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

4.9.2009 - (12475/2004 – 11803/2004 – C6‑0118/2005 – 2004/0176(AVC)) - ***

Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: Alojz Peterle

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part

(12475/2004 – 11803/2004 – C6‑0118/2005 – 2004/0176(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2004)0521),

–   having regard to the draft Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part (12475/2004 and 11803/2004),

–   having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 300(3) of the EC Treaty and to Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), Articles 55 and 57(2), point 3 of the first paragraph of Article 63, and Articles 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a thereof (C6‑0118/2005),

–  having regard to Article 101 of the Euratom Treaty

–   having regard to Rules 81 and 90(8) of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A7‑0007/2009),

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 Tajikistan.

PROCEDURE

Title	Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EC and EAEC and Tajikistan
References	12475/2004 – C6-0118/2005 – COM(2004)0521 – 2004/0176(AVC)
Date of request for Parliament’s assent	29.4.2005
Committee responsible        Date announced in plenary	AFET 10.5.2005
Committee(s) asked for opinion(s)        Date announced in plenary	INTA 10.5.2005
Rapporteur(s)        Date appointed	Alojz Peterle 21.7.2009
Discussed in committee	21.7.2009		1.9.2009
Date adopted	2.9.2009
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	55 7 0
Members present for the final vote	Gabriele Albertini, Dominique Baudis, Bastiaan Belder, Frieda Brepoels, Arnaud Danjean, Mário David, Michael Gahler, Andrzej Grzyb, Takis Hatzigeorgiou, Heidi Hautala, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Jelko Kacin, Ioannis Kasoulides, Tunne Kelam, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Maria Eleni Koppa, Paweł Robert Kowal, Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, Eduard Kukan, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Vytautas Landsbergis, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Krzysztof Lisek, Sabine Lösing, Ulrike Lunacek, Barry Madlener, Mario Mauro, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Willy Meyer, Francisco José Millán Mon, Aleksandrs Mirskis, María Paloma Muñiz De Urquiza, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Raimon Obiols, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Vincent Peillon, Alojz Peterle, Athanasios Plevris, Bernd Posselt, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Cristian Dan Preda, Fiorello Provera, Libor Rouček, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Werner Schulz, Ernst Strasser, Charles Tannock, Inese Vaidere, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Geoffrey Van Orden, Kristian Vigenin, Graham Watson, Boris Zala
Substitute(s) present for the final vote	Tokia Saïfi, David-Maria Sassoli, Marietje Schaake, György Schöpflin, Indrek Tarand, Dominique Vlasto, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García
Substitute(s) under Rule 187(2) present for the final vote	Andrey Kovatchev