RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual Community programme to make digital content in Europe more accessible, usable and exploitable

18.1.2005 - (10458/4/2004 – C6‑0140/2004 – 2004/0025(COD)) - ***II

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Rapporteur: Paul Rübig

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual Community programme to make digital content in Europe more accessible, usable and exploitable

(10458/4/2004 – C6‑0140/2004 – 2004/0025(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the Council common position (10458/4/2004 – C6‑0140/2004),

–   having regard to its position at first reading[1] on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2004)0096)[2],

–   having regard to the Commission's amended proposal (COM(2004)0367)[3],

–   having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

–   having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6‑0002/2005),

1.  Approves the common position as amended;

2.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

Council common position	Amendments by Parliament
Amendment 1 Article 6, paragraph 1
1. The financial framework for the implementation of the Community actions under this Decision for the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2008 is hereby set at EUR 135 million, of which EUR 55,6 million is for the period until 31 December 2006.	1. The financial framework for the implementation of the Community actions under this Decision for the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2008 is hereby set at EUR 149 million, of which EUR 55,6 million is for the period until 31 December 2006.
Justification
The amount agreed within the Council in its common position implies too great a reduction with respect to the Commission initial proposal (163 million €) and does not provide the Programme with appropriated funding. In order to find a compromise with the Council the Parliament can accept a minor reduction.

PROCEDURE

Title	Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual Community programme to make digital content in Europe more accessible, usable and exploitable
References	(10458/4/2004 – C6-0140/2004 – 2004/0025(COD))
Legal basis	Article 251(2) EC
Basis in Rules of Procedure	Rule 62
Date of Parliament’s first reading – P[5]	22.4.2004		P5_TA(2004)0364
Commission proposal	COM(2004)0096 – C5-0082/2004
Amended Commission proposal	COM(2004)0367
Date receipt of common position announced in plenary	14.10.2004
Committee responsible         Date announced in plenary	ITRE 14.10.2004
Rapporteur(s)         Date appointed	Paul Rübig 27.7.2004
Previous rapporteur(s)	W.G. Van Velzen
Discussed in committee	23.11.2004	18.1.2005
Date adopted	18.1.2005
Result of final vote	for: against: abstentions:			45 0 1
Members present for the final vote	Richard James Ashworth, Ivo Belet, Šarūnas Birutis, Jan Březina, Philippe Busquin, Joan Calabuig Rull, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Giles Chichester, Lena Ek, Adam Gierek, Umberto Guidoni, András Gyürk, Fiona Hall, Rebecca Harms, Ján Hudacký, Romana Jordan Cizelj, Anne Laperrouze, Pia Elda Locatelli, Nils Lundgren, Angelika Niebler, Reino Paasilinna, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Vincent Peillon, Umberto Pirilli, Vladimír Remek, Herbert Reul, Teresa Riera Madurell, Paul Rübig, Andres Tarand, Britta Thomsen, Patrizia Toia, Catherine Trautmann, Claude Turmes, Nikolaos Vakalis, Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, Dominique Vlasto
Substitutes present for the final vote	Daniel Caspary, Zdzisław Kazimierz Chmielewski, Neena Gill, Satu Hassi, Edit Herczog, Peter Liese, Vittorio Prodi, John Purvis, Bernhard Rapkay, Esko Seppänen
Substitutes under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote
Date tabled – A6	18.1.2005		A6-0002/2005
Comments

• [1]  Texts Adopted, 22.4.2004, P5_TA(2004)0364.
• [2]  Not yet published in OJ.
• [3]  Not yet published in OJ.