INTERIM RESOLUTION A3-0048/93

Interim resolution embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on holding a conference of representatives of the governments of the Member States with a view to the adoption of an addition to the protocol on the statute of the European Investment Bank

The European Parliament,

-having regard to Article 236 of the EEC Treaty,

-having regard to the letter of 3 February 1993 from the Council seeking its opinion on the proposal for holding a conference of representatives of the governments of the Member States with a view to the adoption of an addition to the protocol on the statute of the European Investment Bank (C3-0036/93),

-having regard to Rule 75 of its Rules of Procedure,

-having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Budgets of 9 February 1993, the opinion of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy of 8 February 1993 and the oral opinion of the Committee on Regional Policy, Regional Planning and Relations with Regional and Local Authorities,

-having regard to the interim report of the Committee on Institutional Affairs (A3-0048/93),

A.whereas, on 3 February 1993, the Council consulted the European Parliament pursuant to Article 236 of the EEC Treaty and requested it to deliver its opinion in accordance with the urgent procedure, pursuant to Rule 75 of its Rules of Procedure, on a Commission proposal of 12 January 1993,

B.having regard to the conclusions of the European Council meeting in Edinburgh on 11 and 12 December 1992 proposing the setting up of a European Investment Fund,

C.whereas the Council could have acted with all speed in consulting the European Parliament as soon as possible, and in a spirit of close interinstitutional cooperation, once the Commission proposal had been adopted,

D.whereas the purpose of setting up the European Investment Fund is to encourage a revival in economic activity in Europe and, in particular, to strengthen the internal market and economic and social conditions and hence to combat unemployment through investments in major projects of Community importance,

E.whereas the statute of the European Investment Fund has not yet been finalized and cannot yet be submitted to Parliament for its consideration,

1.Approves the holding of an intergovernmental conference with a view to the adoption of an addition to the protocol on the statute of the European Investment Bank, subject to detailed consideration at a later date, taking account of the views expressed by the committees requested for opinions and subject to the holding of an interinstitutional conference with a view to the adoption of a text agreed jointly by the three institutions;

2.Instructs its President to forward this interim resolution to the Council, the Commission and the parliaments of the Member States.