30. Stresses that the Temporary Committee which conducted the investigation underpinning Parliament's resolutions of 14 February 2007 and 19 February 2009 exposed the ways in which the procedures for authorisation and control of civilian aircraft overflying the Member States' airspace or landing in their territory were extremely flawed, thus not only lending themselves to being abused in the CIA's ‘extraordinary renditions’, but also to being easily evaded by operators of organised crime, including terrorist networks; also recalls the Union's competence in the field of transport security and safety and Parliament's recommendation to the ...[+++] Commission that it regulate and monitor the management of EU airspace, airports and non-commercial aviation; calls on the EU and its Member States, therefore, to delay no longer a thorough review of their implementation of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention) as regards authorisation and inspections of civilian aircraft overflying the Member States' airspace or landing in their territory, in order to make sure that security is enhanced and checks systematically exercised, requiring anticipated identification of passengers and crews and ensuring that any flights classified as ‘state flights’ (which are excluded from the scope of the Chicago Convention) are given prior and proper authorisation; also recalls Parliament's recommendation that the Tokyo Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft be effectively enforced by Member States;

30. Stresses that the Temporary Committee which conducted the investigation underpinning Parliament’s resolutions of 14 February 2007 and 19 February 2009 exposed the ways in which the procedures for authorisation and control of civilian aircraft overflying the Member States' airspace or landing in their territory were extremely flawed, thus not only lending themselves to being abused in the CIA’s ‘extraordinary renditions’, but also to being easily evaded by operators of organised crime, including terrorist networks; also recalls the Union’s competence in the field of transport security and safety and Parliament’s recommendation to the ...[+++] Commission that it regulate and monitor the management of EU airspace, airports and non-commercial aviation; calls on the EU and its Member States, therefore, to delay no longer a thorough review of their implementation of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention) as regards authorisation and inspections of civilian aircraft overflying the Member States’ airspace or landing in their territory, in order to make sure that security is enhanced and checks systematically exercised, requiring anticipated identification of passengers and crews and ensuring that any flights classified as ‘state flights’ (which are excluded from the scope of the Chicago Convention) are given prior and proper authorisation; also recalls Parliament’s recommendation that the Tokyo Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft be effectively enforced by Member States;

16. Stresses that the EP Temporary Committee conducting the investigation which underpinned its resolutions of 14 February 2007 and 19 February 2009 exposed how the procedures for authorisation and control of civilian aircraft overflying airspace or landing in their territory were extremely flawed, thus not only lending themselves to being abused in the CIA’s ‘extraordinary renditions’, but also to being easily evaded by any operators of organised crime, including terrorist networks; also recalls the Community’s competence in the field of transport security and safety and Parliament’s recommendation to the Commission to regulate and mon ...[+++]itor the management of EU airspace, airports and non-commercial aviation; calls on the EU and its Member States, therefore no longer to delay a thorough review of their implementation of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention) as regards authorisation and inspections of civilian aircraft overflying airspace or landing in their territory, in order to ensure that security is enhanced and checks are systematically exercised, requiring anticipated identification of passengers and crews, and ensuring that any flights classified as ‘state flights’ (which are excluded from the scope of the Convention) are given prior and proper authorisation; recalls also Parliament’s recommendation that the Tokyo Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft be effectively enforced by Member States;

Mr David Bostock, Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible for the audit department dealing with agricultural policies - Statement of Assurance (DAS), clearance of accounts and export refunds, will undertake a briefing for the press on the conclusions of Special Report 1/2003 on the prefinancing of export refunds.

Information note of the European Court of Auditors concerning Special Report No 1/2003 on the Prefinancing of export refunds

The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mr René Steichen today announced a proposal to export 40,000 tonnes of pigmeat with a special export refund of ECU 700/tonne (normal refund is ECU 250/tonne) Announcing the proposal, Mr Steichen emphasised that while this measure will make a positive contribution towards improving the serious market situation, it will not resolve the problem".