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Struan Stevenson spoke on reforms concerning the organisation of Parliament's business currently under discussion in the Conference of Presidents. He expressed his disappointment that the President had spoken to the press about his draft proposal without first consulting Members (the President assured him that Members would be informed in good time and pointed out that the Conference of Presidents was working on the matter). Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, voiced his group's support for the President's initiative.

The President made a statement concerning International Women's Day. In particular, he condemned acts of repression against women demonstrating for their rights in Tehran and passed on a message of Parliament's solidarity with all groups of women using peaceful means of protest.

He also made a statement concerning the second European Day for the Victims of Terrorism, and pointed out that Parliament would continue to play its part in combating terrorism.

Andreas Mölzer had informed the Presidency that he had been present at the sitting of 14.02.2006, but that his name was not on the attendance register.

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of Hubert Pirker, Gabriele Stauner and Glenis Willmott.

The mandates in question had taken effect on 1 February 2006, 18 January 2006 and 1 January 2006 respectively.

At the request of the PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:

Bogdan Golik's lawyers had written to Parliament about Mr Golik's mandate. The letter had been referred to the JURI Committee.

On 18 January 2006, Parliament had rejected a proposal for a directive on market access to port services (Minutes of 18.01.2006, Item 4.8). It had thus requested that the Commission withdraw its proposal under Rule 52(1) of the Rules of Procedure.

The Commission had not taken an immediate decision regarding the withdrawal of its proposal. The matter had thus been referred back to the committee responsible under Rule 52(3).

However, by letter of 8 March 2006, the Commission had announced the withdrawal of the proposal. The procedure concerned was thus held to be superfluous.

The President announced that, on Wednesday, he and the President of the Council would sign the following acts adopted under the codecision procedure pursuant to Rule 68:

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81/2005 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

The Commission communication on the action taken on the European Parliament's resolution on the Commission legislative and work programme 2006: unlocking Europe's potential (B6-0636/2005), which Parliament had adopted during the December 2005 part-session, had been distributed.

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 02/2006 (C6-0036/2006 — SEC(2005)0071 final).

The Committee had decided to reject the proposed transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002. It was, however, willing to reconsider the request under the same terms at its meeting of 20 March 2006.

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 03/2006 (C6-0060/2006 — SEC(2005)0106 final).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible pursuant to Rule 191(5):

The final draft agenda for the March I and II part-sessions (PE 369.607/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

The following spoke: Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who moved the request.

The following spoke: Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, who objected to the way in which speaking time had been allocated for the morning and afternoon debates on the Council and Commission statements on preparations for the European Council/Lisbon Strategy (Item 28 on the final draft agenda), on the Council and Commission statements on the results of the informal Council of foreign ministers (Gymnich, 10-11 March 2006) (Item 32 on the final draft agenda) and on the Brok report (A6-0025/2006) on the 2005 enlargement strategy paper (Item 33 on the final draft agenda). He thought that Members had lost out on speaking time, the bulk of which had been allocated to the Council and Commission. He asked the President to call on the Council and Commission to reduce their speaking time (the President replied that Parliament's Rules did not lay down the speaking time for the Council and the Commission and expressed his view that the Council and Commission representatives would take it upon themselves to reduce their speaking time).

The following spoke: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, in support of the PSE Group's request.

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Frieda Brepoels, Catherine Guy-Quint, Libor Rouček, Diana Wallis, José Ribeiro e Castro, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Ioannis Gklavakis, Gyula Hegyi, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Charles Tannock, Malcolm Harbour, Bogusław Sonik, Diamanto Manolakou, Ryszard Czarnecki, Ashley Mote, Georgios Toussas, Harald Ettl, Inés Ayala Sender, Sophia in 't Veld, Joseph Muscat, Åsa Westlund, Margie Sudre and Sylwester Chruszcz.

17. Forced prostitution within the framework of world sports events — EU measures against trafficking in human beings and the launch of an anti-trafficking day (debate)

Oral question (O-0006/2006) by Anna Záborská, on behalf of the FEMM Committee, to the Commission: Forced prostitution in the framework of world sports events (B6-0008/2006)

Oral question (O-0011/2006) by Karin Riis-Jørgensen and Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: EU measures against trafficking in human beings and the launch of an anti-trafficking day (B6-0011/2006)

Oral question (O-0017/2006) by Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: EU measures against trafficking in human beings and the launch of an anti-trafficking day (B6-0014/2006)

Oral question (O-0019/2006) by Lissy Gröner, on behalf of the PSE Group, to the Commission: EU measures against trafficking in human beings and the launch of an anti-trafficking day (B6-0015/2006)

Oral question (O-0021/2006) by Eva-Britt Svensson, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Feleknas Uca, Ilda Figueiredo and Věra Flasarová, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: EU measures against trafficking in human beings and the launch of an anti-trafficking day (B6-0016/2006)

Anna Záborská (Chairwoman of the FEMM Committee) moved the oral question (B6-0008/2006).

Elizabeth Lynne, Hiltrud Breyer, Lissy Gröner and Eva-Britt Svensson moved oral questions B6-0011/2006, B6-0014/2006, B6-0015/2006 and B6-0016/2006.

The following spoke: Nicole Fontaine, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Christa Prets, on behalf of the PSE Group, Maria Carlshamre, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Non-attached Member, Edit Bauer, Martine Roure, Milan Horáček, Johannes Blokland, Christa Klaß, Katerina Batzeli, Carlos Coelho, Edite Estrela and Manolis Mavrommatis.

Report on relocation in the context of regional development [2004/2254(INI)] — Committee on Regional Development.

The following spoke: Ilda Figueiredo (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), László Surján, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Constanze Angela Krehl, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Graham Booth, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Seán Ó Neachtain, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jana Bobošíková, Non-attached Member, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Gábor Harangozó, Alfonso Andria, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Carl Lang, Rolf Berend, Jacky Henin, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, James Hugh Allister, Oldřich Vlasák, Andreas Mölzer, Jan Olbrycht, Ambroise Guellec, Hynek Fajmon, Markus Pieper and Stavros Dimas.

Oral question (O-0001/2006) by Roberto Musacchio, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Caroline Lucas, Alain Lipietz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Glyn Ford, Giovanni Berlinguer and Béatrice Patrie, on behalf of the PSE Group, to the Commission: Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico City (16 to 22 March 2006) (B6-0003/2006).

The following spoke: Eija-Riitta Korhola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Pierre Schapira, on behalf of the PSE Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Karin Scheele and Stavros Dimas.

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Rapid Response and Preparedness Instrument for major emergencies [COM(2005)0113 — C6-0181/2005 — 2005/0052(CNS)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

The following spoke: Marcello Vernola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Åsa Westlund, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Satu Hassi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Richard Seeber, Edite Estrela and Stavros Dimas.

Report on the Community strategy concerning mercury [2005/2050(INI)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

The following spoke: Martin Callanan, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, María Sornosa Martínez, on behalf of the PSE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Adamos Adamou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Thomas Ulmer, Gyula Hegyi, María del Pilar Ayuso González, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez and Stavros Dimas.

Oral question (O-0013/2006) by István Szent-Iványi, Graham Watson and Ignasi Guardans Cambó, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Freedom of movement of workers and transition periods (B6-0012/2006)

The following spoke: Csaba Őry, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Alejandro Cercas, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, John Whittaker, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Adam Jerzy Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jacek Protasiewicz, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Šarūnas Birutis, Konrad Szymański, Othmar Karas, Harald Ettl, Danutė Budreikaitė, Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Vladimír Maňka.

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 369.607/OJMA).

In accordance with the Treaty, Parliament would meet the following day, Tuesday 14.03.2006 at 9.00.

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Allister, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badia I Cutchet, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bertinotti, Bielan, Birutis, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Booth, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carlshamre, Carnero González, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Cramer, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, D'Alema, Daul, Davies, de Brún, Degutis, De Keyser, Demetriou, De Michelis, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dobolyi, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jonathan Evans, Fajmon, Farage, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Florenz, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Goudin, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein Mintz, Hamon, Handzlik, Hannan, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hutchinson, Ibrisagic, Ilves, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jensen, Joan i Marí, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Kamiński, Karas, Karatzaferis, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Tunne Kelam, Kindermann, Kinnock, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Klinz, Knapman, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kuhne, Kułakowski, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lang, Langen, Laperrouze, Lauk, Lavarra, Lax, Le Foll, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Letta, Lévai, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Locatelli, Louis, Ludford, Lulling, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Malmström, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastenbroek, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Matsis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Morgan, Morillon, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Navarro, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Patrie, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Pirker, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Poignant, Pomés Ruiz, Portas, Posdorf, Posselt, Prets, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Ribeiro e Castro, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Rosati, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Samaras, Samuelsen, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Schapira, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schuth, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Sinnott, Siwiec, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stockmann, Strejček, Strož, Stubb, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Titley, Tomczak, Toussas, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vakalis, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, de Villiers, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Weiler, Westlund, Whittaker, Wieland, Wiersma, Willmott, Wise, Wohlin, Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wurtz, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zaleski, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Ždanoka, Železný, Zīle, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

Observers:

Abadjiev Dimitar, Arabadjiev Alexander, Athanasiu Alexandru, Bărbuleţiu Tiberiu, Bliznashki Georgi, Buruiană Aprodu Daniela, Cappone Maria, Cioroianu Adrian Mihai, Coşea Dumitru Gheorghe Mircea, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, Dimitrov Martin, Duca Viorel, Dumitrescu Cristian, Ganţ Ovidiu Victor, Hogea Vlad Gabriel, Ivanova Iglika, Kirilov Evgeni, Kónya-Hamar Sándor, Marinescu Marian-Jean, Mihăescu Eugen, Morţun Alexandru Ioan, Nicolae Şerban, Paparizov Atanas Atanassov, Parvanova Antonyia, Paşcu Ioan Mircea, Petre Maria, Podgorean Radu, Popeangă Petre, Sârbu Daciana Octavia, Severin Adrian, Sofianski Stefan, Stoyanov Dimitar, Tîrle Radu, Zgonea Valeriu Ştefan