- having regard to the report of the Committee on Institutional Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy, the Committee on Transport and Tourism, the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media, the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, the Committee on Budgetary Control, the Committee on Fisheries and the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities (A4-0292/98),
- gezien het verslag van de Commissie institutionele zaken en de adviezen van de Commissie buitenlandse zaken, veiligheids- en defensiebeleid, de Begrotingscommissie, de Commissie onderzoek, technologische ontwikkeling en energie, de Commissie vervoer en toerisme, de Commissie cultuur, jeugd, onderwijs en media, de Commissie openbare vrijheden en binnenlandse zaken, de Commissie begrotingscontrole, de Commissie visserij en de Commissie Reglement, onderzoek geloofsbrieven en immuniteiten (A4-0292/98),