Official Journal of the European Communities Debates of the European Parliament 1996/97 Session. Report of proceedings from 16 to 20 September 1996

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ISSN 0378-5041
Official Journal Annex
of the
European Communities
No 4-488
Debates of the European Parliament Enalish edition
1996/97 Session
Report of proceedings
from 16 to 20 September 1996
Europe House, Strasbourg
Sitting of Monday, 16 September 1996 General contents
1. Resumption of the session, p. 1 - 2. Order of business, p. 1-3. Amendment
of Rule 80(1), p. 3 - 4. Human Rights in the European Union, p. 4 - 5. Rail, road
and inland waterway transport, p. 15 — 6. Air carrier liability, p. 19
Sitting of Tuesday, 17 September 1996 23
I. Decision on urgency, p. 25 - 2. The information society - copyright and related
rights, p. 26 - 3. Role of public service television, p. 39 - 4. Votes, p. 47 - 5. Equal
treatment in social security, p. 52 - 6. Posting of workers, p. 58 - 7. Reduction in
working hours, p. 64 - 8. Question Time (Commission), p. 72 - 9.n in g hours (continuation), p. 86 — 10. Ambient air pollution, p. 91 -
II. Shipment of waste, p. 93 - 12. Protection of wild fauna and flora, p. 96 -
13. Pesticides, p. 100
Sitting of Wednesday, 18 September 1996 146
1. Topical and urgent debate (objections), p.7 - 2. Welcome, p. 147 - 3. State
of the European Union, p.8 - 4. Votes, p. 168 - 5., p. 169 - 6. Votes
(continuation), p. 169 - 7. Communities' draft general budget for 1997, p. 178 -
8. Events in Iraq, p. 183— 9. Political situation in Turkey, p. 188— 10. Child abuse,
p. 203 -11. Guarantees covered by the general budget, p. 216 - 12. Approxima­
tion of taxes and excise duties, p. 218 - 13. Third SME programme (1997-2000),
p. 226 — 14. Telecommunications and ONP, p. 231 — 15. Protection for occupants
of motor vehicles, p. 234 - 16. Standardization, p. 235 NOTE TO READER
Parallel editions will also be appearing in the following official languages of the Union:
Danish, German, Greek, Spanish. French, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese. The English
edition contains the original texts of the interventions in English and anh
translation, provided by freelance translators, of those made in other languages. In these
cases, the following letters appear in brackets after the name of the speaker to indicate the
language spoken: (DA) for Danish, (DE) for German, (EL) for Greek, (ES) for Spanish.
(FR) for French, (IT) for Italian, (NL) for Dutch, (PT) for Portuguese, (Fl) for Finnish and
(SV) for Swedish.
The original texts of these interventions appear in the edition published in the language
spoken.
Contents (continued) Sitting of Thursday, 19 September 1996 238
1. Fight against fraud, p.9 - 2. Elections in Bosnia, p. 248 - 3. Votes, p. 252
- 4. Topical and urgent debate, p. 261 - 5. Votes, p. 283 - 6. East-West
cooperation activities in energy and nuclear security, p. 285 - 7. Cooperation in
the Baltic Sea region, p. 288
Sitting of Friday, 20 September 1996 294
1. Approval of the Minutes, p.5 - 2. Votes, p.6 - 3. Market organization in
beef and veal, p. 297 - 4. Protection of calves, p. 306 - 5. Protection against
specified zoonoses, p. 309 - 6. Respect for democratic principles in agreements
between the Community and third countries, p. 312 - 7. Telematic networks for
statistics relating to trading of goods (EDICOM), p. 315 - 8. Aid to shipbuilding,
p. 316 - 9. Utility models~in the single market, p. 318 - 10. Ninth EC-UNRWA
Convention, p. 319 - 11. Working time in maritime transport, p. 319 - 12. Biology
and medicine, p. 320 - 13. Ninth EC-UNRWA Convention (continuation), p. 321
- 14. Adjournment of the session, p. 322
Abbreviations used for Political Groups as shown following the name of the speaker
(PSE) Group of the Party of the European Socialists
(PPE)p of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group)
(UPE)p of the Union for Europe
(ELDR) Group of the European Liberal Democratic and Reformist Party
(GUE/ NCL) Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left
(V) Green Group in the European Parliament
(ARE) Group of the European Radical Alliance
(EDN) Europe of Nations Group (Coordination Group)
(NI) Non-attached Members
Resolutions adopted at the sitting of 16-20.9.1996 appeal' in the Official Journal of the
European Communities C 320. 2H.10.Ì996. 16.9.96 Debates of the European Parliament No 4-488/1
SITTING OF MONDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 1996
Contents
1. Resumption of the session 1
2. Order of business
Roth, Oomen-Ruijten, Cot, Green, Oomen-Ruijten, Ephremidis 1
Stewart-Clark, Dell'Alba, Posselt, Berès 3
3. Amendment of Rule 80(1)
Wijsenbeek, Ford
4. Human Rights in the European Union
De Esteban Martín, Schulz, Nassauer, Andrews, Haarder, Pailler, Roth, Pradier, Berthu,
Blot, Lindeperg, Bazin, Colombo Svevo, Caccavale, Bertens, Mohamed Ali, Leperre-
Verrier, Van der Waal, Newman, Cederschiöld, Lindqvist, Manisco, Zimmermann, Terrón
i Cusí, Elliott, Van den Broek (Commission) 4
5. Rail, road and inland waterway transport
Van der Waal, Simpson, Grosch, Wijsenbeek, Tamino, Mcintosh, Lindqvist, Comelissen,
Van den Broek (Commission), Comelissen, Van den Broek 15
6. Air carrier liability
Sánchez García, Megahy, Mcintosh, Donnay, Simpson, Van den Broek (Commission),
Mcintosh, Van den Broek 19
IN THE CHAIR: MR HANSCH question on the same subject. I would point out that this
was originally scheduled for Friday. However, the request
President
is for the oral question on the Convention on human rights
and biomedicine to be taken at the start of the present
(The sitting was opened at 5 p.m.) sitting.
Roth (V). - (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is to 1. Resumption of the session
meet from 23 to 27 September and will be looking at the
President. -1 declare resumed the session of the European draft Bioethics Convention, among other things. Parlia­
Parliament, adjourned on Thursday, 5 September 1996. (') ment has already held lengthy and detailed discussions on
this extremely important issue, but we have unfortunately
not yet delivered an opinion on the subject, having failed to
2. Order of business adopt the Pelttari report at the July partsession.
President. - The next item is the order of business. We feel it is absolutely essential for the European Parlia­
ment to state its position on this issue, which has such
The final version of the draft agenda as drawn up by the
far-reaching implications for the future of mankind. We are
Conference of Presidents at its meeting of 12 September
therefore proposing that our group's oral question should
1996 pursuant to Rule 95 of the Rules of Procedure has
be put on the agenda for this week, and I also hope that the
been distributed.
Christian Democrats will propose the same for the PPE
Monday: Group's question. The European Parliament must say
something, otherwise the Council of Europe will simply
The Green Group in the European Parliament has requested decide what it wants and we shall be left without any
the inclusion, at the start of today's sitting, of its oral official position whatsoever, which would be completely
question to the Commission on the Convention on human irresponsible of us.
rights and biomedicine. The Group of the European Peo­
ple's Party has also requested the inclusion of its oral We have requested, pursuant to Rule 96 of the Rules of
Procedure, that the vote on this motion today should be
taken by roll call, in accordance with Rule 119. It is up to
') Approval of Minutes - Interpretation of Rules of Procedure - Member- .
you to decide when the debate should be held. It was not
ship of committees and delegations - Referral to committees - Written
declarations — Documents received - Petitions: see Minutes our intention for us to start the discussion today; we simply Debates of the European Parliament No 4-488/2 16.9.96
Roth
wanted to ensure that the issue is debated and voted on at President. - I now put the request to the vote.
some point during this week.
(Parliament approved the request) (')
President. - Mrs Roth, I have a written request from you
President. - For Tuesday to Friday, no changes have been
for the subject to be included on the agenda for the week at
proposed. I would point out, however, that Question Time
5 p.m. on Monday, 16 September. I see that you meant this
to the Council has been removed from the agenda for
differently. You meant that it should be taken during the
Wednesday. Members will therefore receive written an­
week. So the request is for this oral question to be added to
swers to their questions. The reason for this is clear, and as
the week's agenda. Mrs Oomen-Ruijten wishes to speak in
you know is due to the large number of items that we have
favour of the request. to deal with on Wednesday afternoon.
Oomen-Ruijten (PPE). - (NL) Mr President, I find it
rather strange that one group has tabled an oral question,
but another is allowed to speak first. Be that as it may, it is
Green (PSE). - Mr President, on Wednesday afternoon we extremely important that we should decide on our position
have on our agenda a statement by the Council on the on the Bioethics Convention as a whole. We failed to do so
po