Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Opinion | AFET | LAGENDIJK Joost (V/ALE) | |
Opinion | BUDG | FÄRM Göran (PSE) | |
Opinion | CONT | STAES Bart (V/ALE) | |
Opinion | CULT | GARGANI Giuseppe (PPE-DE) | |
Lead | ITRE | WESTENDORP Y CABEZA Carlos (PSE) |
Legal Basis EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 308, RoP 054
Activites
- 2000/12/07 Final act published in Official Journal
- #2318
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2000/12/05
Council Meeting
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2000/12/05
End of procedure in Parliament
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2000/12/05
Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
- #2308
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2000/11/20
Council Meeting
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2000/11/15
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T5-0507/2000
summary
The Parliament approved the Commission proposal, drafted by Mr Carlos WESTENDORP Y CABEZA (PES, E), which aims to overhaul the financial aid arrangements for the Western Balkans (the CARDS programme). The Parliament makes a number of amendments highlighting the fact that the European Council decisions in Feira and Cologne are binding on the proposal and must therefore be taken into account. (Refer to the decisions of the Committee responsible for a guideline of what the Parliament adopted). In addition to respecting democratic principles, the rule of law, human and minority rights and other fundamental freedoms, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia must also respect international law. The European Parliament wishes to strengthen the administrative parts of the regulation as well as its own role of democratic scrutiny by establishing a degree of accountability for both the Commission and the management committee. �
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T5-0507/2000
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- 2000/11/14 Debate in Parliament
- 2000/11/07 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2000/10/23
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- #2294
- 2000/10/09 Council Meeting
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2000/10/04
Legislative proposal published
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COM(2000)0628
summary
This amended proposal, (presented before the adoption of the EP's opinion) seeks to take into account the new guidelines proposed by the Commission concerning the reform of the management of external aid. The main aim of the reform is to improve radically the speed, quality and visibility of external aid. The programming principles are clearly set out: a strategy framework will serve as a basis for establishing an indicative multiannual programme which will enable the annual programme to be drawn up. These principles were not clearly affirmed in the previous proposal and should apply in all except exceptional cases. Stepping up programming and setting out a strategy framework to provide a basis for the assistance should allow the Member States to express their views on the priorities and broad guidelines for assistance within the management committee. The guidelines on the reform of external aid recommend that the committees' contribution focus on the programming phase rather than on specific projects, as it is at the programming stage that important issues of policy and strategy arise. It is proposed that the management committee, together with the Commission, would examine the strategy framework (country strategy paper) on which programming is to be based. The multiannual and annual programmes would be submitted to the committee for its opinion. The experience gained since the Agency began operations in February 2000 has highlighted the need to make the decision making process mechanisms connected with reconstruction programmes faster and more operational. It is proposed that the reconstruction programmes proposed by the Agency must be able to be adopted by the Commission without needing to be reviewed by the management committee, and, therefore, that the management committee procedure should not apply. Other minor amendments should be noted: - a distintion is drawn between assistance that can be provided by UNMIK and the OHR under the Regulation regarding assistance and that which is covered by Regulation (EC) 1080/2000; - there should be complementarity between Community assistance and bilateral assistance provided by the Member States; - the alteration of the Regulation setting up a European Training Foundation to allow the Foundation to pursue activities in the countries which are recipients under the regulation on assistance; - the amendment of the Council Decision granting a Community guarantee to the EIB against losses under loans for projects outside the Community to replace the reference to the Obnova Regulation with a reference to this Regulation. The proposed modifications do not entail financial consequences.�
- DG ['External Relations'],
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COM(2000)0628
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2000/05/10
Initial legislative proposal published
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COM(2000)0281
summary
PURPOSE : to present a proposal for assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (CARDS Programme), and amending Regulation3906/89/EEC.CONTENT : the regulatory framework for assistance to this region must be consolidated. At present, assistance to some of the countries is provided under the Obnova Regulation, certain others receive assistance under the Phare Regulation, and some receive assistance under both programmes. This has caused many operational problems, a fact to which the attention of the European Parliament and the Court of Auditors has been drawn. Phare currently serves the new priorities of enlargement and is no longer suited to the Western Balkans. This proposal represents a single legal framework for providing assistance to the five countries in question, and repeals the Obnova Regulation 1628/96/EC and the provisions in the annex to the Regulation 3906/89/EEC (Phare) applicable to those countries. The main objective of any assistance under this proposal will be to support participation by the receiving countries in the Stabilisation and Association Process and close regional cooperation. This means concentrating the assistance (in the form of investment and institution-building) on building up and modernising institutions so as to strengthen democracy, the rule of law and respect for human and minority rights. These are conditions for assistance, and other political conditions will also apply.�
- DG ['External Relations'],
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COM(2000)0281
summary
Documents
- Initial legislative proposal published: COM(2000)0281
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2000)0628
- Debate in Council: 2294
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0330/2000
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0507/2000
- : Regulation 2000/2666
- : OJ L 306 07.12.2000, p. 0001
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