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Effec= ,: f w~e~ addiP, catlon o~ aqul t is Sfe

The recar, t eCldifl~ation of free, waters in ~arta of ~urope ebd eastern North America has had pn:found |mpzmts on ageatic life, Al l trophi¢ '.aveis are afros,led, Of immediate co,t, ~crn to t he people iivil~g in the acidified regmns is the major de fine i~ fish popo~.ations, In the four se.lpernmost cojntiss in Norway more than had of the fish go puistion$ have been lost ~Juriog ~he 1940-1980 period. Tod~h lakes in lore t1 an 13060 knl 2 of south No:way are

practice ly devoid of fish, and in additional 20000 k n .2 the fi~h st ~.J~s are reduced, Contin- ued water acidification is ~ threat to hundreds of lake:, stlll harbouring valuable ~,~h pOpula- tions. P.tgh egg and fw mortality in acid water

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ri lE PCLITICAL AFFAtRS COMMITTEE HERESY 3UBMti'S TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TH~ FOLLOWING MOTtON FOR A RESOI.U- ~ON TOGETHER WITH EXPLANATORY STA'~ MENT:*

M o E ~ n F o r A R e s o l u t i o n

on ~P,e role of t he IEuropeen Podia~er,~ i . i ts rslettolds w i t h th,~ E u r o p ~ n Counci l

The E,ropean Pe~'gamerrt - r ~ ~,iling tha~ the Community's institutional de~ e~opment ;s one ~>f the politiCal objective~ d r ~r=~ and rr#eatedb~, ctat~d in '.he preambles to t : Comm mlty Treaties and in additions and ~m ~n~ments thereto, -- kes~ing in mind that, in the course of ad- varcement towards the Communit~ goal, 'Su~,rnit meetings' and, subsequendv, 'Euro- pe~ r, Councils' were introduce~, at which an e¢~,~¢npt was made t~ estabhsh in meetings of the k;aads of State an ~ Government, guidelines ~n~ momentum for the progress of European inte ]ration, - h~vlng regard to toe variety of experience accumulated in the Iorfg history of *European Councils' and to the need to define the is~ter's isg~l, pogt~cal and functional role on the Euto- p e ~ po~'dicet .=cane, - drawing ~sn t ien to the advantages of the future Comm~niW de vetoping in a harmonious ~.,~ox~ in which P~rilament should mcreas- ~n ~,/ ~ssum~ the ro;e of initiator ~nd perme- ~ Pl snd oI~ .:;iv~ partner of the Institutions

~otlng ~i~l~ ~ati~f~cLi~r~ ~h~t the Europesn C~)u~cil has recently d~mor~ctratee Its awarr- n~,s~¢ of the (IdNiS~blli~ and considerable pogti- ¢~ importance of m~intaining r~.~ut~r and con- s~ ,~ttve ~alations wire the European P:~ damePt, - t:~ving ~egerd to die report by tea Pollbca~ /~ ~ ~irs Committee ar d the opl~tcn of the Legal Af~=rs Committee (C'oc, 1 - 7 3 ~ ) ,

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iS regarded tts the m~,,, reason for fish decline, but ~hs r population responses are also know~l. Mat.siva fish k~ll of ~duit fi*~h during eaid episodatl is well d o e ~ n t e ~ , and is caused by physiofogica; stre~s ~om ~oxic com. binetiotrs of water acidity an~ aqueous ~lumi- nium_Tho AI-toxicity depend~ ~ . wa~r pH and seems to hive e maximum a.ound p~E.

Aquatic ecoeystem.~ under acidifi..ations show both reduced p,oduct[on end reduced decomposh ion, Imports.at observations are the dominance of epiphyti~ algae among the pro- ducer~ end fur gi among the dee~mposers. The accumulation of alger is rd~ted to reduced feeding activities by in~'ertebr=tes, but much of the algae is photosyntnatically inactive.

Among decomposars there is a shift in scldified lakes from oactaria to slow-acting

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fungl, isoding to in.cased sedimentation and reduced availability of natrisnts. Th~a may re- sult in ollgotrophicetion of the lakes, T~e invero tebrete fauna shows reduced diversity during acidification. This applies bo:h t~ zoophnktort, larger *~uataceans, inse-~s, snails and bivalve:;, Key a-~anism~; for transfe-ring energy, from Iowel, :~ higher trophic levels may tharef(~re be wiped ~.ut by acidifieatioa,

"F~r, fish in ~cid waters do not disappear from ~ck of food, Fewer food species survive, howe~r, and those with e particular advantage in ~¢,i~' water, like the water-boatmen, may come t:o dominate. This simplification tnake~; the e:,dsy~er~ vulnerable to ~hanging ¢ondi- t lors, ~tnd may mean an additional stress on the t(p-prepetors, as food will not always b~ aas:E available. [~

"What 'S go ing to become of you - do you w=~ 1". to end up as a watchs t rap t "

S t ~ the need

1. To define the role, nature ~ nd functions of the European Councd =n relati( n to the Eurm peon institutions and in part~c, dar Parliament as pa~ of the pr~.~cess of instit~tlonal develop- ment (both at the presen~ stag,J and whe" the Treahoe are revised): 2. For the European Coun~,ll to keep the European Parhament regularly informed of the proceedings and toe subiects ~o be d~seussed at its m¢atings; 3. For the President c* tee E¢ ropean Council to take part in general debates on basic aspects; of Community policy, partlcula "ly immediately •fter their trimenstdol sessions, 4, TO ~nsure that the European Parliament's new useful r~l~tionshi p with the European Council - :he n~ain thrvst of which i$ ~irected towards ~ JII implementation ~ ~' he Treaties a nd ~natltut.onal development - is not allowed to replace ~ts relat;onship with the Council of Ministers and the progress the~ have made in ~ocedur ~l and other matters; 5. ln,~u~=ts its President tO ft rward this reso- lution ~nd the report of its committee to the European CounciI, r'hB Ce~mci~ and the Com- mission c" the Eur~,;e~ C~m~unitles and to the padia,'nc, nt~ an~ gover~r~n~ of the Mem- ber Stereo,

"~ f COt4 ~ITI'EE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, P' RLIC HEALTH AND .dNSUMER PROTEC- "~ON HEREBY ~USMITS TO THE EUROPEAN PARUAMENT THE FOLLOWING MOTIOE FOR A RESOLUTION TOGETHER W"TH EXPLAtJA- TORY ST~ffEMENT:

M o t i o n f o r a R e s o l u t i o n

on the proposal for e draf t recommenda- t ion concerning the te~jistrat|on of w o r k involv ing recombinant deeoxyr lbonucleic ac~d { D N A )

The European Patgament, - ~aving rege,d to the draf~ recommondshon concerning the registration of ¢~otk invo;#mg recombinant deso>:yr;bonucleic ec~d ((JNA;, - having been cons~dted by the COUFCiJ IDoc 1-4:;8/80), - hevm 9 rega'd to the report of the Committee on the Environcnent: PubJic Health and Consumer Protectior (O~c. 1- 810'~1), Approves the ,.~ref~ recommendation Frop~sed by the, Commi~sion of the European Communi- ties

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164 Environmemal Policy ~fnd L*~; 8 (19~2)

TH~ COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMEH'~, PUgL,C HEALTH AND CONSUMER PROTt:C- "flCN HEREBY bUBMITS ,O TItE EUROPEAN PAIiUAMENT THE I;OLLOWING MO'~ION FDR ,~ F'ESOLUTION TGGE'FHE~ WITH EXFLANA- ":CRY STATEMENT:

IVl©tion f o r a R e ~ o i u t i o ~

011 {~Orllitt~.~ty t rade In e~let p roduc ts al~d in ~,artlcular if, F roduc ts de r i v l n~ f r o m the whiter, oa t ~ups of ha rp and h o o d ~ d ~al,s (P~gophi/us groenl~ndtcus a . d Cym~opht~a cri~tat~)

Th,! £u~np~.en Pergamon;, '- h=~m~,1 regard to the mobon for a resolution tabted LV Mr Johnson end others eursuant lo !fu~ 2~ ~f Che Rides of Procedure on Comm=~* ~fty trance ~n so,:) 0rodusts and [n pa.t;cbh~r products del';vin~! from the wh~tsceat pups of harp and hooded sepia (Dec, 1-106/80); - Pav:t.g regard to Petitions Nee 8/80 ~nd !3/ 81 ,',n the protract;on of seals (PE 64.079 al,d PE 73,~. 13'~: - v,'h'~',,~s the ~nnuag slaughter of nev~ootn ae~l~ , ,,~4i~alar young hooded and harp eel,s :ova ~ ~ .~ to arouse deep public out- rag~ - v;her~a~ expert~ hs'z~ ~st~bgshed on several or{ ~t ior~s that chs sla~.ght~r is carried out in a bato,~dc man.e, which is degrading to both bucm~ns and a,fi,~als; - v# areas it ha~ also been e3~abli~ned that t h~s s l ~ hter erndc q.ge r~ the ~,p ~c~es; - wterees oth,~r Sl;~ecie~ cf seal, including the wa tL'S* c(~t~mon zec! grey seal, bearded s?~l ant' monk seal are threatened with e~t~nction;

- v,~ areas thes~ adverse effects are caused not by t~e traditions' hunting practices of the ~nd,g annu~.= populahon ~n the Arctic "~.gions but chief y by ,commercial ;eallng by a number of ; ~ : trialized cou '~;r;es. - wbare~o in ad[~i~ion to sealing, pogutlon of Qle minim; environ, lent plays an important ~o1~ in er~danqerlhg seals and muny other sea creiltu r~,~; -, having r~ard to the ;(]port { ' +he Commit;so o~ tho 3nvlronr~em, Puagc heaffh &nd Con- ~umer Protectto.'~ (3oc, t-738/81); I. ~quo~ts !h,, Commission, foflowing th~ e~cample ot the U~ited States, the Natherlaads and l~Sly a~d t,~klng into account the action of ~et~lt tr~dela in P~ance, to introduce, by me~r.s at a regulation, a hap on Community imports at al~ skins a ~ products derived from young ~ooCed ant h.%'~ seals; 2. Requ~t~ "',e Commissi,~n in the near f'~tur~ t;~ b~=n, by means of ~ directive, in~rn- comlwunity :ra~o in skins ~nd products derived fro*- Vo':: ,g hooded and harp seals; 3 Regue~s the Commission to take indiEi- tlve~ tO brmg aaout the inclusion of other endangered species o1' ~;&al, iP earflcular the hooded seah walrus, grey seal. common seal a~d bamd~d stag. in the Convention on lntsma- ;tonal Trade in {nd~ngered Sge¢ie~ of Wltd Fiche a~d Fe un~, or the Washln~ton Conven- tion, ar.d to thi~ ~nd to ~t_~blish cents= 't,$Lh th~ other co~trau-ing pa~i,~a in erie nee~ flrture; 4. gaquestt the Commission to dorms spe- Ci~i rrieasute~ fO~ the mObS, seal, which inhabit~ '.h~ Nle¢~te~anean, ~or example by pr,~moting th~ e~t~bli~hlnerlt of special reserves to pre- vent ~he ~xgnl~l~n of this species, the n~mbera of whieh at present stand at only about 650;

E. Requests the C,)mmis.~lon to ensure that ~tl the protective measures on ends.gored ~p~cies of seal take into accou at the intorPs~s of indigenous populatians, in ,)articular in the Arctic regions, by perrrllBing, Whel~ r~ecessa~, th~ l imited end controlled hunt ing of or trade ih endangered speciea; 6. Requests the Commission to continue and extend acth4ties to pro;set the marina environ- meH in accordance with the ALBERS report (Do=:. %276/8t); ? Instructs its Presldan~ to re;warE t ~s ~es~ lution and explanatory statement to the Com- mis~=on and Counci of the European Co~x~

THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND RE- SEARCH HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE =URO- PEAN PARLIAMENT TttE FOLLOW!' ~O- nON FOR A RE'5OLUTION TQGET~t ~glTH EXF LANATORY STATEMENT:

~otion for a Resolution

Oh European sp~ce p e r w

Th~ Suropenn P'artfar~ent, *. hoving regard to t ~ motion for a ,esolutlon tabled pursuant to k~le 25 of the Rules of Rrocedures [Do,: 1 "t64/80), -' having regard to its resolution of 25 April

97g on Catarrh.l i ly participation in space :essarch, 1 -- h~ving ragarc tt~ the scientific, material and human struct~,~a~ and ~esources which the Member Stat~s oi Ih Cor~muniw and the European Space Aqer,~ - P a' ~ developed m the field of space acth,g~es, -- havi~lg regard to the p- t ~e~,ds 'JubmRted by th$ Agency and by Euror, ,ace ~esp¢ctivelv, -. h~vir~g regard to the li ,~ited scope of ¢~rrent ard pro]ectl~d programmes within tqe Agency, if, the individual Member Sts~es ~nd in the fr 1mews, "k of agr,.=err ~ t s between them, ~ havinv regard also lu the low level of Euro- p~alt E~ ]nc~al cornm ,:men~ i~1 th e field of sp~ce activit; ~s compa~e6 t~ ~he consider~b}y higher ~mou;~ts ~llocate,:t by thc~ USA, by the U~SR and, ~so, propcr~,cnat~ly, b!' Japan, - whereas a ~,,.~ sp~ca era h~s been inffiated by the 'aunchP,g (,i the Americ~r= ~pace Shuttle ~ d tF ~re ~ ~ now Cefinlh~ prospects for the p!ac~ng ~n or~;t of heavy loads end the cam ~ru¢fflon .~f mu~i-burpose space statlons. which offer prospects for beyond Europe's bresant plans for the future. - a~ware of th8 irnportsnce of space ectivitles Car the people of [he Community in terms of employment, prosperity, independence, health, acianr~, communication, cugure ~nd international oocgeration with the Industrial powers e$ weft as ~he deveto~ing countries. 1. ApRlauds Edrope% ~ch'avom~nts in s~aoel 2, Censider~ nevertheless that the individual nations and the Community ,~hould devote stil l gre~ter efforts than in the p~.st to space activi- ties:

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3. Declares thct the presenc,~ ~nd ",~e ~ohJ o i Europe in space i~n L,e maintalned and devel- oped in the last oecm!e of the rentury only by means c f the Imrnedi~ ~te foetus;alien of e pow- erful and ~"oherent fablE-tern ~Uev cn sp:zce s~ogcations, and only if the ne*;e~sary m s ~ rird &rid intellectual resourceS are on,de cvailable; this policy arid the n~lcessary early dacisiacrs must also obey Lhe fc,ndame~fa~ objectives of peaceful sctivlt% whk:h, thl~re~ re, iron',fee sap- arctic;, from the mlli.h ry induct ~, the ,reprove- merit of possible ap¢ff~at~on~ ~rl the ~¢~tds at telecommunicctions ~lnd telcv sign. ne~gat lon and posbion-Pnding, earth ) b ~ v a h o n and meteorology and the manure(lure 3." ,late~iais in space; the need~ G L the deve{opm~, ountdes must a]~o be taken into acc~)u .it 4, Considers that the main ~im e" such a pobcy should be to t~lke early dec is io~ with a view to: (a) beginning the Alf lANE IV =~r~Jrarnme, (b) acquhmg the k¢~y tscI~n]t ,gies for per-

forming rendezvc us and (socking in space, cent;oiled ano unmanned space flights, re-ent~y ~nto the ,ltmosph :re end recovery operations,

~c) ~ ~e!( ~ing a Eulop,~an heavy launcher, as a . ~,,et to the A~iane programme, and heavy ~. ~ e ststlons ~n £eo~ta;ionaw or low orbit u~ ~ ' * ~"

5. Urges the Counc~ to ~'L'.~.~S th~s~ grab- (eros at the earliest possibte n~om~nt by c~Uing a Eurooean S p a ~ t.anf~rsn¢~ at m;ntstsrial level, and to cal~ rm the European Space Agency (ESA) ~ nd the ~e~earch cerme~ ~f the bomber STSte~ to fl}rrmde~e and ir~plument projects capable el a~hi~vin ~ ~nese ar,~bltions; S, Ca~l~ on the C 3mmZsslo to subrnR within s,x months propos~s 'or ~ mo.e ~mbitlous space policy te he f~rm-ulat~t by the Agency, for mor~ effective ;:cap.rouen b~R~veen the 3rgans of the Cornmu niW and ' or el' the nece~- saw gnanclal instrunlepts to ~a pla¢,)d at the di.=,~)s~l of Eu~ocsar= space p )jeet~=; 7. Cags upon the CO 11m~s ,on re ~sport to Parliament, if posaitge w l th i , a ye=a~ on the ~¢:i~n which mig=lt be u lder aken by + h= Eu ro- p ~ r C~rnmun~ty m the field~ of sp~,:e research and e×~i~at~on ~ncl,Jdb,g: (el ar~ a~a~ys~s {~ the ~cope for Cer~munity

~cgon and, in particular, a s~mrn~rv of the adv~mages, d~sadvant~-je~ and Co t ce lEeS of each opt ic . :

{bl the range ~'" possible 2,p~L~th~p~ o, ~ ~atel- !;tss, with an ess,~ssment of pgter ,,"; ben.- fits to Europe as ~ whole, to the C~=~ mun~ty in the fulf i lment of its ssct~:~l pc4, :;e~ ~nd to t~;e Third World and ~n in~;¢atio~ of priorlt~es within this rang ';

~c; ~ review of the consequences o: sL~ch a Comm~mttv ~ rm]~mme on tech~ot~glcal innovation v 4 t h h European in~us ~i~'s and the possibh= e=:onomic bet,oh' which might be galned, end

{d the t ime scats when the fund ing, ,., I~qulre~' whsther this should be .~le~ ~- ~lmly th~ ~ugh the C()mmllnity budget and wh~t fins ~ct,~' contdbut~o~ o~ retu n ,llgh~ be expec.e(~ from the ~sers of ,,~p~. tie;lest

8. Is convince¢ that only major pro,el ls Jf t hs na=ure can ~ttmulate i~¢ ust~. to ~,ae, e~ e~orts, improve its structure ~nd p~ ~ued~ rr,~m of the need fo~ a pe~ce =ut und ck i]izlng p?~senc~ in sp-~ce; 9, Instt~Jcts its F'Pssldent to torw~ra thi.~ rose- luflon and the report at its romm;ttse to the Count!; and Co~mlssloh,

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