External borders, visas, asylum and immigration: ARGO action programme 2002-2006

 The committee adopted the report by Martine ROURE(PES, FR) broadly approving the proposal under the consultation procedure, subject to a few minor amendments highlighting the requirement that projects funded under the ARGO programme should have a clearly-established European dimension. Although the proposal allows for the financing of projects by individual Member States not involving the direct participation of other Member States, MEPs wanted to emphasise the exceptional nature of such projects and said that the Commission should be given the possibility of limiting the budget available for these actions.