19. Agrees that in the field of information technology, all elements of the telecommunications package, including the eEurope Action Plan, must be adopted this year; in the field of biotechnology, the European Council must recognise that there are moral and ethical issues arising from the application of some of those technologies, on which a temporary committee of the Parliament will be reporting;

16. Agrees that in the field of information technology, all elements of the telecommunications package, including the eEurope Action Plan, must be adopted this year; urges progress in the field of biotechnology, while the European Council must recognise that there are moral and ethical issues arising from the application of some of those technologies, on which a temporary committee of the Parliament will be reporting;

17. Agrees that, in the field of information technology, all elements of the telecommunications package, including the eEurope Action Plan, must be adopted this year; urges progress in the field of biotechnology, while the European Council must recognise that certain moral and ethical issues arise from the application of this technology on which a Temporary Committee of Parliament will be reporting;

H. whereas the lack of legal channels for immigration has led to extensive abuse of the right of asylum by migrants that do not fulfill the Geneva Convention criteria; whereas, however, a purely statistical decline in the number of requests for asylum and applications for refugee status granted cannot be interpreted as resulting from a substantial reduction in migratory pressure; whereas, therefore, it must be acknowledged that there has been a simultaneous increase in illegal immigration; whereas, however, there is no justification for the concomitant fall in the number of people whose requests are granted, as respect for human right ...[+++]s in the world has not improved,

The Member States will examine the desirability of issuing a permanent residence permit to third-country nationals who have had restrictions on their employment lifted (vi)Business visitors Nothing in these principles prevents a Member State from admitting as workers third-country nationals not residing in the territory of a Member State who are seeking entry in particular to: - negotiate for the supply of goods or services; - deliver goods or assemble machinery manufactured in a third country as part of a supply contract, provided t ...[+++]hat such persons will be dealing only with businesses in the territory of the Member State and not with the general public and that any one visit and possibly the work permit does not exceed six months (vii) Third countries with close links with a Member State Nothing in these principles prevents a Member State from continuing to admit third-country nationals to its territory for the purpose of employment pursuant to arrangements concluded by that Member State by the date of adoption of this Resolution for nationals of a third country with which it has especially close links.

It may be possible to negotiate special programmes as well as temporary derogations and phased transition in some areas, but there is no place for permanent exceptions from the obligations of the Treaty of Rome or from the legislation already in place on the basis of the Treaty.