MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
12 February 2004
pursuant to Rule 42(5) of the Rules of Procedure
by Konstantinos Hatzidakis and Georg Jarzembowski on behalf of the PPE-DE Group
Wilhelm Ernst Piecyk and Gilles Savary on behalf of the PSE Group
Paolo Costa and Dirk Sterckx on behalf of the ELDR Group
Elisabeth Schroedter on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Gerard Collins and Franz Turchi on behalf of the UEN Group
on the failure to consult Parliament in connection with the TEN Quick Start projects
B5‑0103/2004
European Parliament resolution on the failure to consult Parliament in connection with the TEN Quick Start projects
The European Parliament,
– having regard to Rule 42(5) of its Rules of Procedure,
1. Disapproves of the Council's having developed a so-called Quick Start Programme on trans-European transport priority projects without consulting the European Parliament;
2. Recalls in the strongest terms that the determination of priority projects in Annex III of Decision 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network is governed solely by the codecision procedure between Parliament and the Council in accordance with Article 251 of the Treaty;
3. Stresses that any arbitrary setting of priorities with regard to priority projects listed in Annex III is inadmissible and that the timing or funding of the individual projects within Annex III depends solely on the prescribed criteria, such as each project's state of maturity in planning, funding and construction terms;
4. Demands that the European Parliament be regularly informed about the progress of these projects relating to Annex III as well as their financing;
5. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States.