(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0840)(1),

–   having regard to Articles 133 and 181a of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0044/2005),

–   having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the report of the Committee on International (A6-0154/2005),

1.  Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.  Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

3.  Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

4.  Calls for initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

5.  Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

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

Text proposed by the Commission   Amendments by Parliament Amendment 1 ARTICLE 1, POINT -1 (new) Recital 9 a (new) (Regulation (EC) No 382/2001) (-1) After recital 9, the following recital is inserted: "(9a) The Gateway to Japan Programme and the Executive Training Programme have been so successful that similar programmes should be envisaged in the future with other countries, e.g. China." Amendment 2 ARTICLE 1, POINT -1 A (new) Article 4, point (h a) (new) (Regulation (EC) 382/2001) (-1a) In Article 4, the following point is added after point (h): "(ha) coordination between the activities within each partner country and between different partner countries."

(1) OJ C ... / Not yet published in OJ.