The European Parliament adopted the recommendation on criminal sanctions and Community law. (Procedure without debate).
More specifically, Parliament recommends that the Commission, or one or more of the Member States, submit an initiative to the European Parliament for its opinion and to the Laeken European Council in December 2001 for its unanimous adoption. It recommends that the Commission or the Member States submitting an initiative consider the possibility that those Member States to which protocols apply may continue to be bound by general international law even if future measures are adopted in a Community framework. �