We do not share the view put forward by the previous speaker that this matter touches upon the competence of national governments.

But what is the position now with the amendments ? 105 amendments have been available for some months.

Moreover, President Collor de Melo, of Brazil, is on a visit to Portugal just now and this message will not fail to reach him.

At the last partsession the Commission announced that it would not be accepting many of the amendments that had been approved by Parliament.

My group is putting forward a number of amendments in specific areas.

(a) The Commission has amended its original proposals as a result of the opinions delivered by Parliament in the following reports

Approved

Passed

All amendments are covered by the unanimous discussion within the Committee and I should not object if they were voted upon en bloc.

Am I approved?

Not Approved

Similarly we should like to fix the amount of aid at ECU 8 per 100 kg., as we understand that that is the amount which may make it possible to compensate smallscale growers when the stabilizer is applied.

Article 47 Amendments

Our committee has also sought the maximum involve ment of the European Parliament in this process, especially in the next few months which we shall be following closely and we shall be evaluating the effects of this integration.

(a) The Commission has sent the Council re examined proposals as a result of the opinion given by Parliament on the following for the second reading, adopted on 10 October 1990 (PE A3

(a) The Commission has sent the Council re examined proposals as a result of the opinion given by Parliament on the following for the second reading adopted on 21 November 1990 (PE

We fully endorse the reasons stated in the second indent.

How are we to translate it into daily life?

The amendments we have adopted are not ones which the Liberals can agree to.

There are 103 amendments!

Now there are, of course, some amendments.

Bangladesh has approved the construction of 191 solar based irrigation pumps.

If that were adopted, I believe it would further enhance Parliament's status, make it better known to our citizens and would introduce a system of responsibility which in my view would enable the European Parliament to develop its powers very broadly.

As the section had adopted its opinion with only 1 negative vote and no amendments had been tabled, the Committee decided unanimously not to hold a general discussion and to put the opinion straight to the vote (Rules 50(4) and 56(3)).

All I can say is that there has not yet been any in depth discussion at Council of Ministers level in relation to that particular point.

Cecchini told us what savings will be possible when we complete the common market in 1992.

The treaty was approved.

Amendments to the Staff Regulations

It also shows the absurdity of Friday morning voting.

I ought to comment on the amendments.

Any deviation from officially sanctioned behavior would be treated with suspicion and most likely punished.

The whole first year was pass fail, but the second year was graded.

Irrespective of the agreement of principle, there are different positions, with some people wanting to give Parliament codecisionmaking powers while others basically want to

As the section had adopted its opinion by a large majority, with one abstention, and since no amendments had been tabled, the Committee decided unanimously not to hold a general discussion and to put the opinion to an immediate vote (Rules 43(E) and 49(3)).

As the section had adopted its opinion with fewer than 5 votes against and no amendments had been tabled, the Committee decided unanimously not to hold a general discussion and to put the opinion straight to the vote (Rules 50(4) and 56(3)).

As the section had adopted its opinion with fewer than five votes against and no amendments had been tabled, the Committee decided unanimously not to hold a general discussion and to put the opinion straight to the vote (Rules 50(4) and 56(3)).

As the Section had adopted its opinion with less than 5 votes against and no amendments had been tabled, the Committee decided unanimously not to hold a general discussion and to put the opinion straight to the vote (Rules 50(4) and 56(3)).

My plan was eventually adopted.

Tom would never have approved.

I passed all my tests.

That is the first commitment.

VANDEMEULEBROUCKE (ARC). (NL) We have a number of problems with this report.

Together with other socialist colleagues, in particular Mr Medina, Chairman of the Interparliamentary Delegation for relations with Latin America, I have submitted certain amendments.

Concerning the numbering of the amendments that follow, we took account only of Lord O'Hagan's report and not of the various other proposals, and for this reason the numbers refer to that report.

Mr President, the European Parliament, proposed two years ago with the Chanterie report, special social measures for shipbuilding industry, and the report still has to be approved by the Council.