Activities of José Javier POMÉS RUIZ
Plenary speeches (54)
Third report on economic and social cohesion
Cohesion policy
Combating terrorism
General debate on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003
Enlargement of the Union
Human rights
Torrential rain in Tenerife and eastern Spain and climate change
Combating terrorism
Safety and air transport
Commission reform
Human rights
VOTE
Discharges (continuation)
VOTE
Fight against fraud
Earthquake in El Salvador
Special reports of the Court of Auditors
Reform of budgetary control procedures
Reform of the Commission
Court of Auditors' annual report for 1999
Separating financial control functions
1998 discharge
Stability and convergence programmes
Protecting the Communities’ financial interests and the fight against fraud
Appointment of senior Commission officials
1998 discharge, budgetary control
Annual legislative programme (continuation)
Response to Second Report of Committee of Independent Experts
Annual Report of the Court of Auditors
Statement by Mr Prodi (continued)
Second Report of the Independent Experts
2007 discharge: EU general budget - Council (debate)
Council's approach to revision of OLAF regulation (debate)
Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2007
Framework for the activities of lobbyists in the EU institutions (debate)
2006 discharge (debate)
2006 discharge (debate)
2006 discharge: EU general budget, section I - European Parliament (A6-0091/2008, José Javier Pomés Ruiz) (vote)
Transparency in financial matters (debate)
Transparency in financial matters (debate)
Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2006 (debate)
Discharge for the financial year 2005 (debate)
Implication of the UN forces in sexual abuses in Liberia and in Haiti
Presentation of the Court of Auditors’ Annual Report – 2005 (debate)
Legislative and work programme of the Commission for 2007 (debate)
Discharges for the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004 (debate)
Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (debate)
National management declarations – Responsibilities of the Member States of in executing the EU budget
Nomination of a Member of the Court of Auditors (vote)
Presentation of the Court of Auditors’ annual report – 2004
Humanitarian assistance to refugees from Western Sahara
Budgetary discharge
Constitution for Europe
Arms sales
Reports (16)
Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation on measures to promote the conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests and other forests in developing countries - Committee on Development and Cooperation PDF (63 KB)
Report 1. on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins (COM(2004)0039 - C5-0075/2004 - 2004/0010(CNS)); 2. on the proposal for a Council regulation extending the application of Regulation (EC) No.... concerning medals and tokens similar to the euro coin to the non-participating Member States (COM(2004)0039 - C5-0076/2004 - 2004/0011(CNS)) - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs PDF (133 KB) DOC (42 KB)
Report on structurally disadvantaged regions (islands, mountain regions, regions with low population density) in the context of cohesion policy, and their institutional prospects - Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism PDF (145 KB) DOC (67 KB)
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REPORT European Commission : Final annual accounts of the European Communities — Financial Year 2006 - European Parliament PDF (236 KB) DOC (213 KB)
REPORT Report on transparency in financial matters PDF (162 KB) DOC (86 KB)
REPORT Report on the nomination of Nadezhda Sandolova as a Member of the Court of Auditors PDF (201 KB) DOC (161 KB)
REPORT Report on the nomination of Massimo Vari as a Member of the Court of Auditors PDF (166 KB) DOC (121 KB)
REPORT Report on the nomination of Vitor Manuel da Silva Caldeira as a Member of the Court of Auditors PDF (156 KB) DOC (111 KB)
REPORT Report on the nomination of Juan Ramallo Massanet as a Member of the Court of Auditors PDF (171 KB) DOC (101 KB)
REPORT Report on the nomination of Karel Pinxten as a Member of the Court of Auditors PDF (165 KB) DOC (115 KB)
REPORT Report on the nomination of Morten Louis Levysohn as a Member of the Court of Auditors PDF (182 KB) DOC (114 KB)
REPORT Report on thenomination of Lars Heikensten as a Member of the Court of Auditors PDF (154 KB) DOC (98 KB)
REPORT Report on the nomination of Máire Geoghegan-Quinn as a Member of the Court of Auditors PDF (198 KB) DOC (113 KB)
REPORT Concultation on the appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (Mr Olavi ALA-NISSILÄ - FI) PDF (170 KB) DOC (109 KB)
Opinions (3)
OPINION Draft opinion of the Committee on Budgetary Control for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs on the European Transparency Initiative (structured framework governing the activities of interest groups - lobbyists) (COM(2007)127final).
OPINION Proposal for a recommendation to the Council on the negotiating guidelines for an association agreement between the European Union and its Member States on the one part, and the Andean Community and its member countries on the other
OPINION Parliament's Opinion on the draft treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
Amendments (43)
Amendment 96 #
2008/2186(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
Amendment 97 #
2008/2186(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
Amendment 99 #
2008/2186(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
Amendment 143 #
2008/2186(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 121
Paragraph 121
121. Voices its disappointment at the incorrectadequate information givenforwarded by the Commission in 2005 and 2006 in this area, which is extremely important from a budgetary point of view; acknowledges the efforts made in the meantime as regards transparency on the Commission web site and the annual staff screening report;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Observes that the 2007 decreases in reported aid levels are due in some cases to the artificial inflation of figures in 2006 by substantial one-off increases in debt relief; calls on Member States to increase ODA levels in a sustainable manner by concentrating on figures with the debt relief component removed;
Amendment 24 #
2008/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the principles of responsible lending and financing, among traditional donors and emerging South- South donors, to make lending and financing operations sustainable in terms of economic and environmental development along and in line with the eEquator pPrinciples, a set of environmental and social benchmarks developed by private sector banks, launched in June 2003; calls on the Commission to participate in establishing such principles and press in international fora for binding measures to put them into practice in such a way that their coverage extends to new development actors from public and private sectors;
Amendment 29 #
2008/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Deplores that there is little reference, in the Commission's annual progress Calls on the Commission to address the issue of 'odious' or illegitimate debts, meaning debts having arisen from irresport 2008 on the Monterrey process1, to ongoing discussions on odious and illegitimate debt and the principles of responsible financensible, self-interested, reckless or unfair lending and the principles of responsible finance in bilateral and multilateral negotiations on debt relief; welcomes the Commission's call for action against aggressive litigation by commercial creditors and distressed debt funds;
Amendment 43 #
2008/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for financial mechanisms and instruments which provide measures to civilise and leverage private money as stated in the Monterrey Consensus and deploy credit guarantees;
Amendment 38 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In particular the Commission should be empowered to establish the specific procedures, tests and requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles, components and separate technical units. In addition, the Commission should be empowered to define more precisely the characteristics a tyre must fulfil to be defined as “Off-road professional tyre”. The Commission should also be empowered to define the precise scope of applicatWithin the framework of the provisions of the requirements set out in this Regulation. In addiis Regulation, the Commission should also be empowered to set out additional safety requirements for vehicles intended for the transport of dangerous goods by road within or between Member States. Furthermore, subject to technical and economic feasibility, the Commission should be empowered to extend mandatory installdefine the precise scope of application of Tyrthe Pressure Monitoring Systems and other advanced safety features to other categories of vehicles than those initially coveredquirements set out therein. The Commission should also be empowered to establish specific procedures, tests and technical requiremen and tests for the type-approval of advanced vehicle systems other than those mentioned in this Regulation and to amend the limit values on rolling resistance and rolling noise for tyres as a result of changes in the test procedures, without lowering the existing ambition leveltargets with regard to the environment. Since those measures are of a general scope and are designed to amend this Regulation by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
Amendment 41 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to simplify the type-approval legislation in line with the recommendations of the Report CARS 21: A Competitive Automotive Regulatory System for the 21st century, it is appropriate to repeal several Directives without reducing the level of protection of road users. The requirements set out in those Directives should be carried over to this Regulation and should be replaced, where appropriate, with references to the corresponding regulations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), as incorporated into Community law in accordance with Article 4 of Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions.
Amendment 62 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 - paragraph 1
Article 5 - paragraph 1
Amendment 63 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 - paragraph 2 - point c
Article 5 - paragraph 2 - point c
(c) systems to provide the driver with visibility and information on the state of the vehicle and the surrounding area, including glazing, mirrors and driver information system and mirrors;
Amendment 64 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 - paragraph 2 - point f
Article 5 - paragraph 2 - point f
(f) vehicle exterior and accessories;
Amendment 66 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 - paragraph 2
Article 6 - paragraph 2
2. Vehicles in categories N2, N3, O3 and N3O4 shall be constructdesigned tso ensure that, in the event of a front collision with another vehicle, the risk of injury to aas to provide protection against underrun from the rear by vehicles occupant due to underrun is minimisedf categories M1 and N1.
Amendment 67 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 - paragraph 3
Article 6 - paragraph 3
3. Vehicles in categories N2, N3, O3 and O4 shall be constructed to ensure that, in the event of the vehicle being hit from the side by another vehicle or an unprotected road user, the risk of injury to that unprotected road user or a vehicle occupant due to under run is minimised.
Amendment 79 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Vehicles in categories M1 shall be equipped with a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System, capable of warning the driver when any tyre is operating at a dangerously low pressure level which is unsafe, and advising the driver when any tyre ismay be operating at a pressure level significantly below the optimum recommended pressure for good fuel consumption. The technology chosen shall be neutral and cost-effective and may not jeopardise affordability for the customer and consequently fleet renewal.
Amendment 86 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 - paragraph 1
Article 10 - paragraph 1
Amendment 91 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 - paragraph 2
Article 10 - paragraph 2
2. Vehicles in Categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 shall be equipped with a Lane Departure Warning System which shall meet th3 and N3 defined as tractor 4x2 or 6x2 above 16t and rigid 4x2 and 6x2 above 16t authorised to tow an O4 trailer and M3 exceeding 12t Class II and III shall be requirements of this Regulation. Any Lane Departure Warning System voluntarily fitted by the manufacturer to a vehicle in categories M1 or N1pped with a Lane Departure Warning System which shall meet the requirements of this Regulation.
Amendment 116 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 - paragraph 7
Article 11 - paragraph 7
7. With effect from 29 October 201372 months from the date of adoption of technical requirements, national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to the areas of vehicle safety covered in Article 10, to grant EC type-approval or national type- approval in respect of new types of vehicle of the categories M2, M3, N2 and N3, to grant EC type-approval or national type- approval in respect of new types of vehicle of categories M1 and N1defined in Article 10(1) and (2) of this Regulation fitted with an Advanced Emergency Braking System and/or a Lane Departure Warning System, and to grant EC component/separate technical unit type-approval with respect to new types of Advanced Emergency Braking Systems and Lane Departure Warning Systems intended therefore, which do not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation.
Amendment 122 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 - paragraph 8
Article 11 - paragraph 8
8. With effect from 29 October 201596 months after the adoption of technical requirements, national authorities shall, on grounds relating to vehicle safety covered in Article 10, in the case of new vehicles of the categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 and new vehicles of categories M1 and N1defined in Article 10(1) and (2) of this Regulation fitted with an Advanced Emergency Braking System and/or a Lane Departure Warning System which do not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation, consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into service of such vehicles, and, in the case of new Advanced Emergency Braking Systems and Lane Departure Warning Systems intended therefore which do not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation, shall prohibit their sale and entry into service.
Amendment 125 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a This Regulation shall not invalidate any EC type-approval granted to vehicles, components or separate technical units before the date mentioned in paragraph 1, nor prevent the extension of such approvals under the terms of the act under which they were originally granted.
Amendment 127 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12
Article 12
Amendment 164 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 1 - point a
Annex II - paragraph 1 - point a
a) The table is amended as follows: i) Points 3 to 10, 12 to 38, 42 to 45 and 47 to 57 are deleted; ii) Point 46 is deleted; iii) The following point 63 is added: added:
Amendment 165 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 1 - point b
Annex II - paragraph 1 - point b
b) The Appendix, is amended as follows: i) Points 3 to 10, 12 to 37, 44, 45 and 50 to 54 of the table are deleted; ii) Point 46 of the table is deleted; ii) Point 46 of the table is deleted; iii) The following point 63 is iii) The following point 63 is added: added:
Amendment 166 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 2
Annex II - paragraph 2
2. In the Appendix to Annex VI, the table is amended as follows: a) Points 3 to 10, 12 to 38, 42 to 45 and 47 to 57 are deleted; b) Point 46 is deleted; c) The following point 63 is added:
Amendment 167 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 3 - point a
Annex II - paragraph 3 - point a
3. Annex XI is amended as follows: (a) In Appendix 1, the table is amended as follows: i) Points 3 to 10, 12 to 38, 44, 45 and 47 to 54 are deleted; ii) Point 46 is deleted; iii) The following point 63 is added:
Amendment 168 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 3 - point b
Annex II - paragraph 3 - point b
(b) In Appendix 2, the table is amended as follows: i) Points 3 to 10, 12 to 38, 42 to 45 and 47 to 57 are deleted; ii) Point 46 is deleted; ii) Point 46 is deleted; iii) The following point 63 is iii) The following point 63 is added: added:
Amendment 169 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 3 - point c
Annex II - paragraph 3 - point c
(c) In Appendix 3, the table is amended as follows: i) Points 3 to 10, 12 to 37, 44, 45 and 50 to 54 are deleted; ii) Point 46 is deleted; ii) Point 46 is deleted; iii) The following point 63 is iii) The following point 63 is added: added:
Amendment 170 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 3 - point d
Annex II - paragraph 3 - point d
(d) In Appendix 4, the table is amended ad follows: i) Points 3 to 10, 13 to 36, 42 to 45 and 47 to 57 are deleted; ii) Point 46 is deleted; iii) The following point 63 is added: added:
Amendment 171 #
2008/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - paragraph 3 - point e
Annex II - paragraph 3 - point e
(e) In Appendix 5, the table is amended as follows: i) Points 3 to 10, 12 to 36, 42 to 45 and 47 to 57 are deleted; ii) Point 46 is deleted; iii) The following point 58 is added: added:
Amendment 13 #
2007/2038(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes, in addition, the initiative of the President of Parliament aimed at strengthening the links between the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets, on the one hand, and the Bureau and the Committee on Budgetary Control, on the other, by creating a working group with the brief of consolidating those links in a lasting form; notes that this group will also take account of the new budget procedure arising from the Treaty of Lisb; welcomes the fact of the first joint discussion, held on 14 January 2008 and the climate of trust and cooperation between the bodies concerned established by this discussion; expects these deliberations to be continued and awaits their conclusions;
Amendment 18 #
2007/2038(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reminds its competent bodies of its decision that 'repayment on buildings (...) should be set as part of the budgetary strategy'; strongly criticiseregrets the fact that its competent bodies have never implemented the decisions taken by plenary and that they have continued their practice of 'non- budgetisation' of Parliament's property policy for future acquisitions (the budget line 'Acquisition of immoveable property' shows only 'p.m.' entries for 2005, 2006 and 2007);
Amendment 21 #
2007/2038(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
Amendment 24 #
2007/2038(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Calls on the administration to ensurestablish a procedure containing better and more visible communication to Members, systematic compliance with the deadlines for supplying supporting documents, as laid down in the rules governing Members' expenditure and allowances, in order to ensure that they are supplied in such a way as to fit with the procedure and the compulsory calendar of the Court of Auditors for the drafting of its annual report, and a final confirmation to Members once their file is closed;
Amendment 33 #
2007/2038(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Welcomes the Secretary-General's willingness, as stated by him at the hearing of 21 January 2008, to submit concrete proposals to the Bureau working group with a view to establishing a new parliamentary assistance regime at European level by June 2009; remains convinced that, in this context and at the same time, the rules governing Members' expenditure and allowances must also be adapted; considers that in both cases account must be taken by the political bodies and the administration of the remarks of the internal auditor;
Amendment 60 #
2007/2038(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
After paragraph 86, new heading
After paragraph 86, new heading
Conclusions of the discussions on the draft report in committee
Amendment 61 #
2007/2038(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86 a (new)
Paragraph 86 a (new)
86a. Draws attention once again to the importance of budget priorities to the discharge procedure and continues to believe, at the same time, that the outcome of the discharge procedure is of vital importance to the budgetary procedure; accordingly welcomes the fact that close cooperation between the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control would gain further importance under the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 62 #
2007/2038(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86 b (new)
Paragraph 86 b (new)
86b. Welcomes the progress made in implementing the budget priorities for 2006; will continue, nonetheless, to seek to ensure that all priorities are achieved;
Amendment 64 #
2007/2038(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86 d (new)
Paragraph 86 d (new)
86d. Deplores the lack of progress in the negotiations with the Belgian Government on the land for the D4-D5 Buildings and site development; urges the Belgian Government to abide by the firm political undertaking which it gave to Parliament;
Amendment 65 #
2007/2038(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Court of Auditors has highlighted insufficiencies in the regulatory framework established by the Bureau and the Quaestors concerning the payment of parliamentary assistance allowances as well as in the resultant implementationthat the Bureau has not ensured that the rules concerning the payment of parliamentary assistance allowances requiring the submission of adequate supporting documentation have been implemented effectively,
Amendment 21 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex − Action 2 − point 2 − point d
Annex − Action 2 − point 2 − point d
d) have built-in mechanisms for the mutual recognition of periods of study and research undertaken in partner institutions based on, or compatible with, the European credit transfer and accumulation system as well as equivalent systems in third countries;
Amendment 22 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex − Action 2 − point 2 − point f
Annex − Action 2 − point 2 − point f
f) establish transparent conditions for the award of mobility grants based on merit which pay due regard, inter alia, to gender issues and, equity issues and linguistic abilities;
Amendment 23 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex − Action 2 − point 6
Annex − Action 2 − point 6
6. In assigning the scholarships under this action, the Commission shall support socio-economic disadvantaged groups and populations in vulnerable situations without compromising the transparency conditions set out in point 2(f).