Translation of "accord sur le statut permanent " (French → English) :

7. Supports Romania's efforts to root out the high level of corruption in state and society; strongly urges the Romanian Government to make use of the cooperation agreement it concluded with Europol on 13 May 2003 to render the fight against corruption more effective; takes the resignation of three ministers on 20 October 2003 to be a sign that this issue is taken seriously by the highest level of government; is, however, concerned that in general the services within the administration responsible for corruption appear to be too passive in investigating such cases; acknowledges that the legal framework to fight corruption is in place ...[+++] and calls on the Romanian authorities to focus attention on the enforcement of the existing legislation; in this context urges the government to further increase the staff at the National Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and to give permanent status to all of the prosecutors rather than having them seconded by other government bodies; asks the government to provide further training for all the staff as well as to strengthen the office's operational independence, in particular by eliminating the responsibility of political appointees and politicians to decide on the launching of anti-corruption investigations; notes that first and foremost there must be the political will to eradicate corruption, for only this will lead to a change in attitudes;

1a. Member States shall not grant long-term resident status on the basis of international protection in the event of the revocation of, ending of or refusal to renew international protection as laid down in Articles 14(3) and 19(3) of Directive 2004/83/EC.

It is still, without doubt, too early to discuss what an agreement on the Permanent Status of the Palestinian territories might look like; in any event, it will be solely up to the two sides to define this status through negotiation, which is the only admissible method.

A number of outstanding issues have yet to be completed; the permanent European Union/ΝΑΤΟ arrangements I referred to earlier have to be officially concluded, especially the agreement needed in order to release the NATO assets and capabilities which will be supplied to the European Union so that it can carry out this mission, the operational plan has to be approved and adopted, staffing arrangements have to be completed, the operational budget has to be approved, an agreement has to be concluded with third participating countries, correspondence on the operation needs to be exchanged with the former Yugoslav Republic, an agreeme ...[+++]nt on the status of the forces has to be concluded with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, exemption agreements between the Member States involved in the operation have to be concluded, correspondence needs to be exchanged with the OSCE about relations with its observers, ΝΑΤΟ has to pass a decision ending the ‘Allied Harmony’ operation and the Council has to pass a decision inaugurating the operation.

A number of outstanding issues have yet to be completed; the permanent European Union/ΝΑΤΟ arrangements I referred to earlier have to be officially concluded, especially the agreement needed in order to release the NATO assets and capabilities which will be supplied to the European Union so that it can carry out this mission, the operational plan has to be approved and adopted, staffing arrangements have to be completed, the operational budget has to be approved, an agreement has to be concluded with third participating countries, correspondence on the operation needs to be exchanged with the former Yugoslav Republic, an agreeme ...[+++]nt on the status of the forces has to be concluded with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, exemption agreements between the Member States involved in the operation have to be concluded, correspondence needs to be exchanged with the OSCE about relations with its observers, ΝΑΤΟ has to pass a decision ending the ‘Allied Harmony’ operation and the Council has to pass a decision inaugurating the operation.

Consequently, the Standing Committee on Plant Health proposed to change the protected zone status of the United Kingdom to be restricted to Northern Ireland, and to change the permanent status recognised for Sweden into a temporary status enabling Sweden to complete its efforts for eradication of this disease in the areas concerned.