Translation of "translation of révision de clôture " (French → English) :

– (PT) I voted in favour of the European Parliament resolution on a revised Framework Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission for the next parliamentary term as it is an important agreement, not only for its symbolic value – given that it gives a clear signal of the commitment of both European institutions, Parliament and the Commission, to work together in pursuit of the European project – but also because of its content, since it identifies the obligations of the parties so that they can better confront the challenges of the future and resolve the problems of the citizenry.

6. Understands that project closure procedures including ex post audits can be very long; encourages the Commission to review and simplify its procedures so that project closure for the 2000-2006 period can be undertaken without undue delay, whilst the highest standards of financial management are ensured;

In the latter two of these cases the Commission is currently reviewing information which may justify the closure of the inquiry.

At the same time, delegations from the Community and the Kingdom of Morocco, meeting in Brussels to continue discussions as part of the mid-term review of the fisheries Agreement between the two parties, agreed on Thursday, 13 October: - to bring the mid-term review to a close and terminate the present Agreement on 30 April 1995 at midnight; - to start negotiations as quickly as possible with a view to concluding, as appropriate, a new three-year agreement to run from 1 May 1995.

To ensure that electoral lists contain the most up-to-date information from the National Register and from revisions made by returning officers over the course of the election period, the bill requires an additional revised list to be prepared by returning officers and distributed in electronic form to candidates on the 19th day before polling day, after the close of nominations (clause 17, section 104.1).

At the closure of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, the European Union recalls that it has, over the last years, redoubled its efforts to combat the severe consequences caused to civilians by the indiscriminate use of landmines, in particular anti-personnel mines.