and services and that it should represent a real commitment to the principle of increased information on behalf of the Commission; — notes that knowledge about Community policies is best conveyed to the citizens of the Community in their homes, schools and places of work; — considers that more use should be made of news opportunities in the Member States, particularly at a regional level — e.g. the announcement of Regional Fund grants by a Commissioner in the regions affected — and that Community authorities should insist on constant publicity for the Community contribution while a project is under way; — believes that, in general, the DGs and Services of the Commission are too unaware of and uninterested in the information dimension of their work; and invites the Commission to study and implement ways of improving this awareness, and to make a written report to the European Parliament by September 1981;

2. Attaches great importance to the elimination of shortcomings in matters of organization, staffing and technical facilities in the implementation of the Commission's information activities; — considers that the overall effectiveness of Directorate-General X (Information) has been weakened as regards both its staffing and its task of directing information activities by past attempts at decentralization and therefore welcomes the recent change of course in this respect; — notes the Commission's Information Programme for 1980 and recommends that a change be made in the section dealing with the organizational structure of the agricultural information unit in the Directorates-General for Agriculture and with youth and education information in Directorate-General XII, as they both conflict with the need to centralize the Commission's information policy; — submits to the Commission for consideration the proposal that the fusion of posts of Director-General of DG X and chairman of the Spokesman's Group be revoked so that a No C 28/76 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

Friday, 16 January 1981 balance can be secured between these two functions; the chairman of the Spokesman's Group might be a director acting as a deputy to the Director-General of DG X (first alternative) or a newly appointed deputy might assume responsibility for the administrative and executive management of Directorate-General X as his major task (second alternative);

— recommends that the publication services, at present subordinated to DG IX (Administration), should be reintegrated in DG X in the interests of cost-effectiveness and the more efficient production of information;

3. Emphasizes the importance in information work of radio, television and film material to reach a mass audience and feels that increased use should be made of the Commission's radio and TV studios and other technical facilities, and that material put together by the Commission's services should be more readily available to national and regional radio and TV services;

4. Stresses the importance to the information service of qualified staff having the necessary experience and knowledge of information and public relations work; considers in this connection that a compromise must be found between the requirements of the Staff Regulations governing recruitment procedures and the need, where appropriate, to recruit expert staff from outside the institutions; and acknowledges the value of a regular interchange of staff, for appropriate periods of time and according to a strict rota, between the Commission's headquarters in Brussels and the external information offices;

5. Stresses the prime importance of the External Information Offices in the Member States, while not underestimating the importance of those in other countries; believes that the information needs of Community citizens are such that priority must be given to the Offices in the Member States and the 1982 budget should therefore make financial and staff provisions for additional sub-offices to be set up in Member States where appropriate as well as for the expansion of the activities of the existing offices;

6. Calls on the Commission to make its documentation and appropriate publications available during part-sessions and other parliamentary meetings, in order to ensure complete information for Members, journalists and visitors;

7. Calls on the Commission to increase the coordination between the information offices and the centre, and to ensure that the basic message to be transmitted remains the same in each Member State, even though the manner of expression and the degree of emphasis may vary from country to country; and considers that increased importance should be attached to cooperation between the central and external offices and the press and broadcasting media in all the various Member States, because the Commission's publications alone will never be able to inform the man in the street adequately and must remain limited in the main to interest groups and large organizations;

8. Calls on the Commission to recognize the important role of Members of the European Parliament in increasing the level of information about the Community at local and regional level and to increase its cooperation with Members;

9. Considers that both periodical publications and occasional publications on particular subjects should be more accessible to the public in content and in design, while recognizing the importance of technical and semi-technical publications for experts and those with 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/77

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specific interests; and that consequently periodicals and magazines with a wide popular appeal can best be produced by the external offices in the Member States, which are in closer touch with national and regional situations than the central information service;

10. Emphasizes that the external offices must be much more energetic in distributing their publicity material (e.g.) in the United Kingdom, to all public libraries) and in updating it whenever necessary;

11. Emphasizes also the very great importance of distributing publicity material to teachers and to schools and colleges as widely and as generously as possible, and deplores the fact that financial constraints are making this difficult;

12. > Appreciates, among the latest developments in the Commission's information policy, the efforts made over the last three years to arouse the interest of women in Community policies and to persuade them of the need for their involvement in the process of European integration, and congratulates the Commission on the results so far obtained; emphasizes, however, the deplorable shortage of staff and funds set aside for this important activity; notes also that, although these activities have some impact on female public opinion in our countries they do not seem to influence the Commission's information policy as a whole, in particular those of its publications that are not specifically intended for women; points out, however, tht 52 % 6f the public opinion which the Commission is addressing is made up of women and that it is therefore important to take account of this fact in every document published and every speech made; requests accordingly that the women's information sector should be given the staff and appropriations necessary to carry out its task and accorded a permanent place on the establishment plan of DG X;

13. Requests the Commission to make a periodic progress report on the implementation of its annual information programme to the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport;

II. With regard to the European Parliament's information services

14. Emphasizes strongly that the most important task for the information services of the directly elected European Parliament is to inform the citizens of the European Community of the work of that Parliament and its Members;

15. Proposes that the Bureau, when establishing the timetable and the main areas of work a part-session, should take into account the time and other limiting factors affecting the work of the press, radio and television (e.g. the respective timings of debates and votes);

16. Notes that the organizational structure of the Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations must be readapted and its staff increased to enable it to react rapidly to future developments in the media, and, using modern methods of communication, fulfil the requirements of Parliament and its Members;

17. Notes in particular that internal information services for Members, journalists and groups of visitors during plenaries and other meetings are extremely inadequate, a situation which must be remedied; in this context, requests the publication of a daily information sheet during plenary sessions giving advance details of all meetings running parallel to the plenary sittings including room numbers and the subjects under discussion; suggests the issuing of short, duplicated reports on the progress of debates to facilitate the work of journalists; No C 28/78 OfficiarJournal of the European Communities

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18. Believes that the Parliament's services should cooperate fully with the corresponding services of the political groups;

19. Calls upon the Publications and Central Documentation Sector to present to the committee responsible, as soon as possible, a publications programme for 1981. In addition to the material already available, consideration should be given to:

(a) supplementary background briefing material for journalists on specific issues;

(b) developing the Bulletin so that it becomes a genuinely informative publication on the work of the European Parliament and distributing this to the accredited journalists. The following items should be included:

1. answers to Members'questions, 2. European Parliament publications, including information pamphlets and studies by the Directorate-General, 3. a list of appointed rapporteurs, 4. deadlines for amendments to reports of the European Parliament, 5. important speeches, 6. reports on the work of the committees and the interparliamentary delegations which have undertaken visits on behalf of the European Parliament, 7. publications of the Commission and other institutions of the European Community, 8. the Briefing and Diary on the part-sessions in the respective languages, 9. informative reports, background documents and short articles published for the part-sessions, e.g. on budget legislation,

the Bulletin might possibly be divided into an official and general information section;

(c) the introduction of a single-edition press review, initialy on a monthly basis and later fortnightly, reproducing in full important articles on the development of European integration and the European Community, particularly the European Parliament. Consideration should also be given to radio and television scripts;

(d) a range of short publications on the Parliament, containing, in simpler form, the material in the brochure 'The European Parliament';

(e) setting up an article and features service (to provide photographic and graphical material on demand) employing specialist journalists as authors to present the major issues in the European Parliament in a readily understandable form;

(f) a set of posters or wall-charts.

Consideration should also be given to the optimum division of such a publications programme between the Central Sector and the external offices. Financial allocations should be arranged accordingly.

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It should also look closely into the possibilities of computerizing the transmission, storage and retrieval of information so that, eventually, information — e.g. on the progress of legislation through the Parliament — should be readily available via computer terminals in the Parliament's Information Offices throughout the Community;

20. Stresses the need for a constant flow of information on the work of the committees and considers that the information services in the places of work at which parliamentary meetings are held should be considerably reinforced to this end;

21. Considers it of the greatest importance that "Parliament's external offices, while maintaining a clear delineation of responsibilities, should collaborate as closely as possible — ideally under one roof -— with the Commission's external offices;

Furthermore: (a) Asks the Bureau to examine the extent to which there should be Parliament facilities in Commission external offices outside the national capitals; and also the Commission offices in third countries, particularly the United States;

(b) Calls, also, for a general improvement in the circulation of Working Documents and other parliamentary documents; and for an urgent investigation of more modern systems of data transfer, including direct access by the external offices to data-banks;

(c) Asks that clear guidelines be laid down as to what information contained in internal Parliament documents (e.g. the Bulletin, committee agendas, etc) can be made public;

(d) Requests that the external offices should have at their disposal adequate display material — posters, wall-charts, audio-visual material, etc. — for distributing, in particular, to schools and colleges;

(e) Believes that, in the field of publications, external offices are generally in a good position to assess any local or specialist demand; and that staff and financial provision should be made to enable the offices to produce regular or occasional publications;

(f) Also asks for a clearer definition of the responsibilities of the external offices in the arrangements for and reception of visitors to the Parliament;

(g) Calls for an examination of the relationship between the external offices and: (i) Directorates-General other than DG III; (ii) the appropriate national Members of Parliament; (iii) the offices of the Political Groups, where these also exist at national level;

22. Welcomes the Enlarged Bureau's decision to order television equipment, and endorses the need to make Parliament's own television studio and equipment operational as soon as possible, and the need to recruit sufficient staff for this purpose;

23. Is concerned to see a rationalization of the use of infrastructural services — such as telex, documentation — to facilitate the operation of the information services;

24. Calls for the press rooms to be resited, and better equipped at the same time, to make it easier for journalists to contact the Chamber and the Members; No C 28/80 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 2. 81

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25. Calls emphatically for an intensive expansion of reception services for visitors as a means of organizing the Community-wide exercise of the European citizens' fundamental right of access to meetings of their Parliament; in particular calls for the content of the information programme for groups of visitors to be expanded; general information seminars for communicators should also be organized in the Secretariat and possibly elsewhere; points out that provision must now be made in the 1982 budget for the necessary funds, staff and office space and that the Directorate:General III should bring the existing system and criteria as regards access and financing into line with the new requirements; believes that the number of visitors must be distributed between the geographical sectors on a percentage basis in line with the number of MEPs from each country and that the budget appropriations should be allocated accordingly; and considers the consultation and involvement of Members in all stages of the organization and execution of any such ventures as essential to their utility and success;

26. Recommends that care should be taken to ensure that implementation of arrangements to receive visitors' groups.sponsored by Members does not prejudice support and access for other visitor's groups;

27. Feels that it is essential to afford extensive support, in particular financial support, to journalists and the media, to enable newspapers and broadcasting stations with limited means to enjoy access to Parliament's places of work and thereby guarantee coverage in the regional, local or specialized press; considers it necessary to establish a balanced set of criteria which take account of national practice to ensure a fair allocation of funds;

28. Welcomes the creation of the Association of European Parliamentary Journalists and calls for the creation of a system of permanent accreditation in the near future which should take due account not only of the Association of Parliamentary Journalists but also of the International Press Association in Brussels; calls on the sub-committee on information policy (see paragraph 29) and DG III to maintain ongoing links with the association and the permanently accredited journalists in order to facilitate their work;

29. Decides to set up a sub-committee of the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport which, in conjunction with the relevant officials, would maintain a constant reappraisal of the information policy of the European Parliament and its constantly changing requirements, and which would report regularly, with proposals for change, to both the Quaestors and the Committee;

III. With regard to the information services of both the Commission and the European Parliament

30. Believes that progress towards European integration will require tangible political and economic achievements at Community level and that such achievements would be encouraged, inter alia, by a Community information policy which succeeds in informing the public at large in an intelligible manner about the importance and objectives of the European Community;

31. Believes that the current level of expenditure on information is totally inadequate and that without a significant increase in appropriations and staff the information services of both the Commission and the European Parliament will be unable to fulfil their present tasks satisfactorily, let alone expand their activities so as to provide more comprehensive information about priority areas; that these present tasks should be expanded to give a greater concentration on regional information, as a means of making the public more aware 9, 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/81

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of the actual and potential impact of Community policies on every'day life; and that budgetary resources should be earmarked on a necessary and increasing scale to take account of this expansion of work;

32. Calls for two separate annual reports on the activities of the Directorates-General for Information of the Commission and Parliament to be drawn up for the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport to provide Members with a detailed summary of activities in the various sectors;

33. Wishes to see cooperation established between the press offices of the Community institutions;

34. Instructs its**President to forward this resolution and the report of its committee to the Commission.

24. Social situation of cultural workers (debate and vote)

Mrs Pruvot introduced her interim report drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport on the social situation of cultural workers (Doc. 1-558/80).

The following spoke: Mr Schwencke on behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Pedini, chairman of the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport, Mr Hahn on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (CD Group), Mr Hutton on behalf of the European Democratic Group, Mr Estgen and Mr Andriessen, Member of the Commission.

The President declared the debate closed.

Motion for a resolution

Preamble and paragraphs 1 to 4: adopted

Paragraph 5:

— Amendment No 1 by Mr Schwencke and others: adopted after the rapporteur had spoken.

Paragraph 5 thus amended was adopted.

Paragraph 6: adopted

Parliament adopted the following resolution: No C 28/82 Official Journal of the European Communities^ 9. 2. 81

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on the social situation of cultural workers

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council 'Community action in the cultural sector' H, in particular paragraphs 36 to 40,

— having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee of 20 December \ 1978 on this communication (2), in particular paragraph 3.7.4,

— having regard to its opinion of 18 January 1979 on that communication (3), in particular paragraph 6,

— having regard to the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of October 1977 on the situation of writers in Europe (Doc. 4012),

— having regard to the interim report of the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport (Doc. 1-558/80),

— having regard to the second paragraph of Article 122 of the EEC Treaty,

— whereas in general the social situation of cultural workers, including organizers and both creative and performing artists, in the Community is extremely unsatisfactory and, moreover, varies considerably from one sector to another,

— convinced that a precise knowledge of the details of the living conditions of cultural workers is essential,

— noting the absence of quantified data at Community level and the inadequacy of such data in the Member States,

— convinced of the need to promote improvement in the working and living conditions of this category of workers in accordance with Article 117 of the EEC Treaty,

1. Expresses great regret that no action has yet been taken on the abovementioned opinions in which the Economic and Social Committees and the European Parliament respectively call upon the Commission to have the necessary work done by the Statistical Office of the European Communities;

2. Reiterates forcefully the request referred to above;

3. Bases this repeated request on the second paragraph of Article 122 of the EEC Treaty, under which 'The Assembly may invite the Commission to draw up reports on any • particular problems concerning social conditions';

4. Stresses that the unsatisfactory living conditions of most cultural workers, and the fact that the Community still does not have quantified data on the principal aspects of these conditions, constitute a 'particular problem concerning social conditions';

5. Invites the Commission, therefore, to take immediately the steps needed to ensure that the Statistical Office can start drawing up as soon as possible the necessary statistics on the

(1) Doc. 497/77 Bulletin of the European Communities, Supplement 6/77. . (2) ESC 1245/78. (3) OJ No C 39, 12. 2. 1979, p.-50. 9. 2. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 28/83

Friday, 16 January 1981 employment, remuneration and social security benefits of cultural workers in the countries of the Community so that the European Parliament can draw the necessary cultural policy consequences;

6. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.

25. Linking work and training for young persons in the Community

The next item was the report by Mr Prag, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs and Employment, on linking work and training for young persons in the Community (Doc. 1-460/80).

Pursuant to Rule 32 (Id), Mr Prag requested the adjournment of the debate until the next part-session.

On behalf of the Socialist Group, Mr Boyes supported this request.

Parliament agreed to the request for adjournment.

26. Dates for next part-session

On a proposal from the enlarged Bureau, Parliament decided to hold its next part-session from 9 to 13 February 1981 in Luxembourg.

27. Approval of minutes

Pursuant to Rule 17 (2), Parliament approved the minutes of that day's sitting.

28. Adjournment of session

The President declared the session of the European Parliament adjourned.

(The sitting was closed at 1.45 p.m.)

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ANNEX

GREEK MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES

Members 9. Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning

1. Political Affairs Committee Peponis Zardinidis Haralambopoulos Bournias

2. Committee on Agriculture 10. Committee on Transport

Fotilas Voyadzis Papaefstratiou Dalakouras

3. Committee on Budgets 11. Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Georgiadis Consumer Protection Dimopoulos Visas 4. Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Markozanis Zighdis 12. Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport

5. Committee on Energy and Research Vlahopoulos

Soussouroyannis Louies 13. Committee on Development and Cooperation 6. Committee on External Economic Relations Vardakas Pesmazoglou Katsafados Nikolaou

7. Legal Affairs Committee 14. Committee on Budgetary Control Plaskovitis Gondicas Gondicas

8. Committee on Social Affairs and Employment 15. Committee on the Rules of Procedure and Petitions Coutsocheras Frangos Plaskovitis