B3-0946, 0954, 0955 and 0956/93

Resolution on the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dam

The European Parliament,

-having regard to the Commission statement on the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dam and its resolutions on this topic,

A.in view of the lack of results in the consultations of the Slovak and Hungarian parties on solutions for the outstanding problems with regard to a temporary water regime,

B.having regard to the negative effects of the Gabcikovo project on nature and the environment; considering in particular that these effects are aggravated by the failure to reach an agreement on the dynamic operation of water flows, divided between the Danube riverbed and the power canal,

1.Reiterates its concern about the possible increase in political tension in this region as a result of this conflict;

2.Expresses its concern that a solution to the question of a temporary water regime, which is acceptable to both Slovaks and Hungarians, has still not been found;

3.Criticizes the Slovak Government for its continuing unwillingness to agree to the compromise proposals formulated in the consultations of 16 February and the failure to implement measures so that the procedures at the International Court of Justice in The Hague may be started;

4.Calls on the Slovak Government to abandon its delaying tactics and to present its case to the International Court of Justice at the earliest possible date;

5.Urges all parties involved to increase their efforts to reach a compromise along the lines of the proposal formulated by the EC experts in January 1993;

6.Expects the Commission and EPC to make immediate representations in Bratislava and Budapest so that no unilateral measures are taken that might have unforeseeable consequences;

7.Considers that the EC and its Member States should take into account the positions adopted on this question by Hungary and Slovakia in the development of their economic and political relations with both countries;

8.Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the governments of the Member States, Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the CSCE and the Council of Europe.