Activites

• 1997/06/10 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 1997/1035
  • OJ L 151 10.06.1997, p. 0001
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• 1997/06/02 Council Meeting
• 1997/06/02 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1997/06/02 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1997/05/14 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1997)0201 summary

    The Commission's amended proposal includes some of the amendments approved by the European Parliament in plenary. They concern the following aspects: -addition of a reference to organizations 'in the Member States' in the provisions concerning national and international organizations, -clarification of the Centre's objectives and tasks: .the data collected and analysed are to be supplied by research centres as well as the Member States and international and non-governmental organizations, .support is to be provided for the setting up and linking of documentation resources open to the public, .within the RAXEN network, cooperation with organizations active in the Member States (including cooperation in the strict sense of the term), -in the administrative sphere: the Director is to account for his activities to the Management Board, and the experts on the Scientific Committee are to be appointed on the basis of proposals from the Member States, the Commission and organizations associated with the Centre's work.�

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• 1997/04/29 Council Meeting
  • 2003
• 1997/04/09 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0148/1997 summary

    By adopting the report by Mr Glyn FORD (PSE, UK), the European Parliament approved the establishment of a European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia with the aim of making it part of the Community framework. The main amendments seek: -to accentuate the role of coordination and harmonization of studies on manifestations of racism and xenophobia, to encourage the analysis of the causes, consequences and effects of racism and to compare good practices in this respect; -to support the setting up and linking of documentation resources open to the public and to assist in the promotion of information activities; -to cooperate with other regional organizations active in this field; -in the setting up of the RAXEN network, to enable common criteria and comparable data to be established; -as regards the areas on which the Centre should concentrate its activities, to include religious freedom and preventive measures and means of action to combat racism and xenophobia; -to emphasize Parliament's role, especially in the formulation of conclusions and recommendations addressed to the Member States and also in the administrative field. To this end, Parliament wants to be able to appoint one of the people who will sit on the Centre's Executive Board and calls for the Chairman of the Management Board to be the Commission's representative. Parliament also wants to increase its control, especially in budgetary matters: it gives the Director discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget. The budget is to be established in accordance with the financial provisions that apply to the European Union's other 'satellite bodies'. Parliament also calls for the establishment of a budget with revenue and expenditure and for the adoption by the budgetary authority of the Community subsidy for the Centre. Each year it and the Council are to be informed of the accounts and all the Centre's expenditure; -to ensure that the staff are recruited without any discrimination on grounds of nationality on temporary or fixed-term contracts or on secondment from specialist bodies within or outside the European Union.�

• 1997/04/08 Debate in Parliament
• 1997/03/20 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0110/1997
• 1997/02/19 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1996/11/27 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1996)0615 summary

    OBJECTIVE: to set up a European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia responsible for taking stock of and analysing the causes of racism and xenophobia, and drawing up proposals to be put to the Community Institutions and the Member States. SUBSTANCE: The objective of the Centre is to provide the Community and its Member States with objective, reliable and comparable data at European level on the phenomena of racism, xenophobia and antisemitism in order to help them when they take measures or formulate courses of action. The Centre's tasks will consist in: - the collection, analysis and publication of information on the above phenomena, including data resulting from scientific research, - carrying out and stimulating research and exchange of information among research workers in these fields, - setting up and coordinating a European Racism and Xenophobia Information Network (RAXEN) consisting of the Centre's own central unit, which will cooperate with university research centres, NGOs and specialist centres, etc. - setting up documentation resources open to the public, - organizing round-table discussions with the social partners and representatives of competent public authorities, - publishing an annual report on the situation regarding racism in the EU, - formulating conclusions and recommendations for the Community and its Member States on the basis of relevant good practice in Member States. The fields in which the Centre will be active fall within the Community's jurisdiction: free movement of persons in the Union, employment and social exclusion, the media and other means of communication, education and vocational training, youth, free movement of goods, more especially the import and distribution of products with racist connotations, culture. The Centre will carry out its tasks in cooperation with other international organizations, more particularly under an agreement to be concluded by the Community with the Council of Europe. To avoid duplication, it must take account of activities already carried out by the Community Institutions and other competent international organizations. Provisions are also included to cover establishment of the RAXEN network as well as protection and confidentiality of personal data forwarded to the Centre (in some cases, Member States and national bodies cooperating with the Centre may decide not to provide information classified as confidential under their national law). The Centre will have legal personality and will enjoy, in each of the Member States, the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal persons. Administrative provisions are included to cover the composition of the Management Board, the Executive Board, and the Scientific Committee charged with assisting the Centre's Management Board, as well as with regard to the staff of the Centre (who will be subject to the regulations and rules applicable to officials and other servants of the European Communities) and the Centre's budget. A progress report on the Centre's activities will be forwarded, three years after its launch, to Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The Centre will be able to start its work only after the competent authorities have taken a decision on where its seat should be located. �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1996)0615
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0110/1997
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0148/1997
• Debate in Council: 2003
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1997)0201
• : Regulation 1997/1035
• : OJ L 151 10.06.1997, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)