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The Committee has adopted, with amendments, the draft report\nby Martin SCHULZ (PES, D) on the 1996 annual report of the Europol\nDrugs Unit.
\nAccording to Mr Schulz, the 1996 report does not contain sufficient\ninformation, probably owing to the unclear situation in which the\nEDU is having to operate (the legal base remains weak). However,\nthe figures for 1997 show a decline in the number of cases related\nto drugs (61%) and money-laundering (9%), a more than two-fold\nincrease in the number linked to illegal immigration (19%), no\nchange in the number of requests relating to trafficking in stolen\ncars, a very slight increase in the number of cases linked to\nillegal trafficking in radioactive or nuclear substances and 81 new\ncases concerning trafficking in human beings.
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Adopting the report by Mr Martin SCHULZ (PSE, D) on the annual\nreport of the Europol Drugs
\nUnit for 1996 in accordance with Article 52 of the EP Rules of\nProcedure, the European
\nParliament considered that the report does not in itself amount to\na document that can be put to
\nthe European Parliament for democratic scrutiny or even provide it\nwith proper information.
\nIt reiterated its previous requests relating to parliamentary\nscrutiny and the powers to be granted
\nto the Court of Justice to issue preliminary rulings and urged the\nCouncil to draft forthwith a
\nprotocol to the Europol Convention taking account of these\nrequests.
\nIt believes that the protocol on the privileges and immunities for\nEuropol employees makes
\nlegal monitoring of the Europol extremely difficult.
\nIt also called on the Council to adopt the necessary measures\nenabling Europol to begin
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\nIt called on the Member States to suspend the plans to extend\nEuropol's mandate, and to give
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\ntraining in the areas of:
\n- illicit drug trafficking;
\n- clandestine immigration;
\n- illicit vehicle trafficking;
\n- money laundering;
\n- the fight against terrorism.
\nIt invited the Member States and the bodies of Europol to prepare\nthe forthcoming entry into
\nforce of the Europol Convention and called for adequate training\nmeasures to be conducted
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\nFinally, it called upon Member States to abandon their attitudes of\nresistance to the transfer to
\nEuropol of operational tasks of police coordination.
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The Committee has adopted, with amendments, the draft report\nby Martin SCHULZ (PES, D) on the 1996 annual report of the Europol\nDrugs Unit.
\nAccording to Mr Schulz, the 1996 report does not contain sufficient\ninformation, probably owing to the unclear situation in which the\nEDU is having to operate (the legal base remains weak). However,\nthe figures for 1997 show a decline in the number of cases related\nto drugs (61%) and money-laundering (9%), a more than two-fold\nincrease in the number linked to illegal immigration (19%), no\nchange in the number of requests relating to trafficking in stolen\ncars, a very slight increase in the number of cases linked to\nillegal trafficking in radioactive or nuclear substances and 81 new\ncases concerning trafficking in human beings.
\nThe report calls on the Member States and the bodies of the EDU to\nemphasise, in their preparations for the entry into force of the\nEuropol Convention, the new professionalism now demanded of the\nofficers of all the forces responsible for enforcing the law and\ncombatting crime. In this connection, it calls for adequate\ntraining measures to be carried out in the Member States, for\nimproved knowledge of the EDU and its objectives to be promoted and\nnew instruments and equipment matching the level to which crime has\ndeveloped to be made available to police forces in the Member\nStates.
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\n
Adopting the report by Mr Martin SCHULZ (PSE, D) on the annual\nreport of the Europol Drugs
\nUnit for 1996 in accordance with Article 52 of the EP Rules of\nProcedure, the European
\nParliament considered that the report does not in itself amount to\na document that can be put to
\nthe European Parliament for democratic scrutiny or even provide it\nwith proper information.
\nIt reiterated its previous requests relating to parliamentary\nscrutiny and the powers to be granted
\nto the Court of Justice to issue preliminary rulings and urged the\nCouncil to draft forthwith a
\nprotocol to the Europol Convention taking account of these\nrequests.
\nIt believes that the protocol on the privileges and immunities for\nEuropol employees makes
\nlegal monitoring of the Europol extremely difficult.
\nIt also called on the Council to adopt the necessary measures\nenabling Europol to begin
\nexercising its powers with regard to the fight against terrorism\nfrom 1 January 1999.
\n
\nIt called on the Member States to suspend the plans to extend\nEuropol's mandate, and to give
\npriority to tasks such as exchanges of information and expertise,\nsupport for investigations and
\ntraining in the areas of:
\n- illicit drug trafficking;
\n- clandestine immigration;
\n- illicit vehicle trafficking;
\n- money laundering;
\n- the fight against terrorism.
\nIt invited the Member States and the bodies of Europol to prepare\nthe forthcoming entry into
\nforce of the Europol Convention and called for adequate training\nmeasures to be conducted
\nin the Member States and for improved knowledge of the EDU and its\nobjectives. It also called
\nfor new instruments and equipment matching the level to which crime\nhas developed to be made
\navailable to the police forces in the Member States.
\nFinally, it called upon Member States to abandon their attitudes of\nresistance to the transfer to
\nEuropol of operational tasks of police coordination.
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\n
OBJECTIVE: first annual report on the implementation of the\ncustoms union with Turkey and on
\nthe economic aspects and the human rights situation in this\ncountry.
\nSUBSTANCE: This report reviews the developments in the relations of\nthe Community with Turkey
\nsince the entry into force of the Customs Union on 31 December\n1995:
\n- on the functioning of the Customs Union itself, the report\nconfirms that the customs duties and
\ncharges having equivalent effect have been abolished, as have\nquantitative restrictions. The Customs
\nUnion is thus functioning satisfactorily and at present there are\nno longer any quantitative restrictions
\nor import or export duties in the industrial sector in trade with\nTurkey.
\n- in economic terms the impact of the customs union is still\nunclear as there is insufficient statistical
\ndata to allow a proper analysis to be made. However, European\nexports to Turkey have risen sharply
\nsince 1996 and there has been a smaller growth in exports from\nTurkey to the Union.
\nThe economic health of this country is not at present a matter for\nconcern as growth during the first
\nquarter of 1996 was 8%. The principal concern remains the\nmacro-economic stability and Turkey's
\nbudget deficit which continues to grow.
\n- as regards financial cooperation, as the financial regulation has\nstill not been adopted by the
\nCouncil (no unanimity following the events at Imia) the budgetary\naid of ECU 375 million has still
\nnot yet been made available to this country.
\n- there is most cause for concern as regards the political\nsituation: the last elections enabled Mr
\nErbakan (REFAH Islamic party) to take up power in coalition with\nthe DYP party (Mrs CILLER's
\nparty, who is currently deputy Prime Minister of Turkey). However,\nsince the establishment of this
\nnew coalition legislative activity has been virtually at a\nstandstill, which has also slowed down the
\nexpected developments as regards the strengthening of the\ndemocratization process.
\nAt the same time, the events in early 1996 involving the islands of\nImia in the Aegean have
\nconsiderably aggravated relations between Turkey and Greece and\nbetween Turkey and the Union
\nas a whole.
\nThe difficult political situation in Turkey and the problems\nassociated with the events on Imia have
\ndone little to enusre progress on the problem of Cyprus. The\nviolent incidents in Cyprus in August
\n1996 clearly helped to worsen the tension on the island and have\nserved to convince international
\nopinion that cohabitation of the Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot\ncommunities as part of a single
\nFederal state was 'impossible'.
\n- as regards human rights the situation is hardly improved: because\nof the political situation the 1995
\nreforms (constitutional reform, amendment of Article 8 of the\nanti-terrorism law, etc.) have in the
\nend not had any practical effect as prosecution for expression of\nopinions still continue to occur
\n(although in smaller numbers).
\nWith regard to measures specifically against torture and\nill-treatment, disappearances and
\nextrajudicial executions, there has not been any major progress\neither. These practices have also been
\nthe subject of vigorous condemnation on the part of the EU\nPresidency.
\nThe situation in the prisons is also a matter for concern where\ndramatic hunger strikes have drawn
\nattention to the appalling conditions of detention for Turkish\nprisoners.
\nFurthermore, the state of emergency in the south-east provinces of\nTurkey has still not been lifted.
\nSimilarly, the Kurdish problem, far from being resolved has become\nbogged down and associations
\nare now bearing the cost of government repression of the Kurdish\ncause and in particular its action
\nagainst the Kurdish party PKK (which the Turks consider to be a\nterrorist party).
\nWhile the Commission criticizes the criminal activities of the PKK\n(combated by several Member
\nStates), it stresses that action against this movement must not\nstand in the way of the recognition of
\nthe rights, particularly the cultural rights, of Turkish citizens\nof Kurdish origin, whilst still respecting
\nTurkey's unity and integrity.
\nIn conclusion, although not particularly encouraging, the efforts\nmade by Turkey in recent months
\nshould not halt Turkish-European partnership. This is in any case\nthe Commission's wish, which
\nconsiders that the Union should remain a full partner of Turkey, in\nparticular to deal with the tension
\nin the Aegean and in Cyprus.
\n
\n
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\n
OBJECTIVE: first annual report on the implementation of the\ncustoms union with Turkey and on
\nthe economic aspects and the human rights situation in this\ncountry.
\nSUBSTANCE: This report reviews the developments in the relations of\nthe Community with Turkey
\nsince the entry into force of the Customs Union on 31 December\n1995:
\n- on the functioning of the Customs Union itself, the report\nconfirms that the customs duties and
\ncharges having equivalent effect have been abolished, as have\nquantitative restrictions. The Customs
\nUnion is thus functioning satisfactorily and at present there are\nno longer any quantitative restrictions
\nor import or export duties in the industrial sector in trade with\nTurkey.
\n- in economic terms the impact of the customs union is still\nunclear as there is insufficient statistical
\ndata to allow a proper analysis to be made. However, European\nexports to Turkey have risen sharply
\nsince 1996 and there has been a smaller growth in exports from\nTurkey to the Union.
\nThe economic health of this country is not at present a matter for\nconcern as growth during the first
\nquarter of 1996 was 8%. The principal concern remains the\nmacro-economic stability and Turkey's
\nbudget deficit which continues to grow.
\n- as regards financial cooperation, as the financial regulation has\nstill not been adopted by the
\nCouncil (no unanimity following the events at Imia) the budgetary\naid of ECU 375 million has still
\nnot yet been made available to this country.
\n- there is most cause for concern as regards the political\nsituation: the last elections enabled Mr
\nErbakan (REFAH Islamic party) to take up power in coalition with\nthe DYP party (Mrs CILLER's
\nparty, who is currently deputy Prime Minister of Turkey). However,\nsince the establishment of this
\nnew coalition legislative activity has been virtually at a\nstandstill, which has also slowed down the
\nexpected developments as regards the strengthening of the\ndemocratization process.
\nAt the same time, the events in early 1996 involving the islands of\nImia in the Aegean have
\nconsiderably aggravated relations between Turkey and Greece and\nbetween Turkey and the Union
\nas a whole.
\nThe difficult political situation in Turkey and the problems\nassociated with the events on Imia have
\ndone little to enusre progress on the problem of Cyprus. The\nviolent incidents in Cyprus in August
\n1996 clearly helped to worsen the tension on the island and have\nserved to convince international
\nopinion that cohabitation of the Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot\ncommunities as part of a single
\nFederal state was 'impossible'.
\n- as regards human rights the situation is hardly improved: because\nof the political situation the 1995
\nreforms (constitutional reform, amendment of Article 8 of the\nanti-terrorism law, etc.) have in the
\nend not had any practical effect as prosecution for expression of\nopinions still continue to occur
\n(although in smaller numbers).
\nWith regard to measures specifically against torture and\nill-treatment, disappearances and
\nextrajudicial executions, there has not been any major progress\neither. These practices have also been
\nthe subject of vigorous condemnation on the part of the EU\nPresidency.
\nThe situation in the prisons is also a matter for concern where\ndramatic hunger strikes have drawn
\nattention to the appalling conditions of detention for Turkish\nprisoners.
\nFurthermore, the state of emergency in the south-east provinces of\nTurkey has still not been lifted.
\nSimilarly, the Kurdish problem, far from being resolved has become\nbogged down and associations
\nare now bearing the cost of government repression of the Kurdish\ncause and in particular its action
\nagainst the Kurdish party PKK (which the Turks consider to be a\nterrorist party).
\nWhile the Commission criticizes the criminal activities of the PKK\n(combated by several Member
\nStates), it stresses that action against this movement must not\nstand in the way of the recognition of
\nthe rights, particularly the cultural rights, of Turkish citizens\nof Kurdish origin, whilst still respecting
\nTurkey's unity and integrity.
\nIn conclusion, although not particularly encouraging, the efforts\nmade by Turkey in recent months
\nshould not halt Turkish-European partnership. This is in any case\nthe Commission's wish, which
\nconsiders that the Union should remain a full partner of Turkey, in\nparticular to deal with the tension
\nin the Aegean and in Cyprus.
\n
\n
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\n
OBJECTIVE: to submit a report on the implementation of the\ncustoms union between the Union
\nand Turkey and on economic, political, democratic and human rights\ndevelopments there.
\nSUBSTANCE: This second annual report, like the previous one (see\nCOS0487 - COM(96)491),
\nreviews developments in the Community's relations with Turkey since\nthe entry into force of the
\ncustoms union on 31.12.1995 :
\n1) functioning of the customs union: the customs union continues to\nfunction satisfactorily, Turkey
\nhaving continued to harmonize its laws with Community laws in the\nfield of competition and trade
\npolicy. Free trade agreements have been signed with most of the\nCEECs, and Turkey's preferential
\nregime is being revised to align it with that of the Union. With\nregard to agricultural products, an
\nagreement improving market access entered into force in 1998. Other\ninitiatives are anticipated with
\nthe aim of consolidating trade relations (agriculture, competition,\nmotor vehicles, etc.);
\n2) economic situation: the impact of the customs union is\nundeniable, as the volume of trade
\nbetween the Union and Turkey has increased substantially (exports\nfrom the Union to Turkey have
\nincreased by 36% and Turkey's exports to the Union by 10%). The\nvitality of Turkey's economy
\nis incontestable (and it grew by 6% in 1997). Significant problems\nremain, however, with regard
\nto inflation, the public deficit and currency depreciation. With\nregard to these three aspects, Turkey
\nhas not yet succeeded in defining a credible economic strategy and\nintroducing the necessary
\nstructural reforms;
\n3) financial cooperation: the financial Regulation granting ECU 375\nm in aid to Turkey is still
\nblocked for lack of unanimity, and it has been impossible to\nimplement numerous projects.
\nHowever, some MEDA projects were undertaken in 1996 and 1997;
\n4) political dialogue with Europe: in this respect the atmosphere\nhas deteriorated since the Union's
\ndecision (at the Luxembourg Council of December 1997) not to accept\nTurkey in the next round
\nof accessions. The meetings officially scheduled in the ambit of\nthe customs union have not been
\nable to take place, and for the time being the political dialogue\nis suspended;
\n5) domestic political situation: the situation may be described as\nunstable, with the new minority
\ncoalition headed by Mr Yilmaz (ANAP) having been in power since\nJune 1997. As regards reforms,
\nonly a law on the extension of compulsory education from 5 to 8\nyears - which was very
\ncontroversial - has been adopted. The REFAH party, the first\nIslamic party, has been dissolved (a
\ndecision censured by the Union).
\nInternationally, the situation is little better, with constant\ntensions in the Aegean Sea and no
\nresolution of the Cyprus issue. In this respect the Commission\nrecalls that under Agenda 2000,
\nwhatever the political situation on the island, acession\nnegotiations are to begin with the Greek
\nCypriot party;
\n6) human rights: the situation may be regarded as mixed. Apart from\nthe adoption of a law on police
\ncustody in March 1997, there have been no substantial\nconstitutional reforms. However, the setting-up of a High Committee\non the democratic reform process may be noted; it is too soon to\ngauge its
\nimpact.
\nAs regards prosecutions for offences of opinion, there has been a\nslight change with the adoption
\nof an amnesty law in 1997, but the anti-terrorism law enshrined in\nTurkey's Constitution (although
\nrevised) still permits prosecution of journalists and opponents of\nthe government.
\nThe state of emergency in 6 of the 9 provinces of Southeast Turkey\nhas not yet been lifted, although
\nmeasures have been announced to assist the socio-economic\ndevelopment of these regions. Greater
\ndecentralization of power could also be granted to these regions in\nsome sectors of domestic and
\nexternal policy.
\nIn conclusion, and in accordance with the conclusions of Agenda\n2000, the Union should continue
\nits efforts to help Turkey resolve its internal problems and\nrestore a climate conducive to closer
\nrelations. In this context, the Commission recalls that a series of\nproposals were made in March
\n1998, after the Luxembourg European Council, with the aim of\noutlining a new European strategy
\ntowards Turkey (see COS0614).
\n
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\n
At a meeting chaired by Tom SPENCER (EPP, UK), the Committee\nadopted the report by Edward McMILLAN SCOTT (EPP, UK) on\ndevelopments in relations with Turkey since the entry into force of\nthe customs union. The vote was 36 in favour, 5 against and 1\nabstention. Following the vote, Mr McMILLAN SCOTT said he was sorry\nthat Turkey had broken off its political dialogue with the EU. \"We\nwish to strengthen the customs union and see all aspects of it\napplied\", he said. \"To do this, the situation as regards human\nrights and the status of minorities must change.\"
\nThe report is based on the two annual reports drawn up by the\nCommission. MEPs pointed out that Parliament had given its assent\nto the customs union \"on the understanding that Turkey would\nintroduce political reforms that would bring it closer to\nfulfilling the criteria for accession to the European Union\". In\nfact, the Commission acknowledges that \"no substantial progress has\nbeen achieved as regards human rights and the democratic reform\nprocess in Turkey\". The committee therefore called on the\nCommission to continue carrying out its annual review of relations\nbetween the two sides with its eyes wide open and without showing\nany indulgence towards Turkey. As soon as the grounds for criticism\nwere removed, all facets of the customs union could be implemented,\nincluding the financial provisions.
\nThe customs union itself was working satisfactorily. Now it was\nimportant that the latest trend towards a better balance of trade\nbetween the two sides should continue.
\nAs to the management of the MEDA programme, the report welcomed the\nestablishment of the joint working party with the Commission and\nreiterated that only projects agreed to by the working party should\nbe undertaken.
\nOn the political front, the committee called for support to be\ngiven to proposals from Turkish civil society aimed at achieving\nimprovements in Turkish democracy and human rights. To ensure this,\nTurkey must provide constitutional guarantees on a number of\nmatters: human rights, minority rights, responsibilities of the\nmilitary vis-à-vis the public authorities, etc. This should\nbe done on the basis of the international agreements which it had\nsigned.
\nThe committee said that it had no intention of treating Turkey in a\nmore intransigent fashion than other applicant countries and that\nthe situation should be examined in the light of the Copenhagen\ncriteria. Hence the need to relaunch political dialogue through the\nbodies provided for under the association agreement.
\nMr McMILLAN SCOTT's report also endorsed the Commission's view of\nthe importance of the following points: continuing democratisation\nand greater political control of the armed forces; the\nestablishment of good neighbourly relations between Turkey and\nGreece, as well its other neighbours; and, lastly, observance of\ninternational law to settle disputes in the Aegean Sea (in\nparticular over the island of Imia), on the demarcation of the\ncontinental shelf and on the Cyprus question, by accepting UN\nresolutions and offers of mediation.
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\n
Adopting the report by Mr Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT (PPE, UK) on\ncustoms union between
\nthe EU and Turkey, the European Parliament considered that customs\nunion was working
\nsatisfactorily. It did, however, call for the social impact of\ncustoms union on Turkish society to
\nbe monitored. It supported proposals from Turkish civil society\naimed at achieving
\nimprovements in Turkish democracy and human rights and stressed\nthat Turkey?s application to
\njoin the EU, like that of every other applicant country, would be\nexamined in the light of the
\nCopenhagen criteria.
\nIt hoped that the dialogue for which provision was made in the\nAssociation Agreement would
\ncontinue and asked for contacts between Parliament and Turkish\npolitical parties and foundations
\nand the organisations of civil society to be encouraged. However,\nit regretted that some of the
\nministerial meetings between Turkish and European representatives\nin the trade and transport
\nsector had not yet been held since customs union entered into force\nin 1995.
\nThe European Parliament reiterated that only projects approved by\nthe Commission/Parliament
\ninterinstitutional working party could be granted a financial\ncommitment under MEDA.
\nThe European Parliament called on the Council to inform it of any\ninitiatives taken with the
\nTurkish authorities allowing adoption of the financial regulation\nconcerning special aid for
\nTurkey to go ahead. It called on the Commission to consider if a\nspecific budgetary item for
\nTurkey should be included in the MEDA programme on democracy. It\nalso called on the
\nCommission to continue publishing an annual report on relations\nbetween the EC and Turkey
\nwithout showing any indulgence.
\n
\nNoting that future relations between the European Union and Turkey\ncannot develop without
\nfinancial intervention on the part of the European Union, it stated\nthat the financial impact of
\nproposals to consolidate customs union will be decided by the\nbudgetary authority during the
\nannual budgetary procedures.
\nWelcoming the huge efforts made by Turkey to align its legislation\nand preferential regime with
\nthat of the European Union, it supported current and future\ninitiatives to improve the
\nimplementation of all the administrative procedures of customs\nunion. In order to help Turkey in
\nits effort to adapt and restructure its economy, the European\nParliament asked for priority to be
\ngiven to sectors such as energy, the environment, vocational\ntraining and reform of the civil
\nservice. It also called on the Commission to assess the programmes\nfor applicant countries with
\nwhich Turkey might be associated (especially Socrates, Leonardo,\nYouth for Europe,
\nKaleidoscope, Raphaël, LIFE, SAVE, AIDS Prevention and Equal\nOpportunities for Men and
\nWomen).
\nThe European Parliament called on Turkey to assist the resumption\nof intercommunal talks on
\nthe basis of the UN resolutions and the agreements on a bi-zonal,\nbi-communal federation and to
\nwithdraw its military forces from Cyprus. It also supported the\naction described by the
\nCommission in its report on democratization, safeguarding human\nrights and political control of
\nthe armed forces; the establishment of good neighbourly relations\nGreece and Turkey; respect for
\nthe principles of international law in resolving differences in the\nAegean and the Cyprus
\nquestion.
\nAs far as the Kurdish question was concerned, it stated that there\ncould be no military solution to
\nthis question and asked the authorities to begin negotiations with\norganisations representing the
\nKurdish people in order to respond to their demands for freedom and\nautonomy.
\nIt pointed to the need for a ceasefire and asked the Turkish\nauthorities to seek a peaceful
\nnegotiated political solution to the Kurdish question.
\nCondemning the invasion of northern Iraq and the unstable political\nsituation in the Kurdish
\nsecurity zone, it asked for the immediate release of Leyla Zana and\nother political prisoners.
\nFinally, it insisted that political dialogue with Turkey should be\nrelaunched.
\n
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\n
OBJECTIVE: first annual report on the implementation of the\ncustoms union with Turkey and on
\nthe economic aspects and the human rights situation in this\ncountry.
\nSUBSTANCE: This report reviews the developments in the relations of\nthe Community with Turkey
\nsince the entry into force of the Customs Union on 31 December\n1995:
\n- on the functioning of the Customs Union itself, the report\nconfirms that the customs duties and
\ncharges having equivalent effect have been abolished, as have\nquantitative restrictions. The Customs
\nUnion is thus functioning satisfactorily and at present there are\nno longer any quantitative restrictions
\nor import or export duties in the industrial sector in trade with\nTurkey.
\n- in economic terms the impact of the customs union is still\nunclear as there is insufficient statistical
\ndata to allow a proper analysis to be made. However, European\nexports to Turkey have risen sharply
\nsince 1996 and there has been a smaller growth in exports from\nTurkey to the Union.
\nThe economic health of this country is not at present a matter for\nconcern as growth during the first
\nquarter of 1996 was 8%. The principal concern remains the\nmacro-economic stability and Turkey's
\nbudget deficit which continues to grow.
\n- as regards financial cooperation, as the financial regulation has\nstill not been adopted by the
\nCouncil (no unanimity following the events at Imia) the budgetary\naid of ECU 375 million has still
\nnot yet been made available to this country.
\n- there is most cause for concern as regards the political\nsituation: the last elections enabled Mr
\nErbakan (REFAH Islamic party) to take up power in coalition with\nthe DYP party (Mrs CILLER's
\nparty, who is currently deputy Prime Minister of Turkey). However,\nsince the establishment of this
\nnew coalition legislative activity has been virtually at a\nstandstill, which has also slowed down the
\nexpected developments as regards the strengthening of the\ndemocratization process.
\nAt the same time, the events in early 1996 involving the islands of\nImia in the Aegean have
\nconsiderably aggravated relations between Turkey and Greece and\nbetween Turkey and the Union
\nas a whole.
\nThe difficult political situation in Turkey and the problems\nassociated with the events on Imia have
\ndone little to enusre progress on the problem of Cyprus. The\nviolent incidents in Cyprus in August
\n1996 clearly helped to worsen the tension on the island and have\nserved to convince international
\nopinion that cohabitation of the Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot\ncommunities as part of a single
\nFederal state was 'impossible'.
\n- as regards human rights the situation is hardly improved: because\nof the political situation the 1995
\nreforms (constitutional reform, amendment of Article 8 of the\nanti-terrorism law, etc.) have in the
\nend not had any practical effect as prosecution for expression of\nopinions still continue to occur
\n(although in smaller numbers).
\nWith regard to measures specifically against torture and\nill-treatment, disappearances and
\nextrajudicial executions, there has not been any major progress\neither. These practices have also been
\nthe subject of vigorous condemnation on the part of the EU\nPresidency.
\nThe situation in the prisons is also a matter for concern where\ndramatic hunger strikes have drawn
\nattention to the appalling conditions of detention for Turkish\nprisoners.
\nFurthermore, the state of emergency in the south-east provinces of\nTurkey has still not been lifted.
\nSimilarly, the Kurdish problem, far from being resolved has become\nbogged down and associations
\nare now bearing the cost of government repression of the Kurdish\ncause and in particular its action
\nagainst the Kurdish party PKK (which the Turks consider to be a\nterrorist party).
\nWhile the Commission criticizes the criminal activities of the PKK\n(combated by several Member
\nStates), it stresses that action against this movement must not\nstand in the way of the recognition of
\nthe rights, particularly the cultural rights, of Turkish citizens\nof Kurdish origin, whilst still respecting
\nTurkey's unity and integrity.
\nIn conclusion, although not particularly encouraging, the efforts\nmade by Turkey in recent months
\nshould not halt Turkish-European partnership. This is in any case\nthe Commission's wish, which
\nconsiders that the Union should remain a full partner of Turkey, in\nparticular to deal with the tension
\nin the Aegean and in Cyprus.
\n
\n
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\n
OBJECTIVE: first annual report on the implementation of the\ncustoms union with Turkey and on
\nthe economic aspects and the human rights situation in this\ncountry.
\nSUBSTANCE: This report reviews the developments in the relations of\nthe Community with Turkey
\nsince the entry into force of the Customs Union on 31 December\n1995:
\n- on the functioning of the Customs Union itself, the report\nconfirms that the customs duties and
\ncharges having equivalent effect have been abolished, as have\nquantitative restrictions. The Customs
\nUnion is thus functioning satisfactorily and at present there are\nno longer any quantitative restrictions
\nor import or export duties in the industrial sector in trade with\nTurkey.
\n- in economic terms the impact of the customs union is still\nunclear as there is insufficient statistical
\ndata to allow a proper analysis to be made. However, European\nexports to Turkey have risen sharply
\nsince 1996 and there has been a smaller growth in exports from\nTurkey to the Union.
\nThe economic health of this country is not at present a matter for\nconcern as growth during the first
\nquarter of 1996 was 8%. The principal concern remains the\nmacro-economic stability and Turkey's
\nbudget deficit which continues to grow.
\n- as regards financial cooperation, as the financial regulation has\nstill not been adopted by the
\nCouncil (no unanimity following the events at Imia) the budgetary\naid of ECU 375 million has still
\nnot yet been made available to this country.
\n- there is most cause for concern as regards the political\nsituation: the last elections enabled Mr
\nErbakan (REFAH Islamic party) to take up power in coalition with\nthe DYP party (Mrs CILLER's
\nparty, who is currently deputy Prime Minister of Turkey). However,\nsince the establishment of this
\nnew coalition legislative activity has been virtually at a\nstandstill, which has also slowed down the
\nexpected developments as regards the strengthening of the\ndemocratization process.
\nAt the same time, the events in early 1996 involving the islands of\nImia in the Aegean have
\nconsiderably aggravated relations between Turkey and Greece and\nbetween Turkey and the Union
\nas a whole.
\nThe difficult political situation in Turkey and the problems\nassociated with the events on Imia have
\ndone little to enusre progress on the problem of Cyprus. The\nviolent incidents in Cyprus in August
\n1996 clearly helped to worsen the tension on the island and have\nserved to convince international
\nopinion that cohabitation of the Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot\ncommunities as part of a single
\nFederal state was 'impossible'.
\n- as regards human rights the situation is hardly improved: because\nof the political situation the 1995
\nreforms (constitutional reform, amendment of Article 8 of the\nanti-terrorism law, etc.) have in the
\nend not had any practical effect as prosecution for expression of\nopinions still continue to occur
\n(although in smaller numbers).
\nWith regard to measures specifically against torture and\nill-treatment, disappearances and
\nextrajudicial executions, there has not been any major progress\neither. These practices have also been
\nthe subject of vigorous condemnation on the part of the EU\nPresidency.
\nThe situation in the prisons is also a matter for concern where\ndramatic hunger strikes have drawn
\nattention to the appalling conditions of detention for Turkish\nprisoners.
\nFurthermore, the state of emergency in the south-east provinces of\nTurkey has still not been lifted.
\nSimilarly, the Kurdish problem, far from being resolved has become\nbogged down and associations
\nare now bearing the cost of government repression of the Kurdish\ncause and in particular its action
\nagainst the Kurdish party PKK (which the Turks consider to be a\nterrorist party).
\nWhile the Commission criticizes the criminal activities of the PKK\n(combated by several Member
\nStates), it stresses that action against this movement must not\nstand in the way of the recognition of
\nthe rights, particularly the cultural rights, of Turkish citizens\nof Kurdish origin, whilst still respecting
\nTurkey's unity and integrity.
\nIn conclusion, although not particularly encouraging, the efforts\nmade by Turkey in recent months
\nshould not halt Turkish-European partnership. This is in any case\nthe Commission's wish, which
\nconsiders that the Union should remain a full partner of Turkey, in\nparticular to deal with the tension
\nin the Aegean and in Cyprus.
\n
\n
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\n
OBJECTIVE: to submit a report on the implementation of the\ncustoms union between the Union
\nand Turkey and on economic, political, democratic and human rights\ndevelopments there.
\nSUBSTANCE: This second annual report, like the previous one (see\nCOS0487 - COM(96)491),
\nreviews developments in the Community's relations with Turkey since\nthe entry into force of the
\ncustoms union on 31.12.1995 :
\n1) functioning of the customs union: the customs union continues to\nfunction satisfactorily, Turkey
\nhaving continued to harmonize its laws with Community laws in the\nfield of competition and trade
\npolicy. Free trade agreements have been signed with most of the\nCEECs, and Turkey's preferential
\nregime is being revised to align it with that of the Union. With\nregard to agricultural products, an
\nagreement improving market access entered into force in 1998. Other\ninitiatives are anticipated with
\nthe aim of consolidating trade relations (agriculture, competition,\nmotor vehicles, etc.);
\n2) economic situation: the impact of the customs union is\nundeniable, as the volume of trade
\nbetween the Union and Turkey has increased substantially (exports\nfrom the Union to Turkey have
\nincreased by 36% and Turkey's exports to the Union by 10%). The\nvitality of Turkey's economy
\nis incontestable (and it grew by 6% in 1997). Significant problems\nremain, however, with regard
\nto inflation, the public deficit and currency depreciation. With\nregard to these three aspects, Turkey
\nhas not yet succeeded in defining a credible economic strategy and\nintroducing the necessary
\nstructural reforms;
\n3) financial cooperation: the financial Regulation granting ECU 375\nm in aid to Turkey is still
\nblocked for lack of unanimity, and it has been impossible to\nimplement numerous projects.
\nHowever, some MEDA projects were undertaken in 1996 and 1997;
\n4) political dialogue with Europe: in this respect the atmosphere\nhas deteriorated since the Union's
\ndecision (at the Luxembourg Council of December 1997) not to accept\nTurkey in the next round
\nof accessions. The meetings officially scheduled in the ambit of\nthe customs union have not been
\nable to take place, and for the time being the political dialogue\nis suspended;
\n5) domestic political situation: the situation may be described as\nunstable, with the new minority
\ncoalition headed by Mr Yilmaz (ANAP) having been in power since\nJune 1997. As regards reforms,
\nonly a law on the extension of compulsory education from 5 to 8\nyears - which was very
\ncontroversial - has been adopted. The REFAH party, the first\nIslamic party, has been dissolved (a
\ndecision censured by the Union).
\nInternationally, the situation is little better, with constant\ntensions in the Aegean Sea and no
\nresolution of the Cyprus issue. In this respect the Commission\nrecalls that under Agenda 2000,
\nwhatever the political situation on the island, acession\nnegotiations are to begin with the Greek
\nCypriot party;
\n6) human rights: the situation may be regarded as mixed. Apart from\nthe adoption of a law on police
\ncustody in March 1997, there have been no substantial\nconstitutional reforms. However, the setting-up of a High Committee\non the democratic reform process may be noted; it is too soon to\ngauge its
\nimpact.
\nAs regards prosecutions for offences of opinion, there has been a\nslight change with the adoption
\nof an amnesty law in 1997, but the anti-terrorism law enshrined in\nTurkey's Constitution (although
\nrevised) still permits prosecution of journalists and opponents of\nthe government.
\nThe state of emergency in 6 of the 9 provinces of Southeast Turkey\nhas not yet been lifted, although
\nmeasures have been announced to assist the socio-economic\ndevelopment of these regions. Greater
\ndecentralization of power could also be granted to these regions in\nsome sectors of domestic and
\nexternal policy.
\nIn conclusion, and in accordance with the conclusions of Agenda\n2000, the Union should continue
\nits efforts to help Turkey resolve its internal problems and\nrestore a climate conducive to closer
\nrelations. In this context, the Commission recalls that a series of\nproposals were made in March
\n1998, after the Luxembourg European Council, with the aim of\noutlining a new European strategy
\ntowards Turkey (see COS0614).
\n
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\n
At a meeting chaired by Tom SPENCER (EPP, UK), the Committee\nadopted the report by Edward McMILLAN SCOTT (EPP, UK) on\ndevelopments in relations with Turkey since the entry into force of\nthe customs union. The vote was 36 in favour, 5 against and 1\nabstention. Following the vote, Mr McMILLAN SCOTT said he was sorry\nthat Turkey had broken off its political dialogue with the EU. \"We\nwish to strengthen the customs union and see all aspects of it\napplied\", he said. \"To do this, the situation as regards human\nrights and the status of minorities must change.\"
\nThe report is based on the two annual reports drawn up by the\nCommission. MEPs pointed out that Parliament had given its assent\nto the customs union \"on the understanding that Turkey would\nintroduce political reforms that would bring it closer to\nfulfilling the criteria for accession to the European Union\". In\nfact, the Commission acknowledges that \"no substantial progress has\nbeen achieved as regards human rights and the democratic reform\nprocess in Turkey\". The committee therefore called on the\nCommission to continue carrying out its annual review of relations\nbetween the two sides with its eyes wide open and without showing\nany indulgence towards Turkey. As soon as the grounds for criticism\nwere removed, all facets of the customs union could be implemented,\nincluding the financial provisions.
\nThe customs union itself was working satisfactorily. Now it was\nimportant that the latest trend towards a better balance of trade\nbetween the two sides should continue.
\nAs to the management of the MEDA programme, the report welcomed the\nestablishment of the joint working party with the Commission and\nreiterated that only projects agreed to by the working party should\nbe undertaken.
\nOn the political front, the committee called for support to be\ngiven to proposals from Turkish civil society aimed at achieving\nimprovements in Turkish democracy and human rights. To ensure this,\nTurkey must provide constitutional guarantees on a number of\nmatters: human rights, minority rights, responsibilities of the\nmilitary vis-à-vis the public authorities, etc. This should\nbe done on the basis of the international agreements which it had\nsigned.
\nThe committee said that it had no intention of treating Turkey in a\nmore intransigent fashion than other applicant countries and that\nthe situation should be examined in the light of the Copenhagen\ncriteria. Hence the need to relaunch political dialogue through the\nbodies provided for under the association agreement.
\nMr McMILLAN SCOTT's report also endorsed the Commission's view of\nthe importance of the following points: continuing democratisation\nand greater political control of the armed forces; the\nestablishment of good neighbourly relations between Turkey and\nGreece, as well its other neighbours; and, lastly, observance of\ninternational law to settle disputes in the Aegean Sea (in\nparticular over the island of Imia), on the demarcation of the\ncontinental shelf and on the Cyprus question, by accepting UN\nresolutions and offers of mediation.
\n
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\n
Adopting the report by Mr Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT (PPE, UK) on\ncustoms union between
\nthe EU and Turkey, the European Parliament considered that customs\nunion was working
\nsatisfactorily. It did, however, call for the social impact of\ncustoms union on Turkish society to
\nbe monitored. It supported proposals from Turkish civil society\naimed at achieving
\nimprovements in Turkish democracy and human rights and stressed\nthat Turkey?s application to
\njoin the EU, like that of every other applicant country, would be\nexamined in the light of the
\nCopenhagen criteria.
\nIt hoped that the dialogue for which provision was made in the\nAssociation Agreement would
\ncontinue and asked for contacts between Parliament and Turkish\npolitical parties and foundations
\nand the organisations of civil society to be encouraged. However,\nit regretted that some of the
\nministerial meetings between Turkish and European representatives\nin the trade and transport
\nsector had not yet been held since customs union entered into force\nin 1995.
\nThe European Parliament reiterated that only projects approved by\nthe Commission/Parliament
\ninterinstitutional working party could be granted a financial\ncommitment under MEDA.
\nThe European Parliament called on the Council to inform it of any\ninitiatives taken with the
\nTurkish authorities allowing adoption of the financial regulation\nconcerning special aid for
\nTurkey to go ahead. It called on the Commission to consider if a\nspecific budgetary item for
\nTurkey should be included in the MEDA programme on democracy. It\nalso called on the
\nCommission to continue publishing an annual report on relations\nbetween the EC and Turkey
\nwithout showing any indulgence.
\n
\nNoting that future relations between the European Union and Turkey\ncannot develop without
\nfinancial intervention on the part of the European Union, it stated\nthat the financial impact of
\nproposals to consolidate customs union will be decided by the\nbudgetary authority during the
\nannual budgetary procedures.
\nWelcoming the huge efforts made by Turkey to align its legislation\nand preferential regime with
\nthat of the European Union, it supported current and future\ninitiatives to improve the
\nimplementation of all the administrative procedures of customs\nunion. In order to help Turkey in
\nits effort to adapt and restructure its economy, the European\nParliament asked for priority to be
\ngiven to sectors such as energy, the environment, vocational\ntraining and reform of the civil
\nservice. It also called on the Commission to assess the programmes\nfor applicant countries with
\nwhich Turkey might be associated (especially Socrates, Leonardo,\nYouth for Europe,
\nKaleidoscope, Raphaël, LIFE, SAVE, AIDS Prevention and Equal\nOpportunities for Men and
\nWomen).
\nThe European Parliament called on Turkey to assist the resumption\nof intercommunal talks on
\nthe basis of the UN resolutions and the agreements on a bi-zonal,\nbi-communal federation and to
\nwithdraw its military forces from Cyprus. It also supported the\naction described by the
\nCommission in its report on democratization, safeguarding human\nrights and political control of
\nthe armed forces; the establishment of good neighbourly relations\nGreece and Turkey; respect for
\nthe principles of international law in resolving differences in the\nAegean and the Cyprus
\nquestion.
\nAs far as the Kurdish question was concerned, it stated that there\ncould be no military solution to
\nthis question and asked the authorities to begin negotiations with\norganisations representing the
\nKurdish people in order to respond to their demands for freedom and\nautonomy.
\nIt pointed to the need for a ceasefire and asked the Turkish\nauthorities to seek a peaceful
\nnegotiated political solution to the Kurdish question.
\nCondemning the invasion of northern Iraq and the unstable political\nsituation in the Kurdish
\nsecurity zone, it asked for the immediate release of Leyla Zana and\nother political prisoners.
\nFinally, it insisted that political dialogue with Turkey should be\nrelaunched.
\n
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\n
OBJECTIVE : This communication seeks to put forward a set of\nproposals for action as a reference
\nframework for the prevention of child sex tourism. The actions\nproposed seek to:
\n- deter and punish child sex abusers,
\n- take action in relation to the demand and supply of sex tourism\ninvolving children,
\n- encourage the Member States to take a common stance against this\naffliction.
\nSUBSTANCE : The Commission considers that Community action in this\nfield is justified on more
\nthan one count:
\n. because of the transnational nature of the phenomenon and its\neffects,
\n. because of the risk that measures by Member States will be spread\ntoo thinly if no effort is made
\nto increase coordination.
\nThe Commission proposes four main types of action in a medium and\nlong term perspective:
\n- Deterring and punishing child sex abusers: the Commission's\naction will focus on stimulating and
\npromoting an effective deterrent:
\n. by making a regular evaluation of progress in the implementation\nof the legal reforms and legal
\npractices concerned by the Member States,
\n. by the collection and exchange of information other than that of\na legal nature in order to improve
\nknowledge of the problem and to combat its hidden nature\n(information on the links between tourism
\nand child prostitution, the identity, motivation and behaviour of\nthe abusers, on tourist guides and
\nprospectuses and the implications of sex tourism for public\nhealth),
\n. by encouraging the national tourist authorities to take\npreventive measures in this field, particularly
\nas regards information to travellers.
\n- Stemming the flow of sex tourists from the Member States: to this\nend the Commission intends to:
\n. coordinate information and awareness-raising campaigns\nimplemented in the Member States in
\norder to increase their impact and mobilize the various Community\ninformation networks on this
\nsubject,
\n. make available to the tourist industry, in particular through\ntraining programmes and schemes,
\nguiding principles on combating child sex tourism (training modules\non the objectives and
\nmechanisms for combating child sex tourism),
\n. draw up and reinforce codes of conduct and self-regulatory\nmechanisms in the tourist industry (the
\ndefinition with the tourist industry of a basic minimum of\ncommitment on a voluntary basis to
\nprohibit any explicit or implicit encouragement of sex\ntourism).
\n- Helping to combat sex tourism in third countries: action to\ncombat abuse of children must be
\nplaced in the wider context of observance of democratic principles\nand human rights. To this end
\nthe Commission wishes to:
\n. rationalize methods for action and coordinate the Community\nresources available for the protection
\nof children who are victims of sex tourism (e.g. provide measures\nunder the EDF for the
\nrehabilitation of child victims, etc.),
\n. make the respect of democratic principles and human rights an\nessential element in the contractual
\nrelations between the Community and third countries (the main\nconcern is to make certain over-complacent countries understand\nthat the promotion of tourism should not be linked with the
\npromotion of sex tourism).
\n- Encouraging the EU Member States to take a united stand against\nchild sex tourism: given that the
\n'consumers' of sex tourism are Community citizens, that child\nprostitution involves Europeans and
\nthat certain Member States have signed the Convention on the rights\nof the child, the Member States
\nof the Union are directly implicated in this phenomenon. The\nCommission therefore strongly
\nencourages the Member States to take action and to move forward in\ntaking action against this
\nscourge. It calls particularly on the Council and the Member States\nto define their positions in order
\nto dispel any doubt as to their willingness to combat this\naffliction.
\n
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\n
OBJECTIVE : This communication seeks to put forward a set of\nproposals for action as a reference
\nframework for the prevention of child sex tourism. The actions\nproposed seek to:
\n- deter and punish child sex abusers,
\n- take action in relation to the demand and supply of sex tourism\ninvolving children,
\n- encourage the Member States to take a common stance against this\naffliction.
\nSUBSTANCE : The Commission considers that Community action in this\nfield is justified on more
\nthan one count:
\n. because of the transnational nature of the phenomenon and its\neffects,
\n. because of the risk that measures by Member States will be spread\ntoo thinly if no effort is made
\nto increase coordination.
\nThe Commission proposes four main types of action in a medium and\nlong term perspective:
\n- Deterring and punishing child sex abusers: the Commission's\naction will focus on stimulating and
\npromoting an effective deterrent:
\n. by making a regular evaluation of progress in the implementation\nof the legal reforms and legal
\npractices concerned by the Member States,
\n. by the collection and exchange of information other than that of\na legal nature in order to improve
\nknowledge of the problem and to combat its hidden nature\n(information on the links between tourism
\nand child prostitution, the identity, motivation and behaviour of\nthe abusers, on tourist guides and
\nprospectuses and the implications of sex tourism for public\nhealth),
\n. by encouraging the national tourist authorities to take\npreventive measures in this field, particularly
\nas regards information to travellers.
\n- Stemming the flow of sex tourists from the Member States: to this\nend the Commission intends to:
\n. coordinate information and awareness-raising campaigns\nimplemented in the Member States in
\norder to increase their impact and mobilize the various Community\ninformation networks on this
\nsubject,
\n. make available to the tourist industry, in particular through\ntraining programmes and schemes,
\nguiding principles on combating child sex tourism (training modules\non the objectives and
\nmechanisms for combating child sex tourism),
\n. draw up and reinforce codes of conduct and self-regulatory\nmechanisms in the tourist industry (the
\ndefinition with the tourist industry of a basic minimum of\ncommitment on a voluntary basis to
\nprohibit any explicit or implicit encouragement of sex\ntourism).
\n- Helping to combat sex tourism in third countries: action to\ncombat abuse of children must be
\nplaced in the wider context of observance of democratic principles\nand human rights. To this end
\nthe Commission wishes to:
\n. rationalize methods for action and coordinate the Community\nresources available for the protection
\nof children who are victims of sex tourism (e.g. provide measures\nunder the EDF for the
\nrehabilitation of child victims, etc.),
\n. make the respect of democratic principles and human rights an\nessential element in the contractual
\nrelations between the Community and third countries (the main\nconcern is to make certain over-complacent countries understand\nthat the promotion of tourism should not be linked with the
\npromotion of sex tourism).
\n- Encouraging the EU Member States to take a united stand against\nchild sex tourism: given that the
\n'consumers' of sex tourism are Community citizens, that child\nprostitution involves Europeans and
\nthat certain Member States have signed the Convention on the rights\nof the child, the Member States
\nof the Union are directly implicated in this phenomenon. The\nCommission therefore strongly
\nencourages the Member States to take action and to move forward in\ntaking action against this
\nscourge. It calls particularly on the Council and the Member States\nto define their positions in order
\nto dispel any doubt as to their willingness to combat this\naffliction.
\n
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\n
In the report by Martin Schulz (PSE, D) on stepping up the\nfight against the sexual abuse and exploitation of children, the\ncommittee called on Mr Melchior Wathelet to resign office. However,\nthe report, which was adopted by a resounding majority of 22 votes\nto 0 with 7 abstentions, failed to obtain a unanimous vote due to\nthe reservations expressed by Mr Gerard Deprez (PPE, B) and other\nmembers, who considered that the resignation of a member of the\nEuropean Court of Justice did not come within the remit of the\nEuropean Parliament and that the rapporteur's initiative on this\nmatter was misplaced and damaged Parliament's credibility. The\nreport stated that Mr. Wathelet's personal decision as Belgian\nSecretary of State for Justice to allow the early release of Marc\nDutroux, who had since been found guilty of murdering several\nchildren, may well have complied with Belgian law but it had had\ndevastating consequences. The committee therefore called on him to\ntake moral and political responsibility.
\nThe rapporteur stressed that the European Union should use all the\ninstruments at its disposal under Community law and stimulate\ncoordination at Community level of the national actions needed in\norder to combat this affliction in its fight against the sexual\nexploitation of children.
\nIn addition, Mr Schulz called on the Member States to harmonize a\nnumber of concepts in their criminal legislation as quickly as\npossible (especially the maximum age at which an individual ceases\nto be considered as a child for the purposes of sexual\nexploitation) and to criminalize the following:
\n- paedophilic acts,
\n- sexual tourism involving children,
\n- child pornography,
\n- failure to report acts or serious indications of paedophilia or\nabuse of children known to third parties as failure to assist a\nperson in danger,
\nand to make provision for similar sentences under their respective\ncriminal legislation.
\nFinally, the rapporteur called on Member States to guarantee\nspecial protection for the victims of sexual abuse by:
\n- creating welcome, consultation and prevention structures;
\n- protecting child rights and interests (confidentiality,\nprivacy);
\n- introducing vocational training and social rehabilitation\nprogrammes;
\n- protecting the family insofar as it is the best environment in\nwhich children's basic skills can flourish.
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Adopting the report by Mr Martin SCHULTZ (PSE, D) on the\nsexual exploitation of children, the European Parliament called for\ntough measures to combat child sexual abuse and tourism. Parliament\nstressed that the European Union should use all the instruments at\nits disposal under Community law to combat this affliction and\nstimulate coordination of national actions at Community\nlevel.
\nThe European Parliament called on the Member States to harmonize\nquickly certain concepts in their criminal legislation (especially\nthe age at which an individual is no longer considered to be a\nchild for the purposes of sexual exploitation) and to criminalize\nthe following:
\n- paedophilic acts,
\n- sexual tourism involving children,
\n- child pornography,
\n- failure to report acts or serious indications of paedophilia or\nabuse of children known to third parties as failure to assist a\nperson in danger.
\nIt also makes provision for the following preventive\nmeasures:
\n- introducing information campaigns for families and people working\nin the education, health, justice, police or tourism sectors;
\n- extending the European System for Information to the fight\nagainst the sexual exploitation of children;
\n- prohibiting persons convicted of acts of paedophilia from\nexercising activities which bring them into contact with\nminors;
\n- creating a European missing children centre;
\n- setting up a free helpline in all the Member States for child\nvictims;
\n- ensuring that the tourism and advertising sectors refrain from\ninciting or engaging in propaganda in favour of sexual\ntourism;
\n- providing financial support for NGOs engaged in the prevention\nand detection of sexual services involving minors and the\npossibility for them and child protection agencies to file\ncomplaints;
\n- adopting a compulsory code of conduct governing the use of\nchildren in advertising campaigns;
\n- providing financial aid for countries where poverty is rife in\norder to help establish substitute tourism and to promote actions\nto protect and rehabilitate child victims.
\nIt also makes provision for a series of repressive measures:
\n- compulsory treatment of paedophiles;
\n- prolonged detention or permanent internment in a psychiatric\ninstitute for repeat offenders;
\n- criminalization of the production, sale, distribution,\ndissemination, exhibition or facilitation of the production, etc.\nof any pornographic devices or material produced using\nminors;
\n- criminal prosecution of persons attending pornographic shows\ninvolving children and criminalization of the use of minors for\npornographic purposes;
\n- prosecution of individuals who have committed acts of sexual\nexploitation of children abroad;
\n- indictment of companies organizing sexual tourism on the grounds\nof conspiracy;
\n- confiscation of income from activities relating to the sexual\nexploitation of children and allocation of the sums confiscated to\nchild protection organizations;
\n- measures against travel agencies, airlines and hotel networks\nwhich promote sexual tourism involving children;
\nWith regard to rehabilitation, the European Parliament called\nfor:
\n- child victims to be guaranteed confidentiality during criminal\nproceedings so that they may testify without fear;
\n- social aid, social rehabilitation and vocational training\nservices;
\n- reception, consultation and prevention structures to be set\nup;
\n- protection for families.
\nEven if social rehabilitation of the offender is to be the mainstay\nof penal law, the European Parliament called for priority to be\ngiven to the protection of minors.
\nFinally, Parliament made provision for a specific chapter on the\npolitical and moral responsibility of Judge Wathelet of the\nEuropean Court of Justice in the Dutroux case. It considered that\nwhere gross negligence, fault or failure to protect children is\nascertained, those with political responsibility should bear the\nconsequences of their acts and answer for whatever is or is not\ndone at their instigation. It therefore considered that it was up\nto these persons to ask themselves whether they could legitimately\ncontinue to hold high office or stand for such office at either\nnational or European level.
\nThe European Parliament therefore called on Judge Wathelet to take\naccount of the specific demands made on a judge of the Court of\nJustice and to resign office. His personal decision as Belgian\nSecretary of State of Justice to allow the early release of Marc\nDutroux, who had since been found guilty of murdering several\nchildren, may well have complied with Belgian law but it had had\ndevastating consequences for which he must take moral and political\nresponsibility.
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OBJECTIVE : This communication seeks to put forward a set of\nproposals for action as a reference
\nframework for the prevention of child sex tourism. The actions\nproposed seek to:
\n- deter and punish child sex abusers,
\n- take action in relation to the demand and supply of sex tourism\ninvolving children,
\n- encourage the Member States to take a common stance against this\naffliction.
\nSUBSTANCE : The Commission considers that Community action in this\nfield is justified on more
\nthan one count:
\n. because of the transnational nature of the phenomenon and its\neffects,
\n. because of the risk that measures by Member States will be spread\ntoo thinly if no effort is made
\nto increase coordination.
\nThe Commission proposes four main types of action in a medium and\nlong term perspective:
\n- Deterring and punishing child sex abusers: the Commission's\naction will focus on stimulating and
\npromoting an effective deterrent:
\n. by making a regular evaluation of progress in the implementation\nof the legal reforms and legal
\npractices concerned by the Member States,
\n. by the collection and exchange of information other than that of\na legal nature in order to improve
\nknowledge of the problem and to combat its hidden nature\n(information on the links between tourism
\nand child prostitution, the identity, motivation and behaviour of\nthe abusers, on tourist guides and
\nprospectuses and the implications of sex tourism for public\nhealth),
\n. by encouraging the national tourist authorities to take\npreventive measures in this field, particularly
\nas regards information to travellers.
\n- Stemming the flow of sex tourists from the Member States: to this\nend the Commission intends to:
\n. coordinate information and awareness-raising campaigns\nimplemented in the Member States in
\norder to increase their impact and mobilize the various Community\ninformation networks on this
\nsubject,
\n. make available to the tourist industry, in particular through\ntraining programmes and schemes,
\nguiding principles on combating child sex tourism (training modules\non the objectives and
\nmechanisms for combating child sex tourism),
\n. draw up and reinforce codes of conduct and self-regulatory\nmechanisms in the tourist industry (the
\ndefinition with the tourist industry of a basic minimum of\ncommitment on a voluntary basis to
\nprohibit any explicit or implicit encouragement of sex\ntourism).
\n- Helping to combat sex tourism in third countries: action to\ncombat abuse of children must be
\nplaced in the wider context of observance of democratic principles\nand human rights. To this end
\nthe Commission wishes to:
\n. rationalize methods for action and coordinate the Community\nresources available for the protection
\nof children who are victims of sex tourism (e.g. provide measures\nunder the EDF for the
\nrehabilitation of child victims, etc.),
\n. make the respect of democratic principles and human rights an\nessential element in the contractual
\nrelations between the Community and third countries (the main\nconcern is to make certain over-complacent countries understand\nthat the promotion of tourism should not be linked with the
\npromotion of sex tourism).
\n- Encouraging the EU Member States to take a united stand against\nchild sex tourism: given that the
\n'consumers' of sex tourism are Community citizens, that child\nprostitution involves Europeans and
\nthat certain Member States have signed the Convention on the rights\nof the child, the Member States
\nof the Union are directly implicated in this phenomenon. The\nCommission therefore strongly
\nencourages the Member States to take action and to move forward in\ntaking action against this
\nscourge. It calls particularly on the Council and the Member States\nto define their positions in order
\nto dispel any doubt as to their willingness to combat this\naffliction.
\n
\n
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\n
OBJECTIVE : This communication seeks to put forward a set of\nproposals for action as a reference
\nframework for the prevention of child sex tourism. The actions\nproposed seek to:
\n- deter and punish child sex abusers,
\n- take action in relation to the demand and supply of sex tourism\ninvolving children,
\n- encourage the Member States to take a common stance against this\naffliction.
\nSUBSTANCE : The Commission considers that Community action in this\nfield is justified on more
\nthan one count:
\n. because of the transnational nature of the phenomenon and its\neffects,
\n. because of the risk that measures by Member States will be spread\ntoo thinly if no effort is made
\nto increase coordination.
\nThe Commission proposes four main types of action in a medium and\nlong term perspective:
\n- Deterring and punishing child sex abusers: the Commission's\naction will focus on stimulating and
\npromoting an effective deterrent:
\n. by making a regular evaluation of progress in the implementation\nof the legal reforms and legal
\npractices concerned by the Member States,
\n. by the collection and exchange of information other than that of\na legal nature in order to improve
\nknowledge of the problem and to combat its hidden nature\n(information on the links between tourism
\nand child prostitution, the identity, motivation and behaviour of\nthe abusers, on tourist guides and
\nprospectuses and the implications of sex tourism for public\nhealth),
\n. by encouraging the national tourist authorities to take\npreventive measures in this field, particularly
\nas regards information to travellers.
\n- Stemming the flow of sex tourists from the Member States: to this\nend the Commission intends to:
\n. coordinate information and awareness-raising campaigns\nimplemented in the Member States in
\norder to increase their impact and mobilize the various Community\ninformation networks on this
\nsubject,
\n. make available to the tourist industry, in particular through\ntraining programmes and schemes,
\nguiding principles on combating child sex tourism (training modules\non the objectives and
\nmechanisms for combating child sex tourism),
\n. draw up and reinforce codes of conduct and self-regulatory\nmechanisms in the tourist industry (the
\ndefinition with the tourist industry of a basic minimum of\ncommitment on a voluntary basis to
\nprohibit any explicit or implicit encouragement of sex\ntourism).
\n- Helping to combat sex tourism in third countries: action to\ncombat abuse of children must be
\nplaced in the wider context of observance of democratic principles\nand human rights. To this end
\nthe Commission wishes to:
\n. rationalize methods for action and coordinate the Community\nresources available for the protection
\nof children who are victims of sex tourism (e.g. provide measures\nunder the EDF for the
\nrehabilitation of child victims, etc.),
\n. make the respect of democratic principles and human rights an\nessential element in the contractual
\nrelations between the Community and third countries (the main\nconcern is to make certain over-complacent countries understand\nthat the promotion of tourism should not be linked with the
\npromotion of sex tourism).
\n- Encouraging the EU Member States to take a united stand against\nchild sex tourism: given that the
\n'consumers' of sex tourism are Community citizens, that child\nprostitution involves Europeans and
\nthat certain Member States have signed the Convention on the rights\nof the child, the Member States
\nof the Union are directly implicated in this phenomenon. The\nCommission therefore strongly
\nencourages the Member States to take action and to move forward in\ntaking action against this
\nscourge. It calls particularly on the Council and the Member States\nto define their positions in order
\nto dispel any doubt as to their willingness to combat this\naffliction.
\n
\n
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\n
In the report by Martin Schulz (PSE, D) on stepping up the\nfight against the sexual abuse and exploitation of children, the\ncommittee called on Mr Melchior Wathelet to resign office. However,\nthe report, which was adopted by a resounding majority of 22 votes\nto 0 with 7 abstentions, failed to obtain a unanimous vote due to\nthe reservations expressed by Mr Gerard Deprez (PPE, B) and other\nmembers, who considered that the resignation of a member of the\nEuropean Court of Justice did not come within the remit of the\nEuropean Parliament and that the rapporteur's initiative on this\nmatter was misplaced and damaged Parliament's credibility. The\nreport stated that Mr. Wathelet's personal decision as Belgian\nSecretary of State for Justice to allow the early release of Marc\nDutroux, who had since been found guilty of murdering several\nchildren, may well have complied with Belgian law but it had had\ndevastating consequences. The committee therefore called on him to\ntake moral and political responsibility.
\nThe rapporteur stressed that the European Union should use all the\ninstruments at its disposal under Community law and stimulate\ncoordination at Community level of the national actions needed in\norder to combat this affliction in its fight against the sexual\nexploitation of children.
\nIn addition, Mr Schulz called on the Member States to harmonize a\nnumber of concepts in their criminal legislation as quickly as\npossible (especially the maximum age at which an individual ceases\nto be considered as a child for the purposes of sexual\nexploitation) and to criminalize the following:
\n- paedophilic acts,
\n- sexual tourism involving children,
\n- child pornography,
\n- failure to report acts or serious indications of paedophilia or\nabuse of children known to third parties as failure to assist a\nperson in danger,
\nand to make provision for similar sentences under their respective\ncriminal legislation.
\nFinally, the rapporteur called on Member States to guarantee\nspecial protection for the victims of sexual abuse by:
\n- creating welcome, consultation and prevention structures;
\n- protecting child rights and interests (confidentiality,\nprivacy);
\n- introducing vocational training and social rehabilitation\nprogrammes;
\n- protecting the family insofar as it is the best environment in\nwhich children's basic skills can flourish.
\n
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\n
Adopting the report by Mr Martin SCHULTZ (PSE, D) on the\nsexual exploitation of children, the European Parliament called for\ntough measures to combat child sexual abuse and tourism. Parliament\nstressed that the European Union should use all the instruments at\nits disposal under Community law to combat this affliction and\nstimulate coordination of national actions at Community\nlevel.
\nThe European Parliament called on the Member States to harmonize\nquickly certain concepts in their criminal legislation (especially\nthe age at which an individual is no longer considered to be a\nchild for the purposes of sexual exploitation) and to criminalize\nthe following:
\n- paedophilic acts,
\n- sexual tourism involving children,
\n- child pornography,
\n- failure to report acts or serious indications of paedophilia or\nabuse of children known to third parties as failure to assist a\nperson in danger.
\nIt also makes provision for the following preventive\nmeasures:
\n- introducing information campaigns for families and people working\nin the education, health, justice, police or tourism sectors;
\n- extending the European System for Information to the fight\nagainst the sexual exploitation of children;
\n- prohibiting persons convicted of acts of paedophilia from\nexercising activities which bring them into contact with\nminors;
\n- creating a European missing children centre;
\n- setting up a free helpline in all the Member States for child\nvictims;
\n- ensuring that the tourism and advertising sectors refrain from\ninciting or engaging in propaganda in favour of sexual\ntourism;
\n- providing financial support for NGOs engaged in the prevention\nand detection of sexual services involving minors and the\npossibility for them and child protection agencies to file\ncomplaints;
\n- adopting a compulsory code of conduct governing the use of\nchildren in advertising campaigns;
\n- providing financial aid for countries where poverty is rife in\norder to help establish substitute tourism and to promote actions\nto protect and rehabilitate child victims.
\nIt also makes provision for a series of repressive measures:
\n- compulsory treatment of paedophiles;
\n- prolonged detention or permanent internment in a psychiatric\ninstitute for repeat offenders;
\n- criminalization of the production, sale, distribution,\ndissemination, exhibition or facilitation of the production, etc.\nof any pornographic devices or material produced using\nminors;
\n- criminal prosecution of persons attending pornographic shows\ninvolving children and criminalization of the use of minors for\npornographic purposes;
\n- prosecution of individuals who have committed acts of sexual\nexploitation of children abroad;
\n- indictment of companies organizing sexual tourism on the grounds\nof conspiracy;
\n- confiscation of income from activities relating to the sexual\nexploitation of children and allocation of the sums confiscated to\nchild protection organizations;
\n- measures against travel agencies, airlines and hotel networks\nwhich promote sexual tourism involving children;
\nWith regard to rehabilitation, the European Parliament called\nfor:
\n- child victims to be guaranteed confidentiality during criminal\nproceedings so that they may testify without fear;
\n- social aid, social rehabilitation and vocational training\nservices;
\n- reception, consultation and prevention structures to be set\nup;
\n- protection for families.
\nEven if social rehabilitation of the offender is to be the mainstay\nof penal law, the European Parliament called for priority to be\ngiven to the protection of minors.
\nFinally, Parliament made provision for a specific chapter on the\npolitical and moral responsibility of Judge Wathelet of the\nEuropean Court of Justice in the Dutroux case. It considered that\nwhere gross negligence, fault or failure to protect children is\nascertained, those with political responsibility should bear the\nconsequences of their acts and answer for whatever is or is not\ndone at their instigation. It therefore considered that it was up\nto these persons to ask themselves whether they could legitimately\ncontinue to hold high office or stand for such office at either\nnational or European level.
\nThe European Parliament therefore called on Judge Wathelet to take\naccount of the specific demands made on a judge of the Court of\nJustice and to resign office. His personal decision as Belgian\nSecretary of State of Justice to allow the early release of Marc\nDutroux, who had since been found guilty of murdering several\nchildren, may well have complied with Belgian law but it had had\ndevastating consequences for which he must take moral and political\nresponsibility.
\n
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\n
OBJECTIVE: draft Convention on the introduction of a customs\ninformation system in order to help prevent, investigate and\nprosecute serious infringements of national customs\nlegislation.
\nCONTENT: the system comprises a central database accessed from\nterminals in each Member State and containing data (including\npersonal data) on:
\n. goods,
\n. means of transport,
\n. companies,
\n. persons,
\n. fraud trends,
\n. powers available.
\n. There are provisions to limit information of a personal nature in\nthe database, especially for goods and persons (an alarm code is\nincluded for persons in order to warn that they have already\ncarried a weapon, used violence or are wanted by the authorities).\nThis information will only be included if there is reason to\nsuspect that these persons have seriously infringed or are\ncurrently seriously infringing national legislation and if specific\ncontrols or undercover observation has been set up.
\nIf this is the case, certain items of information need to be\ncollated (location of the goods, company or person, reason for the\ncontrol, destination of the journey, means of transport used,\nobjects transported etc.).
\nOnly the national authorities designated by each Member State shall\nhave access to the information (mainly, but not only, the customs\nadministrations).
\n. There are provisions governing the amendment and storage of data.\nAs far as amendments are concerned, only the country which entered\nthe data (the \"supplier contracting state\") shall be entitled to\namend, supplement, correct or delete the data and shall notify the\nother Member States accordingly.
\nAs far as data storage is concerned, data shall only be stored for\nas long as necessary in order to achieve the objective which was\nthe reason for their input (there is no storage expiry date but\ndata will be examined at least once a year in order to decide\nwhether or not the information should be retained). If no decision\nis taken in this respect, the information will automatically be\ntransferred to a restricted section of the database for one\nyear.
\n. There are also provisions in order to protect personal data (the\nMember States must adopt legislation on data protection by the time\nthe Convention enters into force) and monitor data protection (each\nMember State must designate a national monitoring authority to\ncarry out this task).
\n. Finally, there are provisions to safeguard the security of the\nsystem (the national authorities are responsible for the terminals\ninstalled in their own country) and to refuse access to\nunauthorized persons.
\n
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\n
OBJECTIVE: draft Convention on the introduction of a customs\ninformation system in order to help prevent, investigate and\nprosecute serious infringements of national customs\nlegislation.
\nCONTENT: the system comprises a central database accessed from\nterminals in each Member State and containing data (including\npersonal data) on:
\n. goods,
\n. means of transport,
\n. companies,
\n. persons,
\n. fraud trends,
\n. powers available.
\n. There are provisions to limit information of a personal nature in\nthe database, especially for goods and persons (an alarm code is\nincluded for persons in order to warn that they have already\ncarried a weapon, used violence or are wanted by the authorities).\nThis information will only be included if there is reason to\nsuspect that these persons have seriously infringed or are\ncurrently seriously infringing national legislation and if specific\ncontrols or undercover observation has been set up.
\nIf this is the case, certain items of information need to be\ncollated (location of the goods, company or person, reason for the\ncontrol, destination of the journey, means of transport used,\nobjects transported etc.).
\nOnly the national authorities designated by each Member State shall\nhave access to the information (mainly, but not only, the customs\nadministrations).
\n. There are provisions governing the amendment and storage of data.\nAs far as amendments are concerned, only the country which entered\nthe data (the \"supplier contracting state\") shall be entitled to\namend, supplement, correct or delete the data and shall notify the\nother Member States accordingly.
\nAs far as data storage is concerned, data shall only be stored for\nas long as necessary in order to achieve the objective which was\nthe reason for their input (there is no storage expiry date but\ndata will be examined at least once a year in order to decide\nwhether or not the information should be retained). If no decision\nis taken in this respect, the information will automatically be\ntransferred to a restricted section of the database for one\nyear.
\n. There are also provisions in order to protect personal data (the\nMember States must adopt legislation on data protection by the time\nthe Convention enters into force) and monitor data protection (each\nMember State must designate a national monitoring authority to\ncarry out this task).
\n. Finally, there are provisions to safeguard the security of the\nsystem (the national authorities are responsible for the terminals\ninstalled in their own country) and to refuse access to\nunauthorized persons.
\n
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\n
The Committee (chairman: Hedy d'ANCONA (PES, Nl)) adopted the\nreport by Mr SCHULZ (PES, D) on the Convention on the use of\ninformation technology for customs purposes. The Council had\nalready adopted the convention, on 26 July 1995, without asking for\nParliament's opinion.
\nMr SCHULZ is therefore calling on national parliaments, when\nratifying the convention,
\n- to ensure that the personal data protection measures laid down in\nthe convention are fully complied with;
\n- not to ratify the convention and the agreement if these are not\nadequate safeguards at a national level:
\n
\n
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\n
In adopting the report by Mr Martin SCHULZ (PSE, D) regarding\nthe Convention on the use of
\ninformation technology for customs purposes, the European\nParliament notes with disapproval the
\nfact that the Presidency failed to consult it in accordance with\nthe second paragraph of Article K6
\nof the TEU.
\nIt therefore takes the view that, since Parliament has not been\nconsulted, the Convention has not been
\nestablished in accordance with the Treaty.
\nIt accordingly calls on Member States to take account of\nParliament's opinion prior to any decision
\nconcerning any conventions relating to the 'principal aspects of\nactivities' within the meaning of the
\nsecond paragraph of Article K6 of the TEU.
\nIt also regrets that the Council Act of 26 July 1995 drawing up the\nConvention on the use of
\ninformation technology for customs purposes and the Agreement on\nthe provisional application
\nbetween certain Member States of the European Union of the\nConvention were also not forwarded
\nto Parliament prior to signature.
\nConcerning legal protection, it points out that the CIS central\ndata bank contains data not only about
\ngoods, means of transport, business, etc. but also data of a\npersonal nature and feels that any person
\nshould be able to bring an action or complaint before the national\ncourts concerning personal data
\nrelating to himself in the CIS. Those concerned should enjoy in\nparticular a right to information
\nconcerning the data stored in the system.
\nIt advises national parliaments to ensure, upon ratification, that\nmeasures are taken with a view to
\nbringing about a very high level of data protection (preventing\nunauthorized access to the systems,
\nrestricting the number of users, etc.) regarding individuals and\ntheir privacy and that the data
\nprotection measures envisaged in the Convention are fully complied\nwith.
\nIn addition, Parliament considers that it must be possible to refer\ndisputes which have a bearing on
\nthe rules and multilateral nature of the convention to the Court of\nFirst Instance or the Court of
\nJustice of the European Communities.
\nIt emphasizes that data-processing systems geared to different\nobjectives and customs, police and
\ngeneral administration are preferable to a uniform European\ndata-processing system for the purposes
\nof implementing data protection rules.
\nRegarding the individual, Parliament calls for a right to\nself-determination and information and a
\nright of redress concerning personal data.
\nIt takes the view that the Commission should play a greater role in\nthe implementation and
\ncoordination of all the systems (EUROPOL, EIS, etc.) and calls on\nthe Commission to determine
\nwhether the CIS could be regulated under the EC Treaty by means of\na directive or a regulation.
\n
\n
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OBJECTIVE: draft Convention on the introduction of a customs\ninformation system in order to help prevent, investigate and\nprosecute serious infringements of national customs\nlegislation.
\nCONTENT: the system comprises a central database accessed from\nterminals in each Member State and containing data (including\npersonal data) on:
\n. goods,
\n. means of transport,
\n. companies,
\n. persons,
\n. fraud trends,
\n. powers available.
\n. There are provisions to limit information of a personal nature in\nthe database, especially for goods and persons (an alarm code is\nincluded for persons in order to warn that they have already\ncarried a weapon, used violence or are wanted by the authorities).\nThis information will only be included if there is reason to\nsuspect that these persons have seriously infringed or are\ncurrently seriously infringing national legislation and if specific\ncontrols or undercover observation has been set up.
\nIf this is the case, certain items of information need to be\ncollated (location of the goods, company or person, reason for the\ncontrol, destination of the journey, means of transport used,\nobjects transported etc.).
\nOnly the national authorities designated by each Member State shall\nhave access to the information (mainly, but not only, the customs\nadministrations).
\n. There are provisions governing the amendment and storage of data.\nAs far as amendments are concerned, only the country which entered\nthe data (the \"supplier contracting state\") shall be entitled to\namend, supplement, correct or delete the data and shall notify the\nother Member States accordingly.
\nAs far as data storage is concerned, data shall only be stored for\nas long as necessary in order to achieve the objective which was\nthe reason for their input (there is no storage expiry date but\ndata will be examined at least once a year in order to decide\nwhether or not the information should be retained). If no decision\nis taken in this respect, the information will automatically be\ntransferred to a restricted section of the database for one\nyear.
\n. There are also provisions in order to protect personal data (the\nMember States must adopt legislation on data protection by the time\nthe Convention enters into force) and monitor data protection (each\nMember State must designate a national monitoring authority to\ncarry out this task).
\n. Finally, there are provisions to safeguard the security of the\nsystem (the national authorities are responsible for the terminals\ninstalled in their own country) and to refuse access to\nunauthorized persons.
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OBJECTIVE: draft Convention on the introduction of a customs\ninformation system in order to help prevent, investigate and\nprosecute serious infringements of national customs\nlegislation.
\nCONTENT: the system comprises a central database accessed from\nterminals in each Member State and containing data (including\npersonal data) on:
\n. goods,
\n. means of transport,
\n. companies,
\n. persons,
\n. fraud trends,
\n. powers available.
\n. There are provisions to limit information of a personal nature in\nthe database, especially for goods and persons (an alarm code is\nincluded for persons in order to warn that they have already\ncarried a weapon, used violence or are wanted by the authorities).\nThis information will only be included if there is reason to\nsuspect that these persons have seriously infringed or are\ncurrently seriously infringing national legislation and if specific\ncontrols or undercover observation has been set up.
\nIf this is the case, certain items of information need to be\ncollated (location of the goods, company or person, reason for the\ncontrol, destination of the journey, means of transport used,\nobjects transported etc.).
\nOnly the national authorities designated by each Member State shall\nhave access to the information (mainly, but not only, the customs\nadministrations).
\n. There are provisions governing the amendment and storage of data.\nAs far as amendments are concerned, only the country which entered\nthe data (the \"supplier contracting state\") shall be entitled to\namend, supplement, correct or delete the data and shall notify the\nother Member States accordingly.
\nAs far as data storage is concerned, data shall only be stored for\nas long as necessary in order to achieve the objective which was\nthe reason for their input (there is no storage expiry date but\ndata will be examined at least once a year in order to decide\nwhether or not the information should be retained). If no decision\nis taken in this respect, the information will automatically be\ntransferred to a restricted section of the database for one\nyear.
\n. There are also provisions in order to protect personal data (the\nMember States must adopt legislation on data protection by the time\nthe Convention enters into force) and monitor data protection (each\nMember State must designate a national monitoring authority to\ncarry out this task).
\n. Finally, there are provisions to safeguard the security of the\nsystem (the national authorities are responsible for the terminals\ninstalled in their own country) and to refuse access to\nunauthorized persons.
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The Committee (chairman: Hedy d'ANCONA (PES, Nl)) adopted the\nreport by Mr SCHULZ (PES, D) on the Convention on the use of\ninformation technology for customs purposes. The Council had\nalready adopted the convention, on 26 July 1995, without asking for\nParliament's opinion.
\nMr SCHULZ is therefore calling on national parliaments, when\nratifying the convention,
\n- to ensure that the personal data protection measures laid down in\nthe convention are fully complied with;
\n- not to ratify the convention and the agreement if these are not\nadequate safeguards at a national level:
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In adopting the report by Mr Martin SCHULZ (PSE, D) regarding\nthe Convention on the use of
\ninformation technology for customs purposes, the European\nParliament notes with disapproval the
\nfact that the Presidency failed to consult it in accordance with\nthe second paragraph of Article K6
\nof the TEU.
\nIt therefore takes the view that, since Parliament has not been\nconsulted, the Convention has not been
\nestablished in accordance with the Treaty.
\nIt accordingly calls on Member States to take account of\nParliament's opinion prior to any decision
\nconcerning any conventions relating to the 'principal aspects of\nactivities' within the meaning of the
\nsecond paragraph of Article K6 of the TEU.
\nIt also regrets that the Council Act of 26 July 1995 drawing up the\nConvention on the use of
\ninformation technology for customs purposes and the Agreement on\nthe provisional application
\nbetween certain Member States of the European Union of the\nConvention were also not forwarded
\nto Parliament prior to signature.
\nConcerning legal protection, it points out that the CIS central\ndata bank contains data not only about
\ngoods, means of transport, business, etc. but also data of a\npersonal nature and feels that any person
\nshould be able to bring an action or complaint before the national\ncourts concerning personal data
\nrelating to himself in the CIS. Those concerned should enjoy in\nparticular a right to information
\nconcerning the data stored in the system.
\nIt advises national parliaments to ensure, upon ratification, that\nmeasures are taken with a view to
\nbringing about a very high level of data protection (preventing\nunauthorized access to the systems,
\nrestricting the number of users, etc.) regarding individuals and\ntheir privacy and that the data
\nprotection measures envisaged in the Convention are fully complied\nwith.
\nIn addition, Parliament considers that it must be possible to refer\ndisputes which have a bearing on
\nthe rules and multilateral nature of the convention to the Court of\nFirst Instance or the Court of
\nJustice of the European Communities.
\nIt emphasizes that data-processing systems geared to different\nobjectives and customs, police and
\ngeneral administration are preferable to a uniform European\ndata-processing system for the purposes
\nof implementing data protection rules.
\nRegarding the individual, Parliament calls for a right to\nself-determination and information and a
\nright of redress concerning personal data.
\nIt takes the view that the Commission should play a greater role in\nthe implementation and
\ncoordination of all the systems (EUROPOL, EIS, etc.) and calls on\nthe Commission to determine
\nwhether the CIS could be regulated under the EC Treaty by means of\na directive or a regulation.
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OBJECTIVE: implementation of the final stage of the Customs\nUnion with Turkey.
\nSUBSTANCE: on 6 March 1995, the EC-Turkey Association Council gave\nits agreement in principle on the decision implementing the final\nphase of the Customs Union with Turkey. The European Parliament was\nnow requested to give its assent to this draft decision, which took\nthe form of a common position of the Community within the EC-Turkey\nAssociation Council.
\nThe main characteristics of this agreement were as follows:
\n- the establishment of 1 January 1996 as the date for the\ndefinitive completion of the Customs Union including all the\nrelevant technical aspects:
\n. the free movement of goods and the elimination of customs duties\nand taxes with equivalent effect after this date and quantitative\nrestrictions on the import and export of goods by both parties;\ngradual transposition by Turkey of Community legislation on the\nabolition of technical barriers to trade and on product conformity\nwith EC legislation requirements;
\n. commercial policy: implementation of measures that were\nsubstantially similar to those of the Community's commercial\npolicy;
\n. extension of the CCT to include Turkey and granting of tariff\npreferences (except for certain products agreed by the Association\nCouncil up to 1 January 2001);
\n. temporary derogation for the dismantling of tariffs for certain\nprocessed agricultural products listed in Annex I to the\nDecision;
\n- protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property\n(implementation of the TRIPS agreement no later than three years\nafter the entry into force of the Customs Union);
\n- respect for the competition principles that characterised the\nCommunity, together with the gradual harmonisation of Turkish\nlegislation in this area with the acquis communautaire;
\n- fixing of the earliest date possible after the entry into force\nof the Customs Union for the opening up of the parties' respective\ngovernment procurement markets.
\nThe decision also included:
\n. institutional provisions (establishment of a EC-Turkey Customs\nUnion Joint Committee to ensure the proper functioning of the\nagreement),
\n. provisions relating to the settlement of disputes,
\n. a safeguard clause.
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\n
OBJECTIVE: implementation of the final stage of the Customs\nUnion with Turkey.
\nSUBSTANCE: on 6 March 1995, the EC-Turkey Association Council gave\nits agreement in principle on the decision implementing the final\nphase of the Customs Union with Turkey. The European Parliament was\nnow requested to give its assent to this draft decision, which took\nthe form of a common position of the Community within the EC-Turkey\nAssociation Council.
\nThe main characteristics of this agreement were as follows:
\n- the establishment of 1 January 1996 as the date for the\ndefinitive completion of the Customs Union including all the\nrelevant technical aspects:
\n. the free movement of goods and the elimination of customs duties\nand taxes with equivalent effect after this date and quantitative\nrestrictions on the import and export of goods by both parties;\ngradual transposition by Turkey of Community legislation on the\nabolition of technical barriers to trade and on product conformity\nwith EC legislation requirements;
\n. commercial policy: implementation of measures that were\nsubstantially similar to those of the Community's commercial\npolicy;
\n. extension of the CCT to include Turkey and granting of tariff\npreferences (except for certain products agreed by the Association\nCouncil up to 1 January 2001);
\n. temporary derogation for the dismantling of tariffs for certain\nprocessed agricultural products listed in Annex I to the\nDecision;
\n- protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property\n(implementation of the TRIPS agreement no later than three years\nafter the entry into force of the Customs Union);
\n- respect for the competition principles that characterised the\nCommunity, together with the gradual harmonisation of Turkish\nlegislation in this area with the acquis communautaire;
\n- fixing of the earliest date possible after the entry into force\nof the Customs Union for the opening up of the parties' respective\ngovernment procurement markets.
\nThe decision also included:
\n. institutional provisions (establishment of a EC-Turkey Customs\nUnion Joint Committee to ensure the proper functioning of the\nagreement),
\n. provisions relating to the settlement of disputes,
\n. a safeguard clause.
\n
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\n
By 343 votes to 149 and 36 abstentions, Parliament adopted the\nreport by Mr CARNERO
\nGONZALEZ (GUE, E), thus giving assent to the Customs Union\nagreement between the
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The rapporteur, Mr CARNERO GONZALEZ (GUE/NGL,\nE), stated that at the present moment in time Turkey was still not\na democratic state. In 1995 human rights violations, executions,\narbitrary arrests and torture reached their highest levels in\nTurkey. The rapporteur therefore feared that if the EP voted in\nfavour of this proposal it could be interpreted as support for the\nconservative powers that did not want any changes; he therefore did\nnot support moving to the final phase of the customs union between\nthe EU and Turkey. Pointing out that the winner of the Sakharov\nPrize, Mrs Leyla ZANA, could not be present in the Hemicycle\nbecause she was being held in a Turkish prison, Mr CARNERO GONZALEZ\nstated that Turkey had not fulfilled the minimum conditions imposed\nby the European Parliament itself for ratification of the customs\nunion. Other Members also opposed ratification, including Mr\nPUERTA, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mr SOUCHET, on behalf of\nthe EDN Group, Mr SCHULZ, on behalf of the PSE members who\ndisagreed with the majority who were in favour of ratification, and\nMrs ROTH, who, on behalf of the Greens, proposed postponing the\nvote. Commissioner van den Broek stated that the Commission and the\nCouncil believed that the customs union would help the\ndemocratisation process and that they should not underestimate the\nefforts of the Turkish authorities to show their commitments in\nthis respect. He also stressed that there was the risk of an\nupsurge in Islamic fundamentalism if ratification did not take\nplace. For all of these reasons, the Council and the Commission\nurged Parliament to ratify the agreement in order to show its\nsupport for the reforms undertaken by the Turkish authorities and\nits solidarity with the Turkish people.

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PURPOSE: the putting in place of the Customs Union with\nTurkey.
\nCOMMUNITY MEASURE: Decision 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association\nCouncil of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the\nCustoms Union (96/142/EEC).
\nCONTENT: The main provisions of this Council Decision are the\nfollowing:
\n- The free movement of goods and commercial policy. Products from\nthird countries shall be considered to be in free circulation in\nthe Community or in Turkey if the import facilities have been\ncomplied with and any custom duties or charges having equivalent\neffect which are payable have been levied in the Community or in\nTurkey, and if they have not benefited from a total or partial\nreimbursement of such duties or charges;
\n- Elimination of customs duties and charges having equivalent\neffect. Customs duties shall be wholly abolished between the\nCommunity and Turkey on the date of entry into force of this\nDecision. Also, the Community and Turkey shall refrain from\nintroducing any new customs duties on imports or exports or any\ncharges having equivalent effect from that date;
\n- Elimination of quantitative restrictions or measures having\nequivalent effect;
\n- After entry into force of this Decision, Turkey shall, in\nrelation to countries which are not members of the Community, apply\nprovisions and implementing measures which are substantially\nsimilar to those of the Community's commercial policy;
\n- Upon entry into force of this Decision, Turkey shall, in relation\nto countries which are not members of the Community, align itself\nto the Common Customs Tariff;
\n- Processed agricultural products not covered by Annex II of the\nTreaty establishing the European Community;
\n- Approximation of laws. This relates to the protection of\nintellectual, industrial and commercial property as well as\ncompetition rules.
\n- Approximation of legislation. This relates to trade defence\ninstruments, government procurement, direct taxation and indirect\ntaxation.
\n- Institutional provisions. This relates to the EC-Turkey Customs\nUnion Joint Committee, consultation and decision procedures,\nsettlement of disputes and safeguard measures.
\nENTRY INTO FORCE: This Decision shall enter into force on\n31.12.1995.
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OBJECTIVE: implementation of the final stage of the Customs\nUnion with Turkey.
\nSUBSTANCE: on 6 March 1995, the EC-Turkey Association Council gave\nits agreement in principle on the decision implementing the final\nphase of the Customs Union with Turkey. The European Parliament was\nnow requested to give its assent to this draft decision, which took\nthe form of a common position of the Community within the EC-Turkey\nAssociation Council.
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\n. commercial policy: implementation of measures that were\nsubstantially similar to those of the Community's commercial\npolicy;
\n. extension of the CCT to include Turkey and granting of tariff\npreferences (except for certain products agreed by the Association\nCouncil up to 1 January 2001);
\n. temporary derogation for the dismantling of tariffs for certain\nprocessed agricultural products listed in Annex I to the\nDecision;
\n- protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property\n(implementation of the TRIPS agreement no later than three years\nafter the entry into force of the Customs Union);
\n- respect for the competition principles that characterised the\nCommunity, together with the gradual harmonisation of Turkish\nlegislation in this area with the acquis communautaire;
\n- fixing of the earliest date possible after the entry into force\nof the Customs Union for the opening up of the parties' respective\ngovernment procurement markets.
\nThe decision also included:
\n. institutional provisions (establishment of a EC-Turkey Customs\nUnion Joint Committee to ensure the proper functioning of the\nagreement),
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\n
OBJECTIVE: implementation of the final stage of the Customs\nUnion with Turkey.
\nSUBSTANCE: on 6 March 1995, the EC-Turkey Association Council gave\nits agreement in principle on the decision implementing the final\nphase of the Customs Union with Turkey. The European Parliament was\nnow requested to give its assent to this draft decision, which took\nthe form of a common position of the Community within the EC-Turkey\nAssociation Council.
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\n. commercial policy: implementation of measures that were\nsubstantially similar to those of the Community's commercial\npolicy;
\n. extension of the CCT to include Turkey and granting of tariff\npreferences (except for certain products agreed by the Association\nCouncil up to 1 January 2001);
\n. temporary derogation for the dismantling of tariffs for certain\nprocessed agricultural products listed in Annex I to the\nDecision;
\n- protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property\n(implementation of the TRIPS agreement no later than three years\nafter the entry into force of the Customs Union);
\n- respect for the competition principles that characterised the\nCommunity, together with the gradual harmonisation of Turkish\nlegislation in this area with the acquis communautaire;
\n- fixing of the earliest date possible after the entry into force\nof the Customs Union for the opening up of the parties' respective\ngovernment procurement markets.
\nThe decision also included:
\n. institutional provisions (establishment of a EC-Turkey Customs\nUnion Joint Committee to ensure the proper functioning of the\nagreement),
\n. provisions relating to the settlement of disputes,
\n. a safeguard clause.
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By 343 votes to 149 and 36 abstentions, Parliament adopted the\nreport by Mr CARNERO
\nGONZALEZ (GUE, E), thus giving assent to the Customs Union\nagreement between the
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The rapporteur, Mr CARNERO GONZALEZ (GUE/NGL,\nE), stated that at the present moment in time Turkey was still not\na democratic state. In 1995 human rights violations, executions,\narbitrary arrests and torture reached their highest levels in\nTurkey. The rapporteur therefore feared that if the EP voted in\nfavour of this proposal it could be interpreted as support for the\nconservative powers that did not want any changes; he therefore did\nnot support moving to the final phase of the customs union between\nthe EU and Turkey. Pointing out that the winner of the Sakharov\nPrize, Mrs Leyla ZANA, could not be present in the Hemicycle\nbecause she was being held in a Turkish prison, Mr CARNERO GONZALEZ\nstated that Turkey had not fulfilled the minimum conditions imposed\nby the European Parliament itself for ratification of the customs\nunion. Other Members also opposed ratification, including Mr\nPUERTA, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mr SOUCHET, on behalf of\nthe EDN Group, Mr SCHULZ, on behalf of the PSE members who\ndisagreed with the majority who were in favour of ratification, and\nMrs ROTH, who, on behalf of the Greens, proposed postponing the\nvote. Commissioner van den Broek stated that the Commission and the\nCouncil believed that the customs union would help the\ndemocratisation process and that they should not underestimate the\nefforts of the Turkish authorities to show their commitments in\nthis respect. He also stressed that there was the risk of an\nupsurge in Islamic fundamentalism if ratification did not take\nplace. For all of these reasons, the Council and the Commission\nurged Parliament to ratify the agreement in order to show its\nsupport for the reforms undertaken by the Turkish authorities and\nits solidarity with the Turkish people.

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PURPOSE: the putting in place of the Customs Union with\nTurkey.
\nCOMMUNITY MEASURE: Decision 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association\nCouncil of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the\nCustoms Union (96/142/EEC).
\nCONTENT: The main provisions of this Council Decision are the\nfollowing:
\n- The free movement of goods and commercial policy. Products from\nthird countries shall be considered to be in free circulation in\nthe Community or in Turkey if the import facilities have been\ncomplied with and any custom duties or charges having equivalent\neffect which are payable have been levied in the Community or in\nTurkey, and if they have not benefited from a total or partial\nreimbursement of such duties or charges;
\n- Elimination of customs duties and charges having equivalent\neffect. Customs duties shall be wholly abolished between the\nCommunity and Turkey on the date of entry into force of this\nDecision. Also, the Community and Turkey shall refrain from\nintroducing any new customs duties on imports or exports or any\ncharges having equivalent effect from that date;
\n- Elimination of quantitative restrictions or measures having\nequivalent effect;
\n- After entry into force of this Decision, Turkey shall, in\nrelation to countries which are not members of the Community, apply\nprovisions and implementing measures which are substantially\nsimilar to those of the Community's commercial policy;
\n- Upon entry into force of this Decision, Turkey shall, in relation\nto countries which are not members of the Community, align itself\nto the Common Customs Tariff;
\n- Processed agricultural products not covered by Annex II of the\nTreaty establishing the European Community;
\n- Approximation of laws. This relates to the protection of\nintellectual, industrial and commercial property as well as\ncompetition rules.
\n- Approximation of legislation. This relates to trade defence\ninstruments, government procurement, direct taxation and indirect\ntaxation.
\n- Institutional provisions. This relates to the EC-Turkey Customs\nUnion Joint Committee, consultation and decision procedures,\nsettlement of disputes and safeguard measures.
\nENTRY INTO FORCE: This Decision shall enter into force on\n31.12.1995.
\n
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The problem of the illicit traffic in radioactive substances\nis serious, complex and of immense geographical proportions and\ntherefore requires a global response on the part of the Union. The\npurpose of this communication is to draw attention to the\nseriousness of this problem and suggest a number of ways of dealing\nwith it in an efficient, coordinated manner, using the various\ninstruments at the Union's disposal (Community pillars, CFSP and\njustice and internal affairs).
\nA Union response should target the following objectives:
\n1) The operating conditions of the nuclear sector (i.e. safety\ncontrols on nuclear materials in countries affected by the traffic\nin dangerous substances) need to be improved.
\nThe Commission suggests that maximum use should be made of\nassistance programmes already under way, especially:
\n- the assistance provided by the safety control directorate of\nEuratom;
\n- the technical assistance provided under the TACIS programme, with\nthe support of the Joint Research Centre;
\n- the Moscow Centre of Science and Technology.
\nIn addition, industrial assistance provided by various donors and\noperators should be subject to exchanges of information and\ncoordination.
\n2) Everything should be done to stop nuclear materials entering the\nterritory of the Union at the Union's external borders.
\nConsequently:
\n- the Commission intends to strengthen customs cooperation in order\nto prevent and detect attempted smuggling;
\n- the potential offered by the third pillar (justice and home\naffairs) should be explored and used to the maximum;
\n- the safety control directorate of Euratom and the JRC will offer\ntheir services to the national authorities facing this\nproblem.
\n3) Cooperation between all the states involved is essential.
\nThe Commission considers that:
\n- advantage should be taken of the potential for cooperation in\nextant agreements (partnership and Europe agreements) in order to\nfind a common approach;
\n- future agreements should, where applicable, include provision for\nsuch cooperation;
\n- the possibility of making use of the joint action on\nnon-proliferation already decided should be examined within the\nframework of the CFSP, as should any other action which might help\nto fight this traffic;
\n- close cooperation should be maintained or introduced with third\ncountries which could help in the fight against this traffic,\nespecially the United States.
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\n
The problem of the illicit traffic in radioactive substances\nis serious, complex and of immense geographical proportions and\ntherefore requires a global response on the part of the Union. The\npurpose of this communication is to draw attention to the\nseriousness of this problem and suggest a number of ways of dealing\nwith it in an efficient, coordinated manner, using the various\ninstruments at the Union's disposal (Community pillars, CFSP and\njustice and internal affairs).
\nA Union response should target the following objectives:
\n1) The operating conditions of the nuclear sector (i.e. safety\ncontrols on nuclear materials in countries affected by the traffic\nin dangerous substances) need to be improved.
\nThe Commission suggests that maximum use should be made of\nassistance programmes already under way, especially:
\n- the assistance provided by the safety control directorate of\nEuratom;
\n- the technical assistance provided under the TACIS programme, with\nthe support of the Joint Research Centre;
\n- the Moscow Centre of Science and Technology.
\nIn addition, industrial assistance provided by various donors and\noperators should be subject to exchanges of information and\ncoordination.
\n2) Everything should be done to stop nuclear materials entering the\nterritory of the Union at the Union's external borders.
\nConsequently:
\n- the Commission intends to strengthen customs cooperation in order\nto prevent and detect attempted smuggling;
\n- the potential offered by the third pillar (justice and home\naffairs) should be explored and used to the maximum;
\n- the safety control directorate of Euratom and the JRC will offer\ntheir services to the national authorities facing this\nproblem.
\n3) Cooperation between all the states involved is essential.
\nThe Commission considers that:
\n- advantage should be taken of the potential for cooperation in\nextant agreements (partnership and Europe agreements) in order to\nfind a common approach;
\n- future agreements should, where applicable, include provision for\nsuch cooperation;
\n- the possibility of making use of the joint action on\nnon-proliferation already decided should be examined within the\nframework of the CFSP, as should any other action which might help\nto fight this traffic;
\n- close cooperation should be maintained or introduced with third\ncountries which could help in the fight against this traffic,\nespecially the United States.
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\n- future agreements should, where applicable, include provision for\nsuch cooperation;
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