The EP voted on 4 September in the plenary session for a non-binding resolution on water management and the creation of a European Water fund.
The report was prepared by Paul Lannoye (Greens/EFA, Belgium).
The process
By letter of 12 March 2002, the Commission forwarded to Parliament a communication on water management in developing countries and priorities for EU development cooperation (COM(2002) 132 - 2002/2179(COS)).
At the sitting of 2 September 2002 the President of Parliament announced that he had referred the communication to the Committee on Development and Cooperation as the committee responsible and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy for its opinion.
The Committee on Development and Cooperation had appointed Paul Lannoye MEP (Greens/EFA, Belgium) rapporteur at its meeting of 20 June 2002.
The committee considered the Commission communication and the draft report at its meetings of 20 May, 12 June and 8 and 9 July 2003, and adopted it by unanimity.
On 4 September the plenary adopted the report.
