RECOMMENDATION on the application by Romania to become a member of the European Union
4.4.2005 - (AA1/2/2005 – C6‑0086/2005 – 2005/0902(AVC)) - ***
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: Pierre Moscovici
DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
on the application by Romania to become a member of the European Union
(AA1/2/2005 – C6‑0086/2005 – 2005/0902(AVC))
(Assent procedure)
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the application by Romania to become a member of the European Union,
– having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 49 of the EU Treaty (C6‑0086/2005),
– having regard to the opinion of the Commission (COM(2005)0055),
– having regard to the draft treaty for the accession to the European Union of Romania,
– having regard to Rules 75 and 82(6) of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6‑0083/2005),
A. whereas the conditions for the admission of the applicant countries and the modifications which their accession entails are set out in the accession treaty and whereas Parliament should be consulted on any substantial modifications to this treaty,
B. whereas the Council and the Commission must fully involve the European Parliament in the follow-up to the process of accession of Romania, and in decision-making should the safeguard clauses contained in the accession treaty be activated in connection with the accession of Romania,
C. whereas this assent has been preceded by a joint agreement of the two arms of the budgetary authority on the financial package to be included in the accession treaty and the adoption of a declaration on the budgetary and institutional consequences thereof,
1. Gives its assent to the application by Romania to become a member of the European Union;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and Romania.
PROCEDURE
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Application by Romania to become a member of the European Union | ||||||||||||
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AA1/2/2005 - C6-0086/2005 - 2005/0902(AVC) | ||||||||||||
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Legal basis |
Article 49 EC | ||||||||||||
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Basis in Rules of Procedure |
Rules 75 and 82(6) | ||||||||||||
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Date of request for Parliament's assent |
4.2.2005 | ||||||||||||
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Committee responsible |
AFET | ||||||||||||
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Not delivering opinion |
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Enhanced cooperation |
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Motion(s) for resolution(s) included in the report |
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Rapporteur(s) |
Pierre Moscovici |
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Discussed in committee |
16.3.2005 |
29.3.2005 |
30.3.2005 |
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Date adopted |
30.3.2005 | ||||||||||||
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Result of final vote |
for: against: abstentions: |
59 2 9 | |||||||||||
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Members present for the final vote |
Vittorio Emanuele Agnoletto, Angelika Beer, Bastiaan Belder, Monika Beňová, André Brie, Elmar Brok, Philip Claeys, Simon Coveney, Ryszard Czarnecki, Véronique De Keyser, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Camiel Eurlings, Maciej Marian Giertych, Klaus Hänsch, Richard Howitt, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Georgios Karatzaferis, Ioannis Kasoulides, Bogdan Klich, Helmut Kuhne, Joost Lagendijk, Vytautas Landsbergis, Cecilia Malmström, Francisco José Millán Mon, Pierre Moscovici, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Raimon Obiols i Germà, Alojz Peterle, Tobias Pflüger, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Bernd Posselt, Michel Rocard, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Libor Rouček, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, György Schöpflin, Richard Seeber, Marek Maciej Siwiec, Hannes Swoboda, István Szent-Iványi, Konrad Szymański, Charles Tannock, Paavo Väyrynen, Inese Vaidere, Geoffrey Van Orden, Ari Vatanen, Karl von Wogau, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, Josef Zieleniec | ||||||||||||
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Substitutes present for the final vote |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Carlos Carnero González, Alexandra Dobolyi, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi, Michl Ebner, Hélène Flautre, Michael Gahler, Georg Jarzembowski, Jaromír Kohlíček, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Pasqualina Napoletano, Doris Pack, Athanasios Pafilis, Anders Samuelsen, Pierre Schapira, Inger Segelström, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi | ||||||||||||
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Substitutes under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote |
Christofer Fjellner, Bronisław Geremek | ||||||||||||
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Date tabled – A6 |
4.4.2005 |
A6‑0083/2005 | |||||||||||