RECOMMENDATION on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part

10.12.2007 - (COM(2007)0350 – C6‑0463/2007 – 2007/0123(AVC)) - ***

Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: Marcello Vernola

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part

(COM(2007)0350 – C6‑0463/2007 – 2007/0123(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2007)0350),

–   having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), second subparagraph, in conjunction with Article  300(2), first subparagraph, second sentence and Article 310 of the EC Treaty (C6‑0463/2007),

–   having regard to Rules 75 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6‑0498/2007),

1.  Gives its assent to conclusion of the agreement;

2.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Republic of Montenegro.

PROCEDURE

Title	Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and Montenegro
References	COM(2007)0350 - 2007/0123(AVC)
Committee responsible        Date announced in plenary	AFET
Committee(s) asked for opinion(s)        Date announced in plenary	INTA
Not delivering opinions        Date of decision	INTA 27.6.2007
Rapporteur(s)        Date appointed	Marcello Vernola 20.3.2007
Discussed in committee	4.10.2007		19.11.2007
Date adopted	20.11.2007
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	31 0 0
Members present for the final vote	Christopher Beazley, Bastiaan Belder, André Brie, Colm Burke, Alfred Gomolka, Klaus Hänsch, Jana Hybášková, Ioannis Kasoulides, Helmut Kuhne, Vytautas Landsbergis, Philippe Morillon, Pasqualina Napoletano, Cem Özdemir, Alojz Peterle, Samuli Pohjamo, Libor Rouček, Katrin Saks, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Marek Siwiec, István Szent-Iványi, Charles Tannock, Josef Zieleniec
Substitute(s) present for the final vote	Árpád Duka-Zólyomi, Milan Horáček, Nickolay Mladenov, Doris Pack, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Marcello Vernola
Substitute(s) under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote	Wolfgang Bulfon, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, Paulo Casaca