The ruling objective of the directive is that women who are pregnant or have just given birth should be able to go to work without risk.

In Asia, you have Pakistan and especially Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world.

In this respect we do not agree with the rapporteur's opinion set out in the introduction to his conclusions.

I speak on behalf of the Socialist Group and as the draftsman of the opinions of the Committee on Budgetary Control.

In the second group, Mr President, which covers Amendments Nos 2 to 5 and Nos 7, 13 and 31, I welcome certain suggestions made by a number of speakers which contribute more balance and clarity to our text.

GASÓLIBA I BÖHM (LDR), draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology. (ES) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as draftsman of the opinion of the Energy Committee on the Garcia Arias report, I wish to say that the Committee supports the report but is critical of the Commission proposal.

So I cannot, as rapporteur, give the Committee's opinion on that, but I cannot deny that I have some personal sympathy for the amendment in question.

MOORHOUSE (ED), draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on External Economic Relations. Mr President, there are two or three matters I would like to draw to the attention of the House in the Opinion which has been tabled by the Rex Committee.

We cannot make conservation measures conditional in that way and therefore we ought to reject the amendments.

WYNN (S). The budgets of any parliament really should reflect its political will.

HOWELL (ED), draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural De velopment. Mr President, this is a time of great uncertainty for Community farmers.

However, our reserves of gas are finite. While we can, we will continue to explore for further reserves and to interconnect these to Britain and the European

So it was not necessary to make special provision for cases in which the sea voyage includes a sea crossing within the Community and an international sea crossing made by anothet vessel.

We in the Agriculture Committee are also very concerned about veterinary and phytosanitary regulations, and about the environmental aspects too.

The developing countries will lose any chance of lasting independent development if, for example, production surpluses in the North and food shortages in the South continue to grow at the present rate.

There is also the danger in this report of duplication occurring.

We also believe it is essential that Parliament should elect the President of the Commission and give its assent to the appoint ment of the other Commissioners.

If Mr Ford is rapporteur, it's the rapporteur who goes first!

SIMEONI (ARC), draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, the Media and Sport. (FR) Mr President, Parliament is seeking to make good its democratic deficit that has come about as a result of a transfer of competence to the Community without any corresponding adjustment of the balance between its institutions.

That is the point.

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MARCK (PPE), rapporteur. (NL) Mr President, it is perhaps unusual for a rapporteur to say that he is going to abstain from voting on his own report, the content of which he approves and even recommends as such.

The Commission cannot but testify that since the beginning of August it has been impressed by the strong cohesion that has prevailed among the Twelve and that this cohesion has been unshaken by the fears that had been voiced about one or other of them breaking ranks.

It appeared, after close study, that in this field the vast majority of the directives on technical rules could be applied as of the accession.

On the code of conduct and this is something I want to stress we have a number of grounds for complaint.

Community institutions, in particular the European Parliament, cannot be strengthened permanently until financial and budgetary matters have been clarified.

He interrupted the speaker with frequent questions.

BREYER (V), draftsman of the opinion for the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology. (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Commit tee on Energy, Research and Technology adopted by a large majority a series of amendments tabled specifically for this transitional period.

METTEN (S), draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy. (NL) Mr Ptesident, the Commission proposal that we ate now debating is a unique product of successful lobbying.

The argument that the situation is so bad that we need much more time precisely for environmental standards than for economic rules just will not hold water. If the situation really is being taken seriously then every effort must be directed from the start at improving the environmental situation.

My opinion has changed.

We cannot acquiesce in the high levels of unemployment we have experienced hitherto.

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Unless we find new ways, transport will come to a complete standstill.

But the available resources are so modest that the average grant is a derisory ECU 500.

Fourthly, harmonization of speed limits in the Community will make a contribution to a citizens' Europe.

Before changing his mind

Now, the previous speaker before me, Idris Mohammed, indicated that we've had abysmal leadership in Africa.

However, wc are not very happy about a blanket figure and we sought to get a breakdown of the figures.

The rapporteur goes in the opposite direction.

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SCHODRUCH (DR), rapporteur. (DE) Mr Pre sident, ladies and gentlemen, time has got on. I should

Associating a rapporteur's name with the title of an opinion

CRAMPTON (S), rapporteur. Mr President, just to correct what may be a misinterpretation of what I as rapporteur said.

I respect everybody's opinion.