Translation of "traité facultatif " (French → English) :

Article 10 (2) sets out a number of optional jurisdictional grounds, which the Member States may inter alia choose to adopt.Article 10 (3) refers to the prosecution of the offences referred to in Articles 2 and 3 committed outside the territory of the Member State concerned and stipulates that "each Member State shall, in those cases referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1, and may, in those cases referred to in paragraph 2, take the necessary measures to ensure that its jurisdiction is not subject to either of the following conditions: (a) the acts are a criminal offence at the place where they were performed; or (b) the prosecution ca ...[+++]n be initiated only following a report made by the victim in the place where the offence was committed, or a denunciation from the State of the place where the offence was committed".

3. Considers that with regard to future measures – such as restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe and certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain natural and legal persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Somalia, taken under Article 215(2) TFEU – the possibility of an optional consultation of Parliament should be taken into account (in accordance with the European Council "Solemn Declaration on European Union", made at Stuttgart on 19 June 1983, providing for the optional consultation of Parliament on international matters even where the Treaties were silent); such an approach could be considered ...[+++] in keeping with the spirit of the Treaty of Lisbon and in line with Parliament's previous (consultative) role in this area;

To the Optional Protocol a declaration of the European Community is added with respect to Article 12(1) of the Optional Protocol which indicates the competences that are transferred to the Community by the Member States under the Treaty establishing the European Community, in the areas covered by the Optional Protocol.

16. Notes the Commission's decision to start with a voluntary register and to evaluate the system after one year, but is concerned that a purely voluntary system will allow less responsible lobbyists to avoid compliance; calls on the three institutions to review the rules governing the activities of lobbyists at the latest three years after a common register enters into force, in order to evaluate if the changed system is achieving the necessary transparency on lobbyists' activities; is aware of the legal basis for a mandatory register provided by the Treaty of Lisbon and decides in the meantime to cooperate with the institutions by wa ...[+++]y of an interinstitutional agreement on the basis of the existing registers; considers that mandatory registration should be a requirement for lobbyists who wish to have regular access to the institutions, as is already de facto the case in Parliament;

F. whereas five Member States have still not ratified the United Nation's International Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, five Member States have not ratified its supplementary Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, ten Member States have not ratified the UN's Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and only one Member State has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings,

The UN Trafficking Protocol must be read in the light of the CRC, taking into account also other relevant international instruments, such as the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography of 25 May 2000 and the ILO Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour[lix] as well as the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter Country adoption.