The European Parliament,

-  having regard to Rule 150(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

-  having regard to its previous resolutions on such issues,

-  having regard to Opinion No 15 of 14 November 2000 of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies attached to the Commission, entitled "Ethical Aspects of Human Stem Cell Research and Use",

-  having regard to the Conference of Presidents" decision of 19 October 2000 to propose that a temporary committee be set up to examine new developments in the field of human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine,

has decided as follows:

1.  A temporary committee responsible for examining new developments in the field of human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine and for reporting on this subject shall be set up for a period of twelve months starting from the date on which this decision is adopted;

2.  The temporary committee shall be responsible for:

3.  The competencies of Parliament's standing committees concerned with the monitoring and implementation of Community law on these issues shall remain unchanged, but the temporary committee may draw up recommendations or requests for further actions or initiatives to be taken;

4.  The temporary committee will be composed of 36 members and 36 substitute members, whose names are listed in the annex hereto.

Members of the temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine.