Annex
English edition
Officid
Jnurnal
of
the
European
Communities
Debates
of
the
European
Parliament
1973-1974
Session
Contents
I
-
Index
of
names
7II
-
Analytical
table
249III
-
List
of
working
documents
353This volume
conrains indexes
of
the
debatesof
the
European Parliament
for
the1973-1974 session, arranged
by
name and
by
subject,as
well
as
a
completelist
of
the
official
documentsof
the session, asfollows:
No
160-
Sittingsof
1.3to
1.6March
1973No
161-
Sittings of 4 to6
Aprll1.973No
152-
Sittingsol7
tollMay
1973No
153-
Sittings of 4to 7
J:.lne 1973No
164-
Sittings of 3to 6
JuJyt973
No
155-
Sittingsof
18 to 20 Septernber 1973No
166-
Sittingsot4to
5 October 1973No
157-
Sittingsof
15to
1.9 Ocrober 7973No
158-
SittingsoI12
to
16 November 1973No
159-
Sittingsof
10to
t4December1973
No
170-
Sittingsof
74to
18 January 1974No
171-
Sittingsof
11to
l4February
1974No
172I
- INDEX
OF NAMES
ACHENBACH,
ErnstAPPOINTMENTS
Member
of
the Political Affairs Committee (13 March1973)
-
(p.7)Member
of
the
Committeeon
Development and Co-operation (13 March 1973)-
(p. 8)Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (13 March 1973)
-
(p. 9)Member of the Joint Committee of the Association with
the
EastAfrican Community (15
March
1973)(p. e8)
Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (18 January 1974)
-
p.204) DOCUMENTSAmendment
No
12, tabledon
behalfof
the
Liberal and Allies Group,to
the motionIor
a
resolution con-tainedin
the report byMr
De Koning (Doc. 15/73) -(sApril
1973)-
(p. 131)Motion
for
a resolution (Doc. 49173) on behalfof
theLiberal and Allies Group,
with
requestfor
debate by urgent procedure pursuantto
Rule 14of
the Rules of Procedure,on the
consequencesof
the
drought inAlrica (7 May 7973)
-
(p. 11)Motion
for
a
resolution (Doc. 99173) tabled on behalfof
the
Liberal and Allies
Group,with
request fordebate by urgent procedure pursuant
to
Rule 14of
theRules of Procedure, on the yisit by the President
of
theUnited States
of
Americato
Europe (7 June 7973)-(p. 120)
ADAMS,
Rudolf
APPOINTMENTS
Member of the Committee on Budgets (13 March 1973)
-
(p. 8)Member
of the
Committeeon
Social
Affairs
andEmployment (13 March 1973)
-
(p.8)Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (13 March 1973)
-
(p. 9) Memberof
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (18 January 1974)
-
(p. 20a) DEBATESSocial trends in the Commuilty
in
19722Report (Doc. 4173) and motion
lor
a
resolution by tbe Committee on Social Aflairs and Ernployment:-
statedthat
the Socialist Group would vote infavour
of
the reportby Mr
P6tre; spoke about theproblem
of
the
representationof
workerson
themanaging bodies
of
the European limited company; advocated the expansionof
the Social Fund;refer-red
to
the problemof
the
situationof
women atwork and that
of
industrial
safetyand
accidentprevention
ft
April
1973)-
(pp. 9-10)Recommendations
by
the
Joint
Committeeof
the Associationwith
Turkey:Report (Doc. 125173)
and motion
for
a
resolutionby
tbe Committeeon
External Economic Relations,and amendment:
-
presented theSocial
Affairs
and(pp. 118-120)
opinion
of
the
Committee onEmployment
(4
July
1973)--
pointed out that he had already moved Amend-mentNo
1, which he had tabledwith
Mr
Benrandon
behalfof
the
Committeeon
SocialAffairs
andEmployment
(
luly
197j)-
(p.123)Developments
in
the social situationin
the Communityin
7973:-
in
his capacity as Vice-Chairmanof
theCom-mittee
on
SocialAffairs
and Employmenr, thanked the Commissionfor
the report (72- February 1974) -(p. 55)AIGNER,
HeinrichAPPOINTMENTS
Member of the Committee on Budgets (13 March 1973)
-
(p. 8)Member
of
the
Committeeon
RegionalPolicy
andTransport (13 March 1973)
-
p.8)Member
of
the
Committeeon
Development and Co-operation (13 March 1973)-
(p. 8)Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (13 March 1973)
-
(p. 9)Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (18 January 1974)
-
(p. 20a)DOCUMENTATION
Report (Doc. 38173) and, motion
for a
resolution on behalfof
the Committee on Budgetson
the giving ofa discharge to the Commission
in
respectof
the imple-mentationof
the
European Communities' budget forthe financial year 1970 and on the report
of
the Audit Board (Doc. 16317l,I-IV)
(7May
1973)-
(p. 3)Interim report (Doc. 132173) and motion
for
aresolu-tion, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Budgets,
Parliament
for
the financial year 1972 (1 January-31 December 1972) (3 Jriy 1973)
-
(p. 8)Report (Doc.
155173)and motion
for
a
resolution,driwn
up on behalfof
the Committee on Budgets, onthe
drafi
amendatory and supplementary budgetNo
2of
the
European Communitiesfor
the
financial year1973 (Doc. 143173)
-
(18 September 1973)-
(p. 5)Report (Doc.
156173)and motion
for a
resolution,drirvn up on
behalfof
the
Committeeon
Budgets,on the draft amendatory and supplementary budget No 3
of
the
European Communitiesfor
the
financial year 1973 (Doc. 134173)-
(18 September 1.973)-
(p. 5)Report (Doc.
758173)and motion
for a
resolution,drawn up on behalf
of
the Committee on Budgets, onthe drafr amendatory and supplementary budget
No
4of
the
European Communitiesfor
the
financial year7973 (Doc.
l5ll73)
-
(18 September 19731-
(p. 5) Amendments Nos. 14, L5, 18,17,16
(on behalfof
theChristian-Democratic
Group)
to
the
motion
for
aresolution contained
in
the report byMr
Sp6nale (Doc.175173)
-
(5 October 1973)-
(pp. 52, 53, 54,70,70)Motion
for a
resolution (Doc. 326173),with
requestfor
debateby
urgent procedure pursuantto
Rule 14of
the Rulesof
Procedure, on the increasein
the guide pricesfor
beef and veal (17 January 1.974)-
(p. M9) DEBATESDirective on sums paid out
in
error under the common agricultural policy:Report (Doc. 337172) and motion
for
a resolution bythi
Committeelor
Finance and Budgets:-
presented the report, deputizingfor
Mr
Durand(16 March 1973)
-
(p. 131)Special measures
temporarily
applicableto
certain o-fficials and nuclear establishmentstaff
of
the
Com-mission of the European Communities:Report (Doc. 22173) and motion
lor
a
resolution bytbe Committee on Budgets:
-
expressedon
behalf
of
the
Christian-Demo-cratic Group, wholehearted support,
for
the
report by Miss Flesch (6April
1973)-
(p. 155)European
political
cooperation and unification: Report (Doc.12173) and proposallor
a resolution bythe Political
Allairs
Committee, and amendments:-
requested that AmendmentNo
4 be withdrawn (6April
1973)-
(p.171)Regulations
on
imports
of
citrus
fruits and
sherry originatingin
Cyprus:Oral repofi (Doc.
25173)by
the
Committee onAgriailture:
-
recommended,on
behalfof
the Committee on Budgets, that Cyprus should conformto
the generalprovisions
of
the wine
market regulation(6
April1e73)
-
(p. 176)Sixth General Report
of
the Commissionof
the Euro-pean Communities on the activities of the Communitiesin
1972:Report (Doc. 4617i) and proposdl
lor
a
resolution, and amendments:-
spoke on behalfof
the Committee on Budgets;remindtd the Commission
of
its responsibility to putforward new proposals
by
1 Junewith
regardto
thestrengthening
of
the
European Parliament's powers; reminded the Council of its resolution to discuss withthe
Parliamentlegal
acts
which
have
budgetary repercussions(9 May
1973)-
(pp. ll9-120) Problems connected with the Audit Board's performanceof
its duties:Report (Doc. 321172) and motion
lor
a rcsolution by the Committeelor
Finance and Budgets:-
spokeon
behalfof
the
Christian-DemocraticGroup; stated
that
the activityof
theAudit
Boardand
the
Audit
Office should be determinedby
anoverall concept
of
a
Europeancontrol
system andthat the
Council should cooperatewith
the
otherinstitutions; asked
what
the
responsibilitiesof
theEuropean
Audit
Office
were,how
it
was
to
beorganized and
how
appointmentsto
it
wereto
bemade (9 May 1973)
-
(pp. 148-150)Giving
of
a dischargeto
the Commissionin
respect of the implementationof
the budgettor
7970, and report by the Audit Board:Report (Doc. 38173) and motion
lor a
resolution by the Committee on Budgets, and amendments:-
presented his report (9 May 1973)-
(pp.156-1se)
-stated
that there must be an effective system ofcontrol,
both
external and internal; Parliament,as-suming
full
parliamentary responsibility, must makea
decisionto
achievethis aim (9 May
1973)-(pp. 175-776)
-
spoke (9 May 1973)-
(p.177)-
suggestedto Mr
Pounder that his AmendmentNo 1
be referredto
committec and then presentedto
Parliament asa
motionfor
a
resolution(9
May1973)
-
(p. 178)-expressed
agreementwith
the
substance
ofMr
Pounder's amendment (9May
1973)-
(p. 179)-
suggestedthat
Mr
Pounder's amendment be approvedin
principle and thento
refer the matterto Committee (9 May 1973)
-
(p. 181)Estimates
of
revenue and expenditureof
the European Parliament for the financial year 1974:Report (Doc. 86173) and motion
lor
a
resolution by the Committee on Budgets, and amendment:-
spokeon
behalfof
the
Christian-DemocraticGroup; pointed
out that
personnel matters would henceforthonly
be discussed everytwo
years; drew attentionto
the disadvantages and expense involvedfor
the European Parliamentif
the questionof
theseat
of
the
European institutionswas
not
f inallysettled (5 June 1973)
-
(p. 20)-
asked Parliament,on
behalfof
the rapporteur and the Committee on Budgets, to reject AmendmentNo 1 (7 June 1973)
-
(p. 121)-
deploredthe way
in
which the
Council wasdodging
a
political
discussion(3
luly
1973) -(pp. 37-38)-
expressed suspicionof
the r6le
of
the
SovietUnion
at
the Helsinki Conference(j
July
1973) -@p. ara2)Annual accounts
of
the European Parliament:Report (Doc. 1i2173) and motion
for
a resolution by the Committee on Budgets:-
presented his report (3lub
197i)-
@. a6)Strengthening
the
European Parliament's budgetaryPowers:
.lnterim report (Doc. 131173) and motion
lor
aresolu-tion by the
Commissionon
Budgets,and
amend-,nents:
-
spokeon
behalfof
the
Christian-DemocraticGroup; asked
why
the Commission hadnot
upheld the interpretationof
the Treaties accordingto
which Parliamenthad the
final
sayin
the
total
rejectionof
the budget;felt that kom
1975 Parliament should share budgetary powerwith
the Council; stated that Parliament could enjoyfull
budgetary powers onlyif
it
had
full
legislative powers; since,for
variousreasons, this was impracticable, balance between the
institutions could best be achieved by granting equal
rights to the Council and Parliament (4 July 1973)
-(pp. 131-134)
-
agreedwith
AmendmentNo
2 as such, but feltthat the
text
should be rewordedby
the Committeeon Budgets
ft
July 1973)-
(p. 151)Draft
amendatoryand
supplementary budgetsNos
2and 3
of
the European Communities 6o1 1973:Reports
(Docs
155and
156173)and
motions forresolutions by tbe Committee on Budgets:
-
presentedhis
report (18
September 1973)-(pp. 15-15)
Draft
amendatory and supplementary budgetNo
4
of the European Communities tor 19732Report (Doc. 158173) and motion
lor
a resolution bythe Committee on Budgets, and amendments:
-
presentedhis
report (18
September 1973)-(pp. L7-20)
-
spokeon
behalfof
the
Christian-DemocraticGroup;
expresseddoubt as
to
whether there wasenough
time
le(t
Ior
the
120million
u.a.
for
the Social Fundto
be spent,but felt
that,
for
reasonsof
principle, they should be includedin
the budget; opposedthe
views expressedby
Mr
Marras withregard
to
the saleof
butterto
the USSR (18Sep-tember 197
j)
-
(pp.28-29)-
repliedto
the
statementsby
the
Commission and Council (18 Septernber 1973)-
(pp. 3a-35)-
expressed approvalof
Proposed ModificationNo
1
by
the Committeeon
Budgets (20 September 1e73)-
(p.97)-
moved Proposed ModificationNo 2
on
behalfof the Committee on Budgers (20 September 1973)
-(pp. 97-98)-
repliedto
the statementsby
Mr
Baas (20 Sep-tember 1973)-
(pp.99-100)Order of business:
-
spoke (4 October 1973)-
(pp. 47, 48, 49) Strengtheningthe
budgetary powersof
the European Parliament:Report (Doc. 175173) and motion
lor
a resolution bythe Committee
ol
Budgets, and amendments:-
spokeon
behalfof
the
Christian-Democratic Group; expressed the opinion that the Commission'sptoposals
were
inadequate becausethey
did
nottake account
of
the imbalance between Community institutions; pointedout that
Parliament's budgetary powers could not be strengthened without a revisionof
the
Treaties andwithout
Parliament'sparticipa-tion
in
legislative acts; outlinedthe
viewsof
hisgroup on the constitutional structure they wished to see,
and
advocatedthe
creationof a
conciliation committeeto
examine disputes between the Counciland
Parliament; expressedhis
convictionthat
theVAT
rate would
haveto
be increased(4
October1973)
-
(pp.t6-tel
-
moved AmendmentNo
14on
behalfof
the Christian-DemocraticGroup
(5
October
1973)-(p. 53)
-
moved AmendmentNo
15
on
behalfof
the Christian-DemocraticGroup
(5
October 1973) -(p. 54)-
opposed AmendmentNo
19, tabledby
Miss Fleschon
behalfof
the
Liberal and Allies
Group(S October 197j)
-
(p. 57)-
supported AmendmentNo
5
tabled
by
Mr
Patiln
on
behalfof
the Christian-Democratic Group(S October 1973)
-
(p. 58)-
proposedthat
Parliamentvote
first
on
para-graphc)
of Mr
Kirk's AmendmentNo
12 and thenon paragraph
c)
of
his own amendment(5
October1e73)
-
(p. 60)-
g6rnrnsnsgd on his AmendmentNo
18 (5Octo-ber 1973)
-
(pp. 63,63-64)-
commented on his AmendmentNo
17 (5Octo-ber 1973)
-
(p. 66)-
spoke on Amendments Nos 13 and 17 (5 Octo-ber 1973)-
(pp.68,77)-
following
the
statementby Mr
Cheysson,withdrew his Amendment
No
15 (5 October 1973)-(p. 72)
Decision on the creation
of
a
Committeefor
RegionalPolicy
-
Financial regulation
for
the
European Regional Development Fund-
Regulation establishinga European Regional Development Fund:
Report (Doc. 178173) and motion
lor
a resolution bythe Committee on Regional Poli.cy and Transport:
-
appealedfor
European solidarity; stated thatthe debate was
an
accusation againstthe
countrieswhich
hadnot
managedto
achievea
reduction inthe abyss separating the
rich
and the poor regions; warned against the dangerthat would
face Europeif
the Communitydid
not have the courageto
startwork
on a
new
regional
and
economic policy;pointed out that the real cause
of
regional imbalancein
Europe was the areasof
high population;it
wastime
to put
an endto
this processof
agglomeration (L8 October 1973)Draft
general budgetof
the
European Communitiesfor the financialyear 1974:
Report (Doc. 231173) and motion
for
a resolution by the Committee on Budgets:-
expressed disappointment,on
behalf
of
the Christian-DemocratiC Group, at the absenceof
(undsfor
a
common energypolicy,
a
research policy, acommon
industrial
policy and
a
regional policy;pointed
to
the
disappointing trendsin
_theagri-iultural
sector, particularly
rvith
regard
to
theEAGGF; demanded
that,
with
regardto
budgetary decisions, there should be a dialogue betweenParlia-ment and Council as equal partners and
that
thesedebates should be more widely publicized; expressed
the hope that the funds necessary to establish a Euro-pean
Audit
Office would be forthcoming; expressedhis
disappointmentat
the
method andthe lack
of political planning behindthe
budget (13 Nouember1973)
-
(pp. t6-17)Estimates
of
the European Parliamenttor
1974:Report (Doc. 230173) and motion
for
a resolution bythe
Committeeon
Budgets,and
amendment and proposed modilication :-
explained the reasonsfor
the decisionby
theCommitiee
on
Budgetsto
vote
against ProposedModification
No
18, tabledby
Miss Lulling,on
theestablishment plan (15 Nouember L973)
-
(p. 149)-
spoke
on
the
Commission'sliaison
offices(75 Nouember 1973)
-
(p. 153)Draft
general budgetof
the
European Communitiestor
1974:Report (Doc. 231173) and motion
lor
a resolution bythi
Committeeon
Budgets, and proposed modifica-tions:-
spokein
the debate on Proposed ModificationNo
44lrev., tabledby
Mr
John
Hill;
thankedMr
Cheysson
for
the discussions he had hadwith
Par-liament,
in
particular
with
the
Committee
onBudgets; moved Proposed Modification
No
5, whichhe had tabled (15 Nouember 1973)
-
(p.
159)-
supported ProposedModification
No
44lrev.(75 Nouember 1973)
-
(p. 159)-
expressed the view that Proposed ModificationNo
3
shouldbe
rejected(75
Nouember 1973)-(pp. 761-762)
-
spoke
in
favour
of
Proposed ModificationNo
28lrev.2
(15 Nouember 1973)-
(p. 67)-
announced that the Christian-Democratic Groupwould vote
in
favourof
the Ploposed ModificationNo 17 (15 Nouember 1973)
-
(p. 170)-
declaredthat the
Christian-Democratic Croupwas
expresslyin
favourof
Proposed ModificationNo 11 (15 Nouember 1973)
-
(p. 176)-
requested
a
separate
vote
on
ProposedModification
No
5
(15 Nouember 1973)-
(p. 181)-
spokeon
Proposed Modi(ications Nos 24, 29 and 5 (15 Nouember 1973)-
(p. 182)-
supportedthe view
that
it
wasnot right
to have recourseto
the practiceof
reserves and thatir
was essential
to
improve the accuracyof
budgetaryestimates (75 Nouember 1973)
-
(p. 183)-
moved Proposed Modification No 5 (15 Nouem'ber 1973)
-
(p. 183)-
spoke
on
ProposedModification
No
27(15 Nouember 1973)
-
(p. 191)-
expressed disapprovalin
the
way
the
debate had been organized and suggested that henceforth anentire part-session should be set aside
for
discussionon budgetary matters (75 Nouember 1973)
-
(p. 193) Decision settingup a
Regional Policy Committee-Financial
regulition
governing the European Regional Development Fund-
Decision settingup
a European Development Fund:Second report (Doc. 228173) and motion
lor
aresolu-tion
by
the
Committeeon
RegionalPolicy
and Transport:-
gave his reasons for opposing AmendmentNo
1(15 Nouember 1973)
-
(p.209) Fixing of the ECSC levies:Report (Doc. 269173) and motion
lor
a resolution bythi
Committee on Budgets, and amendment,-
paid tribute, on behalfof
theChristian-Demo-cratic
Group,to
the
objectiveway
in
which Mr
Pisoni
had
presentedhis
report; expressedsatisfac-tion
at
the way
in
which
the
ECSCwas
beingmanaged;
took
the view
that
there shouldbe
no savingin
researchin
the
coal
sectorand
advisedthat
ieservesbe
used entirelyfor
this
task shouldbe
situation demandit;
the
Community must geteway
from
national
egoismand
really
pursue acommon energy and research policy by,
for
example,combining coal and atomic energy: the expenditure,
as
currently estimated,could
be fully
covered bythe 0.29010 levy (11 December 1973)
-
(pp. 89-90)Debate
Iollowing
QuestionTime:
Recent events inGreece (Questions Nos 164173, 166173 and 167173):
-
replied to certain arguments put forwardin
thedebate; appreciated
that the
associationwith
atotalitarian government should be discontinued and
that the Community had not fulfilled certain projects, but wondered why the regions had not been accepted
as partners
in
this
obligation; asked whether therewas
any point
in
a
discussionof
this
kind
if
thecommittee responsible had not yet even discussed the
situation
in
Greeceowing
to
the
lack
of
reliableinformation (12 December 1973)
-
(pp. 117-118) Council's statement on the budgetof
the Communitiesfor
1974:-
sharedthe
misgivingsof
the
Committee on Budgetswith
regardto
the
necessityfor a
certain numberof
supplementary budgets, particularlycon-cerning the Social Fund and the Regional Fund; as
soon as the Comrnunity was {inanced completely by
lts own resources, such practices would no longer be
tolerated; expressed satisfaction,
on
behalf
of
theChristian-Democratic
Group,
that
a
dialogue
of decision betweenthe
Counciland
Parliament wasgradually being reached; expressed the hope
that
aEuropean Audit Office would be set up (12 December 1973)
-
(p. 132)Regulation
on a
guarantee systemfor
privateinvest-ments in third countries:
Report (Doc. 208173) and motion
for
a resolutionbt
the
Committeeon
Deuelopmentand
Cooperation,ALBERTSEN, Kristian
APPOINTMENTS
Member
of
the
European Parliament(11
February D7a)-
@.3)Member
of
the Legal Affairs Committee (14 February1974)
-
(p.231)AMENDOLA,
Giorgio,
Chairmanof
the
Communistand Allies Group APPOINTMENT
Member
of
the Political Affairs Committee (13 March te73)-
(p.7)DOCUMENTATION
Motion
for
a resolution (Doc. 185173)on
the positionof
the EECin
regard to the eventsin
Chile (5 October1973)
-
(p. s2)Amendment
No
1
(withMr
Ansart)to
the motion fora
resolution containedin
the
reportby
Mr
Durieux,Mr
Liicker,Mr
Vals,Mr Kirk
andMr
Bourges (Doc,793173)
-
(17 October 1973)-
(p. 101)Amendment
No 3
(withMr
Bordu,Mrs
Carettoni Ro-magnoli,Mr
Cipolla,Mr
D'Angelosante,Mr
Fabbrini,Mrs
Iotti,
Mr
Lemoine,Mr
Leonardi andMr
Marras)to
the motionfor
a resolution containedin
the reportby
Mr
De
Koning (Doc.
200173)-
(14
November1973)
-
(p. 126)Motion
for a
resolution (Doc. 372173), tabledby
thepolitical groups,
with a
requestfor
debateby
urgent procedure accordingto
Rule 14of
the Rulesof
Pro-cedure,on
the
procedurefor
reviewingthe
SeventhGeneral Report
of
the
Commissionof
the
European Communitieson
the activitiesof
the
Communities in7973 (14 February 1,974)
-
(p.267)Motion
for
a resolution (Doc. 391173) tabled on behalfof
thepolitical
groups,with a
requestfor
debate by-
spokein
the debateon
AmendmentNo
2/rev.(13 February 1974)
-
(p. 138)-
spoke (L3 February 1974)-
(p. 138)Regulations concerning the
fixing
of
pricesfor
certain agricultural products-
Commission Memorandum onthe
improvementof
the
common agricultural policy: Report and interim rcport (Docs 36617i dnd 337/73)and motion
lor
a
resolutionby
the
Committee on Agricuhure, and amendments:-
commentedon
a
few
basic principlesof
thereport
from the
consumer'spoint
of
view;
drewparticular attention
to
the questionof
surpluses andthe migration
of
workers from the land; stressed the needfor an
active price policy, alsofor
the
con-sumer's
sake;
the
Communitymust
be
able
tomaintain
its
self-sufficiencyin
agricultural productsat
70
or
750lo; statedthat
a
100/o increasein
thebasic level
of
agricultural prices wasfully
iustified, especially since production costs has risen (13Feb-ruary 7974)
-
(pp.181-183)urgent procedure pursuant
to
Rule 14of
the Rules of Procedure, on the numberof
committeesof
theEuro-pean Parliament
and their
membership(11
March D7a)-
@.8)DEBATES
Discussion: Oral Questions Nos 18/72, 35172 and 4173:
-
expressed his dissatisfactionwith
the statementby
Mr
Van Elslande; stressed the graviryof
thepos-sible repercussions
of
the present monetary situationon
productionand
on
the
economy;drew
Parlia-ment's attention
to
three factorsin
the
continuing Community crisis: the failureto
define relationshipswith
the
rest
of
the world, the
absenceof
aneconomic basis and, lastly, the problem of democracy
in
Communiry institutions; gavehis
viewson
theposition
to
be
adoptedat
the
Helsinki Conference (14 March 1973)-
(pp. 59-51)Question Time:
-
spoke (3 July 1973)-
(p.19)Political cooperation:
Report
by
Mr
Andersen, Chairmanof
the Foreign Ministey's Conference:-
expressed satisfaction that an open debate wasbeing held on the report presented by
Mr
Andersen;held the view
that
the
optimistic pictureof
whatwas called progress
in
political
cooperationon
thebasis
of
the directiveof
the Hague Conference wasnot based on fact, since
it
was known that there wasno
commonpolicy
but
rather as many policies asthere were Member States in the Communiry; pointed
out
that
the most important eventof
the year for Europe v/asthe
Conferenceon
Securityand
Co-operation, a great opportunity which the Communiry missedby not
committingitself
wholeheartedly on these issues; statedthat
the Nine
mustfind
theirpolitical identiry
in
themselvesand
in
theirindependent evaluation
of
their
relationswith
therest
of
the world (17 October 1973)-
(pp. 90-91)Motion
for a
resolution (Doc. 202173), tabledby Mr
Liicker
andfour
other chairmenof
political
groups, on the military coup d'dtat in Chile-
explainedthe
reasonsIor
which the
Com-munist and
Allies
Groupwould
votein
favour ofthe motion (17 October 1973)
-
(pp. 10a-105)ANDERSEN,
Knud
Borge,Chairman
ol
the
ForeignMinisters'
ConferencePolitical cooperation:
-
presented,as
Chairmanof
the
Foreign Min-isters' Conference,a
reporton
political cooperation (17 October 1973)-
(pp. 8a-87)-
repliedto
various questions on the Middle Eastand read
out the
starementon
the Middle
Eastissued
on
13 Octoberby
thenine
governments of the Community; gaye his viewson
the definition ofa
European identity; repliedto
the questions raisedwith
regardto
defence, securiry and foreign policy (17 October 1973)ANDREOTTI,
Giulio
APPOINTMENTS
Member
of
the European Parliament(lL
March 7974)-
(p. 3)ANSART,
GustaveAPPOINTMENTS
Member
of
the European Parliament (3July
1973) -(p. 3)Member
of
the
Committeeon
SocialAffairs
andEmployment (13 November 1973)
-
(p.57)DOCUMENTATION
Motion
for
a
resolution (Doc. 183173) on the positionof
the EECin
regardto
the eventsin
Chile (5 October te73)-
(p. s2)DEBATES
Visit of the President of the United States to Europe: Report (Doc. 119173) and tnotion
for
a resolution bythe Political Allairs Committee:
-
stated that the Communists would support any moves towards peace and the preventionof
nuclearwar
andwould not
be opposedto
an organizationof
Europeas long as
each,country
retained its national-sovereignty; fearedthat the
United Stateswas trying, by roundabout negotiations,
to elport
its unempioyment to Europe; pointed out that,if
Europedid nbt
enjoy popular support,it
was because itspeoples did'not-identify themseives
with
the aims ofih.'pr...nt
Community(4
Juh
1973)-
(pp.111-t1,2)
Statements on Chile and the Soviet Union:
-
spoke on the President's statements (18 Septem-ber 1973)-
(p. 9)Motion
for a
resolution (Doc. 193173), tabledby
Mr
Durieux on behalf
of
the five political groups, on theconflict
in
the Middle East, and amendments:-
expressedthe
view,
on
behalfof
the
Com-munistlnd
Allies Group,that a
resolution adoptedby
Parliamentwould
not
bevalid
andwould
only h'ave any effect insofar asit
was basedon
the UNresolution requiring
Israel
to
withdraw
from
the Arab territories occupiedin
1967; moved AmendmentNo 1 (17 October 1973)
-
(pp. 98-99)-
spoke (17 October 1973)-
(p. 101)Social Action Programme:
Report (Doc. 256173) and motion
lor
a resolution bythe
Committeeon
SocialAflatrs and
Employment,and amendments:
-
supported AmendmentNo
13 (70
December1e73)
-
(p. 57)Oral
QuestionNo
99173with
debate: SocialCon-ference:
-
sooke to the Oral Question which he and otherme-b&s
of
the
Communist andAllies
Group hadput
to
the Council (72 December 1973)-
(pp.135-737)
Question Time (questions to the Council):
Ouestion
No
179173bv
Mt
Valson
lurther actionin
the Euroqean Parliament's resolution on the mili-tary conp d'etar in Chile:-
spoke (16 lanuarY D7a)-
$.69)
Outcome
of
the
Copenhagen Summit Conference ofDecember 1973:
Rebort (Doc. 316173) and motion
lor
a resolution bythi
Poliical Allairs
Committee, and amendments:-
exolainedthe
views
of
the
Communist and Allies Gioup on building the Community, views alsoshared
bv-other political
(orcesin
his
country; analysed'the
causesof
the
crisis through
whichEurope
was
passingand outlined
the
conclusionsarrivid
atin
the Suirmit Conference; commented onthe
passagein
the motion
for
a
resolution whichdeali
wit[
the
war
in
the
Middle
East; gave hisviews
on
the notionof
thetwo
'super-powers' andon
the statementsto
the effect that the Communitywas
a third
force holdingthe
balance between theSoviet
Union and
the
United
Statesof
America;stressed that
only
a European Community- based ondemocracy, free-
from
dipendenceon
the
United States,could play
a
woild r6le
in
working
f-orcooperation between nations and peoples at all levels;
not;d that
the
resolution proposeddid not
satisfythese fundamental principles (76 January 1974)
-(pp. 722-124)
ANTONIOZZI,
Daio
APPOINTMENTS
Member
of
the Committee on Economic and MonetaryAffairs (13 March1973)
-
(p.8)Member
of
the
Committeeon
Development and Co-operation (13 March 1973)-
(P.8)Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (13 March 7973)
-
(p. 9)Member
of
the
Joint
Committeeof
the
Associationwith
the East African Community (15 March 1973)-(p. 8)
Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (18 January 1974)
-
(p. 204)APEL, Hans,
President-in-Oft'iceol
the Council ol
th e Europ ean Communities
Question Time:
Question
No
198/73by
Mr
Coust6: European Fundfor Monetary Cooperation
-
replied (13 February D7a)-
@.92)-
repliedto Mr
Coust6's supplementary question(13 February D7a)
-
@.93)Question
No
202173by
Lord
O'Hagan:
Workingmethods of the Council:
-
replied (13 FebruarY D7a)-
@.93)-
replied
to Lord
O'Hagan's
supplementaryquestion (13 February 1973)
-
(P.93)Question
No
203/73by
Mr
Patiin:
Budgetary and legislative powersof
the European Parliament:-
replied (13 February 197a)-
$.93l,
-
repliedto
Mr
Patijn's supPlementary question(13 February D7a)
-
@.941,Oral
Question
No
l69l73hev.with
debate:
WEU Assembly's recommendationon
European security:-
pointedout
that
it
wasnot a
matterfor
the Councilto
express an opinion on this question, sinceit
lay outside-its sphereof
competence (13 February1e74)
-
(p. 100)-
held the view that there was still a long way to go before politically-based answers could be given inBrussels
to
questionsof
this sort; explained the twosides
of the
Federal
Government's Ostpolitik;refrained
from
expressingan
opinionon
the WEU recommendation(7j
February 1974)-
(pp. 106-107)Oral
QuestionNo
194/73with
debate: CommunityRegional Policy:
-
replied,on
behalfof
the Council,to
the oral questionby
Mr
JamesHill
(lj
February 1974)-(p. 110)
-
made some technical observations; concludedfrom
the debateon
the Regional Fundthat
Parlia-ment
would
haveto
be
granted increased powersto
enableit
to
participatein all
plans initiated onthe basis
of
Article 235of
the Treaty; spoke, amongother
things,on the
endowmentof
the
Regional Fund,the
second stageof
economic and monetaryunion,
and the
coordinationof
national
regional policies; stressed that the Regional Fund was of greatiymbolic
value; efforts
must
be
concentrated toachieve
the
same volumeof
aid, with
much lessassistance
from
the Fund,for
the real developmentregions
of
the
Community (13 February 1974) -(pp. 11s-117)ARIOSTO,
Egidio,
Vice-Presidentot' tbe
European ParliamentAPPOINTMENTS
Member
of
the
Committeeon
Regional Policy and Transport (13 March 1973)-
(p. 8)Member
of
the Committeeon
Development and Co-operation (13 March 1973)-
(p.81Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (13 March 1973)
-
(p. 9) Vice-Presidentof
the European Parliament (15 Novem-ber 7973)-
(p.228)Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (18 January 1974
-
(p. 20a)DEBATES
Took
the chair during the sittingsof
15 January and13 February 1974
Question Time (question to the Commission):
Question
No
188/73 byMr
Ariosto: Applicationof
theEEC-Greece Association Agreement:
-
spoke(1j
February D7a)-
@.97)ARMENGAUD,
Andr6APPOINTMENTS
Member
of
the
Legal1e73)
-
(p.7)Affairs
Committee (13 MarchMember
of
the Committeeon
Development and Co-operation (13 March 1973)-
p,8)Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (13 March 1973)
-
(p. 9)Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (18 January 1974)
-
(p. 203)DOCUMENTATION
Report (Doc.
186173)and motion
for a
resolution,drawn
up on
behalfof
the LegalAffairs
Committee,on
the proposalsfrom the
Commissionof
the
Euro-pean Communitiesto
the Council (Doc. 186172) for:I
a
directive concerning the content, supervision anddistribution
of
the prospectusto
be published when securities issuedby
companiesor
firms
within
themeaning
of
the
second paragraphof
Article 58
of the Treaty are officially quoted on a stock exchangefor the first time;
II
a
recommendation concerningthe
contentof
theprospectus
to
be published when securities issued by Statesor
their
regionalor
local
authorities
areofficially
quotedon a
stock exchangefor
the
firsttime (5 October 1973)
-
(p. 52)Report (Doc,
208173)and
motion
for a
resolution, drawn up on behalfof
the Committee on Developmentand Cooperation,
on
the proposalfrom
theCommis-sion
of ihe
European Communitiesto
the
Council(Doc.
290172)for a
regulation establishinga
Com-munity
guarantee systemfor
private
investments inthird
countries (12 November 1,973)-
(p. 3)Motion
for
a resolution (Doc. 326173),with
request fordebate
by
urgent procedure pursuantto
Rule 14
of the Rulesof
Procedure,on
the increasein
the guide prices for beef and veal (77 January 7974)-
(p. 150) DEBATESOrder of business:
-
spoke (7 May 1973)-
(p.11)Consequences of the drought in Africa:
Motion
lor
a resolution (Doc. a9/73) by the political groups, and oral amendment:-
pledged the supportof
the Liberal and AlliesGroup
for
the resolution, including theoral
amend-ment proposed by the European Conservative Group (7 May 1973)
Directive
on
radio
interference causedby
domestic electrical appliances-
Directive on fluorescent lightingtubes:
Repofi (Doc. 340172) and motion
for
a resolution bytbe Legal Allahs Committee:
-
presented his report (7May
1973)-
(pp.18-7e)
Order of business:
-
spoke (19 Septeftrber 1973)-
(p.
74) Regulationon
certainfruit
and vegetables originatingin
the AASM and OCT-
Regulation on certainfruit
and vegetables originating
in
Tanzania, Uganda andKenya:
Report (Doc. 162173) and motion
lor
a rcsolution bytbe
Committeeon
Deuelopmentand
Cooperation,and amendment:
-
deputizedfor
Mr
Dewulf
in
presenting the rcport (20 September 1973)-
(p. 105)-
accepted AmendmentNo
1, whichMr
Duvalhad
movedon
behalfof
the
Groupof
EuropeanProgressive Democrats (20 September 1973)
-
(pp.108-109)
Question Time:
Question
No
120/73by
Mr
Armengaudon
theEEC-AAMS Association:
-
spoke (17 October 1973)-
(p. 59)Order of business:
-
spoke (72 December 1973)-
(p. 156)Second Commission Report
on
competition policy -Regulationon
the control
of
concentrations betweenundertakings:
Repofis (Docs 264173 and 263173) and motions
lor
resolutions
by
tbe
Committeeon
Economic and Monetdry Affairs, and amendments:-
outlinedthe
reasonsfor
his
misgivings aboutthe
Regulation; describedthe
formula
which
hewould
have
preferredthe
Commissionto
adopt;warned against
the
temptationto
hide
behind
atheoretical regulation, ill-adapted
to
the
scale anddiversity of the markets and based more on suspicion
of
the giants thanon
whetheror not a
monopoly situation existedin
a
market and whetheror
not
aconcentration was
of
importance for Europe (15 Jan-uary 1974)-
(pp. 4a-46)Regulation
on
a
Community guarantee systemfor
private investments
in third
countries: Postponement ofdiscussion of a report:
Rebort (Doc. 20817j) and motion
for
a resolution bytbe Committee on Deuelopment and Cooperation:
-
proposed that the discussion be postponed untilthe
February part-session (17 JanuaryD7a)
-
@.762)
Directive
and
recommendationon the
admission ofsecurities:
Report (Doc. 186/73) and motion
lor
a resolution bythe Legal
Allairs
Committee, and amendment:-
presented his report (17 JanuaryD7a)
-
@p.t6s-767)
-
statedthat the
widest possible grouprng ofcapital
from
all
the
member countries wasfunda-mental
to
the
operationand
developmentof
theCommon Market; gave his views on the free
move-ment
of
capital (17 January 1974)-
(p. 769)-
accepted.in
his capacity as rapporteur, Amend-ment NoI
(17 January 1974)-
(p. 170)Oral
QuestionNo
773173with
debate: Developmentof nuclear technology for peaceful purposes:
-
spoketo
the oral questionput to
theCommis-sion
on
behalf
of
the
Liberal and Allies
Group(17 January 1974)
-
(pp.777-174) Order of business:-
spoke (77 February D7a)-
@. 10)Community industrial policy:
Report (Doc.277173) and motion
lor
a resolution bythe Committee
on
Economic and Monetary Affairs:-
listed the sectorsin
which the Commission had madea
commendableeffort;
statedthat
the reportwas
silent
on
whether Europe,in
the
absence ofcertain
raw
materials,could
pursueas
diversifiedan industrial policy as hitherto; pointed
out that
it
possessed
firm
technological assets becauseof
thehigh level
of
educationof
its
technical dlite;regret-ted
that
in
the report the
fundamental d.istinctionhad
not
been drawn between the traditional indus-tries which involvedlittle
technology and thoseindus-tries
which
were facedwith
considerable financial demands and technical difficulties and whose futurewould
havea
decisive effecton
the
standard ofliving
of
the wholeof
Europe; urged theCommis-sion
to
make more dynamic proposalsin
future inthe
particular sectorof
researchinto
new
techno-logies (11 February 1974)
-
(pp.28-29)Question Time (questions
to
the Commission):Question
No
180173by
Mr
Armengaudon
theestablishment
ol
joint
undertakingsto
saleguard Europe's supply olrau
materials:-
askeda
supplementary question (13 February1e7a)
-
@. ea)Regulation
on a
guarantee systemfor
privateinvest-ments in third
countries:
.Report (Doc. 208173) and motiott
lor
a resolution bythe
Committeeon
Deuelopmentand
Cooperation,and amendments:
-
presented his report (13 February 1974)-
(pp.722-72s)
-
had
no
objectionto
AmendmentNo
1/rev.(13 February 1974)
-
(p. 135)-
in
his capacity as rapporteur, asked Parliamentto reject Amendment No 2/rev. (13 February L974)
-(pp. 736-137)-
spoke (13 February 1974)-
(p.137)-
had no objection to AmendmentNo
3 (13 Feb-ruary 7974)ARNDT,
Klaus
DieterAPPOINTMENT
Member
of
the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (13 March 1973)-
(p. 8)DOCUMENTATION
Report
(Doc.
60173)and motion
for
a
resolution,drawn
up on
behalfof
the
Committeeon
Economicand Monetary Affairs, on reform
of
theworld
mone-tary system (4 June 1973)
-
(p.3)Report (Doc.
189173)and
rnotion
for
a
resolution,driwn up on
behalfof
the
Committeeon
Economicand Monetary Affairs,
on
the reportby
th-eCommis-sion
of
the -European Communitiesto
the
Council(Doc. 147173)
on
the adiustmentof
short-termmone-tary
support arrangements and the conditionsfor
theprogresiive pooling
of
reserves (15 October 19731 -(p. 2)DEBATES
Decision
to
set upa
European Monetary Cooperation Fund:Report (Doc. 318172) and motion
lor
a resohttion bythi
EconomicAllairs
Committee, and amendment:-
presentedhis
report (15Marcb
1973)-
(pp.74-7s)
Financial forecasts covering several years, relating to the Community's budget:
Report (Doc. 319172) and motion
lor
a resolution bythi
Committeelor
Finance and Budgets, andamend-fiefit:
-
presentedhis
report (15March
1973)-
(pp.79-80)
-
could not accept AmendmentNo
I
(15 March1973)
-
(pp. 82-83)-
askedMr
Houdetto
withciraw his AmendmentNo 1 (15 Marcb 1973)
-
(p. 83) Reform of the world monetary system:Report (Doc. 60173) and tnotion
for
a
resolution bythi
Committeeon
Economic and Monetary Affairs,and amendment:
-
presentedhis
report
(5
June
1973)-
(pp.39-41)
-
statedthat
the Socialist Group wasin
favourof
the motion
for a
resolution;in
his
capacity asrapporteur, asked
Mr
Beylot to withdraw his Amend-ment No L (5 Jwte 1973)-
(pp. 57-58)-
affirmedhis
oppositionto
AmendmentNo
1(5 June 1973)
-
(p. s9)Report
from the
Commissionon the
adiustment ofshort-term monetary support:
Report (Doc. 189173) and motion
lor
a resolution bythe Committee
on
Economic and Monetary Affairs,and amendtnents:
-
presentedhis
report (79
October
1973) -(pp. 205-206)-
pointedout
that,
as raPPorteur, he had triedto
obiainin
committeea
broad basisof
agreementso that the
expansionof
the
European MonetaryFund
would
noi
endup
with
the other unfinished businessof
the
Council (19 October 1973)-
(pp.212-213)
-
urged
Parliament
to
reject
AmendmentNo l/rev.
and declaredhis
intentionto
retain thewording
in
paragraph1
of
the motion (19 October1e73)
-
(pp.2ra-T5)-
gavefurther
details concerning paragraph 1(19 October 1973)
-
(p.215)-
advised Parliamentnot
to
adopt Amendment No 2/rev. (19 October 1973)-
(p.216)-
opposed AmendmentNo
3/rev.
(1-9 October1973)
-
(p.2t7)-
as rapporteur, gave the reasonsfor
the
com-mittee's opposition
to
Amendment
No
4lrev.(79 October 1973)
-
(p. 218)ARTZINGER, Helmut
Karl
APPOINTMENTS
Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary
Affairs (13 March 1973)
-
(p. 8)Member of the Committee on Budgets (13 March 1973)
-
(p. 8)Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (13 March 7973)
-
(p. 9)Member
of
the Parliamentary Conferenceof
theEEC-AAMS Association (18 January 7974)
-
(p. 20a)DOCUMENTATION
Amendment
No
1to
the motionfor
a resolutioncon-tained
in
the report
by
Mr
Arndt
(Doc.
378172)(15 March 1973)
-
(p.73)Report (Doc.
263173)and motion
for
a
resolution,drawn
uo on
behalfof
the
Committeeon
Economic and Mon'etary Affairs, on the proposal from the Com-missionof
the European Communitiesto
the Council(Doc.
170173)for
i
regulationon
the control
ofconcentrations between undertakings
(10
December1973)
-
(pp.6-7)Report (Doc.
264173)and motion
for
a
resolution,driwn up
on
behalfof
the
Committeeon
Economicand Monetary Affairs, on the second report
from
the Commissionof
the
European Communitieson
com-petition policy (Doc.
148173)and
on
the
Communi-cation
from the
Commissionof
the
EuropeanCom-munities
on
the
implementationof
the
principles of coordinationof
regional
aid
in
1972(Doc.
l22l73l(10 December 1973)
-
(p.7)Report (Doc.
265173]land
motion
for
a
resolution,driwn up on
behalfof
the Committeeon
Economicand Monetary Affairs, on the proposal from the Com-mission
of
the European Communitiesto
the Council(Doc.
65173)for
a
regulationon
mutual
assistancebetrveen
the latter and the
Commissionfor
insuringthe
correct applicationon
Community customs andagriculture regulations (10 December 1973)